The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-05-15

Ill OH Is only Ou1erent IrOm
the Mills and Wilson bills In that 1t
cuts deepest into the duties on those
articles which are produced by the
class Of our citizens most worthy of
protection" said Representative Will
lam l.. La Toilette of Washington.
The one redeeming feature Of this
measure Is the income tax provision,
for which it Is made impossible for
any friend of the farmer or laborer to
vote on account of its being tied up
with those provisions which threaten
agriculture, also the sheep, sugar and
timber industries.
Campaign Pledges Dsreearded.
Last campaign the people of the
United States were promised by demo
cratic stump speakers in every city and
town and at every crossroads that II
Wilson was elected with democratic
control in congress the tariff would
be revised, schedule by schedule. The
first act of that administration Is to
bring I'M tariff bill which cannot be
amended, the threat being held over
the head of any democratic member
who votes for any amendment to ex-
communicate him from his party and
to visit upon him the dire penalty OF
not permitting him to name any of the
postmasters in his district and refus-
ing him auy important committee as
signments.
Destroys Raw Wool Industry.
Raw wool is placed on the free
list, which means that the American
producer of wool, who pays taxes to
help American institutions, must have
his industry destroyed, while the
duty remains on manufactured wool
ems, retaining to the woolen trust,
against which there has been a clam
or for years, any advantage 1t may
ever have held as the result of tar
iff. This clearly arrays the east
against the west.
"The cotton growers of the south
are given free bagging for their cot
ton, while our western wool growers
must pay a duth of 25 per cent ad
valorem on the bag that carries theil
wool. This Is a case of the south
against the west, so it can be seer
that the west gets the short end III
every item.
Farmers Home Market Injured.
"Mr Underwood, chairman Of the
ways and means committee. says agri
cultural products were only reduced
AZ per cent, but In reality this sche
dule was lowered double that amount
and the leaving of 10 cents a bushe
tariff on wheat was simple iron.
when flour was placed on the fre'
list, the only result being to injur'
the farmers home market, the mil
ling industry, and to distroy his op
portunity for getting any better thai
an export price for his heretofore di
ferential or milling grades.
THE products of the agriculturalist
of the United States placed on tn
free list are bran and wheat, screen
ings, broom corn, buckwheat and buck
wheat flour, corn or maize, corn mea
,, cotton, flax straw, berries, hides O
cattle, lard, meats of all kinds, in
! Guiding fresh beef, veal, mutton, laml
, pork, bacon and hams; milk an
cream, including preserved or cor
oatmeal, rolled oats and oat hulls
!, potatoes, dried, dessicated and S
: forth; rye and rye flour, skin
of goats and sheep, swine or hogs
tallow, wheat 90 cents bushelj
wheat flour and semolina.
agricultural products not on th
free list have been reduced in man
: cases more than so per cent-whea
= from 20 cents to 10 cents bushe
: but is practically free when flour
made free. Hay was reduced fror
81 ton to 81 ton, so per cent, an
;, apples from 25 cents a bushel to l
!, cents a bushel, or 2h cents tn
: bushel less than Canadian rate.
: Washington Fares Badly.
Il There is none of the products {
q my state that this bill fails to put o
the free list or reduce to a minimum
lumber, shingles. lath, fish, flour, ry
! and rye flour, oatmeal and millin
:. products; barley Sd per cent of pie
, ent rate; barley malt 60 per cent
/ wheat 10 per cent, practically free
z oats so per cent reduction for fee
|, free as far as milling oats is. col
n cerned, as oatmeal is free; hay so p,
Z cent reduction; cattle reduced 81
y per cent, beef free; horses valued {
+ $3.50 or less 54 per cent, at over $1s
a so per cent reduction; mules value
at $3.50 or more TIN per cent redu
ton, mules valued at $3.50 or less,
per cent reduction, horses and null
average 60 per cent reduction; shee
u 81 per cent reduction, wool free mu
e ton free; hogs free; lard, pork hal
Ill bacon free.
IS Hits ShineIe Industry Body Blow.
Is Washington produces so per ce
d of the shingles manufactured in Il
K United States and with the small d
ty charged now our manufacturers a
s. enabled to pay good wages to Anne
le can citizens and compete with Cl
s. nese and Japanese labor employed
y mills just over the Canadian bordt
u Probably it was supposed that
wiping out the shingle industry t
lumber trust was being swatted.
r. such a consolation is wrong, becau
n the manufacture OF shingles Is I
G. business of concerns of small capt.
employing a few men here end the