The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-03

pleted We settled accounts that totaled
$lOO0O0, and was accurate to cent in
the final balances.
About that time my brother. a law
yer in lola, wrote that l could purchase
an interest in the Register. a weekly
newspaper. had been away from home
for eighteen months and had saved $3.50.
On my return TO Kansas ! closed the
bargain, my brother and myself becom-
ing equal partners with another man in
the ownership of the property We had
500 subscribers and a hand-press. I
learned to set type and l wrote all the
local items, kept the books, paid the
bills. and did the collecting My income
for several years was $40 a week, but
boarded with father BY and by 1 owned
the paper; that is, l had signed promis-
sorry notes, and they had been accepted
by my partners. Natural gas gave lola
a start upward. The Register prospered,
and thirteen years ago became a daily
Institution. I own it yet. being a news
paper man by occupation, and serving
in Congress simply as an avocation."
Sees Political Riots.
You entered public life by the way of
the Kansas senator
Yes purposely to increase my knowl-
edge and broaden my vision Populism
was then rampant in Kansas. There were
fifteen Republicans in the senate against
twenty-five POpulists. yisibly. the house
was Republican. The Populists, however.
began a large number OF contests. putting
the names of the contestants on the roll.
In violation of all the precedents, and
excluding men who came with certificates
of their own election. Consequently there
was an incipient revolution. The Repub-
licans broke down the doors OF the house
with sledge hammers, and [. D. LeweIl-
ing, the Populist governor. called out
the militia. The Supreme Court finally
gave the case to the Republicans.A At
the end Of two years. having seen more
than I expected. and having enlarged my
experience, especially with respect 10
Populism, I left public Office to return no
more. as 1 supposed. However, 1 was
elected to Congress In 1900"
Does the tariff duty on wheat. meat.
eggs. and other agricultural products help
to make living dear in the United states?"
I inquired.
you have asked a question" Mr.
Scott answered, that 1 have tried to
answer within my own mind on a good
many occasions. thought during the
wheat corner in Chicago last year that If
we were to admit Canadian grain duty
free. so much would come across the
border that the SPECTATORS would be
driven out Of business. But / found that
the price of wheat is world price
Freight added, It is about the same In
Liverpool and London as in New York.
Chicago, and st. Louis. In American and
Canadian cities of relative Iocation-Win-
nipeg and Duluth, for instance, or Buff
falo and TOrOnto-the prices of wheat at a
given time have practically no variation.
IF we flxed the price In this country and
for this country. the tariff of % cents
bushel would make costly difference to
the American consumer. But we do not
establish the price; we only help to estab-
lish it, together with Russia. Canada. Ar
gentina. and other large wheat-growing
countries. Nevertheless, along the Cana
dian border, especially from the region
Of the Great Lakes toward the East
there are times when -four might be
cheaper, locally, If wheat were free and
not taxed. The same would be true.
probably, with potatoes, II our own crop
were short and with eggs when there
were a large demand and a small sup
ply
Prices of food products are UP. Mr..
Scott went on to say. "and in my opinion