The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-09-02

washington, Aug. 81. Especial cor
rcspondence) Statistics showing in
detail how Democratic tariff legis-
lation has permitted the Canadian
farmers toenlarge his sales in the
United States to 1.-THE injury of the
American producer, were recently
placed in the Congressional Record
by Congressman j. Hampton Moore,
Of Pennsylvania.who by way OF intro.
duction, said:
Our commercial relations with
Canada are always interesting in
study Of the tariff question. We had
reciprocity with Canada once and 1t
worked beautifully for the upbuilding
OF Canada. After it had been in
operation for a short time we learn.
ed that Canada was getting our mon
ey and we were building up Cana.
da's industries by taking her prod.
ucts. We protected ourselves under
the Mckinley and the Dingley and
Payne laws so that we were able to
hold our own business, keep our own
money in circulation in our own coun.
try. and still not give UP everything
to Canada.
When Mr.. Wilson was elected
President in 1912, however, all this
was changed. BY the passage of the
Underwood tariff law, october .,
1918. we put Canada back into her
old position, not by a reciprocity
act, SO called, but by reducing tarih
duties and enlarging the free list.
The pretense upon which this was
done was to secure for the American
consumer a decreased cost OF liv'
ing. Reduce the tariff rates, put cat
tie and potatoes. and 80 forth, on
the free list, and the American con-
sumner will get cheaper food, said the
followers OF Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Underwood. That was the way the
Democrats looked at It then How
the Canadian brother looked at 1t
we are not told, but we know
what the Canadian brother did. II
lie did not say thank you, Mr.. VIII
son for keeping us out of war, he
certainly ought to have SAID thank
you, Mr.. Wilson, for opening the
American market to Canadian pro-
ducers, for that ia exactly what Mr..
Wilson did when he insisted upon the
passage OF the Underwood tariff law
which was to compel American man
ufacturers and producers to whet
their wits against the wits OF their
foreign competitors.
THE Canadian brother was on the
Job and never let so from the mo-
ment the Underwood bill was pass.
ed. Did he reduce the price OF cat
tie to the American market when
the duty was taken off cattle? He
certainly did not. If the American
brother was fool enough to take the
duty off and make cattle free into
The United States, the Canadian
brother was wise enough to put it on
the price of his cattle which he sold
into the United States. This is ex.
actly what he did, SO that while the
United States treasury was minus
the duty and the American cattle
raiser was minus the protection he
had hitherto enjoyed the Canadian
cattle dealer obtained higher price
for his cattle in the American mar
ket and the dear consumer, for whom
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Underwood had
pleaded so earnestly paid more for
beef and got less of It for food than
ever before.
1T was substantially the same with
potatoes, that great American sta.
pie, which In recent years has given
the State OF Maine an exceptional
agricultural reputation. The Demo
Gratis took the duty OFF potatoes that
the Republicans had sustained for the