The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-10
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10, 1910.
CLAMOR.

The noise OF pOllClCol etrlIo IL u"
fordiug more or less instructive en-
tertainment to American citiEens Ia
various parts Of the country. SPELL
binders ore r~ehearsing their plausible
arguments and juggling facts to de.
ceive the voters, aud newspapers Of
all shades of political belief r con.
tributing their share to the confusion
usually associated with . political
campaign.
1t 10 the came old story-the "outs"
want to get "in," and those In posses-
sion of the Offices wish to stay there.
This desire for political preferment is
60 intense that the aspirants and their
friends frequentlyIyield to the tempts-
ton to abuse and misrepresent the op-
position In Do endeavor to gain ad.
vantage In the wild scramble for votes.
During the prevalence Of campaign
clamor the prudent citizen will excer-
else the common sense with which be
is endowed, and bear In mind that the
appeal or advice of political orators
and newspapers comes from partisan
sources. The facts are frequently d.
storted or falsi6ed with a3view to dis.
crediting the Opposition. Arguments
are based upon misrepresentation
and false premises, and other tricks
and traps devised for the purpose of
securing the supporuoflunwary voters.
In our own state of Montana, the
political artillery is beginning to
boom, and for the next three months
we will be denied the "saie and sane''
period OF enjoyment that most of US
crave in the fall of the year. The
newspapers have commenced the cam.
psign clamor, and the oratorical fire.
works will 5000 follow.
An illustration Of the political dope
that is being offered Montana citizens
appears In the democr attic Helena In.
dependent, which is in great distress
over the duty levied upon rubber by
the present tariff law. On three recent
occasions it has vociferously assailed
the rubber duty, one OF its outbursts
being to this effect:
"Let the tariff protectionists cherish
the soothing fancy that consumers are
becoming %reconciled to the steadily
increasing cost Of living. The perpe-
tual load of providing means for meet.
ing family expenses Is breaking the
backs of consumers. Butslet the pro.
tectionists continue to deceive them.
selves. They are deceiving only them
selves. Let the fact go forth that the
rubber trust since the first of June has
advanced the price Of mems overshoes
from 80 cents to one dollar-women's
overshoes from IS to Is cents-men's
rubber boots from 81 SO to u. Is
Eight years ago mems boots sold for
o. 0
That is q specimen OF campaigr
clamor. The purchaser OF rubber
goods does not find the facts to be 81
stated.
The investig stor of tariff facts vii
discover that the democrat Wilso,
bill placed q duty ofl30 per cent upo'
rubber goods, and that q republica,
congress increased the duty to IS pc
cent. The difference between thes
rates of duty, accordiug!to democrati
authority, represents the differenc
between patriotic statesmanship and
surrender to pred atory wealth.
As footwear is the subject unde
discussion by the Helena Independent
we would recall the fact that, in r.
spouse to an urgent appeal fro'
democrats and insurgent republicans
congress placed hides on the free III
and reduced the duty on manufacture
OF leather. Can shoes be purchase
at a lower price as a result of tn
legislation?