Charlevoix county herald., 1916-05-12

Secretary Of State.
ALONG THE FIRING LINE
Tradition is a handsome thing in
proportion as we live up to it," said
President Wilson to the members of
the D. A. R. Convention. Then he
broke date to meet the ladies of the
convention and went to the ball game.
Tradition continues to be a handsome
thing.
Our shortened line of Communica.
tions" in Mexico will follow closely the
line of the Kansas, Mexico C Orient
Railroad. The practical mind will at
once want to know why we do not use
the railroad itself. The answer is that
Carranza will not LET us. Yet Wilson
made Carranza.
We have yielded to Germany, we
have yielded to England, and now il is
made known in Washington that we
are about to yield to Japan in the mat
ter of some of the restrictions in the
pending immigration bill. Yielding has
become real habit with the Wilson
administration-and presently it will
yield to Republican administration.
1t is announced that Ambassador
Morgenthau has resigned in order to
promote ''non-partisan league" to aid
in Wilson's campaign. The illuminat-
ing information is further vouchsafed
that Mr.. Morgenthau consulted with
Mr. McAdoo about the league before
the Secretary sailed for South America.
Under the auspices Of McAdoo and
Morgenthau, who can doubt the real
"non-partisanship" of any league which
they will promote?
Indiana Republicans should offer
their thanks to Senator Tom Taggart,
who has decided to be a candidate for
election to the seat which he now holds
by the appointment of the Governor.
This will afford lineup in Hoosier-
dom which cannot fail to benefit the
Republicans, for Taggart, while sue
cessful political boss, lacks much Of
being able to command the indepen-
dent vote which is so large factor in
Indiana political affairs. Moreover, it
clarifies the issue for Indiana to deter
mine. The Ralston administration,
which Taggart has thoroughly controll-
ed, has been most unsatisfactory to
the taxpayers and with Taggart on the
ticket there is most excellent oppor-
tunity to get after the ''man higher up"
| Champ Clark berated the House
soundly the other day for its dilatory
tactics. A week or so before he was
taking up cudgel in defence Of that
body because Of public criticism Of its
delay. Mr.. Speaker, where are we at?
Japan imported nearly a billion
pounds Of raw cotton in 1915, compared
with 827, ,000,0 600 pounds the year before
This cotton was worked up into cloth
and a considerable portion of it came
into this country, because of the 40 per
cent cut in the tariff on cotton wearing
apparel, enacted by the Democrats.
Japan is also driving us out of the Chi.
nese market on cotton goods. The rea-
son is very plain. Japanese laborers
work II hours day in the textile mills.
Female spinners receive 16H cents a
day; weavers IA cents Male weavers
receive 22% cents. Dyers get 26 cents.
We may expect competition with Japan
to increase so long as the Democratic
tariff law is on the statute books.
The Department of Commerce an.
nounces a competitive examination to
be held for assistant to expert in
commerce and finance" Whoever
the expert" himself may be, he is GER.
tainly in need of considerable assist
ance, judging from the way the statis-
tics issued by the Department are gar.
bled.
The Department of Commerce re-
ports 80 foreign-built vessels admitted
to American registry since June 30,
1915. These 80 vessels will get from
under the Stars and Stripes just as soon
as the war is over, if the seamen's law
is then in force.
The ''non-partisanship" which the
White House cries for in order to get
its schemes through Congress is finely
demonstrated in the Democratic threat
to apply the gag to the House Of Re-
presentatives as a means of accelerat.
ing the passage Of the Philippines bill,
the shipping bill, and other measures
which are entirely personal in their