The midland journal., 1911-02-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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congress is pulling in several different
directions. Certain Senators and mem.
bers Of the lower House are kicking and
ebalking. The lesson Of the last congress
ional election is unheeded or misunder
|stood. SuchSa self-evident proposition as
pthe desirabilityoi reciprocity with Canada
is opposed by Senator from Texas and
the Speaker Of the House from Illinois
and by recently elected Senator from
Massachusetts; and all of them have
some backing in Congress- Senator
Bailey of Texas and Senator Brown Of
Nebraska have both given the Senate to
understand that they are itching to
fillibuster. and it is evident that within
the three short weeks remaining the ap
preparation bills cannot be passed without
making concession to recalcitrant ele-
ments in Congress
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The President wants tariff commissio
The Democratic majority that will con-
troll the House after March 4th wants no
tariff commission, but wants to pass
tariff bill Of their own invention and con-
struction, through how they can do it
with the Senate and White House in
opposition, no man and not even any
woman knoweth.
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There is pospect of the passage of a
homeopathic parcels post bill. Well. let
US be thankful for small favors. For
many years the monarchies of Europe
have enjoyed an excellent parcels post
bill, as have also some of the mi bar
barrie nations Of Asia. In fact. it seems
that this blessing is possible in nearly all
the despotisms of the Old World. But in
our own despotism of interests with rep.
resentatives in Congress it cannot be
had. With forty thousand rural mail
carriers with their pockets barely full Of
letters and newspapers, many of them
driving carts or iouT wheelers, an excel
lent equipment for carrying packages of
eleven pounds each to the farmers and
other rural residents, this blessing neces-
sary to country people and necessary to
the Postmaster General in order to enable
him to extinguish the rossofice deficit, is
not attaiuable. It is too good~fof
American citizens.
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Reciprocity as the next thing to free
international trade would be the next
best thing in the world. With reciprocity
fleets and armies might be discharged,
custom houses abandoned, ta1es reduced
to one-6fth their present enormity, and
living expenses turned back to the mini
mum cost of our great grandfather days.
The reason this country is surperlatively
prosperous today is because of the nm
hampered reciprocity between the states.
Then why not little reciprocity with
our good northern neighbor? Why? Be-
cause of Congress, politics and the devil
How long will Americans be beguiled
with the lie that we are free country
when we are governed by bedlam legis-
lative body. many of the units of which
are incapable of looking much beyond
the little cornersof the nation in which
their several DISTRICTS are situated
But this is not the whole Of the ugly
truth. Many of whom are uEder the iu.
fiuence and the pay directly or indirectly
of the corporations that have contributed
to send them to Washington. They are
not the representatives of the people, but
the attorneys Of trusts who serve their
masters by roNbing the people How
otherwise could the United States be SO
long behind the monarchies of Europe
and Asia in the enjoyment of cheap
parcels post? Give US reciprocity. give
as parcels post, give Us free coal, free
lumber. free wool, free raw material and
free cooked material Cease legislation
in favor of interests. Discontinue the
traditional Chinese policy now abandon
ed even by the Chinese of shutting out
the rest OF the world in order that internal
robbers may have unmulested play.
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A statesman of the first magnitude has
appeared on the horizon, and the nation
is looking toward New Jersey
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There is prospect for the passage by
Congress of curfew law for the national
capital. The people of that infested
town are earnestly in hope that the law
may retire cats as well as children.
Marriage Licenses.
William Hartgraves,. of North
East, and Bertha Arthur, of Havre