Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-30

charge that the Wilson, German tariff ,
bill was responsible. for the panic of
1893. The panic was caused by the fall |
ure of Behring Bros. in London in 1890
and was worldwide. 1t burst first in
australia in January, 1898, and did not
reach the United States until May, 1893.
The Wilson German tariff bill passed
August %. 1894.
How could the WilsOn-GOrman tar
in bill, which was passed in August.
1894, cause a panic in the United States
in May, 1893, and in Australia in jan
uary, 1892" he asked. Nobody believes
it could except those who believe a high
tax is a blessing and low tax curse"
Just Ratification.
mo man will be dazzled by the CLAM
or of prosperity" he continued. "Busi-
ness was never better. Everybody
knows Wilson will be elected next
month. That is why there is no disturb
ance in business. There is no uncer-
tainty about the election. There will
be no election. 1t will be just a ratiflca-
ton"
The charge that the Democratic party
is for free trade Is unfounded. he said,
and exists only in the imagination Of
those who are trying to pull the high
tax wool over the peoples eyes. Sen
ator Gore took up the subject Of spe-
cial privilege, and declared that it is
as old as the world. He declared it to
be automatic that whenever any man
anywhere gets something for nothing,
some man somewhere parts with some
thing for nothing.
| What are some Of the special privi-
leges?' he continued. I'm my judg-
ment, the principal special privilege and
| the most unjust is the unequal and un-
necessary taxation of the people.
agree with the fathers of the republic
| who believed that the power to tax in
| wolves the power to tyranniZe. l dis
agree with those who believe high tax
| is blessing and a low tax a curse.
| disagree with those who believe that
the national prosperity is dependent up
on the national tax. and think that ar
| increase in taxation insures an increase
in prosperity and a decrease in taxation
a decrease in prosperity.
II think and the Democratic party
| thinks that high tax is g. heavy bur
den and a low tax lesser burden, bu
always and ever a burden. 1 believe 5
tax is necessary evil and not {
blessing. believe if all gov
eminent national, state, county ant
city, could be conducted without thu
levying of single dollar Of taxation
it would be great emancipation and :
great relief. But 1t can't be done No
body advises free trade. I know onl!
three free traders in congress. One i!
a Democrat, one Republican, and thu
other a Socialist. Let's call it even."
Senator Gore said there is no differ
ence between a direct tax to the cit!
and an indirect tax to the nation. I
certain kind of wooden jacket, made b!
the same manufacturer, sells in tn
United States at $42 wholesale and il
Canada at $21 wholesale, he said.
II think that's wrong" he said. "Yo'
Republicans think that it is right. Yo,
may he right, and I may be wrong, blu
I amt"
Senator Dixon, he said, arose in tn
senate and protested against a freigh
rate Of $40 ton on wooden goods from
New York to Montana, but voted for
tax of $4,000 ton on wooden goods TO
which no service is rendered. 1t wa
an absolute gratuity out of the pocket
of the American people. In Lawrence
Mass, he said $4,000 men were working
for the American Wooden company TO
81 week. The company has thirty
two mills and they issue products wort
six times their value yearly"
"Let Well Enough Alone"
ut is all right for the owners o
those mills to preach Let well enoug
alone, but will you preach the self
same gospel to the men and women VIII
work in those mills?" he asked.
IF the creed Of Let we'll enoug
alone had been followed, men woul
, still be living in caves, wearing skin
and gnawing on bones,' he said.
THE three parties all declare the
stand for a reduction Of the tariff" h
said. THE only point is, whom will 70
commission to do the reducing. TIL
Republican and Progressive parties hav
always declared that the tariff Shout
be reduced by it's friends. The Reput
lican and Progressive parties have al
ways declared the trusts should be de
stroyed by their friends. The trust
have been destroyed by their friend!
The Standard Oil trust has been dc
stroyed. 1t has been beheaded, cruel
. fieu and today it's stock is worth 5000
10000 to $500, 100000 more than befor
it's demise 1t is more valuable dea
than living. The tobacco trust ha
ben destroyed by it's friends-its dea
> tender, affectionate friends. It's stoc
is worth to 100 per cent more tina
during it's lifetime. The tariff was a.
so revised by it's friends in the Payne
Aldrich tariff lava sort Of homeopatf
ic remedy that could do the trusts n
harm and the people no good
Senator Gore said that if the progress
sive theory of tariff measuring tn
difference between the cost Of produ<
ton at home and abroad were carrie
out, tariffs would be needed for eac
Of the 1874 countries with which tn
United States has tariff relations an
for all changing conditions in thos
countries and in the United States.
is an "iridescent dream" he said.
He declared the PayneAldrich tart
law sent the cost Of living up.
Curiosity COMMITTEES.
1--WE of the senate appointed a CON
, mittee on curiosity to find out wha
, made the high prices high" he said. &
suggested that we also appoint CON
mittee to learn what makes wild cat
wild, what makes screech owls screecl
, what makes humming birds hum, an
what makes humble bees bum We pas
a law that is certain to make price
high, and then we wonder why the ir
, evitable insists on happening. 1t is
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/ Senator Gore had some fun with
| rod,ctiop IF in the tariff n