The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-10-24

1910 mon in this country who cannot
trave, a hundred yards upon political
,,ra ~ thought without having collar
- o,,,d tbeir necks and q chain In the
co,,ar and somebody holding the other
sna ~ the chain. (Applause.) And tina
class Of politicians do not ask what ne
stands for, but they ask VINO mas no'
~ the other end of the chain. TAP
plause and laughter} And want ~
say to you that no man mas put ~
lar upon me since / have peen an .no
senate and no man has nau ho'o u W
other end of the chain, ooh
whether he is the leader OF my party OF
not. (Applause) And II am there ior an,
other six years. the same tnine WI
happen again. (Applause) Ana SO wnei
the democratic party and the repuon.
can party of the east combined 70 pu.
the American farmer upon the free iis'
for selling and put him into pro'oc'
ed market for purchasing, stooo ou.
against il and / voted against IT, anu
II II makes me un-repubhcan, tnen
am un-republican, and l VIII pc Until
that reciprocity agreement Is wiped VI
the statute books of the United otaeeS'
fAnnIausel Let's see who was the re-
nubllcan when we were doing business
on this subject. Jim Blaine was a
prettv good republican in his day, ana
he nossessed an intellect of rare acute
ness and briliancy and no man was
more familiar with the subject OF the
tariff than James @. Blaine. You re-
,rarpher the great controversy which
no had with Mr. Gladstone upon the
effects of the tariff and among other
things the effect upon the American
farmer. Mr.. Blaine said in that con-
troversy: ..The western farmers In
stinct is wiser than Mr.. Gladstone's
nbilosopby. The farmer knows that
the larger the home market the better
his prices and that as his home market
is narrowed his prices fall"
Thomas B. Reed was fairly good
republican in his day, man with giant
intellect and as independent a man as
ever walked upon shoe leather he
said: IF we propose to abandon any
industries it had better not be the agri-
cultural industry. Between the Atlantic
and the Pacific stretch vast regions
still untitled The next victory OF pro-
lection should be there. Our system OF
protection is not for manufacturers
alone It is for farmers also. Whoever
depriyes our farmers of all the Ameri-
can market they can occupy Is raise
to his principles and must meet win
defeat. or the system must be sur
rendered which proclaims that American
markets are first Of all for the American
citizens who are engaged In developing
the country we already have"
| will read another statement from
Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Blaine in letter to
Benjamin Harrison, president OF the
United States, said: 1T is Of the high
est possible Importance in my view
that there be no treaty Of reciprocity
with Canada They aim at natural
products, to get all the products OF the
farm on us to exchange for Heaven
knows what 1t would be considered a
betrayal of the agricultural interests"
| Now, let us see what the premier OF
Canada says about it. l am reading
my friends, from q speech which had
the honor to believer In the senate Of
the United States. upon this subject
and / take occasion to read from thai
rather than from somebody else. be-
cause am talking about myself tonight
The premier of Canada, Mr.. Laurier
In discussing this subject says-wheT
he was discussing free trade with this
country--"We are above all an agricul-
tural people, our chief wealth is the
growth of those products Of the tenn
perate zone, fruits, cereals and vegeta-
bles; and 1t is our boast boast found
ed on actual experience, that in cereals
vegetables and fruits we can without
exaggeration beat the world; and unde,
free competition, not barred In any way
by legislation. they will displace al
other products on the tables of the
wealthy in the great cities of the Unit
ed States"
| Now, II the Canadian producer sup
plies the great markets of the east
If they displace all other products upor
the tables of the wealthy, whose tables
win you supply? Whose tables will
the farmers surrounding this city here
right In direct competition with the
Canadian, supply? When the railroad
magnate of Canada lowers the price Of
the freight rates so as to reach the
great eastern markets what will be.
come of the producer in this great
northwestern region Of ours? And what
will become of the business men In
the city of Grangeville and of Lewis
ton and of all other towns which de-
pend upon the success of the farmer
after his price has gone down In COM
petition with the price Of the Canadian
producer? There could not be a more
vital question to the people Of the north
than this question Of reciprocity, and II
is upon the statute books now
voted six times during this last session
of congress to repeal 1t and I will
vote sixty times. II have time enough
in order to get 1t off the statutes. Cap
plause) Now, he says here: "Our OBJ
ject today is to open the door Of the
American market; to open the door OF
nation of ninety millions which has
been closed to us for the past fifty
years" How closed? They say that
protection does not help the farmerl
How closed? Closed by protective tar
iff which levies a certain rate OF dut,
upon--for instance. barley 80 cents Del
bushel of 4S pounds; barley malt Al
cents per bushel, etc., and barley o,
all kinds covered by protective tar.
iff, and on wheat 25 cents. That /.
the way the American farmer has beer
protected, and 1t Is just as much q
protection to him as protection il t.
the eastern manufacturer.
Now, let me read again from Mr.