Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-06-09
the TARIFF LAW.
Senator hansbrough Calls Attention
to Its Provisions Regarding
the '.Cost of Living"

| IL
| Former Senator Hansbrough, who
served the state twenty years in the
lower house of congress and the
United States senate, says the Bis
marck Tribune, and who was defeat
ed for reelection at the primary of
two years ago, contributes an inter
esting document to the political
literature of the state.
Senator Hansbrough does not en-
trely approve the tariff bill He
thinks that some schedules might
we'll and protitably have been
changed. But Senator Hansbrough
was in congress during the enact
ment of two tariff bills, and he
knows just how tariff bills are agreed
upon. and just how they must be
agreed upon, under our political
system. He knows that this is a big
country. with varied interests. He
knows that the senator's and repre-
sentatives are charged by their con
stituents to look after their state
and district interests, and tariff
bill is necessarily,in the final enact
ment, a compromise among the
members of congress, looking to the
protection of various interests, and
mot cold, mathematical and cal
culated series of schedules. looking
to the greatest good of all the peo-
pie and having no concern for the
Interests of localities.
| For example, free wool might ben
eft more people in the United States
than protected wool. But what rep
resentatlve from a wool-growing
state would be in favor of tariff
| laws largely to reduce the price
of wool to the producer. Free
| foodstuffs might benefit a great
number of people i'm admitting the
products of other countries at a low
rate and bringing them into compe-
tltlon with the products of North
Dakota farmers. But do North Da-
kota farmers want low tariffs or no
tariffs ON these products? Will The
insurgent and democratic campaign
ers come out ON free-tradc plat
4 form2 Will they argue before the
farmers of the state that tariffs on
wheat, corn, eggs, beef and the
different products of the farm shoulc
4 be lowered to the disappearing point.
Will they declare from the stump
that if they are elected they will
vote and work for such reduction.
Our orators in this state who are
Illuminating just now against the
national administration are not hon
est with the people. They declare
against the tariff bill as a whole, ant
are entirely willing to reduce the
other fellows schedules, but they
say nothing about reducing those
schedules that directly affect the in
terests of this state.
| The insurgent and democratic or
ators point to the Cost of living
as directly the result of the new
tariff They know as does any
one who takes the trouble to inquir,
THAT prices in this country hav,
been steadily advancing for the pas
ten years long before the new
tariff was passed. They know tina
the present tariff increases the dut.
on luxuries and reduces the duty Of
} many articles of necessity The.
know that the new tariff produce
revenue needed in the administra
tion Of the affairs of the government
They know that the farmers Of thi
state were never before SO prosper
GUS as now. But they are busily en-
gagged in attacking the republican
administrator and making genera
and non-specitic arguments agains
the tariff bill. of which they knol
little and care less. They are seek
ing to profit through stirring Vi
prejudice and dissatisfaction
Senator Hansbrough indicate
clearly in his letter to a friendin thi
state what is the object of these dis
turbers. And he cautions the voter
of the state against being led to fol
low after strange gods. We had a
experience with a democratic tart
back in the nineties. X should nc
be necessary to repeat that exper
ence to prove the utter holloWnes
and shalloWness Of democratic prom
ises. The democrats of this countr
are united only because they are OF
of control Put the conservatly
eastern democrats, the projections
southern democrats and the radio;
western democrats to framing
tariff bill and what kind Of mea
ure should we have The last den
ocratic administration enacted
] tariff bill that President Clevelan
: vetoed as 'reeking with perfidy an
dishonor. And, in the face {
this Indictment, the democrat
stumpers are making speciolIs prom