The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-03-06

ent endeavor must entirely cease in the important
forms of production, as it is rapidly ceasng.
This does not mean that protection shall be with
drawn from trusts, for they and their workmen
are as much entitled to protection as are Others
1t does mean, however, that the one law. the Shel-
man act shall not declare trusts and combinations
in restraint of trade criminal, and another law be-
ing the tariff offers an extreme inducement for the
formation of trusts in violation of the other law
When congress stands upon it's dignity in this
matter and insists that it will do what it's own mem
bers elect, it is time that the people speak
with voice that can be heard not only in Washing
ton but perchance around the world. The question
is largely whether congress shall hear the voice of
the people shall longer listen to the insistent,
and heretofore compelling voice of great private
interests. What has been every ones business has
been no ones business. We must have commits
sion to control the tariff or we must do away with
protection, an impossible alternative Tariff
making in its formative steps must be taken out
OF the realm of politics, away from selfish interests
and secret influence, and placed in the hands of
men selected for the work, high-minded semi
judicial, non-partisan, acting with that judgment
and integrity for which our courts are distin-
guished, and, what is very important, with ample
time to do the work well. From ''The Tariff, it's
Revises, and the Trusts" by Herbert E. Miles, in
Review of Reviews.
The intelligent senate of our worthy legislature
has reported bill to require the supreme court
judges to wear lavender gowns How nice. This
is matter which the taxpayers have needed for a
long time, and all other matters sink into insig-
nfcance beside the triumph Of the people in secur-
ing this much needed reform. 1t was not deemed
necessary to demand that attorneys appear in low
neck and short sleeves, or that pages should wear
red-top shoes, but it might have been as well to
place an amendment which would have gone into
this important subject more thoroughly, providing
that the color scheme of the court room should be
bright helotrope crossed by occasional streaks
of yellow with (Standar6 oil paintings of Root
and Gordon as warnings to others not to get caught
The suggestion has been made that while the
Legislature is fooling away it's time on various mat
ters of vital concern to the taxpayers, it might
take the time to attach rider to some bill making
it illegal to expend more than $50 of road moneys
for surveys, thus leaving something with which to
construct the roads, Stevens county knows some
thing about this matter, for it's State Road No. 2
is still on paper only.
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Samuel Roebuck, of New York, at the time of
his decease, left four wives and million dollars.
That's what you might call leaving visible assets
How fortunate it is that man can not take all his
possessions with him when he dies.
Every sincere advocate of the principle made
in America will regret that President Roosevelt
has gone abroad to buy his outfit for the hunting
expedition in Africa With the exception of his
boots, his guns, and two articles of provisions
namely, Boston baked beans and canned tomatoes
his entire equipment has been purchased in Lon
don. 1t is all British" even down to an item for
dozen toothbrushes. But then Teddy knows
that goods can be purchased cheaper in London
than in this country, thanks to the great protect
i've" tariff which our big manufacturers retain by
the aid of congress and the republican party, and
Teddy is not spendthrft. Even American made
goods are cheaper in London than here, which ac-
counts for his buying his American made goods
there The poor man can't 60 to London or Paris or
Berlin for his provisions, hence he pays the ad-
vanced cost here and helps to keep up the "sys-
tem." How pleasing!
President-elect William Howard Taft will assume
the reins of government with deficit of $3.50,
0000 in the national treasury staring him in
the face, due to the riotous extravaganza of the
republican party under the leadership of strenu-
Gus president. To meet this growing shortage,
Jacob L. Schiff of the banking firm Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., condemns the assurance of additional Sc
curties as 'pernicious and dangerous, E" and de-
clares that we need a revenue system that will
interfere little as possible with the country s
tariff and currency" and believes this is to be
found in the income tax" Not many years ago