The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-23
TURN ON THE LIGHT
RoW THE PEOPLE ARE BIED BY
THE TARIFF Law. i

Takes ''Lunberman" to Task and
Shows Him Up. y;i..
A A"Lumberman"srushed to the de-
neferse Of Congressman Elleroe'
I who, ,ylike Congressman Lever, voted fe'
& 20 tag lumber, in the County Record,
80 Kingstree, and he has been repli-
I'D to by q Consumer and Buyer
Z t,s lumber. Here is what "Consum-
er and Buyer" says to Lumber
snan,'"' as we find 1T in the County
Record:
(. .'The Internal tariff, the robber
tariff OF both the Dingley and Payne
bills. is the sole reason why we
have to pay such outrageous prices
for lumber today. Before the pas-
sage OF the Dingley tariff bill l
built a house the lumber in which
cost me $500. If that house were
to burn down 7 could not replace
It with the same quality of lumber
for less than s1,50O. "Why should
J I be robbed by the operation of law
OF my hard earnings Of at least ST.
900 to build up a business in which
I have no interest or dividends?
What is the sense, reason or justice
OF robbing the many for the benefit
of a few men who ride around in
$4,000 automobiles, take yearly trips
to Europe and marry their daught-
ers 20 the bankrupt scionB Of the no
biiity. OF Europe?
But Mr.. Lumberman gets very
Democratic and claims that all this
robbery Of the consumer by the
high tariff is entirely for the purpose
of raising a revenue for the Govern
ment. He got very patriotic last
spring, packed his grip and hied away
20 Washington, blossomed out as a
full dedged lobbyist solely In the in
terest of this old bankrupt national
Government of ours, which only
spends a billion dollars year, and
yet by his own showing only few
slow, coarse, knotty" boards come in
very narrow zone on which tar
iff can be levied, while Mexico and
the South American countries are
barred out by the high tariff wall.
He didn't tell US. but I would like
to know how much revenue these
few Glow, coarse, knotty" boards
from Canada bring in to the Govern
ment. Bah! Mr.. Lumberman knows
as well as anyone that the object OF
the high tariff on lumber of the
Payne bill, which he demonstrates is
prohlbitive, except along the Cana
dian border, is not for, the purpose
of raising revenue, but to, enrich
him and others like him at the ex-
pense Of the vast army of the buyers
and consumers Of lumber throughout
the country.
''Mr. Lumberman holds up his
; hands in holy horror at the idea OF
there being any such thing as a lum-
ber trust and yet confesses that he
left his business and went to Wash
ington, lobbied among all the Con-
gressmen from this State, implored
them to vote against free lumber and
violate their solemn obligations,
while the rest Of us were at home
busy plowing, believing that our
pledged representatives would remain
true to us.
But alas! alas! the lobbyists Gin
cluding Mr.. Lumberman) captured
poor Ellerbe and Lever, while Sena-
tors Tillman and Smith and Repre-
sentatives Finley, johnson, Aiken,
Patterson and Legare remained true
to the people who had elected them
and strictly observed the solemn OBJ
legation each had taken to support
che principles and policies of the
Democratic platform Of 1908 which
demanded 1.-The Immediate repeal of
the duty on lumber, logs, ETC., and
that they be placed on the free list. :"
How much did it cost the lumber
lobbyists to accomplish this nefart-
Gus, dirty work? Mr.. Lumber ought
to know. He was on the ground,
and lumber people keep strict set
of books. What was the cost Of the
automobile spins around the city,
the frog-leg suppers, the champagne,
wines, lager beer, corn and rye Ii
quor, the promised trip to Canada
this summer-w,hat did all these
cost the lobbyists or trust magnates
in order to capture the two weak and