The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-03-26
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OF S9OS,Ool ,J4o.OO. Inc bemOcId'S
boldly claim that the rates of duty
imposed in the bills passed by the
.emocratic house and vetoed by the
PRESIDENT last session would have
reduced the duties nearly one-half. II
the revenues were to be increased, a !,
canned by the Democrats, or even
maintained, the importations CT Tor.
eign goods would have to be incr"as.
ed to double the amount imported to.
day.
! can the American workingmen af.
ford to have foreign labor empi yed
IN making tnese hundreds OF millions
"a collars worth OF goods in addi' on
t. what ,le .oreIgner IL already uaK'
ing for the American market, know
ing that every dollar so made viii
displace a similar quantity of Aneri
can.made goods? How will the Am ri
d can business man be benefited by
having our iabUring men iule ami Tor
| eIgners employed as they were uuuer
The Wilson bill? No country OF its
business institutions can be prosper
Gus and have an army of unemploy.
! cd men. Instead of five hundred
million dollars being saved 20 the AM
erican people If the Democratic poll.
teal tariff bills of last session had
not beer vetoed by the President,
.umntain that that amourt or more
would have been lost to the Amer.
can people If the President had sign.
ed the bills. The harassing of bust
ness for the last two years TO-: !! oil.
teal effect has cost the laboring men
aid the American peopIa hundreds of
billions OF dollars. In tho coming
campaign, as a Republican, l welcome
he issue between the tw, great par.
tics, of protection to American labor
and American industries,
Inc speaker of the House also
says the chief desire OF the Demo.
Gratis is to save to the taxpayer ev-
cry dollar not necessary for the &C.
onomical and effective administration
oil the Government. wonder If 1t
we're for this purpose that the Sher.
wood pension bill was passed, by the
Democratic House, carrying an in.
crease Of pensions Of nearly seventy
five million dollars rer aonpn
really believe that Dsmoe at C eGon.
o;ni was not the motive in passing
iha pension bill. This belief was
strengthened when Congressman Ber-
ger, of Wisconsin, the only Sociasist
member of the House, congratulated
tic Democratic party on HUNG play
% successful poll; ',s in it's passagc.
When | recall that the paramount
issues OF the Demo, ratic party have
changed IN every campaign since 1892
l am convinced it viii have new
one for 1912, hoping that all former
paramounts will be forgotten and
that that new issue will be sufficient.
ly popular to carry the party.
The paramount issue OF the Dem
ocraiic party of 1896, under the lead.
ership of the peerless one" was the
of silver Democratic
orators told the farmer that If the Is
sue of sixteen to one" was success.
full he would receive double price for
his wheat, his cattle and all the pro
ducts of his farm. The laboring man
was to have his wage more than doub-
led. The storekeeper was to have
his profits greatly increased. In fact,
every commodity would be enhanced
at least two fold in value. The millen-
mum was promised to be close at
hand. Democracy, expected to come
into her own by the adoption of the
free silver theory. That paramount
issue was not successful. Silver wan
not remonetized nevertheless, prices
have advanced, but FOR 10 other rea'
sons than those ascribed by Democ-
racy. Sixteen years ago Democracy
was in sackcloth and ashes on ac.
count of low prices, and today she
is again expressing pity for the poor
American people, but this time, be-
cause prices are too high. The pro.
mise made in 1896 was free silver
and high prices; for 1912 it will be
tariff revenue only and low prices.
The three other paramount issues.
beginning with the imperialism in |
1900, have also been relegated TO the |
scrap pile.
Scarcely two years ago the Demo. |
Gratis of the House. with a few insur- |
gent Republicans, had spasm of re.
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