Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-28

| ter and richer State and the individual
residents of the State will enjoy all
the benefits that can come from such
development.
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What They Say of 1t.
Here are some of the comments OF
! thinking men of the country:
Potatoes come from Germany,
And beef from Argentine,
| Yet still the u. s. worhngman
Is growing very lean,
why sing to him of bargain pants,
| Marked at "One-ninety-two,
When on his uppers he goes round
| Without think to do?
The high cost of living continues to
grow under a Free-Trade administra-
tion.-CentraI Missouri Republican.
One idle factory damages the Wilson
| party more than 1000 political speeches
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN. ~
Standard.
Associated charities of Cleveland re-
port a $4,000 deficit owing to increas-
of work.-Munisc Qnd.) Journal.
1t was a pity to spoil the best labor
market In the world as the Wilson
Tafiff has done.-Wapakoneta co. Re
publican.
While the government at Washing
ton is bankrupting American indus
tries the government at Ottawa is
raising the tariff with view of build
ing up the industries of Canada. The
contrast is appalling to the people of
the u. S. A.-Central Missouri Repub-
lican.
Ex-Congressman Charles E. Little
field said at Rockland: Z am funda-
mentally opposed to Democratic re-
gime, and hope that in 1916 we will
not have Government Of pedagogues,
by pedagogues, for pedagogues."
II we are not prosperous under the
new tariff act, foreigners are, and
that is what this Government seems
to be in business for the amelioration
of the conditions of alien people
in alien lands.-Philadelph Public
Ledger.
The last of the workmen in the iron
mines Of this section were laid off
few days ago. The iron industry in
this part of the country is now nil.
The mines here were operated on
very close margin even when a pro-
tective tariff was in force. Under
present conditions it is impossible to
operate them at all.-Greenville (Mo)
Sun.
Better than the contemplated bond
issue to pay the approaching deficit in
revenues, would be a readjustment of
the tariff increasing customs duties
and giving American labor its home
markets. What is the use of theoriz-
ing on the Tariff when the concrete
illustration is at hand and readily
understood by any man of intelll-
gence ?-Watertown IN. " Standard.
We now have tariff for revenue
only. II is admissible that America is
getting no benefits from its tariff save
revenue, and it now develops that the
revenue is not nearly as much as
American tax payers might wish. The
fact is that 62.T per cent. of our May
imports came in free. Already We
have fallen behind $4,000. 900 in Gus
toms revenue. To tell the plain
truth, this Underwood tariff act is a
failure from every conceivable Amer
lean standpoint the only success it
makes is in popularity amongst for
eign manufacturers and workmen.
Every Free-Trade journal is hurry
ing to prove that there will be large
crops. and that good crops will mean
good business. Crops are important,
but they are not everything.
The farmers will plant the grain, the
sun and rain will ripen it, the rail-
roads will carry 1t to market. 1t is for
the Executive and the legislative
bodies at his command to keep their
hands off from the demand for grain
and truck. If the lawmakers do not
pass laws to cripple factories and to
frighten investors the market for ag-
ricultural supplies will be good. But
the Wilson program is calculated to
Offset superb crops. If it will cease
shutting up shops, man and nature
will attend TO the crops.-Camden IN.
J) Post-Telegram.