Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-05
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Editor Kennebec Journal:
The Democrats are very much dis
turbed because the Republican press so
on the tariff questions. l see no reason
lwhy they should complain. There Is no
Idoubt where Mr. Wilson stands. He is
an out and out free trader. and makes no
denial of it. He stands on a platform
which declares that protective tariff
lis unconstitutional. And Champ Clark,
support to Mr., Wilson, declares he would
tear down every custom house in the
would have absolute free trade and we
would not collect $3l00o9,000 duty a year
ION foreign goods as we did last year, but
we should nave TO raise that amount of
Imoney for taxing our own people.
i Mr.. Wilson in his speech before the
tariff commission said: Il would repeal
ALL protective tariff laws" He further
said; If it is necessary to impose re-
Istrictive duties ON goods brought from
labroad it would seem to me, as a result,
to impose similar restrictions on goods
taken from one state into another
Would it not be fine if our farmers had
to pay 20 cts. a bushell duty on all the
Isetts or any other state, the same as they
do when they sell them to go into ca
NADIA? Mr. Wilson says he thinks they
fought to- | wonder if Mr. Wilson knows
that the Constitution says that no duty
Ishall be laid on any article of commerce
between the states? Mr.. Wilson also
ISald. ''GfOtectlOn HlndGfS commerce inl-
Intensely; we arch uilding up manVac-
lures here instead of buying more goods
abroad. / maintain that it is not only
PERNICIOUS system, but CORRUPT
system
| A few years ago when the good peo-
lple of Springvale, Me-, Were Offering con-
eessions 10. the W. l.. Shoe Co. TO estab-
llish factory there, suppose Mr. Wilson
| had said to them: You are making
| mistake Don't do this thing You
Iyoung men. and women STAY ON the farms
l0t M IN
canada and England" don't you suppose
they would have made an effort to have
one more inmate added to the asylum at
Augusta?
The Democrats complain also that we
/ try and make it appear that Wilson is
not familiar with the. principles of the
tariff How can one think otherwise af-
tier reading his speeches on the sub
ject? They are purely academic and
Theoretical. To show Mr. Wilson's ig
norance Of our tariff laws, l quote the
following from his speech made Sept.
10th. He said:
For example. the shipbuilder has to
he uses to put into his ships. Therefore,
iif he can sell ship abroad he is selling
lit at disadvantage in competition with
| the foreign producers
If one of our High school boys should
write an essay ON the tariff and should
make such statement we would be
when man seeking to be elected Presi-
dent of the United States commits such
a blunder? If Mr.. Wilson had just read
Section 10 and 20 of the tariff law he
would see that all foreign material
needed to build, equip and repair any
vessel, including all machinery, 10 be
| the trade between the Atlantic and Pa
/ cific ports of the United States, may be
imported free of duty. A few years ago
| the Sewalls of Bath built vessel of
| foreign material which they imported
free of duty to engage in the foreign
itrade. and they said they would never do
4 eS,, II12
lpete with the low wages paid on foreign
lships, and the superior quality of food
lrequired by law on American ships add
largely to the expense of maintenance.
| Our government viii not allow Ameri-
can vessels to use as poor quality of
/ food as is used in foreign vessels. Mr..
lterials prevents our manufacturers I'M
Porting them and manufacturing goods
| for. expectation to be sold in foreign
countries in competition with foreign
manufacturers. If he viii read Section
| % of the Tariff Act he will find that he
can import all the foreign material he
| of goods intended to be sold in foreign
countries. and not pay any duty.
Mr.; Wilson also says that. farmers
should have the privilege of buying
agricultural implements free of duty
Where would the farmers buy their
tools? Does Mr.. Wilson think that for
plements better adapted to the needs of
American farmers than are those made
by our own people who are familiar with
conditions here and know the needs OF
our farmers, and strive to make ma
chinery best adapted to their conditions?
presume Mr.. Wilson has attended some
has taken pains to examine the agricul-
tural implements there exhibited, he
could not fail to notice the superiority
of those of American make. l have seen
there sewing machines that were not
better finished than some of the Ameri-
can farming tools. American farmers
would not use much of the machinery
used by their foreign cousins.
But where would farmers buy their
tools if there was no duty on them?
Would they buy them in Canada2 Why,
American manufacturers have branch es-
Establishments in Canada where they make
those things and largely supply Cana
| line. i suppose Mr.. Wilson will say that
the farmers would most naturally buy
tools in England where agricultural im
plements are so largely made Why,
bless his innocent heart, there is nothing
TO hinder him huying all the farming
tools he wants from England. and not
pay one cent in duty, and would not have
had to if he mad been buying them there
for the past 20 years.
| There is. no duty on agricultural i'm
plements imported from England with
education, Mr.. Wilson has lots to learn
In regard to the absurd statement of
England had not increased in the past
| few years, ] copy the following from the
London Daily Telegraph. England 1t
lsays:
| 1.-The housekeeper reads with something
akin to dismay of the closing of the
| London markets for cattle, and knows
that the butcher will find in 1t reason
| for raising the already high prices of
| meat to even more prohibitive rates. The
wholesale prices of meat in June. 1911,
and June, 1912, are shown in the follow
ling table:
June, 1911-English Sides II to IL cts;
| short m II
lean sides, Il to II cts; Argentine chilled
I71 to 81 cts; Australian chilled, 81 to
let's; Scotch mutton, II to 10 cts.
June, 19l2-English sides, IA to 10 cts.
Scotch short sides, II to IS cts; Ameri-
lean sides, IA to 10 cts; Argentine chilled,
I9a to l0l cts; Australian chilled, 81 to 81
cts; Scotch mutton, 16a to l77 cts.
Here Is an increase at wholesale of
from to cents pound. which means