Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-01-30

''Only drop in the BUCKET When II
comes to supplying the American
market.
The American farmer has long since
lost his enthusiasm over stock rails
ing, and since the Old-time butcher
has become a mere agent for the pack
ing houses, there has developed an
increased shortage of beef year by
wear. Meanwhile prices have SCARED,
and while the suffering public has
been praying for relief it develops
that Buenos Ayres has surrendered to
the trust. Argentine finds its market
across the ocean, and while the Agri-
cultural Department is shouting it
self hoarse in advising the farmers of
our country to raise cattle, the custo-
dams of the soil reflect that they have
already been made to suffer too many
disappointments as a result of the
methods of the packers, and they de-
cline to enter the game.
BUILD NAVY OUT OF WASTE.
Senator Lodge suggests good way
to get an American Navy that will
not cost anything. There is no ques-
ton but what the ''pork barrel leg
islation has been great drain upon
the country's treasury, and Lodge
says we can get along without the
reckless expenditures that are being
made.
Congress has turned a deaf ear to
the recommendations of one Secretary
after another" says Mr.. Lodge, and
he adds that both in the War and
Navy Departments we should cease
wasting money on useless navy yards
and stations, and stop scattering our
soldiers among widely separated posts
where there was no need of troops.
An adequate national defense, the
Senator says, could be obtained with
out additional expenditure, "cut off
our needless army posts, navy yards
and stations" he advised the Senate,
clay aside for few years appropria-
tions for public buildings and river
and harbOr improvements where they
are not needed. Drop all the eXpendi-
lures which are designed for spots
where votes are lying thickest and
you will have money enough to pro-
vide for "A sufficient and an adequate
navy without adding to the burden of
taxation.
FINED $50 For BARRING L. 5. SAILOR
Practical results in the efforts to
prevent discrimination against the
United States uniform were recently
obtained when a New York dance hall
keeper paid a fine of $50 because one
of his employees refused admittance
to the hall of IA sailor from the battle
ship Utah. Seaman Arthur Williams,
in company with another man and
three women, had bought cards of
admission. The ticket taker refused
admission to Williams because of his
uniform.
OUR BEST AUTO CUSTOMERS.
Ourtwo best customers for auto
mobiles are the United Kingdom,
which admits them free of duty, and
Canada, where they are dutiable at
30 per cent adj valorem, each taking
about One-hfth of our total exports.
Australia, in spite of its import duty
of about s120 on the body, per cent
on the chassis, and rs per cent ON the
tires, bought American automobiles
to the value of more than $4,000, 900,
while Argentina, with it's compare
kively low rate of II per cent ad va
loren, took only about 81 ,000,OO
worth, or about four times as much
as WAS taken by Brazil, where the
duty is about Is per cent al valorem.
TAFT SAYS LABOR Is PRIVILEGED.
1t ia now dead sure that former
President Taft is "out of politics" as
he has claimed. otherwise he would
never have asserted that present-day
legislation, like pendulum, has
swung too far in favor of labor with
the resultant injury to capital Mr..
Taft said that for a long time labor
had appealed for equality, but now
labor organizations were trying to
get more than equality. The simple
solution offered by the eN-President
to satisfy the demands of both labor
and capital was to "even up both
sides,
The extent to which American in
dustries have been affected by the
European war has also been discussed
10y Mr. Taft. He says that as one of
the tirmist advocates of world peace.
before the present conflict was begun.
he had imagined such "A gigantic con-
! lict impossible. When the news of
hostilities was received by him he
felt as if he had been hit between