The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-29

their doors and the balance of trade
drawn ruinously against US. II cap
ital alone had suffered 1t would have
been bad enough, but the real suf-
fering came to the army of unem-
ployed and the poor. In all the great
cities were soup houses which had
to be established to prevent death of
the poor from starvation.
UnderwoOd-Si Bill
Then l wonder If you have for
gotten the winter of 1914? The
Underwood-Simmons bill was passed
the third of October, 1918. The
winter of 1914 hundreds of thou
sands of unemployed tramped the
streets begging for work. More than
three million men were thrown out
of employment and like Banquo's
ghost came back again Coxie's army
and again free soup houses had to be
established In all the large cities to
feed the hungry, and then the great
war burst upon the world and we for
got all about free trade and hard
times.
Present Importations
LET me show you what is happen
ing at the present time in the way Of
importation into this country, altho
Europe has not reached the full pro-
duction towards which she Is swiftly
moving. First, I want to read the
importations that came into this
country soon after the Underwood
bill was passed. To make my posi-
tion clearer, l want to read the i'm
portations coming into this country
year previous to the Underwood bill.
For comparison l will take the
months Of October, November and
December, 1912 and of January,
1913, year before the passage of
the free trade measure known as the
Observation-Disclosures bill, and take
the same folr months after the pass
age of the bill, October, November
and December 1918, and January,
1914.
Under protection we had 1885,
679 bushels of corn.
"Under cree trade we had 1894
159 bushels of corn.
Under protection we had 1850
bushels of cats.
"Under free trade we had 1914
141 bushels of oats.
Under protection we had 470,175
pounds of butter.
"Under free trade we had 4,575,-
079 pounds Of butter.
Under protection we had 3,46S,-
1872 dollars worth Of animals, mostly
cattle.
"Under frae trade we had 12,37S,-
392 dollars worth of animals, mostly
cattle.
Under protection we had 5,394,-
523 dollars worth of bread stuff.
Under free trade we had 1884
951 dollars worth of bread stuff.
Under protection we had 1880
bushels of potatoes.
Under free trade we had 3,261,-
705 bushels Of potatoes.
Not only was agriculture and the
livestock industry seriously affected
by these excessive importations at
that time, but as the New York Tri-
bune says the manufacturing in
dustry was becoming paralyzed' And
the millions of unemployed tell the
same story of what always happens
in this country when we let down the
bars and throw our ports open to
foreign imoortations.
Now, let me read you the i'm
portations coming into this country
since the war. To make a compari-
son | will take the calendar year of
1913. during which there were nine
months of protection and three
of free trade, which up to
that time had been the largest i'm
portations we had ever known.
''In that year there were 1872
596,4S0 dollars worth of importa-
tions. Notice these figures for 1919 |
worth of importa-
tions. I
"Now, let me read the importa-
tons of this year from January l to
July 81, 1920 Seven months. Three |
billion, four hundred eighty-one mil
lion, seven hundred sixty-eight thou
sand and twenty-eight dollars worth. 4
1t is estimated that there will be six |
billion, four hundred and eighty mil
lion dollars worth of importatiOns |
shipped into this country for 1920,
or practically 400 per cent more
than has ever been known in any
year under protection. Six billion, !
four hundred and eighty million dol
lars worth. Maye you know what a
billion is. l don't. All know is that
it is thousand million, and that )
this amount is coming into this +
country in foreign imports this year.
More than sixty thousand million
dollars worth Of foreign labor paid to ,
employees, farm hands, men
in all kinds of manufacturing in
dustries. The. American people are
going to pay out to foreign manu-
farmers and livestock men
and foreign labor this year, for some
thing to eat and wear, this amount
Of money, which represents labor.
Nearly one-third as much as the
great war cost this country. NIL
How Idaho is Affected b
THAT you may understand how
Idaho is affected, let me read you
some of these importations. Then
you will understand why our in
dustries are paralyzed and broken
down. There has been shipped into
this country during the past year
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