American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-10-24

was 30 years ago that the man
utacturer and the producer entered
into o-partnership. The eastern
manufacturer saying to the western
producer that If you help us to bull
up protection for our manufactur-
ed articles we will furnish you
market for your produce. Now
The question is where are we to
lind a market for what we have
raised. You will be astonished to
know that in the next few years in
idaho when all of her land in under
cultivation and producing, the great
question will be where will we find
a market. The eastern manufactur-
ell, after building up their industries
Under the protection afforded them
by the republican party and the
western producer, now say to the
producer, if you will allow US to
purchase our raw material elsewhere
we can make more money off our
manufactured articles But where
is then the protection to the pro-
ducer? A protection which will not
protect the producer as we'll as the
manufacturer will not stand. They
say to the producer, we want to
buy in Canada, because we can get
some things cheaper there The
formed between the
manufacturer and the producer they
now seek to break. I stood against
free trade with Canada when the
DIN came before the senate and |
stand against it now"
a speech made by a Canadian when
the matter was before that country's
Legislative body which showed plain
how that nations producers and
not this would be benefited. 'If
Canada should supply our markets."
said the senator, where will we
go? And it was with this in view
that | opposed that bill and l am
as solid against it as a candidate
for reelection as I stood on the
floor of the senate"
He pointed out how the business
success of every town and city in
Idaho depended upon the market
for the produce of that community,
and how impossible it would be to
build up town or a city when the
markets are taken away.
He referred to his case as candid
ate for the senate and called atten-
ton to the fact that he people had
a right to know where he stood on
all questions and must know where
any other man stands who seeks a
position so important to the welfare
of the state
L feel the effects of the inter
ests working against me in IDAHO"
he said. They have a good right
to do SO for in me they have no par
ticular friend. l was instrumental
In passing the s hour law effective
with every industry contracting with
the government and this hit the
steel trust hard for they every day
furnish the government The were
working their men 10 and IL hours
each day under unreasonable condi-
rions. And the wooden mills are
against me from the fact that 1
iathered the child's labor bill which
prohibited them from employing the
,hildren between the ages of eight
and twelve and working Them from
zen to twelve hours every day. The
other evening in Haley Frank L.
Moore said chat the child's labor
.aw was about as beneficial to the
country IS though the senator had
given five dollars to a fair associa-
lion, If any of you could have seen +
what I saw when that Investigation
was on before the passage of that
Dill, you would have thought that
the man who spoke those words was
q subject to be excluded from all
decent society. l have seen one
hundred little boys and girls half
half starved waiting at daw
ut the OUTER door of the big mills
for their working hour to arrive to
take the place of a like number in
a like condition who had labored all
through the night; and then to say
that such a law amounts to nothing
more than a donation of five dollars
to a fair association, is SO far from
human that it can not be taken as
spoken by one who possesses the
average amount of common sense.
am war and will continue to be
at war against those who attempt to
coin dollars and cents out of the
hearts blood of this nations children
"An editorial which l have here
says what has he done? He talks
one way and votes another In the
letter of acceptance he
mentions four bills passed by the
last congress which he points to
as emblems of good faith ON the
part of the republican party, and
am proud to say that every one of
those four bills was drafted by me.
This is my record, or part of 1t
ut least, and if I am wrong do not
vote for those who are pie 1ged to
support me- I will be the same If
return to the senate as I have
been. / will work along the same
ines and if in your judgment those
ines are wrong, then do not vote
10 return me to the senate for l
will not change. l can see only one
way and that way I will follow.
Nov in closing l want to say
hat when we had the split at Chi
ago, and my good friend D. W.
Davis was tn sre at the time, Colonel !
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