The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-10-18
Rural Districts Feel Benefits Of
Protection.
Small Industry Benefited
ctate's Industry GO Diversified that
Hundreds of Infant" Concerns In
Small Towns Are Helped by Pro.
teetion-Farmers in Vicinity Feel
Effect of Prosperity.

tected by the Republican tariff, are so
diversified that there is scarcely q
rural neighborhood in the state that
doesn't feel the direct advantages of
close proximity to come enterprise
which Is helping to enrich the state
and bring prosperity to its people.
The farming, automobile, mining
and furniture industries of the state,
great as they are, by no means form
the entire basis for Michigan's claim
to the right of protection. And oneshas
but to make q cursory examination of
the schedules to learn that the tariff
is so fixed at present that hundreds
Of Michigan industries are getting the
benefit that enables them to give en-
ployment to labor. at good wages.
Besides the protection offered farm
products, and the products OF the
miner, motor factories and furniture
shops, the products of the great Port.
land cement industry, with plants. at
Alpena, Bay City,, Detroit, Wyandotte,
Bellevue. Bronson, Coldwater, Fenton,
Huron, Cement City, Chelsea, Charlie
voix and other towns are protected by
duty of about 30 cents per barrel.
This keeps out the products Of Ger
many which formerly flooded the mar
ket.
The paints, drugs and chemicals OF
Detroit, Wyandotte, Midland, Jackson.
Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Ford
City; the inks of Detroit and Grand
Rapids; the peppermint oil Industry
of Centerville, Decatur, FeDnville,
Lawton, Mendon, Potterville and
Vicksburg; and the gypsum quarries
of Alabaster and Grand Rapids are
some of the industries protected by
the Republican party. Then there
Is the plate glass industry at Saginaw
the optical goods enterprises Of De
troit, the grindstone business OF
Grindstone City and Port Austin, as
we'll as the cutlery industry Of De-
troit and Gladstone which come in for
their share of aid.
The hardware and tools OF Dowa.
giac, Kalamazoo, Detroit and Port
Huron are among the more import
ant of the products on the list, while
even the really, tiny infant" indus
try making artificial bait in kalama
zoo, Dowagiac and Hastings is an en-
terprise which protection has not
overlooked
One of the greatest industries OF
Michigan is based upon the manufac
ture of cotton. The overall factories
dustries Of Detroit, employing 10000
operatives; the knitting plants Of ST
Joseph and Bay City and other towns
and villages feel the effect of protec
ton.
On all manufactures of paper, Other
than cheap print, there is protective
tariff Detroit, Port Huron, Alpena
Cheboygan, Munising, Kalamazoo and
Otsego are the principal towns bene
flied by the duty on this line of goods
One could add the wooden, salt
sugar and lumber industries whose
wheels turn in every part OF the
state, and then there would be mul
titude of other products which would
have to be overlooked for lack Of
space to merely enumerate them.
Now, Michigan needn't hesitate
about asking the protection given or
these articles. There are some, 1t is
true, who will argue against placing a
tariff on a commodity for the benefit
of but small community in compari
son to the entire country. Perhaps
the protective tariff on Michigan pro
ducts might be slightly burdensome tc
the people Of other sections of the
country. But one must remember that
these sections Of the United States
are producing goods on which they
are seeking and getting protection
The Democratic cotton growers and
lumber men of the south demand a
tariff on their products, even though
they are Democrats. The manufac
turers of the east want protection or
shoes, cotton goods and textiles, rub
Der, sugar and thousand other com
modities. The men of the west want
farm products protected. In ia ct
every section of the country is bene
flied and Michigan must demand her
| share.
Michigan must send to Congress
this fall men who will fight for the
protection of Michigan. The Repub
licans have promised to keep the tar
If where 1t belongs. The Democrats
are promising Free Trade. Michigan
should not risk sending to Congress
men who will fail to stand for the
rights of labor in the Wolverine state
while other communities elect high
tariff men.
The safest plan Is to vote straight
the ticket that promises protection.