The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17

II the president is ordinarily obser.
wing. his western trip has disclosed
10 him a spirit of unrest bordering
on resentment against the God Of
things as they are.
The west has been described as
the meat in the national sandwich"
ut at this particular moment it comes
nearer being the mustard than any 9th
er constituent part Of the national
lunch. The west wants the presi-
dent to do something. and pretty
quick. at that. II isn't saying much
just pow. but il is thinking ONE The
fear is growing more pronounced
that the chief executive is too easy
tempered, that his grasp Is not firm
enough, that his diplomatic line Of
least resistance spells trimmer, that
his conduct is more judicial than ex-
eeutiye. Still. just remember what
they said of Lincoln during his first
term, and cheer up-it may not be
true.
That the president is a good fellow,
that he means well is admitted by
everyone: but the public. grown used
to the strenuous Roosevelt. frets a
little at the daily reading Of how
many strokes it took Big Bill to ne
gotiate the seventh hole on the golf
course.
The truth of the matter is that
Mr.. Taft has had but little chance.
lie had a special session of congress
ON his hands Immediately after cleo
ton, and that's worse than the itch.
aud for the past three months he has
been travelling. which has kept him
reasonably busy. His western
speeches promise we'll, and now that
he is back home and congress Is in
regular session his opportunity is
present.
The tariff measure Is largely the
cause of the unrest. Every goods
box politician. every seeker after no
toriety, every screamer looking for
the biggest crowd TO holler with. ey-
cry professional politician is talking
the tariff bill. and not d mothers son
of them knows anything about il.
Consider this item for instance aud
see where you get Off" Sugars
o above number sixteen dutch stan
dard in color, tank bottoms. sirups
OF cane juice. melada, concentrated
melada, concrete and concentrated
m%ollases, testing by polariscope not
above seyenty-five degrees, ninety
five one huhdredths of one cent per
pound. and for every additional de-
gree shown by the polariscopic test,
thirty-five onethousandths of one
cent. per pound additional, and frac-
tons of a degree in proportion; and
on sugar above number sixteen Dutch
standard in color, and on all sugar
which has gone through Il process of
refining, one cen and ninety one
hundredths of one Gent per pound"
No@ what do you know about that?
II Is a long shot that Burkett and
Brown and the rest of the statesmen
don't know the difference between n
polariscope and a polecatiskip. Mel
Their do any of the rest of the wisaeres
who voted for and against the bill.
RiIt SnmAhnly NNpptn Tho ahnVn DltntnH
clause in the tariff bill, Who did?
That's easy. You will notice that
unrefined sugar (raw materially gets
in on a tariff of ninety.five one hun
dredths of II cent per pound. This
is the junk that Louisiana cane grow
ers and Nebraska sugar beet farm
ers sell. You will also notice that
refined sugar, in fact, all sugar that
has gone through n process of re-
filming. has to pay a tariff of one
and ninety one.hundredths Of a cent
per pound, This is the stuff, the
short weight sugar trust has TO sell,
Put it this way: The Nebraska sug-
ar beet growers gets a tariff of %
OF one cent per pound ON his raw ma
terial, while the sugar trust gets
a tariff OF 1.90 of Il cent per
pound ON his sugar produced.
Who wrote that provision in
the bill? But just n moment, please,
before you write the senator and tell
him what's what. This provision is
a small reduction of the Dingley
schedule, and is a big reduction of
the democratic Wilson bill schedule.
The principle OF a protective tariff
is right. Under its application from
the time of Lincoln to the time of
Taft. this nation has out-stripped the
world. The greatest contribution
made by any party to the material