The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-11-02
FRENCH MAKES FINE
SPEECH LAST NIGHT.
A LARGE ATTENDANCE
Tells of Work Accomplished
by RepubIicans--High Praise
for the State Candidates


ment eighteen months ago and the
work actually accomplished toward
restoring normal conditions We're
forcibly presented to the people OF
Wallace in the Liberty theater last
night by Burton L. French, repre-
sentative in congress from the First
district 1t was not merely an alb
stract presentation of facts that every
voter should know, for Mr.. French
also gave his discussion a concrete
application by showing the beneficial
results of republican legislation in the
Occur d'Alene district. He declared
the prosperous condition of the min
ing industry presented a striking il
ustration of the great value of the
protective tariff policy of the repub-
lican party, and that the varied in
dustries throughout the country are
experiencing the same benefits
through the enactment of a protec-
tive tariff law He exhibited a $40
bill and said that in south Idaho a
laborer would earn it in three days,
a carpenter in a day and a half, la
Dor in the Occur d'Alenes, two days
and a half and a miner two days. Com
pairing these with the wages in Europe,
Mr.. French said that a carpenter in
England would have to work five days
to earn $40 a laborer eight days,
while in Germany a laborer would
have to work 80 days to earn the $40.
These illustrated the difference in
wages now paid in this country and
in foreign lands and that it was to
prevent American wage earners from
being forced to compete with this class
of labor that the republican party
stands for the protective tariff which
represents the difference in cost in
this and foreign countries.
Other Republican Achievements.
To the democratic charge that the
republican administration had accom-
plished no constructive work, Mr..
French pointed to the emergency
tariff law passed within a few days
after congress met and which imme-
diately increased prices of agricul-
tural products; the permanent tariff
law which is contributing to the re-
storation of normal business condi-
tons; the disarmament agreement
which has resulted in saving millions
of dollars to the taxpayers by reduc-
ing appropriations for the naval and
military establishments; the regula-
ton of stock exchanges for the ben
eft of the farmers, also the big pack
ing concerns; the adoption of the bud
get system which is saving millions
of dollars in the cost of government;
the reduction of the running ex-
penses of government from six billion
dollars a year when the republicans
took control to $4,000, 100000 two bill
lion dollars of which is accounted for
in the care of injured and disabled
soldiers and interest on the public
debt. These are few of the out
standing features of the republican
administration, all accomplished in Is
months. He compared these with the
reconstruction period following the !
civil war when Europe provided a !
market for American products, and |
yet it required many years to bring |
the credit of the country and its in
dustries to a point comparable with I
the conditions today after two years
of republican rule and without the
benefit of a European market.
Praise for Moore and Lee.
Mr.. French opened his address by |
speaking in the highest terms OF |
Charles C. Moore, republican candi-
date for governor and William E. Lee |
republican candidate for supreme |
Judge. He had known Mr.. Moore Tor
20 years and described him as one OF
the strong men of Idaho and admir-
ably qualified for chief executive. Or
Mr.. Lee he said he had won his way
by hard work, which included employ
ment in the mines of this district. lie
worked his way through the state uni
versity, entered the practice of law IN
Moscow and has advanced to a posi-
ton among the foremost lawyers IN
northern Idaho.
MIR. French closed his address by ex-
planning his connection with mousse
bill No. n providing for the exchange
of privately owned lands in forest re-
serves for government land OUTSIDE
the reserves. He said he believed when
he introduced the bill that II was
meritorious and for the benefit of the
people of the state and that ne Is
stin of that opinion. He said the pro
test against the bill which resulted IN
its veto by the president upon recon-
mendation of the entire Idaho deiega-
ton in congress was due to misuh-
Outstanding of it's provisions.
Mayor Toole Presided.
Mayor Hugh Toole presided at the
meeting and in a brief speech intro
ducing Congressman French referred
to his long and valuable service as