The Falls City tribune., 1910-10-21
CONTROL or CONGzz9
Interest of Western Agriculture Side
tracked if Democrats have
Majority
A POINT TO BE CONSIDERED

the sisterhood of states because o. the
high level attained by her people IN
material, moral and intellectual pro-
gress. At the base Of this progress
of whatever nature, lies the great fac
tor of material prosperity, for in all
history, where the chains OF poverty
have bound a people TO the daily strug-
gle for existence. intellectual progress
has languished and the forward march
Of civilization delayed.
This condition disappears like mist
before the sun when material prospect
~ blesses a people with boun1iful re-
turns for the labor done in field, farm
ard shop ard thus, in the proud posi-
ton of Nebraska in the galaxy of
states, is reflected her material pros
perity, firmly rooted in the great en-.
terprise Of agriculture, which, with rs
closely allied handmaidens, stock rails
ing. horticulture and ~dairying, is the
foundation of the states progress
along every avenue Of advancement.
Nebraska is great in good citizen.
ship, intelligence and in moral pro
gress. largely because Of her solid
foundation Of material prosperity
which Is laid in the great agricultural
resources of the state.
These conclusions being evident il
would seem that the highest individual
interest of all citizens Of Nebraska
and the highest aspirations of her
statesmen would be at all times to
conserve. protect and advance the
agricultural interests of the state as
being the great source from which
flows material prosperity. bringing in
it's train all other advantages which
come to bless a prosperous people.
In these days the business theories
and practice Of our government are so
closely woven with the prosperity OF
the people IS to be iuseparable. and
errors in judgment in the application
of economic theories by a political
party in POWER, Of the selfish inter
ests Of sections Of our country in the
framing Of laws fer the whole, is al
most instantly reflected in stagnant
business conditions, the first step in
which has always been reduced and
improbable prices for the products of
the Nebraska farm.
In the election of a national House
of Representatives on the Sth OF No
yember next, each of two great po-
litical parties is appealing to the cleo
tors of the country for support in the
hope of securing the election of a ma
jority of its members and thereby con-
trolling national legislation. Where
so much of vital interest to every We
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slider what influence would be patd-
mount with the congressman elected
by Nebraska. what forces would In
evitably dominate their general
course, If judged by the records Of the
political parties to which they are at
tached and of which they are a part.
Suppose for a moment that the Pee
pie give to the democratic party the
control of the next congress. What
elements would control the demo
cratic party and shape national leg
islation? Would that control. as we
have reason to fOrcsee and predict Il,
be of Advantage to the Nebraska farm
err. stock raiser and dairyman or would
it be the danger signal Of storms To
be faced by the agricultural inIc~ests
of the great central west? Almost
TO a historical certainty the cleo -
of a democratic congress would WELD
the last named results and the farmers
of Nebraska would pay, in deprecated
returns from fern products, an over
whelming share OF the price OF the
experiment in government.
That this conclusion is not a par
tisan prejudice let the facts be eE-
amined in all CandOr.
The vital force of democracy In a
nationwide sense lies inthe hands OF
Tammany in the east. Joined with the
almost solid representation of the
southern states by democratic con
gressmen. In any democratic congress
the interests of the south Will be
paramount as evidenced by the selee.
ton of Crisp of Georgia to the speak
ership of the last democratic house.
1t may not be said that control by
democratic congressman representing
southern constituencies would be lack
ing in patriotism and good intention,
but. from the vast differences in the
general and specific interests of the
south as compared to the west. legis-
lation would inevitably be offered and
pressed a%ntagonistic and harmful to
the farmers Of Nebraska.
Cotton and it's product, cotton SEQ
oil, are the staples o. southern proere-
ton. Except in a very limited W
| grain farming. live stock raising -
dairying are undevr ed and the pr9-
tective laws framed by republican POI
ieies around those Industries fird ro
approval in he southern ~congre-
mans mind. The pure food laws, 20
tecting many articles of human fro'
against tho substitution of cotton-sect
oil. the handiest and most versatile #
substitutes, has equally scant favor
in re sane sections although those
! laws are vitality necessary to the SUI
cess and permanence Of the vast
dairying interests of the north and
west. If Nebraska farmers send dem
ocrats TO congress to represent them
they may expect to find their repre-
sentatiyes directed and controlled by
democratic purposes foreign to the
farmers interests. or at least helpless
against such purpose, while a republi-
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