Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-23
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The st. paui News addresses al open
letter to President latin which, aum-
Der Of pertinent inquiries arn mad and
which tn peopl. Of the North west
would like 10 have answered @jth some
thing else Than i statement that in
order 10 %placata the bosses of the
republican party ii was necessary to
~ropudiate the pledges made before
n%lectlon. Following is tho better of the
News:
Sir: You come TO-DAY into a state
which gave you its electoral and a great
majority of its popular vote.
Speaking in st. Paul on Sept. 90, 1908,
you said:
am here to plight the faith of the
republican party, in accordance with its
platform, that the revision will be honest
and exact according to measure stated
in the platform.
The tariff on wool and wool goods is
practically the same in the Dingley and
Payne bills. The Payne bill places uro-
hlbitory duties running from 100 per
cent to 100 per cent on the raw materials
required for the low-priced clothing
worn by the poor. 1t admits at duties
as low as 80 per cent the raw material
required for the high-prlced clothing
worn by the rich.
Why did you not prevent this OPP
aro,,;, ~ I'll
could:
Further you said:
II l am elected president | promise
the nation that will use every fiber of
my being to carry out honestly and
decently the tariff revision promises of
the republican platform.
Why did YOU fail to make any public
effort whatsoever his year to correct up
ward revi ed schedules while the tariff
Was beng revised:
.Al-o You said:
! am d protcctlaul5I. but 10 not
think it iurog~.~Jent 70 SAY Mat pro
lection makes the possibility of trusts
and m0nopoiIos easier than if We didn't
have II. believe tnatthe way 10 stamp
out trusts and nlonol oiies is not 10 stamp
out protection, but 10 avoid excessive
rates which tempt ~menopolirs.
"ny did you give YOUR approval 10
the Payne bill, which makos me worsled
truss possible ~ -easoa of tae oxeos.
rjvely low duties on the wool The trust
buys, and also by req On of tie cyce--
siyeiy high dutie- on ID 700! The trusts
carded WOODEN competitors buy, the
excessive high duties On the byproducts
the trust sells to its competitors, and the
excessively high duties on the finished
goods the trust sells 10 the consumers:
The contributions to the republican
congressional campaign fund of 1905
nave never been published. A few
representatives of the growers of heavy
shrinking wool in the West and o
worsted manufactures in the East me
IN secret at Chicago on Oct. 10, 1908
and resolved to stand pat on the WOO
and wool goods schedule. Congress, o
which the majority in the house O
representatives was elected by the ait
of secret contributions to The campaign
fund, stood pat on that schedule. Be
fore you signed the Payne bill your at
tentlon was called to these suspicion
circumstances, and to the additional
fact that representatives. of the re
publican congressional campaign com
mittee had visited Boston, the center O
the worsted industry. Just before tn
1908 campaign and before the Chicag
meeting of the worsted %spinners an
wool growers at which the stand-pa
agreement was made.
Knowing, as you did, the chance 70
corruption in secret campaign contribu
tions, and with the suspicious circum