The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-04
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FROM WASHINGTON

port the next Republican national
candidates." said a well-known mid
lie west congressman. who is in close
touch with the situation in that state.
Not only are the people of that state
turning to the Republican party at
this time on account of national is
sues, but the friends and supporters
Of Bryan, and there are many of these,
are going to help US rebuke the ad
ninistration of Woodrow Wilson.
Bryan's friends in Nebraska do not
think he has been accorded fair treat
nent at the hands of the present adj
ninistration, and without any fuss or
feathers they are getting ready to
throw the hooks in at the coming
lection in November.
"The granite industry in my state.
which represents thousands of dollars
in investments and which furnishes en-
polyment to vast number of men.
is feeling the effects of the Under
wood tariff. which reduced the duty
on granite from so to rs per cent ad
valorem and from ~ to 3 cents pei
:ubic foot" said Congressman Ed
ward H. Wason. of the second New
Hampshire district. I'm my district
there are extensive granite quarries.
Not only the owners, but the en-
ployes, are getting thoroughly alarm
ed over the present outlook of the
business. Democracy has dealt
body blow to this industry. Both
Norway and Sweden produce great
quantities of granite. On account of
the war in Europe there is no market
there for this product, and with the
decrease in the duty and the lower
wages paid across the water, this
granite is being shipped here and sold
It such low price that the American
producer cannot compete with it in
the open market. It bids fair to close
many quarries and curtail and Grip
pie the output of New Hampshire
concerns, which means the throwing
of thousands of men out of employ
ment. When this schedule was be-
fore the Senate. Senator Gallinger
made strong plea for the retention
of the Payne duties, but his Demo-
cratic colleague, Senator Hollis, stat.
ed that the change would not affect
the industry. AS a result the granite
industry of our state has been hard
lit. so much SO that earnest and ap-
pealing protests are coming from both
owners and operators of the granite
luarries, urging Congress to revise
the schedule and give them the pro-
lection necessary to keep the New
Hampshire quarries running. This Is
but one of many similar blunders
made by the Democrats. which have
hit hard the industries of my state"
Our Democratic brethren are not
especially enthusiastic over the mi
tatory debut of Cyclone Davis" said
4 New England Congressman to a
group of colleagues in the House one
day recently. When Cyclone open
ed up he got great hand. but when
he became warmed up and started in
On his populistic and socialistic views.
It made his colleagues vince. His al
fusion to the fact that unless the
conditions changed that million
McNamaras would rise up with
bombs almost caused an explosion
over on the Democratic side and there
vas very little hilarity after this on
that side of the chamber. The Texas
Cyclone ragged less than an hour, but
when it was over the only wreckaee
that could be found in its wake was
over across the aisle on the Demo-
cratic side. Meanwhile We Republic
ans enjoyed the situation immensely"
AS was forecasted some time ago.
IN additional appropriation will be
necessary to print the melodrama en-
acted by the Industrial Relations COM
mittee during the past two years. This
committee squandered $4,000 of the
,axpayers' money in giving its chair
nan, Frank Walsh. an opportunity to
!ir his views throughout the United
States. The hearings are nothing hut
garbled lot of red-shirt oratory and
lass denunciation. and the committee
report was split three waye from Sun
lay. no two agreeing on any one
thing. They spent all the Congress
would give them in junketing around
the country and providing scare-heads
:or the newspapers, and now $4,000
IS taken from the Congressional print
ing and binding allowance.
The Department of Labor has is,
sued bulletin asserting that whole
sale prices in 1914 were one per cent
lower than in 1913. Not MANY of us
,,uy our goods. wares and merchan-
1ise at wholesale. Moreover, the
prices We paid at retail led us to sus-
p.ect that if there was in fact a reduc-
ton of one per cent in wholesale
prices. that one per cent on the dol
lar was pocketed by somebody else
besides the ultimate consumer. And
furthermore. We have a very keen re.
collection that through all of 1914 ex-
cept October, November and Decem
Der. when war orders began to revive
business. whole lot of us had trou-
bic getting cash to pay the retail
price, whether it was or was not one
per cent lower than in 1913. And still
furthermore. since our recollections
keen and permanent. are at variance
the Bureau of Labor Bulletin we
fancy that the reported price reduc.
non Will Inquire more extensively next