The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-09-07

platform, Tue uESt Time IN tue
history of the party that such a
candidate was nominated and
elected, and the first time in the
history of the party that a candi-
date for the presidency declared
for. revision downward
Now after FIVE months of a
very extraordinary session of
evasion and ignoring of party
pledges the Congress has sue
ceeded in the achievement of
tariff revision which in lieu of
being a revision downward, adds
about 3.33 per cent above the
Dingley schedule as per figures
of the bureau of statistics-an and
provides for a conditional in
crease of about % per cent.
The last words in favor of this
measure by Idaho's senior sena-
tor as reported are: Mr.. Presi-
dent, my philosophy from my
earliest responsibility, has been
this: Contend for what you want;
take all you can get; if you can
not get all you want, then fight
for the balance. There is no
rate in this bill too high for me- "
In former times we were told
that if American manufacturing
industries were not protected the
mills would close down and the
dear American working1nen-One
of whom l am-would suffer
greatly. And we believed it.
What fools we were There
are many now who believe i do
not think they are foOls-Other
than the Socialists, that the
aforesaid dear American work
ingmen will suffer as never be-
fore through the workings of a
tariff law in which there is no
schedule too for Idaho's senators.
| The schedules on wool and
woolen clothing is equivalent to
serving notice on the consumers
of the country that they will
have to pay more for their cloth
ing. The duties on wool and
wooden clothing is almost pro-
hibitive, and in consequence
manufactures have already com
menced marking up their pro
, ducts at the rate Of about 25 per
cent. This % per cent increase
in the price of clothing will cost
the consumers about 1920, 600.
r 600. as it has been estimated
that 95 per cent of the people Of
( the Z. S. wear American made
] clothing, and that some of the
2 clothing is said to contain SONS
j wool. This advance in the prics
e of clothing will be a greviou:
E burden to the wage-earner
: slave is the Socialist word-th'
5 majority of whom have about al
: they can bear and exist. to NEE
5 the constantly increasing cost o
living.
BY virtue of tariff revision W
have got already the price o
American products advancing t
the American consumers, and W
may get more. We may get tht
arch deceivers and CRATER
S brought before the bar of a.
u aroused public opinion. For al
S ready comes word from Demo
$ cratic headquarrers-where eve
:, that may be-that the Democrat
) managers will commence i'm
+ mediately a campaign of educa
u tion on the tariff that they be
y ieve will be productive of vote
: in November, 1910. Very grea
u indeed is the opportunity for
L campaign of education. Thei
r leaflets should contain their Ser
T. ator Bacon's declaration tina
IS platforms are made over nigl
J. in a hurry" list of their Offic
< ais who voted for higher tarit
D. a few passages from the
speeches to show that Democrat
vi are not different from Republ
lt cans. A campaign that will e
3 ucate the voters to the point {
So preceiving that the two old pa