The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-02

planed on both stdes. and scarslings.
two-by-four's, studding and practical-
ly all kinds OF lumber generally us
ed as finished lumber. Why is 1t not
admitted from Canada free? SIM
ply because the mills on the Ameri.
canside OF the boarder van. 80 shut
out finished lumber. and the rough
boards coming In from Canada viii!
come in for their benefit. They will
do the finishing and get the the bsn-
eft of the removal OF the tariff from
rough boards, and the lumber trust
will continue to sell, finished lumber
to the farmers OF South Dakota at
the present high prices. Why should
cattle come In free and a tariff re-
main Oh all the meat packing house
products?
ut looks to me as though the
agreement is made for the benefit of
the millers. masters, packing-hous-
es. railroads, and the American lum-
Der dealers and at the expense OF
the farmers of the Northwest. 1
cannot help but fear that the enact
ment Of this pact inc law will give
an impeus to emigration into West
ern Canada. increase the value OF
lands in Western Canada and depress
the value of lands which the rugged
pioneers upon the prairies of South
Dakota have made valuable. The
agreement is unfair to our people
and unless it can be amended so as
to make it just and fair to them. my
present inclination is to vote against
it,"
Magazine Lobby.
BY taking up the cause of the peo-
pie in their fight against special
privilege, the magazine publishers of
the country have rendered the pro-
gresisve cause invaluable service,
while at the same time they have
built up great business enterprises
with immense profits to themselves.
The queer thing about this whole
bushes is that they have thrived up
on a special privilege amounting to
$6,0O0,O 900 per year in ruinous pos
tai rates! In other words, they have
hade the privilege of having their
magazines transmitted through the
mails at the loss to the government
each year of six millions of dollars
of the peoples money! At least one
half of the bulk is ADVERTISING matter
o fsuch enormous profits to the pub
fishers that the figures stagger ones
Imagination!
Now the trouble is that these apo
stiles of reform and clean politics are
here with a lobby as powerful as that
of any lobby the interests have eve
had in Washington for the purpose OF
retaining this privilege at all haz-
ards. Threats are freel made that
anybody in either branch of Con
gress refusing to vote for the con.
tinuance of this stupendous graft will
regret the day when fidelity to duty
made 1t impossible to be coerced in
to voting TO ror refusing to expose
graft of all kinds wherever discov.
cred. Money is spent freely in whole
page ads. in the papers of the city
and in papers throughout the whole
country The lobby is sending broad.
cast the falsehod that the magazines
are being prosecuted for being on the
popular side of the controversy be.
TWEEN the people and the rapidly wan.
ing power of the System in politica,
affairs! This hurts. Nothing car
hurt and retard a popular move.
ment more than when the chief ad.
vocates of that movements refuse tt
practice what they preach, especial
ly when it pays handsomely to preach
in the interest of the people.