Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-10-25

(This column is edited by the Demo.
cratic county central committee.)
The stand pat republicans, mind you
the stand pats" on the high tariff, a,
still trying to buncombe the farmer by
trying to make him believe that the
tariff on his farm products keen ont
foreign farm produce. and this too in
the face of the fact that wheat has been
selling and Is now selling in Canada for
as great, and in many places greater
price than the United States, meats the
same, eggs the same, potatoes the same,
cattle the same, hogs the same, and in
fact everything the farmer produces,
and there il no other country from
which we can expect or could expect
competition on farm products. You
don't hear Borah or French making any
such breaks as the stand patters do
about this matter. They know better,
but they are associated ON the ticket
with the stand patter and must bear
some of the ignominy
At the instigation OF the tariff pro-
tected trusts the republicans took the
tariff off of raw hides, but raised it on
shoes, and leather, and the trusts
promptly raised the price Of the latter
SO the people got no relief, except to
teke less price for their raw hides.
There Is much being said about taxa
ton this campaign, and every voter
should read Gov. Hawley's message to
the special session of the legislature.
which body is republican; and then
place the blame where it belongs, which
Is ON that legislative body and not on
the Governor. Had they followed his
suggestions every person as we'll as cor
porations would be bearing their lust
proportion of the taxes. and that is all
that anyone, even republican candidates
can hope to offer to the people.
What will Haines do if elected to the
governorship. about the taxes? But
why the question, he WON'T come with
In mile of election.
We hear good deal about the panic
OF 1893. but never a ''cheep" about the
panic of 1907, when everything fat
tened ont in proper shape, notwitb-
standing the high protective tariff, re-
publican prosperitytD and all the other
goodlD times under republican rule.
Taft says the era of high prices is
passed and things will come down from
now on. and backs up his assertion by
"a. ing that the farmers have produced
SO much this year that they will have
to take less money for their crops, and
so living will be cheaper. That's prob
ably true. but you will notice that he
does not say manufactured products,
which are nearly all controlled by the
trust monopolies, and protected by
high tariff, will he cheaper. The trusts
have way of keeping their mills from
producing too big crop, that is by cur
failing the output, so if living is going
down the farmer is to be made stand
the reduction, while at the same time
everything he consumes that comes |
from the manufacturers will still be up
on the high shelf of prices This tariff |
scheme is great medicine for the CON
sumner, and the farm producer as well.
Anent the appointment Of United
States senator TO succeed Senator Hey
burn, the democratic committee have
n their possession letter written by
iov. Hawley in which he states that he
will positively appoint democrat and
hat the appointment will go to north
I'm man. which precludes the POSSIBLE
ty of any man getting it who lives in
he south or eastern:part of the state.