Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-20
TO THE PEOPLE
OF IDAHO.
An Open Letter From Burton L.
French to the People Of Idaho.
Is Opposed to Cannon.

Is opposed 10 cannon.
Moscow, Idaho, August 9Th, 1916
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE
OF IDAHO
In accepting the nomination for can
.idate for Congress upon the Repub
lean ticket to be voted for at tht
primaries the Both, OF August, Dc
lire to advise the State as to my pc
ition on matters of National concern
IS A REPUBLICAN.
| am a Republican and stand fol
he policies of the party as especially
| forth in the last Republican Ma
onal Platform. The principles Oh
the Republican party have been APP
roved almost regularly at each sue
aeeding election for almost half a
century. The members of the party
entrusted with official responsibility
have with rare exception, sustained
the confidence of the country, and
met the demand of the people. As
new conditions have arisen the party
mas been alert and has shown it's ca
pacity by meeting the added problems
Lincoln and Mckinley stand for
the early history of the Republican
party, and it is with profound pride
that we mention these distinguished
leaders and the work which they ac-
comphshed. Modern policies have az
dent leaders in Theodore Roosevelt
and President Taft New economic
problems involving the Nations well
fare have presented themselves With
the last score of years and have
been especially exacting of the Coun-
try's best thought during the admin
istrations of these two leaders.
stand with them for the working out
of these great problems.
THE TARIFF.
| stand with the Republican party
for the policy of protective tariff
With higher wages, higher standards
of living, our laborers and producers
should not be forced to compete with
the cheap labor of foreign lands.
stand for a tariff that will meet the
difference of cost of production at
nome and abroad. Such a tariff is
equitable and just to the producer
and consumer. The framing of tariff
laws in the past has been simple COM
pared with the framing of tariff law
now, because of the multiplicity of
commodities and the elements that
enter into the manufacture of many
commodities. A reasonable tariff law
that today will meet fairly and equ-
ally the demands of consumer and
producer can only be prepared by the
aid of faithful tariff commission.
No tariff law can be uniformly just
and equitable that is enacted through
the policy of combine and trade. Wit
ness our present tariff law which col.
tains some provisions that are so
manifestly unjust that even a commits
sion does not need to point them out
Idaho is new State and her every
industry deserves protection as do
the industries of few older states.
Some of them have this protection
others have not. Hides have no pro-
lection under the present tariff law,
while leather and the commodities
manufactured from leather have pro-
lection, thus bringing about a higher
price for leather goods without COM
pensaung benefit to the stock indust-
ny. Wool has some protection and
yet the protection given the wooden
is 50 far in excess of
chat given the producers that II the
is protected Alright our
wool growers are not, and if our
wool growers have all the protee-
ton that they deserve, then the manu-.
facturer is unduly protected and the
people are paying for this unequal
difference in the higher cost of cloth
ing. No warrant exists for the duty
imposed upon wood pulp and print paA
per while justice to the people de-
nands that these duties which may
De regarded as a tax upon Intelligence
shall be removed. There can be no
excuse for the duty upon grain bags
while every farmer is compelled to
pay more for every sack that he buys
because OF that duty stand for
the correction OF these errors by spe-
cial act at the earliest possible date,
though cannot feel that general
modi ficatton could be satisfactorily
brought about prior to the report of
the tariff commission, and no good
could come from disturbing business
and passing a new tariff law after
such commission shall have made its
reports that will meet the difference