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

re II there Is any farmer IN Idaho that
IN has been receiving too much for his
at products l have not found that man.
re lie Is the last man who should be held
ID responsible for the high cost Of living
- for he Is without organization, and
II when he has something to sell someone
% else makes the price for him, andwhen
J. he buys anything the price is again
j. made without his consent Nor will the
+ consuming masses receive any material
d benefit from the reduction of the price
p, Of our farm products by placing them
q on the free list, for there is not a pro-
u duct Of the farm or the range, but what
y must pass through the hands Of some
u monopoly before it reaches the con-
q sumers in the large cities.
This country owes much to its farm
i ers; they have been it's real pioneers.
Pushing ahead Of civilization the farm
er has endured hardship and privation
that no other class Of citizens in this
} country have been called on to bear.
J His has been mighty work.
? He has cleared away the forests, built
our roads, drained our swamps. SUBJ
dued the desert and made a thousand
blades Of grass grow where none grew
before 1t is his labor that has made
this the greatest nation on earth. AS
a civil or foreign foe, he has no equal
on the American soil and yet for his
great work and loyalty to his country,
he is told by the Democratic party that
/ the products Of his labor are raw ma
terial, while to the great trusts and
combinations Of the country, who
shrank from the responsibility Of gov
eminent when the flag must be de-
Tended who been brought to our shores
an undesira BILE class of citizens, and
have created a condition in this coun-
try that is a disgrace to this govern
ment, to these men the Democratic
party says: The products of your Ia
Dor, gentlemen, are finished products;
we will dignity them by placing a pro-
tective tariff upon imports that come
into this country in competition with
your own labor"
Speaking on the third division Of
protection and free trade, as a princi
pie of government. 1 have this to say:
l can understand how there might
have been those at the beginning Of
this republic who believed in a free
trade policy but l am unable to under
stand the man who can defend that
principle of government after this
has lived under protective
tariff laws for so many years. / can
understand the south when they had
slave labor. which degraded and
cheapened and degraded every other
class of labor in that country in those
days, demanding free trade, and l can
how the south will not be
so seriously affected by the free trade
measure just passed by the Democratic
party for the labor on the farms in the
southern states is not more than % to
Of xrho ir- in hr-f
am unable to understand the man in
his state who is willing to see the
PRODUCTS of Idaho placed upon the free
list or the tariff placed so low it will
lot give the producers OF Idaho the
onest difference between the cost of
in this and foreign countries
For more than fifty years, with the
Exception of those four years when
irover Cleveland operated this country
With Democratic laws, this country
las been a protective country. 4
ondition has grown up under protec
ection that cannot be ignored. 1 am
,illng to ADMIT that some Of the selfish
lterests of America at times have re-
ialley s GCoding.
eived more than a fair share ofprotec-
on. but l am not willing to condemn
be principle Of government that has
lrth because that principle Of govern
1! qsgJ7s 80 pesnqr u79q STU lusU
erests. l do not believe, however,
lat the farmers can be charged with
lie abuse of our protective tariff laws.
that they have been receiving more
ian a fair share of protection, yet
lie Democratic party has made them
he great sufferers in the free trade
easure just enacted into law.
To my mind we need protection
ore in America more than ever be-
re if we are to keep our people en-
Dyed, for we are no longer a new
untry. Nations like individuals have
cir birth their youth and their man
'od. This country is Just passing from
nth 10 manhood. 1t has not yet
ached it's greatness as nation. Ii
mot be expected that its develop
ent in the future will be as rapid as
has been in the past.
While there is much land left in
nerica. yet in comparison with what
5 been settled in the past half a
injury. the work Of settlement is al
1st done. No longer is there oppor-
nifty for the great cities to relieve
Fir congested conditions by their
ople finding new homes upon the
bile domain and the question that
S confronted all the old nations for
ndreds of years is fast crowding it
upon the American people. 1t is
1t question thatat times has caused
, old worlds to tremble. and under it
publics have gone down to destruc-
n 1t is that mightiest question of
that sooner or later confronts all
-ernments it is that question of
ping the people employed. The old
rlds have maintained large standing
MES and mighty navies, and in this
V have done much to keep their
pie employed, for in those eoun-
IS there is not work for all to do.
ay have been forced to pass pension
IS for the aged and poor. to build
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