South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20

ticularIy when partissnship nyoI IL Is terrible
calamity should succeeded
occasional scmblance Of representation in congress,
for = couple OF decades, while being quito
totally deprived of three decades and more.
The great hobby-the republican riding horse Of to-
days cotton southern COTTON Up today, IL Is
practically only staple of the south the other prin
cipal one being army camps and environments.
These camps and environments a great crime
the estimate OF republican pubIicists until
that party's leaders, EH-Pres't Taft
above partisanshp gave his approval
There should be camps cantOnments
established the NORTH" he said The south is the
place them" II dlsconcertng TO the section
aIlsts, we suppose, but senccd their "envious
tongues"
And Is cotton. southern cotton, again, quite
exclusively that is hurting them; this and the
and dncome taxcs-both which, with lying
republican poison they would thrust into the patriotic
OF the northern industrialst and farmer.
We quote local republican mOuthpece, COM
nentIng the pending revenue bill. IL says:
"The bill now pending worded that the
south pays little and the manufacturing states
of the north bill. That would
be 80 bad If IL were not for the fact that cotton
the chief product OF the south, is virtually
taxed and these southern democrats who con-
troll things insisted fixing a wheat
price. but refused to fix a maximum price on
cotton. Cotton Is selling today for about 300
percent OF its actual value. > Last year the
south, democratic paid only iS percen; of this
The greater part OF the remainder
came out OF the pOcketbOOks OF people in Hi
nois, Pennsylvania, Indiana and New York.
The solid south paid only nine percent of the
national income tax"
Isn't that nice the way Indiana gets wedged I'm
30 with Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York? How
about Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin, any OF which
three paid than Indiana? Clever, for poll
ticaI effect isn't itP the cotton.
infaIlible economic judgment with which
republican journalistic informant passes sentence
on cotton, presumng thrust 1t low with
the price high, I'm comparison with the fixed price of
wheat
But get the facts days before the broke
in 1914, wheat rs cents a bushels cotton, IL
cents n pound.
Ten days after the broke out wheat s1.O5
and still soaring. while had dropped of
sight and begging for market any price.
There market
Today the farmer is guaranteed 500 a bushel and
has been for crops-lacking IA cents of being
three times market price just before the
The highest gone, has been SO cents,
in the open marketjust three times the Pre-war price
The northern farmer a terrible kick south
arn cotton grower, hasn't ne? Why not mention some
thing about where northern wool and oats and corn,
and pork and beef, have gone up to?
much? Wen, ask Col. Charles Arthur Carlisle.
food administrator, why the darymen for
milk, sell their cattle feed,
and their cattle, for than the milk market is
worth them.
Furthermore the republican propagnndists do not
mention that the president price
cotton stabilized. and speculation in it TO cease.
No they don't mention that, do they mention that
the colored people army from the south,
brought north 20 work in Observation-Disclosures
to vote republican ticket, and incidentally keep
down the white mans wages--has the OF
producing cotton south, away OF proportion
to the increased of producing wheat up here.
Ignorantly with dishonesty OF purpose they forget
those features; an application that might be made
with equal their wall about the south pay
ing It's share Of and income taxes.
What would the south pay 1t with? Cotton Is
agricultural product Are the agriculturasts OF the
north being burdencd with and income
taxes?
The reason northern paying s. percent
war and Of percent Of the income taxes, IL they
are, Is they doing s. percent the
proHteering. enjoying 81 pc-cent OF the income.
They are qualified the wealth of
nation their clutches; have never been carpet
hasged" pcnury by any political party.
We hold no brief the south of pro-slavery days
we particular brief the south OF
Justice Is justice and right right and is truth
ond man, be he politician. editor, just flannel
mouth who indulgcs the revival of that old
aIism, Is too shallow brain. weazened OF soul
too morally decrcpit and politically deserve
the respect of intcIIigent America loving people
The boys OF the north and the boys OF the south.
the sons OF blue the OF the gray
color lines quite eliminated, lighting shoulder 10
shoulder I'm France.
SecuonaiisIn here Is the issue
Il h south Germany. hat aght-
snz now, the north and south alike, and the grand