El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-23
CUT IN
TARIFF
BLAMED
Industries Suffering; Many
Closing; Labor hit Hard,
Says Gompers.
EXTRAVAGANCE
OF DEMOCRATS


w the tariff, currency reform, and
threatened prosecutions by the wilson
Jas r. Mann declared the Democratic
majority in congress is rapidly caus-
ing a feeling Of business unrest
throughout the country.
One instance of how the Democratic
tariff bill is working, and its dlsas-
trOus results. win suffice, though doz-
ems Of equally calamitous examples
could be given
tative Humphrey, of Washington, read
a letter which he had addressed to
secretary of commerce Redf1eld, IN
which he called the cabinet officer S
attention TO his recent public utter
ances in which he had expressed a de-
Termination in case any legitimate IN
dustry closed or reduced wages or dis
charged employees under pretense
that legislation was the cause that
he would Investigate such industries
and give the public the truth IN the
matter.
Quotes the Leaders.
Mr.. Humphrey wants the investiga-
ton made by Mr.. Redfield's bureau Of
foreign and domestic commerce. at
once in that particular region Of the
state Of washington where the single
manufacturing industry seems nearing
the verge of extinction. After quoting
Democratic leader Underwood, secre-
tarv Of labor Wilson and president
accord with Mr.. Underwood and Mr..
Redfield regarding the announced
policy to expose manufacturers who
reduce wages on the pretext Of losses
due to lower customs duties and re-
peating from the promise made by
president Wilson shortly after his
election in 1912, that he would hang
panic breeders higher than Haman,
Mr.. Humphrey said:
so it fully appears that you have
the means, the authority and the de-
sire 10 make these 1nvesuga tiOns, and
that In so doing you viii have the
complete approval of the administra-
ton. In view of these facts here
with submit to you a list Of 1874
single mills and SO lumber mills that
have recently closed in the state OF
washington This is not complete
list and it IS increasing each day.
Many others have reduced wages and
have discharged a number Of the men
employed. The closing Of these mills
has thrown about $4,000 men out o.
employment
Low Tariff to Blame.
The owners of these mills claim
that the present tariff law is In
large measure responsible for their be-
ing compelled to close them. As the
secretary Of labor has so earnestly ex-
pressed his desire to cooperate with
YOU in this most laudable undertake
ing, am taking the liberty of send
ing him also a copy Of this letter"
Again IN the house, congressman
James r. Mann declared the emocratic
administration is getting things in a
bad way. Dir. Mann asserts that we
are now in the midst Of a financial
and industrial panic. due to the in
capacity Of Democratic control and
legislation
The men in the factories and in
the industrial world are nearIy. scared
TO death" he added.
How Is Labor Faring9
How Is labor faring in the general
mlXup caused by Democratic pol
icies2" is asked
President Gompers Of the American
EedsraJlon OF Labor, testfying before
me house judiciary committee the
other day for the Bartlett bill which
exempts labor organizations from
prosecution under the Sherman anti
trust law, acknowledged that the I'M
employed are now swarming in this
Asked by congressman CarIin Of
virginia, If the number of UNEMPLOYED
persons in the United States today is
aDoVe normal, Gompers said that this
Is probably true"
He accredited such a condition of
AIIalrs TO the period Of transition"
Appropriations Run High.
.. At the present rate in expenditures
~ VIII not be long before each con-
sress appropriates $500, 200, OOO
In the past the country never
touched such heights Of extrava gance /
even In war time. But times have
changed, and congress now SET gold (
en- streams in motion with reckless !
less 9no ABANDON that have never been /
paralelled IN the worlds history.
Inc government today REQUIRES (
{6sVOU'yUO Tor each day In the year to /
keep it going.
Beats Taft2s Expenditure.
For the current fiscal year, ending 1
next June 30, congress appropriated in
round numbers s1.1OO 600 060 mis- |
means more than S30OO0OO per dav.
me $L1OO,OOO, 600 does not include a I
large sum in contracts authorized to 4
2e entered into by the government. |
considered in the 1,10Oi 100000 is about 1
$66,50O, 600.
It IS apparent that it is entirely |
within the bounds of truth to refer TO 1
congress as a $4,000. 100000 affair
The Democratic Faith Broken.
FOR many years the Democrats on
me stump and in congress have been
assali1ng the Republicans for -extrava- /
CANT appropriations. But the assaults [
4aTe been the mereSt sham of politics
Evidence Of this has been seen in the /
TACT that In the last congress wherein /
the mouse was controlled by the Dem
ocrats' the appropriations went on /
their swollen way unchecked And I
the annual estimates for the appropri- /
aUons for the next fiscal year. which /
We're sent to congress by secretary of !
the treasury McAdOO at the outset OF I
the session, after being OVERLOOKED by /
the cabinet heads and the president. /
were $SS,O00,O00 higher than the appro- /
priauons for the present fiscal year.
exclusive of deficiencies and misceI- 1
Ianeous- Including deficiency and mis- /
cellaneous appropriations, the esti- /
mates for the coming year as made by
the Wilson administration are higher
by about $100OO,000 more than all an
propriations for the present fiscal [
year r---f $1,000 -
Same Ole story.
The thing which is already perfectly
apparent is this, that a Democratic
administration and a Democratic con-
gresz ere not going to be any more
successful in stopping the flood tides
Of expenditure for government pur-
poses than Republican administration
and Republican congresses.
Total estimates of expenditures sent I
70 congress this month are S1.1OS.OOO-
600. These estimates exceed the esti-
mates which the Taft administration
sent to the last session of the preced-
ing congress.
Every Man for Himself.
Every man in the house and senate
is eager to get something for his dis
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