Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-04

Monday night, was not only filled, but
the hallway was filled with standing
spectators, when Chairman SHELTON
father of the End Districts next con-
gresham, called the meeting to order
and Judge Harold F. Cook of Gardi-
ner began spea king on the State is
sues H'ttatiaf -
4 Having shown how completely the
Democratic administration had fall
ed TO live UP to its promises, exposed
ed the financial jugglery, in which
they were INDUCING to catch voters,
he closed with a reminder that the
s home is interested in the prohibition
question now in issue and was fol-
lowed by Hon E. C. Plummer of
Bath, who spoke in substance as fol-
lows:
In declaring protection unconstitu-
tional and 'pernicious' Ii will be not
ed that the Democratic politicians are
repeating the teachings of Calhoun
and regulating Jackson and Jeffer-
son, who stood for proteetion-the
protection called for in the first tariff
bill
are denouncing the Republican tariff
for the high cost of meats, overlook
ing the fact that to test their SINGER
ity a Republican introduced House
Bilt 245S2 last session, admitting all
fresh meats-beef, pork. mutton, etc"
for duty-and the Democrats have put
il 30 far into a pigeonhole that You
can't even find the hole. The fact that
today, fresh beef is selling in Maine
cheaper than ii is in Montreal, Can
ada, is doubtless one of the reasons
why they didn't offer to pass the Dill.
They knew IL would not only expose
their false claims. but would offend
Southern cattle raisers. It's exactiy
the same trick they played in their
fifty four forty or fight" campaign.
which shout they kept going until att
er the election, though the recor"
shows that long before that these
Democratic politicians have proposeh
10 England to accept the forty nine
boundary.
THE first tariff gave cotton pro-
lection Of three cents per pound ana
thus that great industry was eneour-
aged. Protection was legal then.
Candidate Marshall talks of those
glorious low tariff days under the
walker tariff of lS46. The records
show that then 1s55 -four was cost
ing SLIPS q barrel, brown sugar II
cents per pound. sheeting IA TO o
cents a ward, etc. No such things as
fruit or steak appear and the farm
er was getting from 3 to II cents
aozen for eggs. Most clothing was
home made and the bulk OF the pun
lie schooIing was a few weeks III
winter. dealing with the three X >.
Wages were about half what they are
now.
~ THE wages of the waist and SHIRT
makers of France and Italy run from
; 20 10 40 cents per day. what cnaace
has the waist makers of Portland ana
the shirt makers of Bath, now earn
ing from IS to- sl5 a week, with tlose
women without the tarir,
England has taken on lmpro'tn
8 shoe machinery and, last year, export =.
ed SIG. 900, 900 worth of shoes. tu'
the tariff and what happens to inc
shoe shops of Maine oo.,
Last wear, England sent So,Ooo'ooo
vards OF cotton cloth into this couh
try That took just so much work
from Americans. Do we want more
..rye lust returned from Canada
wbere 7 find lower wages than here
and the necessities of life the same or
higher than here That's why the
canadians are coming this way. he
auce the tariff and the foreigners
goods will come the just. Canada Is
now substituting a railroad to enable
the formers of her interior sections TO
get their products quicker and cheap
or 20 market. When that is done
-, va happen to the Maine farm
or under this proposed Democratic
tariff? -.
..'rhe Democrats attempted to drive
through a free ship bin and succeed
"a an putting II in part through. by
lacking 1t on the canal Dill WIN ''i'
reau,t that now, for the first time II
the history OF TINS government
Americans can build ship in foreign
wards and put 1t under the American
aaeand last week, two such con
tracts were piaced-to the loss
Bath which has heretofore bulit man
ships for that company.
..This is known TO be but the De
ginning and az the hundreos
thousands of dollars represented %
these two contracts go TO ioreis
uorkmen, the farmers. who woui
nave had chance to help feed IN
Americans, who ought to have ma
This work, will realize what IRE
ships mean. ] note that Candida.
Marshall SAYS Too long we nav
.ooLad upon riches as sour
~ hapuiness Contentmen, Is vi
~ sorrce Well. If his part
MIR. and puts its policies in force, nc
body need worry about getting MAJ q,
piness through too much money ,,nS.
4 me experiences we've had uha'
nrsyious low tariffs Is any way ~ :,
liable. they'll ALSO be SO shy Oh e''