The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-08-04
Washington Letter.

washington, Aug. z. Especial cor
respondence) )-Democrat endeavor to
convince farmers that they get no
advantage from protective tariff, but
the facts are otherwise.
The Canadian government publishes
a report written by it's New Brunswick
representative in Cuba, relative to the
Cuban market for hay, from which the
following Is quoted:
"Cuba Is increasing it's hay imports.
the total augmenting from 10, $40 tons
In 1912 to 23 33l tons in 1915. Nearly
all of this comes from the United
States and Canada, and while in 1919
Canada supplied about the same share
as the United States, in 1915 the latter
country furnished 81 ,44S tons as against
only LIT tons from Canada. The
Canadian decrease is said to be due to
the war"
This is just another windfall from
the European war which has been
picked up by the farmers of the United
States and which the Democrats will
credit to their administration.
The Democratic tariff law cut the
duty on hay so per cent, or from $4 to
So per ton, which pleased Canada i'm.
mensely she being our chief competitor
in hay. Comparing the ten months
ended July 81, 1914. the first ten months
operation of the Democratic tariff law
before the outbreak of the European
war, with the ten months ended July
81, 1913, with the Republican tariff
law in operation, and the official
figures show that our imports of hay
from Canada increased so per cent
under the Democratic law; while dur
ing the ten months ended July 1915,
our imports of hay from Canada were
almost negligible because Canada was
sending all she could spare to Europe.
Recently imports Of hay from Canada
have been picking up again, nearly
eight times as much coming in during
the ten months of the fiscal year 1915,
ended April, as during the ten months
ended July 81, 1915. The close of the
present calendar year will again find
Canada engrossing generous share Of
our market for hay.
In letter to an active Progressive
in Michigan, COL Roosevelt says that
seven-eighths of the party in New York
had deserted before he aver considered
throwing in his lot once more with the
Republicans. The estimate is none too
high. For many states it is entirely
too low. The fact is that fully ninety
per cent of the Progressiyes of 1919
were Republicans prior to that time
and that they are Republicans again
now None of the few converts"
whom Democratic headquarters is
Dragging about has vet been discovered
to have had Republican record. They
are all ex- Democrats.
U. S. Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah
Expectations fron the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915,
we're the greatest in the history of the
country. They were over "a, 900. 600, 900.
More than half of these expectations
were munitions of war and to meet de-
mands by the war. AS soon as the war
closes, that market will close. The
actual truth is that there have been
less expectations of products of. the
country that are generally sent to
foreign countries in the past year than
there had been for years and years
before. Just as soon as the war ceases
all the trade of all the industries manu-
featuring that $4,000, 600, 900 worth and
more will have to find market else.
where or the employees will be turned
out of employment.
Wilkesbarre PENN Record-Meat
again going up and we have the an.
nouncement that the increase will
amount to fifty per cent. Shoes are to
cost dollar or two more a pair. Let
us all rejoice in Democratic property.
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