The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-10-28

rent issue of The Blue Earth Post, and
is as follows:
'The Faribault County Register in its
issue OF two weeks ago attempted to JUS
THY itself as an independent republican
paper and for the position it has taken
in the congressional contest on the
ground that the editor has been ac-
quainted with Mr.. Hammond for many
years. We have absolutely no objec-
ton to the editor of that paper voting
for Mr.. Hammond or for endeavoring
to solicit support for him on the
ground of long standing friendship; as
a matter of fact we think every man
ought to stand by his friends, but we
do not consider that any mans friend
ship ought to be so strong that in order
to show it, it should become necessary
for man to endeavor to chang the
policies or party preference of the ~
tire circulation of the newspaper and
by attempting to belittle and ridicule
and criticise so able, competent, ener-
getic and clean-cut young man as
Frank F. Ellsworth.
How Germany Studied Tariff.
eve want the voters OF this district
to be on the alert and to cast their eye
over the platform OF the two candi-
dates and especially the platform with
reference to the tariff commission. 1t
. is a well established fact that Ger
many owes its commercial progress to
the labors of the tariff commission. Up
to twenty-five years ago Germany at
tempted to pass its tariff laws by the
same methods that the United States
has been using. She found it to be i'm
practicable owing to the pressure
which was brought to bear by the
large manufacturing interests. The
German house of parliament appointed
tariff commission who labored for
nearly seven years investigating the
cost of production of the raw material
and the cost of manufacturing, the
cost OF transportation in and from
every country. She arranged her tariff
on that basis after adding fair mar
gin for profit for their own manufac-
turer. Since the German tariff has
been i'll operation Germany has been
making remarkable progress i'll the
commercial world. During the seven
years of labor, Germany's commission
interviewed over 1000 manufacturing
experts; they studied the tariff laws
of all countries and it seems to us
that if Germany found it advantage
Gus and beneficial to have a tariff
commission surely this country would
to be greatly benefited thereby.
Ellsworth for Commission.
"Nlr. Ellsworth declares for a non
partisan tariff commission. Mr.. Ham,
mond is against tariff commission
and voted against such measures dur
ing the last session of congress. The
great trouble in our present system is
in the fact that only the interests of
the large combines are represented at
the hearings held by the various COM
mites for the purpose of arriving at
a fair tariff rate. The differential tar
if on sugar costs the consumers of this
country approximately GO cents per
year per capita. We predict that no
man in the second district is willing to
GO to Washington to oppose this differ
entail tariff in order to save himself and
family go cents per year, but go cents
per year capita means approximately
$50,000,000 to the sugar trusts and
every fair minded man can see why
the sugar trusts are represented at the
tariff hearings.
Will Guard Peoples Interests.
"a tariff commission will guard the
interests OF the consumer as we'll as
that of the producer and the consum-
ers are in the great majority. We be.
lieve the tariff commission to be the
only solution of our present tariff diff
Guilty. Do we, voters of the second
district, wish to send man to con-
gress who is against giving the con,
sr,mer the right of representation in
tariff matters? II the voters of this
district desire to have the tariff laws
based entirely on information fur.
nished by the manufacturers and pro
ducers then of course they want tc
vote for man who is against a tariff
commission but if they wish to have
the tariff based on information result
ing from scientific research and inves
tigation as to the cost of the raw ma
terial, the cost of manufacturing, The
cost OF transportation, plus fair mar
gin of profit, then we say vote fol
Ellsworth"