Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-05-15

the prosperity all the advancement
and progress this country has known
since the Republican party first elect
ed that great martyr, Abraham Linz
coin who struck the shBcsles from
four million slaves. made the constitn.
! tion tell the truth instead of o lie. has
been due 20 Republican principles and
Republican laws. Tho Republican party
stands before the people proud Of ita
achievements Ia the past. and with
confidence that lts principles are best
fitted 10 administer the affairs of this
great Republic
Second Division.
IN speaking Oh the second dlvision
u my iarln discussion which deals
with the present tariff law, have
this 10 say that all the products OF
the farm and range IN Idaho have eth
or been put upon the free list or the
tarim materially reduced. The Demo- |
cratic party holds the farmers Of this |
country responsible for the high cost /
Of living, and have placed the products !
Of the farm and range OF Idaho with |
the other states In competition with
the world. and any honest man must
admit that Idahos products have been
placed upon the free list by the Dem
lcratic party In order 10 reduce the
price received boy the farmer.
] am sure you VIII nil agree with
nc that there rs just as much pros
,erity In Idaho every year as the pro-
lucta Of the farm ana the range the {
orost and the mine, give % the peo- I
'le in dollars and cents no more and 8
10 less. The farmers prosperity is p
our prosperity and do not care what
usineaa enterprise you may follow o
Dr. we are all farmers In Idaho. we q
re- an acting q part in the great work II
( the farm. whether q doctor or b.
wycr merchant or q tailor. we Ct
re- all Interested IN the prosperity dc
the farm and the other great indus "a
les Of this state. ri
II will be some time before the IN
rmcrs feel the full effect OF this free OF
AIDE measure. but already we find tn
IT. markets flooded with eggs from eS
nina. butter from Australia New re
aiand. Denmark and Holland meats IN
nm Argentine. New Zealand and Aus de
ala, and other farm products from
the world. II is safe to say that Ia
p products OF Idaho viii bring five We
llion dollars less this year in n free or,
lde market than they have been ag
nglng In the past In a protected DO
rket. which means i've million dol thu
= less Of prosperity In this state for ket
+ people.
rhe great danger Of the present tar for
bill To my mind Is the fact that 1t wo
II ttimulate production in every 2
lntry on earth at the expense Of the be
lerican farmer. and whenever there In
q surplus of any product In am cot
lntry that product will be dumped pes
the American markets at price has
CHI below the cost OF production in pri
) country which means an unset hun
condition. and ruin and disaster will
the American farmer. yea
What win become of the great sugar n
ustry OF this country when It is shi
lily placed upon the free list. no beii
at the present time is able to say. bro
eady with only 20 per cent Of the con
hf removed and sugar has been Th,
IN three years to adjust its affairs at
a free trade condition, Of the doz
,e sugar plants will not operate be
year NAL
nder protection Of those four hall
this we imported 25s.679 bushels Of of
d. In the first four months after NOR
passage Of the Underwood anGl M
mons bin we imported 7,os4,l69 be