Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-07
Not Only The Farmers but
Many Industries inDanger,
Aspects Of Campaign That Inter-
esis All, Regardless Of Party.
Business Men Of 0rono Appeal to
Senators Burlelgh and Johnson.

Bangor, Me, Aug. 6.-(speciaD.-
The alarm felt by the pulp and paper
mill communities because of the re-
moval of all tariff protection from
their means of livelihood, is reflected
by the action of citizens, committees
and boards of trade throughout New
England.
At u special meeting of the business
men of the town of Orono, Maine,
held, July &c, 1918, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted and the undersigned
officers We're instructed to forward
copies of the same to President Will
son, Oscar Underwood, chairman, of
ways and means committee of the
House of Representatives; Senators
johnson and Burleigh, and Congress
man Frank f. Guernsey:
Whereas, this community and it's
business interests have been developed
through the business ON manufactur-
ing paper and pulp and in the past
has been prosperous through the full
operation of such industry
And whereas, the general tariff bill
now pending before the Senate threat
ems to largely reduce or entirely re-
move the duty from such product,
product. which we believe will seri
ously handicap the industry, by put
ting it in direct competition with
countries where the labor cost alone
will be so much less, as to compel our
manufacturers to either reduce-wages,
or curtail production, which will re-
suit in permanent harm to all estab-
lished business interests,
Therefore, be it resolved that we
most earnestly protest against any re-
duction in the existing duty on paper
and that we further demand the re-
peal of the section of the reciprocity
law which permits free entry of paper
from Canada in spite of the fact that
canada either restricts or prohibits
the expectation To this country of pulp
or pulp wood.
BE it resolved that the officers of
this meeting send copies to the gov
eminent officers above mentioned.
CHARLES II. NICHOLS.
A. f. DURGIN, secretary
While Hon. j. A. Peters, the Repub-
lican and protectionist candidate for
Congress in the Third district, is
visiting committeeman and third party
men in Kennebec and Somerset coun-
ties, his supporters in the eastern part
of the district are not idle The work
of organization, in charge of Maine
citizens and taxpayers, is being push
ed vigorously.
The fruits of this work are numer-
Gus verbal and written assurances of
support for Mr.. Peters from men who
voted for Theodore Roosevelt, last
November. Thinking men everywhere
in the district have come to the con-
clusion that Mr.. Peters is the only
protectionist candidate who can re-
buke free trade and defeat Pattangall.
They are taking off their coats and
joining in the fight to register a pro-
test against the Democratic policy of
placing Maine farms and industries
in direct competition with foreign
products.
Discussion of the granite paragraph
in the free trade bill now pending,
which occurred in the Senate, July 30,
showed conelusively that the proposed
new rate was dictated by a New York
firm of importers and that the indus
try in New England is likely to- be
wiped out. This has aroused the
uuarrymen and granite cutters who
see their means of livelihood slipping
away from them. Granite products
represent SO per cent. labor that is
highly paid. Now practically no man
ufactured granite is imported. Under
the new rate. according to the ex-
perts, practically none will be manu-
featured in this country and the in
dustry will be transferred almost en-
tirely to Canada and Scotland, where
the scale of wages is much below the
scale paid here 1t is not strange, say
Mr.. Peters friends, that this industry
will yield many Peters votes IN the
Third district.