The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-04-29

blONtos
III there is a district in Pennsylva'
MIA which has occasion to teel more
aggrieved than another at the Demo
cratic administration it is the Twenty
SiXth Congressional district, now rep
resented-or | should say misrepre,
sented-by A. Mitchell Palmer, salu
Mr.. Franks.
Effects of Democratic Tariff Leas'a'
ton.
81 shall never forget and DO not
think that the idle men and dlsap'
pointed farmers in Northampton, CaIi,,
bon. Monroe and Pike counties VIII
soon forget, an interview given out py
Mr.. Palmer during the pendency ol
this nelarious Underwood tarln laW;
our distinguished representative sal9
that while he knew the industries Oh
his own district would perhaps De
more seriously affected than those ol
some other sections by the reduCtlols
proposed in the Underwood Dill, ne
would, nevertheless, vote for IL anu
work for il. because he believed that
he was representing not oniy the
Twenty-sixth Congressional dlstrlGt
but the United States OF America. ne
regarded it as our duty to subordinate
our interests to the interests OF tns
people of this country as whole, anu
with a generosity quite characiLieriStlC ii ,nD
of him, he Cheerfully laid us al upon
the altar OF his personal amDluons'
There could not have been more
convincing proof that Mr.. Palmer was
out of tune with the whole scheme Oh
American government, which Is 10 ue.
termine the interests OF the people as
a whole through the best ana mos
loyal representation possible OF lle
separate states and congresslonal uls-
tricts We believe that Mr.. Palmer
is not in position to know as wen
what the Deople of California or New
Mexico need as are the congressman
from California and New Mexico anu
we certainly did not elect MN 10 loon
after the interests of business and az
riculture in California or New Mexico
1--WE thought he was going to at
tend to Northampton, Carbon, Monroe
and Pike counties, which comprise
the Twenty-siXth Congressional as
trict, and 1t was a great shock 10 US
to learn that he did not consider the
interests OF his own district as Delng
worth looking after.
Dangers of Foreign Competition.
"Urnless | gravely misread the signs
of the times, his own supporters are
as seriously displeased with nm ana
with the policies he has advocated as
are luONt Ol us WIN wv nv
his party For my part, | Delleve tnat
the voters of this county ana dlstrlct
have better conception of the I'M
portance of protection to agriculture
and industrial enterprises than they
have ever had during the lifetime OF
this generation of voters. AS you
know, the cement industry with which
/ am affiliated is the principal indus
try in Northampton county. The only
thing that enables us to operate now
is that the foreign cement SyndicateS
very unwisely curtailed its production
I'm advance of the passage or the IN
derwood law and thereby brought It's
prices to a point where we Gan tem-
porarily compete.
But when that production is eX.
banded, the men whom we are still
employing will be hunting work. 1t Is
possible to ship ton of 224O pounds
of cement from Antwerp to Calves
ton, Texas, for two shililngs six pence,
or about sixty cents of our money. IL
costs us to send ton of freight 70
New York seventy-five cents, and i
costs us fifty cents a barrel to ship, 1t
from New York to Galveston by
steamer. Mr.. Schwab has told us that
il costs him more to send at ton OF
steel to New York than 1t costs his
foreign rival to ship it from Europe. To
New York, The ocean freight rates
COMING llllS way 0ttlll w ht NnHNNAshAAy
designed for the annihilation OF an un'
protected American industry. The Bel
gian cement manufacturer, paying Bel
gium Wages and setting his product
down at any point along the Atlantic
seaboard at sixty cents ton, with ths
former duty of eight cents hundred
pounds absolutely wiped out, Is III q
position to put us out OF business, ana
he will do it, too.
Duty of the Pennsylvania Voter.
Therefore, say that 1t Is high
time we were sounding the alarm To
the voters of this state. 1t is a solemn
duty we owe to ourselves, our families
and our employees to rally to the sup
port of United States Senator BoieS
Penrose as the undisputed leader or
the protective tariff party in TINS coun-
try and the one man strong enough
through seniority, committee appoint
ments and years OF experience III TAR
iii legislation to incorporate our wish
es into federal laws. Mr.. Palmer has
BETRAYED even the comparatively small
trust of congressman. Let us see to 1t
that he is never given an opportunity
TO betray a larger one
From the vociferous applause which
greeted Mr., Franks speech it was evi-
dent that Representative Palmer was
not at all popular among those pres
ent.
Following is the declaration for Sen.
ator Penrose, which is signed by
thirty-nine manufacturers, employing
many thousands OF wage earners;
"ln the Judgment of the underSign-
ed manufacturers OF Northampton
county, no man who has been slated
or suggested by any party as a candi.
date to succeed the Hon. Boies Pen.
rose in the United States senate is so
well fitted to occupy that high office
or to render the signal service which
the state Of Pennsylvania will have
occasion to expect Of its representa-
tiyes in the upper branch, of congress
during the next senatorial term, as Is
Senator ponr0se himself
MT Penrose is not only easily the
equal OF any and all OF his proposed
successors I'm mentality education and
natural ability but ne Is equipped with
the added strength OF seventeen years
service in the senate and OF powertul
committee positions which would give
him a great advantage over any newiy
elected member.
"The proposed retirement Of our
Junior senator, the Hon. George f.
Oliver, of Pittsburgh, merely serves
To emphasize this argument and TO
make Il apparent that If we were 10
fail to keep our senior senator in the
harness. we would be conducting the
rash and dangerous experiment of try
ing to break In two colts at one time
ION behalf OF our own business en-
terprises and industry and prosperity
at large I'm the keystone State, we
endorse the candidacy of Senator Pen
rose for reorganization and reelection
and petition the voters of this county
for their hearty support and co-ouer-
atyina."