The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-02-18
THE CALAMITY HOWLER.

dent Wilson's promised busine 81
boom fails to boom, and the country
is not enjoying prosperity. And il
won't as long as we have free trade
with American markets flooded by
Canadian products, for example,
steel.
Free trade has been a failure, and
Bryan and Wilson are having no bet
ter luck with it than Grover Cleve-
land. War in Europe is the only
reason wheat has sold for more than
fifty cents a bushel, or that there
has not been as hard times and as
much business depression as during
the Cleveland regeme. But, even
war has failed to keep the nation up
to a normal standard.
Perhaps the tariff may build up
large business concerns, but this is
the result of any condition that en-
ables business to 60 ead.-Clear-
water Republican.
AS far as the Herald is concerned
it does not care whether we have free
trade or high tariff if it will bene-
fit the country in general and help
all alike or as nearly alike as posi-
BILE, and if necessary it is willing 10
make some sacrifices in order that
the greater majority may be bene-
fitted as it believes that it would be
one of this majority, and not one of
the favored few. We are, always
have been, and always will be op-
posed to class legislation for fav-
ored few and to the detriment of the
masses.
But such statements as made by
the Clearwater Republican, Uncle 10
Cannon, VIM. Barnes, Jr., Senator
Penrose and other great men, are
hard to reconcile with their past
statements. For years they told us,
and we were partially inclined to be-
lieve there was something to it-that
a lowering of the tariff might work a
hardship on the laboring class of
people because it would allow goods
to be imported from Europe where it
is claimed that labor is much cheap
er than it is in this country.
But what has been the result?
Wool was put on the free list, and
last spring before anyone even
dreamed of the present war in Eu-
rope, wool sold for a higher price
than it had for many years. The
tariff on sugar was lowered and the
price of sugar to the consumer was
reduced about thirty cents hum
dred, yet the sugar industry of this
country seemed to thrive and the
production last season was above the
normal, and we might mention num-
erous examples of this kind.
The flooding of this country with
Canadian products seems to be
rather new "boggy man" recently
discovered by the editor of the Oro-
fno paper and especially the steel
product mentioned by him. Of
course he must admit that the pro-
ducts of the cheap pauper labor of
Europe is now being consumed at
home and we are exporting millions
of dollars worth of products manu-
featured in this country to Europe
and among them steel, and why
Canada is flooding our market with
this steel product when we are ex-
porting it is rather difficult for US to
understand.
Again, would it not seem that if
Canada is sending large quantities
of its manufactured goods over here,
that the laboring people across the
border would be in good condition
and prosperous when as matter of
fact the converse is true. Canada
at the present time is in much worse
condition than our country and was
prior TO the commencement of the
war. Values there have decreased
much more than in our country and {
if it is caused by them flooding our
country with their products we
should send some one over there to
inform them they had better stop /
before they become bankrupt. Z
Wheat in this country was selling
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