The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-23

quaAhIaiiOCs IIC NOulu t0li ill dtE-
letic, Rooseyeltian, sound tree from
the bug-fested kind which needs the
attention of Uncle Jim Wilson's tree
doctors. And so he has never been
fooled on a tree. When he buys 1t
you may conclude that he will sell It
for enough more to pay for his trou-
BILE.
Nov this tree habit of the Sagi-
nav statesman Is material here be-
cause 1t accounts in some measure
for his eminence as keeper of the
high tariff herd. UP in Michigan
citizens have more recently been con-
graduating themselves that they
were really great tariff revisionists.
And II has sometimes amazed them
that their representative on the APP
pointed group of tariff thinkers should
be on the other side OF the fence.
ney has the producing habit, so to
speak. He has been producing trees
and lumber for the market SO long
that he just naturally looks at things
from the producers view point. Jo-
seph has never been a notorious con-
sumner.
Plain, Self Made Man.
when he made his first rich
strike in the lumber business he did
not buy a coach and four and move
out of his seven-room house into Il,
palatial residence manned by an ag-
gregation of ~flunkies. None of that
for Joseph. He kept his feet On
earth. His faithful wife, in accord
ance with iher own preference, went
along about her usual household
duties. And the money went back
into trees and still more trees. Nor
has the passing of years and the
growth of substantial fortune made
for the complex life, accompanied
by eXtravagant consumption. Mr..
Fordney consumes no champagne
not even beer. He consumes no CT
garettes, no tobacco in any form.
In his daily habits there is little to
indicate that he is Michigan's wealth
lest representative in the halls of
congress.
Make no mistake. 1t is not that
the Saginaw statesman hates to
spend the money. He spends quite
a handsome sum every congressional
session in paying for lunches of the
Michigan delegation, which is one of
his chief pleasures. No. the explain
alton is simply that he was not born
he Anticipated, spendthrift son of a |
oillionaire father. He is plain.
,elf-made man. And it is this |
which has enabled him to champion
Cannon for the presidency in a state
which was solid for Taft. to be
'tandpat representative of a state
which wants tariff revision-and to
get away with botll propositions.
It's Based on Conviction.
Mr.. Fordney's conscientious care
If the high tariff herl is based up
IN hard-earned conviction.
his activities as a producer
lie had accumulated a considerable
ortune, together with substantial
lebts when that pleasant little pan
C of 1893 came along. In the sue
,eeding years Mr.. Fordney paced the
midnight deck with something other
han babies. Debts were pressing
lin. Had more than enough tosmeet
his obligations but could not liqul-
late.
BY hook or crook, he managed to
squeeze through with comparatively
mall losses. He was "a protection
st before but that experience pre-
Jared him for his work as champion
Ieeper of the protection herd.
Whether it was so or not, he be-
ieved that the troubles of himself
md his business acquaintance were
lue to bad tariff legislation. And he
loes not intend to take the chance
or the future, if he can help it.
Yearns to Feed MI Tariff Babies.
1T happens that Michigan is it
elf good deal OF a producer, just
Is Mr.. Fordney is. And the Sagi-
law statesman has not failed to pass
hose fine Michigan babies. Don't
orget our bean baby, wrote the
Michigan farmers to the Saginaw
and he forthwith firmly
PRESSED the tariff bottle to the bean
,aby's lips. Then there is the
wheat baby, and the wool baby, to all
If whom Nurse Fordney is minister
ng to the limit of his ability.
'It grieves him greatly that he
las had trouble with the iron ore
,aby and that he is having difficult
y also with the ample nourishment
If the overgrown lumber baby. But
lie is doing the best he can for all
he tariff babies and for all those
Who, in his judgment, need the invig-
'rating product of his high protec-
ion herd. The difference between
he Fordney view and the tariff view
# Michigan is that the Saginaw
tatesman is inclined to take fine
are of a greater assortment of ba-
lies than Michigan cares to adopt.
ike all the other states Michigan