The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-01
News Snapshots
Of the Week
GOV. COLQUIT OF TEXAS
POLICIES OF PRESENT
ADMINISTRATION
JACOB RUPERT

.. b. Colquitt, democratic COVER
nor OF Texas, in a recently published
article, is unspairing of his criticism
OF President Wilson and administra-
ton officials, claiming that the admin
lstratlon policy has been weak and as
result the entire south, country of
natural richness, is paralized indus
trially, and thousands of the people of
that section are in distress. Cover
nor Colquitt says in part
The Wilson administration has
been the greatest failure in the his
tory of the presidency The south is
land literally flowing with milk and
honey, it has made one OF the biggest
and best crops in its history, and yet
because of the utter incompetency of
the men in charge of the government
its business is Frustrated, its credit is
impaired and thousands of its people
are starving.
The administration tariff law was
pledged to lower the cost of living and
it has had the contrary effect. By
putting raw material on the free list
and keeping the protective tariff on
manufactured goods, it has condemned
American farmers by hundreds of
thousands to peonage and has enabled
the manufacturers, getting their raw
material cheaper, to charge higher
prices for their goods, which they
have done.
Hides were free-listed and shoes
have gone higher. This is true of viz
tually every single item similarly
treated in the administration tariff
law. The American farmer gets less
for his raw materials, the American
working man pays more for the fin
ished products and both are robbed to
further enrich the protected manufac-
turing trusts and combines.
British Dictation.
The administration foreign policy
has been imbecile. 1t has allowed
England to dictate conditions as to
cotton shipments to European coun-
tires that enabled England spinners to
rob the American cotton growers OF
half the value of their crops. England
stopBed American shipments until
the English spinners had bought their
supply at six and a half cents pound
and stored it in Texas and other
southern ware houses.
Then England consented to declare
cotton not contraband and France
followed suit day Or two later. Our
government weakly submitted to Eng
lands dictation, playing into the hands
OF the English splnuers and hetrayinR
The American cotton grooves as con-
plctely as if this country were an Eng
iish vasSal state
III had been president ! would
+ Ibnv, served notice on lIngand'S pre-
mici that our foreign trade IN cotton
: anil other non-eoutrahaad samm oii'
, lies was going forward will or with
out England'S consent and II heStS'
. sary would have sent American IRON
clads to England's door to enforce
that notice,
Platform Violation.
,.Thr administration repeal oil the
Panama canal toll exemption law, III
violation OF the party's national p'al
, form WAS another weak Surrehuei "
England. Ii free tolls Tor NheiieIi,
, ships had not been repealed huhateu'
III Amcrican-owned ships uylhS 'Tt
eipn hag would have come unueI Wv
American flag to get the 6oeneh' oi Wy
exemption and we would TO-DAY nav
nm American merchant marine con-
netept TO carry our goods 10 IoIels'
MARKETS We have no such mGTTnah
; marine and to supply 1t the Wilso,
! demonstration is proposing TO spe'''
money. taxpayers money DuylIH
subsidized national shipping service
"Thc Wilson Bryan management y
tho Ncxican affair has been la'iu'e
Tbey landed an army in Vera Cruz u
$50 Uuerta to salute the nag al'
I h9Sc brought it back without getlinl
II nave V,o"e They now ask congress t.
+ inc s"r~;a 100000 to pay the ex
c approx , ~ hat ridiculous expedition
{ For what? What did It aceon pa n :
at set all Mexico allame HHrxic
the Americans, not only IN a,o meN III
l. hut in Texas, where 'a H.,s a,I"s tbcr
y Nv. hnnL III the Rio Grande, wv