The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-10-29
FREE TRADE
MEANS BLOW
TO COLORADO
.aeseNr MINORITY DELEGATION
URGED FREE LEAD AND ZINC
~ THE PAYNE LAW.
eootsnn,a, STATE Products Protected
" votes Of Republican Congress.
susinsss Growing.

q as Democratic party had been in
,atro Of congress and had passed
80 -arih for revnue only bill,
,sar. sould Colorado stand at this
az .. result OF such a measure?
an. 100 sears ago Colorado went
sn>craus and elected three con
s>ssmsE ana one senator!
.us.r .ouic have been on tthe free
.... sgxsr eAle from the tropics
.~.Ia aAys aooded the market ere
sv A.a me yugar beet OF Colorado
...s .Av. A.ss drug on the mar
ss. uIss snat the Democratic
,.srr,.meu at home may say re
,ardiAx saat they would have done
,ass tneIr party had been in the
saJ=r,ry-thsy would have been
-snS aand aud foot by the caucus,
IA ~ we're the reforming Demo
.S. aoStied" at the state house
.vtns tls 71-day session.
4 the Democratic minority could
Ays Aad its way in the recent con
asss when the fayne-Aldrich tarif
all vss N debate Colorado would
AVS been . sufferer and already
aaay mines would have been closed
rAs Democratic minority insisted
.soa tree lead and free zinc.
FER years past outside of one or
20 gold camps. the mining industry
. this state has been maintained
,srsuxs It's xinc-lead production.
AZ ,hia writing Leadville is coming
- II own again through the discovery
- sixl bodies OF ore In new forma-
.us This discovery was made and
40 rsyivifsd Leadville is the result
=, he increased demand for lead and
aae. due 20 the increased tariff pro-
aAsA Tor IN the Payne-Aldrich tarih
az
s>lAtor stone, a Democrat. made
c>tioa In the United States senate to
at zinc and all products from zinc on
a f-o> List Republicans voted this
,ovn; and It may be stated in pass
AZ that the Democratic senator from
,hta state voted with the Republican
..,.ters on the metal tariff schedules
..d deserted his party; but Colorado
mould not encourage such votes A
aapubl,can can be depended on to
.ots right n all times for protection
Democrat only when he fears the
-rsth of his constituents.
Increased duties were placed on
..ad ores against the protest OF the
)>mocratic minority In house and
,snate and against the protest OF the
American Smelling and Refining COM
,any and other great importers. Colo
.sdo's Republican senator voted for
,ns increased tari1 rate. as did the
sapublican senators from Utah and
daho and other lead producing states
why, Because lead ore can be pro-
,ueed by the smelling companies IN
x.xico for very much less than lead
.an b. produced In Colorado and other
.,.,ss. and, II protection means any
ming It means that the Colorado
o,ner should be protected from cheap
,eol labor Of Mexico.
TUNGSTEN ores and other rare met
,,,,erous ores produced in this state
,sre protected by the new tarin meas
,r. AGAINST the onslaught OF Southern
osmocrsts, who were willing, now
ever. that pineapples should come un-
,.r tho sheltering wing OF the party
.r protection.
No state in the Union Is unoer
erestsr obligations to the Repuon-
an administration for the protection
r.n,ed under the new law than ls
.h,s state; and. II for no other reason
-.,orsdo ought to return to the ne
,sblican column.