The Irish standard., 1910-01-29

two shillings extra. And even this 10
not all.
On March 10, 1909, the Berlin con-
sumner was paying $11.7s for his quar-
ter of wheat. This represented the
prevailing English price of 1886, the
1884. tariff tax and 5s-cent steal.
Ana under. the Payne-Aldrich- Smoot
law the American consumer is being
bled in the same manner every time
he purchases an article on which
there is an excessive tariff rate, such
as sugar, clothing, blankets, farming
implements and some two thousand
other articles too numerous to men,
ton.
Even Wall Street is beginning to sit
up and take notice of the unfair deal
that the workingman of this country
is receiving from the protected man.
ufacturers.
The weekly market letter issued by
the New York stock brokerage firm Of
Warren w. Erwin & Co., has this to
say Of conditions prevailing under our
system Of excessive protection:
Because the cost of living, meas
ured in gold dollars, is now higher
than at any time since the war peri
cd and because wages and salaries
have not, in recent years, advanced
even half az much as have the prices
OF the necessaries of life, 1t is essen
tial, both for labor and for industry.
that wages and salaries should be re-
adjusted more nearly to the cost OF
living. Strikes and friction may be
anticipated"
Some members of the House are
insurgents and not progressives. They
nave rebelled against the domination
oi the House. They have not rebelled
against the syndicated domination of
the country.
The declaration of eight Ohio con.
gressmen that they would not again
vote for Cannon was neither an eyi.
dence of progressiveness or insurgen-
cy. That declaration contains no real
nope for the advancement of either
cause. 1t is evidence, however that
the rebellion against Cannonism rs
making Roadway with the people, As
straw indicating the drift of public
opinion, 1t was welcomed. However.
there was more joy in the camp O.:
the real insurgents over the announce
lnent Of Uncle Joe" that he will not
retire, and the announcement of Add
rich that he will insist upon being re-.
turned to the Senate for another six
years. than there was over the dec
laration of the Ohioans. The Cannon
and Aldrich personalities, at the nres.
ent time, are valued assets of. insur.
gency and of the progressive NOVA.
ment.
western Republicans have developed
the aggravating habit Of suddenly an
fearing fer breakfast at the insursent
camp, and upon finding the patronage
table bare, slipping back with the regu.
lars in time for dinner. .
AS a result of the confusion it is
extremely difficult to tell in these davs
or the dissolution of the Republican
party just who is entitled to call him.
SELF an insurgent or a progressive. The
object of more than one member Of
the present congress IL to- be consid-
cred regular here in Washington and
an insurgent at home. But all who
iEsurge are not insurgents.
There's William Edgar Borah a.
Idaho. for instance. When the tariff
bill was in the making Senator Borah
insurged over half a dozen pages Of
the Congressional Record. When news
came that the sugar trust had returned
some 100000 it had stolen from the
government by underweighing sugar,
1t was Senator Borah who stated that
he for one was not surprised that So
cialists were multiplying in the United
States.
When the mot above Is Dutch stand.
ard in color" sugar Underestimate
to be worth a million dollars word
to the sugar trust-came up for a vote,
the Idaho ''insurgent" quit insursins
long enough to vote for it. Later,
when Mr.. Aldrich cracked his whip.
Senator Borah voted for the Payne
Aldrich-Smoot bill in its entirety.
Before the present session of con-
gress convened Senator Borah came
to Washington insurging all over. He
wanted an investigation of the sugar
trust frauds and he wanted it quick.
Senator Borah used such high notes in
his conversations with the newspaper
men that the attention Of the president
was attracted. The Idaho senator was
CALLED to the White House posthaste.