Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-03-26

paper in Chehalis county. Adver-
this claim Of circulation and all
under this statement will be for.
true.
wen the Oregonian, that organ that
lights every movement for the bet
erment Of the masses and rants and
ienounces every move made by the
present administration in these crit
ical times, admits In q recent edi-
orial that the balance Of trade will
reach the total Of $500. 100000 In
our favor by the end Of the year.
Many hide bound Republican pro.
tectionist candidate to Congress last
fall secured his election BY shouting
abroad among the people that shame
less lie that the hard times were be-
cause the Underwood tariff law had
flooded me country with foreign goods
|Aad clpeed American mills.
what are the facts? The truth u,
and this information can be gained
from government reports, that the i'm.
ports for manufactured goods for 1913
were valued at @754.ooo.o 900 while the
imports for 1914 were valued 1t
$es3. ooo,e 900. Yet. the MANUFACTURER
was frightened TO believe that he
was being overwhelmed With foreign
goods. The facts are that the total
imports for 1913 were valued 1t g.
792,696.000 and for 1914 were valued
1t $1.7ss. $4,000. The only increase
underline new law was in food pro-
ducts, -,
II. the. Payne Law we're In opera
ton in these troubloua times, would
that magic instrument call back 70
life the murdered Belgium, commerce.
to say nothing Of the destroyed com.
merce Of the other warning nations
Of Europe? Without the income tax
provision the Payne law would force
Congress to raise an additional sum
Of $70.000,000 by war tax.
Wars Protective 1arlfI.
But Why the folly and inconsisten.
cy Of prating about the protective
tariff at this time? The war has
erected about the country : protec-
tive tariff wall higher than al the
protective tariffs combined can build.
With this complete protection why IRE
We having so-called hard times II the
war has nothing to do with our bust.
ness conditions? Why does not pro-
lection assert itself?
But in spite Of the war America 10
facing an unprecedented era Of good
times II sulkins Big Business will
only 60 to work. Orders for $1,000
100000 worth Of supplies for the war
ring nations have recently been re-
ceived. The United States is the
storehouse from which all nations
draw their foodstuffs, manufactured
articles. and. raw materials; for the
United States is practically the only
nation not engaged in war.
Only two elements may bar the on
rush of prosperity. Will the great
trusts that have enjoyed immense
tariff protection at the expense of
100000 consumers for years still
demand protection against Belgium,
whose country is barren waste with
no hope of even partial recovery for
a generation, whose remaining inhab-
itants are chiefly widows and or
phans; against France and Germany
whom this war will leave PROSTATE
for years no matter who wins or
loses?
Imagine the Steel Trust, the Wool
en- Trust, the Harvester Trust, the
Sugar Trust and other giant octo-
creatures Of special privilege
in this country-crying like puny
children for protection against wild.
ows, orphans, and old men who are
left to maintain the tottering indus.
tries Of the great European countries
while most Of their ablebodied citi-
zens are being shot In the war.
Fighting Back Good Times
The other element in our country
barring the path Of prosperity is the
standpat political party which is striv.
ing by every method known to their
ilk to forestall good times till anoth-
or election. Meanwhile its members
hope and pray against the return Of
prosperity and thus plan to deceive
the people who rebuked them in 1912
into returning to their shackles and
humbly praying forgiveness for Bit
ing the hand that had fed them;
promising henceforth to have no
thought nor wish other than that
which may emanate from King Stand.
pat.
Meanwhile the press Of the coun.
try which is chiefly owned or sub.
sidized by the lovers Of. special priv.
lege II seeking every. opportunity to
insult the president Of the United
States and the United States itself
Just % other copperheads have done
In former critical times. In no other
country Of the world are the people
doing ausht but backing their gov
ernments to the fun extent though
they are suffering the extreme rigors1