The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-03-18
UNCLE JOE Cannon
AGAINST TREATY


Cannon. who expresses his views on
the pending Canadian reciprocity
treaty as follows:
"That the proposed agreement is
hailed with much satisfaction in GER
tain directions is not strange in view
of the fact that while the farmer is
left bare to the free trade blast from
the north, interests which have de-
pended ON the farmer and stock raiser
for their supplies are carefully pro-
tected. For instance, food animals on
the hoof, which the farmer has to sell,
come into this country free of duty,
while on the meats manufactured from
these animals there is duty of Ia
cents pound.
cit is claimed, in support of the
pay your baker,
"Do you think, Mr.. Cannon, that
the admission of Canadian beef cattle
free would give us cheaper beefp'
"Have you noticed any reduction in
the price of shoes since hides were put
on the free list9'' rejoined the ex
speaker.
1.-THE Republican party continued
Mr.. Cannon, "has always stood for
the protection of American industries,
including the greatest of all industries,
the pillar and support Of all others,
the agricultural. | can see no reason
for abandoning the American farmer
to free competition with Canada for
the American market. Not one plausi-
BILE argument has been presented in
favor Of such reversal of Republican
policy, and the only consistent argu
ment is that of my Democratic friend
and successor, Mr.. Champ Clark, that
it is broad step in the direction OF
free trade, which is the Democratic
policy Democrats who follow Mr.
Clark in that direction are ture to their
party principles.
"Might | ask, Mr.. Cannon, what
your own attitude will be during the
proposed argument, that the price OF
wheat for the American farmer is con
trolled by and dependent on the sup
ply of wheat and the market price
abroad, and that, therefore, the free
admission of Canadian wheat would
not have any effect in depressing the
price of the American grain. Almost
on the day that this argument reeeiv-
ed wide and authoritative publicity, the
following appeared in the market re-
port of a leading New York news
paper which favors the pseudoreelpro-
plan: Sentiment was bearish IN the
wheat market, owing to the continued
absence of both cash and export de-
mand the foreign situation, and the
probability that the reciprocity treaty
will be passed. Evidently the hard
headed dealers in wheat believe that
free wheat from Canada means low
er price for American wheat.
tWould not that mean cheaper
bread, Mr.. Cannon, and lower cost of
living for the masses9'
The ex-speaker smiled grimly. "Did
YOU read what Senator McCumber, of
North Dakota, had to say on that
ponts'' he replied. 'T think he fig
ured out about forty times to the con
sumer what the farmer had received
for the wheat going into the bread
Everybody knows that the farmer g
price has very remote, practically a
negligible relation to the price you
tendant preachers. Henry p. Bascom,
afterwards bishop, presided, and was
in personal appearance at least quite
contrast to Peter Brother Bascom
wore white shirt, and was gotten
up generally in the style of a clergy
man accustomed to the environment of
a growing community, already at that
time the civic center of Tennessee.
Baseom did not approve the get-up of
Brother Peter, and showed his disap-
proval by omitting to ask Peter to de
liver an address in the church, as was
customary in rotation during the con
ference.
"While Peter was not a favorite
with Bascom, he was liked by nearly
everybody else, and the fame of his
rude, effective eloquence had got
abroad among Methodists generally,
and they wanted to hear him. The
pressure on Bascom was so great that
he was unable TO resist, but he sought
to make it as uncomfortable as he
could for Peter and Peters admirers.
So one evening at the close of the
daily session, Brother Bascom an
nounced: Brother Peter Cartwright
will deliver a sermon in this church at
coming two yearsY'
"What it has always been-that of
Republican who believes that the
principles of the Republican party are
Just as adequate to the safe guidance
of the American people today as they
were forty and fifty years ago. On
that ! do not care to speak at length,
but the attitude of some of our big
men toward genuine, oldfashioned
Repubicanism suggests a story.
Many years ago, before the great
division occurred between the north
ern and southern Methodists, there
was wel-known preacher in the
southwest named Peter Cartwright.
Peter did not put or any frills. He
went among the mountaineers, and
wherever duty called him, wearing the
homely garb of the frontier, his chief
article of attire being hunting-shirt
and girdle. He spoke from the
heart and he reached the hearts of
those to whom he spoke. Wherever
Peter Cartwright went the people
turned out to hear him, because they
felt that they would get the Gospel
message from one whose simple, forci-
Bile words they could readily grasp.
The time came for a aonfaranea ot