The Jeffersonian
r Volume Six
L Number Seven J
Public Opinion Througho l ; ;Union
R. S. V. P.
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Hamilton Herald, undertakes in its
last issue to answer several questions
the Exponent propounds anent the
effect the tariff schedule will have
upon tke average Texan, and yet it
doesn’t answer a single question.
We’ll be a little more explicit, and
ask the Herald the following ques
tions direct:
Will a duty on lumber cheapen or
raise the price of that commodity?
Will a duty on iron ore, when it is
considered the steel trust owns prac
tically all the ore beds in this coun
try, cheapen or raise the price on
steel products, such as nails, wire,
and various other products of this
nature? W
Will a duty of $4 per ton on wood
pulp cheapen or raise the price of
print paper, such as the Herald uses?
Does not a past experience with the
trusts prove that a high tariff raises
the price of these commodities?
If so, does it not follow,-as a natu
ral consequence, that it is beneficial
to the manufacturer and detrimental
to the consumer?
Did not strong Bailey adherents
help build the platform which the
junior Senator repudiates and did he
raise his voice in protest at that time?
Does not the Democratic platform
call for free wood pulp and free lum
ber, and was not the “Juniah Seni
tah” elected on said platform?
Is the “think tank’’ of said Senator
superior to that of the entire Demo
cratic party? R. S. V. P. —Pioneer
Exponent, Comanche, Tex.
THE PARTY NAME.
The men you employ to make laws
for you in Washington are doing it
with a vengeance. Take, for instance,
their laws regarding postal affairs.
