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remains To he seen.
Here are some fnCts which will
AID the render to reach n conclusion
rs To whether the president Is now,
ever WIS or ever will be in good
faith with the public when il comes
70 interfering with the profits of the
tariff trusts which make bis cant
paign contributions To the republic
an party When the Payne Aldrich
bill was passed Mr. Taft aid the
woolen schedule 81 that measure
was "indeicnSihle," aud that he
would like 10 see il revised down
ward. At the extra session of CON
ercSS democrats and progressive IT.
publicanS passed n bill reducing the
ahnormally high tax on woollens in
a sincere aud patriotic attempt 10
tighten the burden Of taxation 10
the users Of woolenS Had the PRES
ident signed this hill 1t would have
meant Il reduction this winter in the
price of woolen clothing Of all sorts
for men. women and children, also
in the prices Of blankets and other
forms Of woolen manufactures need
ed for warmth by the general public
But the president vetoed this bill
affordinG the very Kind Of relief he
had declared To be in sympathy with,
forcing the American people To con
time To pay a subsidy in artificial
prizes 10 the wool industry Of AZ
pr,Nimately Sl0O.0O000O a year.
e.. must veto this hill. declared
the president. hut after the tariff
board reveals the difference in the
cost Of production at home and
abroad | will favor downward rcviS-
ion Of the wool Sccdule
This report is now in. has been
read and anaIyzel, and found u
contain practically nothing more on
he subject of difference in the cost
If production al home and abroad
han the democratic Ways and
Means committee was in possession
# when it framed the Underwood
,ill
The joke is on the public again.
The people asked for cheaper and
,etter clothing, and all they get. so
ar as Mr. Taft is concerned. is a
nicely wOrded. but uSeles message:
words as a substitute for relief from
he eXtortionate prices eXaCted by
he tariff trusts.
GETTING FIRST HAND FACTS
Sixty Of the democratic members ,
( the house Of representatives are ,
Utilizing the holiday recess 10 make
first hand study Of conditions in ,
he Panama canal zone. In as much ,
IS the canal is eating up govern
nent money al the rate Of several
thousands of dollars a day the demo
rats hold that ii is their duty to
e., personally, that this money is
'eine wisely and properly spent. .
he question Of fortifying the canal |
will come up soon. and as this will
mean a large additional expenditure
he democrats propose 10 know Just
Why and where this money is to be
expended. Hence they are taking
advantage of the temporary pin
IffairS at Washington to investigate. !
Speaker Clark has urged all the
to visit the canal zone at !
ONE time, and practically all of ,
hem propose to follow his advice.
This is in line with the announced
democratic program to get to the
Dottom of every proposition which
'alls for an expenditure OF govern
nent money,
WHY TEDDY WAS DOOMED.
The Roosevelt denomination talk
which was more pronounced during ,
he recent meeting of the republican
rational committee than at any
lime since the former presidents re-
urn from Africa, has died down
lgain. And now comes the report