Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-06-06
A Ringing Letter
From Reno
Is Discrimination Against the West to
be Democratic Policy Hereafter?

Newlands contends imposes duty
upon wooden manufactured goods
of from 20 to 80 per cent and
protects them to that extent.
! suppose Mr.. Belford will buy his
trousers very cheap when their
protected maker gets free wool.
How the wooden manufacturers
look at the matter is shown by the
following quotation from one of
their journals:
"As for the business of making
woolen cloths and carpets in this
country, it will have the oppor-
tunity to buy raw material every
where in the world, and will be
protected by tariff which though
not exceedingly high is substantial"
Free sugar simply means that the
sugar industry is in the United
States and our Island possessions
will be destroyed; that Cuba will
henceforth produce all our sugar
which will be delivered to our
sugar refineries free of duty. How
will that help the ultimate consum-
er? The Democratic party is
pledged to curb and if necessary
destroy those trusts that increase
the costs of necessities, not help
them by the destruction of their
only competitors within the United
States.
Let Mr.. Belford show one good,
substantial reason for this discrimi-
nation against the Western pro-
ducts of wool and sugar. How
much longer is the west to remain
under the discrimination pructised
against it by the East and Middle
West? When the west has the
power and men in the Senate who
have both the ability and desire
to resist this discrimination, are
we to charge those men with re-
creancy to Democracy when they
stand not only for true democracy
but innate justice itself. Let US
hold up the hands of Senator New
lands and others who would lead
the west from the thraldom of the
East, when true democracy and
a square deal to every region of
the United States sanction their
position.
Senator Newlands' detractors
would have you believe that he
was taking his stand upon the mar
row ground that Nevada alone
would be injured. He takes no such
narrow stand nor is il a local ques-
tion alone. His position is that GER
tain sections and parts of our
country are Disseminated against,
and that to work out this discrimi-
nation Democratic policies must be
abandoned. He pleads that the
west receive the same benefit from
Democracy as the East. 1t should
and will unless we allow self SEEK
ing politicians to blind the people
of the West to oppose their Sena-
tors who would help them. Sena-
tor Newlands pleads for justice to
Louisiana, far off Hawai- as well
as his Native State. Mr.. Belford
seems to sneer at the Senator's plea
for justice and fair dealing to
Hawaii. Why? Had fair dealing
fled from our Legislative Halls
After we have taken from the Ha-
waiian Island their right to protect
their industries, are we then to de-
stroy them that the sugar monop-
oily may profit! IL Mr.. Belford
was to criticize Senator Newlands
why did he not quote him proper
ly? Was he so hard put for an ar
gument that he needs must quote u
clause as sentence, separate it
from its context, and present that
most dangerous lie, a half truth.
We quote the sentence Mr. Belfofd
mutiiatod.
"In doing that she (Hawaii) gain
ed the advantage Of adding to her
price our tariff duty, but she suffer.
ed the disadvantage OF coming un-
der our industrial system, which
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