Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-10-08
Mr.. NY ANAL,zrD AGAIN.

The Journal publishes elsewhere
on Ibis nage another Of Republican
state Chairman Ely's long comman'
ioationa IN Il he tells why the vot'
ers Of Ncw Mexico should rcpudate
Congressman Ferguson IN favor OF
u. q. Hernandez Mr Ferguson
voted FOR the Underwood tariff bill
which placed wool on the free list
Also protection WIS taken from iluor-
spar. Of which there was little mine,
now closed. In Luna county
How about the fncts2
The Payne -Aldrlch bin WIS con
demned generally by the leading re-
pnblicans Of the country. President
Taft signing It under protori though
nfterwnrd, IN his celebrated Winona
specch (which sounded the death
knell of his hopes for re-electlon),
he gave II what WAS construed AZ a
defense.
The Underwood bin was hy no
means a perfect measure. but II was
fnlrcr one. as between the rights
Of the producer and the consumer
than IL predecessor framed In the
Interest of the manufacturing mo-
nopolics. In order to displnce that
bill Mr.. Ferguson was compelled 10
stand hY his party or 10 break with
II completely He had made his
fight Tor tariff on wool in the dem
ocratlu caucus Free WOOL was put
into the bill over his protest The
caucus was the only place whore he
could fight effectively A vote
against The entire bin later would
merely have destroyed his Influence
With the majority IN congress and
would in no wise have changed the
result. No one but an insane man
could have taken any course other
Than that pursued by Mr. Ferguson.
Bui what we're the results?
Following the passage Of the TN
derwood bill, the price Of wool went
up higher than II had been for many
years The wool grower of New Mex
leo got this year about four cents a
pound more for his fleece than he
ever WIS able 10 set under the Payne
Aldrleh bin sun. In the face Of this
splendid advance, Mr. Ely complains
that thehe IL this year shortage of
about eight million sheep in the
United States. lie does not ten us
anywhere how that shortage would
be remedlcd by the imposition Of
duty on wool
In fact his argument. as regards
Nh FERGUSON, becomes ridiculous
when we consider his declaration Of
q few days ago that Mr. Hernandez,
~ elected would vote With hIs part,
ON nll things-in fact would be one
OF those unqucstioning standpattefs
True. little further on, be speaks
OF him as a progressive republican, /
but he knows there was nobody in
this country who condemned the /
PAYNE Aldfich bin IN more uncom.
promising termn than those progress I
sivo republican leaders. taFolleue
and Cummlns Possibly Mr.. EN re-
calls that the late Senator DollivcrH
made six days speech against the
paSne-Aldrich BIN in which he de- I
nounced it IN an the condemnatory I
Language Of which his extensive Voc
ahulary was capable.
From Mr. Ely, we may understand
that Hernandez If elected would be
q standpatter like Senator Catron
not ii progressive. like Clmmins. La
Toilette and Ronh
Mr. Els condemns Mr.. Ferguson
strongly for failure To keep fuor- /
spar Of which There was little |
mine ga Luna county. on the protect I
ed list flnofspm goes into the /
manufacture Of steel. "a product ugad +
hp every man woman and child in
the rmicd sutes sena Andrews
had a tariff Of tive liars ton
placed ia the p gne- Ndrieh lin for
the protection p tuorspar
IN an the tblitcd states ai the end |
~ 'he operdions of The payne-Ai- /
drich law, only s5.oas tons Of Il were
produced an Increase of less than
2o,00o tons under ,ho stimulus Of
iwo-dollur ton protection.
Rut what was the result Tor the
country