Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

same Split and I promise you that il
elected shall neither neglect, shirk
nor evade it.
To Redeem Platform Promises.
How do we propose to Go it? 3:
carrying out SO far as we may be en-
trusted with power, the promises O.
the Democratic platform adopted a.
Minneapolis, Ju:y 2Sth, 1910. Tha,
platform concerns itself mainly Will.
state matters but naturally it has
wider outlook.
1t opens with a reference to nation.
al affairs, and the tariff bill. Prop
erly, it denounces the enactment of
the Payne-Aldrich law as a base and
cynical deception" I do not think l
am partisan in adding my voice to
that denunciation. II am SO charged,
I will respond by calling the roll of
Republican senators and representa-
tives upon the passage Of that bill:
Knute Nelson, Republican Senator for
IS years,-no. Moses E. Clapp, Re-
publican Senator for IL years,-no.
Chas. R. Davis,-no. F. c. Stevens
no, Frank NJ. Nye;-no. Chas A.
Lindbergh,-no. Andrew Volstead,-
nc Clarence B. Miller,--no. Halvor
Steenersor,-no Jas. A. Tawney,-
yes. And where is Tawney now?
Chairman Payne, in a speech the
other day, said he was proud of the
tariff BILL because it raised revenue.
Great God! has it come to this in
America that revenue can be raised
only by breaking the backs Of the
poor? II he is proud of the tariff
bill he is proud of the fact that while
cotton mills make 60 per cent, the
men in the cotton industry average
1926 a year; that mule spinners in the
highly protected Massachusetts wool
ell Factories average $1316 a week,
dyers $S.3S, and weavers $11.60.
He is proud OF the fact that the
wool schedule declared by President
Taft to be indefensible was made by
the wool men and not by the Con-
sress of the United States, as was
amply proven by Senator Dolliver of
Iowa. He is proud of the fact tina,
the Guggenheims, through the tariff
en- zinc, are enabled to tax every dish
pan in the kitchen, without adding one
cent to the national revenue. He
is proud Of the fact that through the
rubber schedule the pals of Aldrich
raised the price of every piece of rub.
Der goo1s made, from the child's doll
to the surgical appliance needed when
you ale sick, and again without rails
ing revenue. for we are exporters O.
manufacturers of rubber and our i'm
ports amount TO nothing He is PROUD
OF the stocking tax; proud of the
cicti!ng tax: proud of the enormous
tax on vonen's gloves, heaviest J
believe On the class of gloves which
The ";"es Ct workingmen wear. He
is proud Of the lumber tax which
hastens the destruction of our forests
nullifies conservation and makes ii
harder for you to own a home. He
is proud Of the tax on wood pulp
which tends to restrict a free press
as no doubt Mr.. Payne believes it
should be restricted for his own per-
sonal comfort.
The High Cost Of Living.
He is, by inference, proud of the
high cost of living and no doubt joins
fervently with certain rich man
who declares it is not the high cost
Of living but the cost of high living
which ails us. Possibly there is some
thing in this claim. Possibly a man
who can put out thirty million dol
lars of stocks, who can count mil
lion as his income, knows something
about the cost Of high living. Such
man, with an income of say, 100000
year, can by cutting off some extrava,
gances reduce his expenses to $500
and save $250,o00 for rainy day, but
fail to see where a spinner at $13.16
a week can follow this patriotic ex-
ample. He cannot live on $658 a
week. He knows nothing Of high liv-
ing unless it is living on very high"
beef, delivered to him at very high
price by most high and mighty beef
trust.
The Tariff Commission Bunco.
The man who has the kind of pride
which Chairman Payne flaunts pub
licly should connect himself with a
coat of sackcloth and ashes. He IL
! alone in his strange Joy. The Presi-
dent does not laugh with him. He has
rushed into the breach with a cure
for the failures Of the bill. He would
have Commission to revise the tariff.
He would not sink the knife of JUS
tice into it's vitals, but he would cut
off it's legs, it's arms and finally it's
head. The President shows more good
common sense in this than the regular
stand-patters, but why should we have
Commission to report to a Presi-
dent who has once shown himself
weak on this very question? Why
should we not have a Commission,
which would report to the Congress Of
the United States, and why should we
not have a Congress who would re-
ceive and act upon that report? Maine
| is the only state which has been heard
from since the Tariff Commission was
appointed and Maine says. by all
means, bring in revision. We will
send senator and two representa-
lives who will stand for the rights of
the people," Other states will say
the same in November.
Endorses True Insurgents.
Our platform also commends the in.
surgent congressman who voted
against the Tariff Bill and says to
Lindbergh and Davis, 1--WE trust you
and support you while this important
business is up. Go back and finish