The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-04-17
RESULT
OF new TARIFF
REPRESENTATIVE TowNER SAYS
WILL AID REPUBLICANS.
SOUND PROTECTION IN 1916
Senator cummins Says the Iowa Far
mer Has Nothing to Fear From
the Sharp Competition with
Canada as would Result.

Washington, ID. c., April 1.-THE
logical result of the general assault
which the democratic party through
its new tariff law is about to make
upon the products of the American
farm will be the return of the republi.
cans to power, in the opinion of Rep
Iresentative Towner, of the Eighth
Iowa district. This will come quick
ly, too, Judge Towner thinks. He pre-
diets that If the democrats carry out
their program, it will mean a republi-
can congress in 1914 and republi-
can president with sound protection
ideas in 1916.
Judge Towner calls the tariff action
/ of the democrats an attack all along
the line on farmers products-free
wool, free sugar, free meats and free
nearly everything else that the farm
er produces. The eastern cities de-
mand cheap food and the democrats
propose to give it to them at the
expense of the American farmer, for,
as Judge Towner points out, when
the duty shall be taken off Ameri-
can farm products, our markets will
be opened to the productions of the
cheaper lalnds not only of Canada,
but also of Argentina, Australia and
Other countries where land Is cheap
and labor is low.
However, Senator Cummins once
said, in an augural address as gov
lernor, that the farmers of Iowa would
have nothing to fear in the sharp
competition with Canada which
would result in the tariff being taken
off their products. That's the demo
cratic idea now and 1t seems alto
gether probable that the theory soon
will be put to a practical test.
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Representative Prouty of the Iowa
delegation, has introduced a bill for
an act to provide for an emergency.
The bill is designed as a substitute for
the Aldrich bill, which Judge Prouty
regards as cumbersome. Before intro
ducing his bill, Representative Prouty
Submitted It to experts a THE treas
ury department and also talked win
numerous authorities on the subject
of finance.
A brother of Democratic National
Committeeman Martin j. Wade lies at
the point of death in sanitarium at
Dougherty, Cerro Gordo county. He
is victim of tuberculosis.
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! N. f. Reed, chairman of the demo.
cratic state central committee. has de-
parted from Washington Cor Ottumwa
where he will remain ten days or two
weeks before returning to Washing
ton for the next meeting of the Iowa
democratic organization.
:.
r. B. Limbaugh is one Iowa demo
crat who would not take a federal job.
He is a grain buyer at Elwood, Clin-
ton county. He was so afraid that
he might be appointed postmaster
that he wrote to Representative Pep
per and told him it would be utterly
| impossible for him to serve If he
should be appointed, because he was
making more salary as grain buyer
than he could get out of the postoffice.
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Tom Maloney, the democratic may
or of Council Bluffs, who wanted to
be one OF the commissioners of the
District of Columbia, but did not
know that three years residence in
the district was required, now wants
to go to Canada He has fled an APP
plication for a consular position in
the Dominion.
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A. J. Schaap, Of Sheldon. is in
Washington making a fight on War
rem A. Ellington, who has been recon-
mended for postmaster of that city.
Schaap was a candidate who did not
have the Endorsements of the county
and district chairmen. which are the
first thing required by the organiza-
ton.