Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-26
OTHERS OPINIONS.
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for the voters Of Oregon to begin
study of the political situation an
more properly equip themselves fo
the duty they have to perform a
the fall election.
Conditions in general throughou
the country no longer permit of tina
free and easy attitude assumed il
the past eight or ten years, which
has finally brought the country square
into the middle of a road that leads
back to 1893. There is one reason
and one only, why the very people
who suffer most from industrial stag
nation bring distress upon themselves
and that is a careless study, or lack
of study, of what and who they vote
for
Chamberlain Lane, Lafferty, West
and what they stand for, is Oregon s
contribution to our National Difficult
ties. And the place to start, if we are
ever to lend any support in lifting the
Nation out of this present deplorable
condition, is at home. with view to
changing the political complexion of
one or both houses of congress.
No president since Jefferson had
the power to do good for the country
that Woodrow Wilson has, united
party and both houses of congress
with him, yet the administration must
fail from sheer lack of wisdom and
craftsmanship. Unlike Wilson, JEFF
ferson was soon convinced that the
policies he advocated before election
meant ruin and adopted Hamitons.
Unfortunately, Wilson is of another
type, and the majority of both houses
of congress being of the type repre-
sented in Oregon s contribution, it be-
hoves every voter to weigh and con-
slider carefully what the men stand
for, by performance, before support
ing them.
AS to the present administration S
theory Of maintaining prosperity and
our high standards of civilization by
applying freetrade just as far as it
can be and yet raise sufficient revenue
for governmental expenses, it has been
shown conclusively several times in
this country to have only reached half
of one side of the proposition. In
the first place our home market is.
by several times, the best in the t
world for labor and all other com r
and to successfully main y
tam our average wage scale of 81. 43 .
per day against England's $l0O, aud $
lll other countries less, we must have r
some measure of protection. Just so T
Tar as we fail to produce our own h
wants and the necessary equivalent +
% export for such necessities as we
'annot produce in sufficient quantities
for our own needs, Just so far will
our own people be idle and finally un-
ible to pay the bill. In other words,
when we throw our ports open to the n
world we must meet their price or o
ease to produce. To meet the price +,
we must meet their cost n
# production and that is out of the +;
question since labor is the chief fac fl
or. Therefore we cease to produce r
$ is shown by the United States n,
'reasury report for May. Imports
lcreased $20,0O0,000 and exports de- n,
reased S33,OOO,0OO as compared with
lay, 1913. Each month, since the IT
ew tariff bill became really opera
We, shows like condition of trade NJ
nd If continued long enough we must 81
1rtalnly owe the world more than we
IN pay. Here we call it "Bank- NJ
lpt." The leading "Administra- s
on" paper in Oregon (JournaD is at
resent exercised over the fact that ri
ortland is flooded with eggs from :
hlna. 1t does not make any COM
amt Of the effect these imported 13
'gs are having on the home producer
1t in an editorial June 10th. COM %
ans that consumers cannot tell them
ON American eggs and says. at Is Re
Id that chickens are the scavengers
China. In the half closed graves, Ok
cording to DR.. Dennis, Chinese
visionary, they have access TO dead so,
imam bodies. They feed from open
sspools in which is the filth from Sill
e human body and from all other $
urceS Of pollution. So here is ,
e instance wherein think both the an,
me producer and consumer will con- r
de that protective duty is all that
) need. Another article of general Uu
is coffee. We do not
oduce coffee but feel that we must an,
We it, Mr.. Chamberlain and those 8
his political faith. with the in 7
est of the consumer always in mind, .or
moved the duty on coffee which has Y
ways been a sure revenue producer. don
Brazil Immediately levies an export
ty on coffee which is added to the W.
ee here and collected for Brazil. 90 /,
is deprivlng our own government /
enough revenue to build a modern W.
ttle-ship every year. 90 {
Much can be said also about the r.
noval of the duty on lumber. espec- Ar;
Iy as to how it affects Oregon. an
Keeping in mind the fact that we
st obtain revenue from some
Irce, the lumber industry should
oy such incidental protection as
ID revenue producing tariff would d
lrd, for the very reason that ex- rep,
ldlturpS for lumber occur n ft,r tb,l G.