Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-10-10
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OTHERS OPINIONS


phrase IN l3lG anu cohueniiou 'H
practice with distinct reference to a
party platform which declared for
Free Tolls for coastwise shipping
through the Panama canal; protection
to American life and property
abroad; civil service reform; one
term only for president and that a
protective tariff was unconstitutional
That "mixture, in the sense that
Mr. Wilson used the term, as has de-
veloped, was "Molasses to Catch
Flies
Hon. Milt Miller, in defense Il use
the word advisedly) of Mr.. Wilson Is
achievements (?) before 200 or more
voters, avoided making any mention
of "The Wreck of the 1912 plat
form,'' their 1916 platform or "Mo-
lasses," and "promised" nothing.
He did say however, "there hasn t
been any lumber shipped in here in
the last three years and we don It need
a tariff on lumber" P"
There is no promise involved in the
statement but it was made purely for
the purpose of getting, or at least,
preserving, votes and in view of the
fact that the exact reverse is true, it
is either molasses" or pure chunk y
During the first year of the Under
wood tariff Q914) Canada shipped in
to the United States S92,S00,00O feet
(years since 1914 have increased) and
comparing the last year of a protec-
tive tariff with the first year of free
trade. the increase from British Co.
lumbia was SAG per cent. Meanwhile,
or for almost three years, the saw
mill at Dallas has not shipped a car
load of ties to the Southern Pacific
company for the reason that ties can
not be produced at this mill for the
price at which the railroad company
can and did buy them in Brit
ish Columbia without reducing wages
20 per cent or more. Within six
months after the Underwood bill was
passed which removed the duty on
lumber, the Southern Pacific company
placed an order with A. B. Field &
Co., San Francisco. for several car
goes of ties and A. B. Field & Co.
bought the ties from the Hastings
Mill in British Columbia thus forcing
the price to a point below the actual
cost line here where it has and will
remain until the influence of the pres
ent tariff is removed.
The "Oregon journal" fount. in
a fruitless search for some legal
means to stop the sale of "Chinese
eggs after they arrive in this country
mder the provisions of the same bill,
that there is no relief except the i'm
position of duty.
Will any fair-minded man contend
that such legislation is construc-
tive" when absolutely without com
benefits?
Is it fair to me and more than two
hundred other employees of the mill
here. or the men who own the bust
ness, or the chief industry of our
state and second only to agriculture
n the nation. to suffer the, effects OF
4 miserable theory. neither end Of
which has ever been discovered.
Consumer The only consumer
he manufacturer deals with is rail
'oads chiefly with a sprinkling Of
arge industrial concerns and so long
Is the foreign product is available to
them. they alone benefit to the ex-
ent of paralyzing an industry that
employs over 100000 men and fur
iishes more tonnage traffic to rhe
than any single industry in
he country at a steady flow through
Ill seasons of the year.
Are we to assume that funds aecrn-
ng to the railroads through this pro-
,ess of strangulation are to be hand
I'd over to the trainmen. already the
Iest paid labor in the world. in COM
llianee with the "Adamson bill?"
Mr.. Miller also remarked while
'pussy-footing" over this free trade
.ariff policy, either that they had re-
luced or removed the duty on cotton
He didn't say why or
such action was to benefit us,
but it was constructive legisla-
ton. Poor people, you know, have
to wear cotton clothes and if the duty
IN suit of underwear amounted to
25e. they just knocked that off and
saved the consumer" a quarter
Is that "Molasses or Chunk" or
what!
Are We to assume that funds ac-
eruing to the railroads through this
process of strangulation, are to be
landed over to the trainmen, already
'he best paid labor in the world. in
with the Adamson law9
Mr.. Miller also remarked while
'pussyfooting" over the Wilson free
.rade policy, that they had removed
he duty on cotton manufactures.
He didn't say why or how such ac-
ion was to benefit us, but we were
o understand that it was "eonstruc-
i've" legislation. Poor people YOU