Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-05-06
Hon. Albert johnson, A. S.

Republican newspapers of the stand.
pat type are printing what it called
the Maiden Speech" of the repre-.
sentative in congress from this dis.
trict, attacking the Underwood tar.
if measure placing shingles on the
free list, and he predicts dire re.
suits to follow in consequence ito
the shingle industry of the state of
Washington.
Every advocate of the "robber'
tariff of the Dingley and Payne-Ald-
rich bills makes the same old, thread
bare. arguments against reduction of
high tariff. 1t is an old song. 1t
has deceived the masses for over for
ty years. These men of the John
son, A. S. type have laid their heavy
burdens upon the American people
until human patience is exhausted, and
human endurance can bear them no
longer. The advocates of every spe-
cial protected interest make the
same argument, predict the same dire
results.
The sugar interest predict the ruin
of the sugar industry. The Hawaiian
sugar growers threaten secession be-
cause the Democratic congress in
tends that the people shall have
cheaper sugar. The Wool interests
Of Oregon and other wool growing
states predict the death of all the
sheep in the west, and the ruin of
the woolen industry. because Dem
ocratic congress is determined that
the working and industrial classes
OF this country shall have cheaper
Blankets, cheaper clothes. The shoe
industry predicts dire results to it's
manufacturers because Democratic
congress Is determined that the peo-
pie shall have cheaper shoes to wear,
and son nthrough the whole cata-
1ogue We have the same stale ar.
Euments of standpat politicians of
the Johnson, A. S. Type.
His fear! that British Columbia
shingles will stop all the single
mills in the state Of Washington is
the creation of disordered intel.
loot or the product of ignorance.
Wages in British Columbia in the
lumber and single business are as
high as they are here. The local
demand for lumber, by reason of its
great immigration and rapid devel
opment in the past few years is such
that instead of British Columbia ship.
ping lumber into the United States We
are exporting and selling lumber in
British Columbia Not shingle mill
in the state of Washington, nor a
single weaver will be injuriously af'
fected by the proposed single sche
dule. The law of supply and demand
Is the unerring law of commerce
Why, We all know that during the
past two years, under the Infamous
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill the lumber
interests all over the state of Wash
ington suffered. The mill owners
lost money, some We're ruined, others
weathered the storm, and today, in
the very face of the Underwood tar
if law placing lumber on the free
list, every mill in the state of Wash
ington is running full time. Many
are unable to fill their orders, and
the outlook still brightens.
The single mills in the state OF
Washington need not be idle day
False prophets like the Hon. John
son, A. s., have been heard before
The high cost of living which has
consumed the wages of the bread
winners of this country is due &c
the votes and policies of such men
as the present representative from
this district. The high cost of liv.
ing will end when high tariff receives
it's death blow. A Democratic presi
dent and congress intend that the
people shall stop paying an unjust
and unholy tribute to the highly pro-
tected barons of this country, Mr.
Johnson A. S. to the contrary not
withstanding.
w. w. LANGHORNE.