Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-02
Secretary James Wilson Sends
a Message to The Iona Farmers

Lands? We hnd experience between
1893 and 1897 along ths.. line. The fac
tory lost It's custorlers because goods
made cheaper abroad came in. The
farmer lost his market because idle
factory people could not buy.
1--WE have prosperity now and have
had since Mckinley sscame the ad-
vance agent OF prosperity. Our coun-
tr~ Is ve<y prosperous. The revision
OF tho tariR has lost no mau his job
who wanted to work; no panic E;.. fol
lowed.
Necessities are Lower.
1.-The now schedules average lower
than tho Dingley law. All the iron
items are lower, some Of the agricul
tural schedules are lower. the wood
schedules ara reduced, hides are on the
free list and leather Ii materially re-
duoei. Many articles that have been
reduced have risen IN pTico because
Of Increased demand and sorae without
Increased demand. Wines. silks and
Bread and meat are dear owing to the
heavy demand for them and because
OF populhtics1 growing greater than
crop production.
"Iigh prices viii encourage produc-
tion. better cultivation. better animals.
better tile draining and better pas
lures, with better methods. These will
Of growing population in reaso..able
time. without making farm labor the
exception when others are protected
"a further reduction of tariffs gem
erall-' would hit the working people
first Europe has lower wages than the
United States and would promptly
take advantage of lower duties. The
farmer would lose his customers and
prices for both factory and farm goods
would come down.
Congress may not have had all the
information necessary when the tariff
was revised. President Taft desires to
get all the facts so that if any schedule
is too high compared with the cost of
production at home and abroad, it can
be intelligently modified. 1t is likely
that he will get the money to get the
information from congress.
For many wears this country has
been Disseminated against by several
foreign countries. Power, more or less
appropriate. has been given to several
presidents to remedy this wrong The
Payne bill also gave this power and by
it these determinations have ceased.
Farm products go now where they have
not gone for many years. This was
a commercial evil crying for remedy
that it now adjusted.
1.-The platform of the last national
Republican convention pledged the
party to certain policies. President
Taft is insistent upon having the
promises kept. Congress is vigorously
engaged in the consideration Of meas
ures asked for by the Chicago conven-
ton, and progress is being made. The
most critical scanning Of the political
sky fails to find good reason for fac
tional disturbance. II we have become
tired Of good times for everybody who
does anything and would like to see
lower prices all along the line for out
door people and indoor people, we can
bring about a change by following the
methods Of 1892. which did stop things
generally Prices were low enough in
all conscience.
Must Save Homo Markets.
MANY young people who vote now
do not remember them. Nobody who
voted then forgets them. One lesson
like that lasts for a lifetime. Must we
have the same lesson repeated In the
same generation? We cannot maintain
our good style Of living If we give our
markets to the outside world CHATS
what lower tariffs mean just now
our educational systems, our homes in
fee simple, in town and country, our
equal opportunity for all. our ability to
Law ND a competence for old age, our
mission to show better methods to the
struggling against privilege In all
lands. an depend upon American mar
kets for Americans"