Show MORI MOKE republican CONSIST consistency ENOY republican organs as a rule are yet defending 1 McKinley ism although in their news columns they often print the facts and aad as most people know by this time the facts and protection theor theories isdo do no get gel aloag toge together very well they carit cant a aree agree ree the san francisco weekly call believes in a high tariff worships mckinley and otherwise works for th the 0 republican party but in its columns the other day the following article appeared under tile the caption this will relieve the farmer from an onerous burden pacific coast farmers to do not view with much apprehension congressman cami nettis proposition to place grain sacks sacka on the free list nor are the bag manufacturers themselves very much shaken up by it the profits of the latter m mill ill not be very batih reduced they say eay it hen 11 en they are compelled to deal solely in the imported article though the they are not reluctant to admit that their own interests would lie be best conserved ly by the retention of the present duty there are five or six jute sack ac it manufacturers fa rs on oil this coast and about fa banners fan ners the duty of ag alg 2 a thousand tells tella heavily against the iari neis of the pacific coast and is one of tile olista obstacles clee in his hia path that keeps him from brorn competing with the grain growers inthe in alie eastern states in the east the farmers have no need for sacking their grain asit as it is handled incle in ele vitor sand and carlots cai lole lots and they aie thus enabled to escape this consic considerable lerable tax on the pacific coast the nature of things cow compel pel tile farmer to bag baa his hia grain anit year sacks were used by the farmers of this coast which amounted to a tax of between and on the fai banners ot of this section se clion this vear not jess less than grain rain backs will Us be used here and if the tax bu not removed the fa bannera will azain be subjected to this enormous tax which places them at such a bit big disadvantage with their eastern competitors there are about 1200 or 1300 1500 men women and thil dnn employed in tho the jute sack nian manu manufactories it factories of the coast and will necessarily be thrown out of employment employ ment by the repeal of the gr grain a in cack sack duty still the benefit to th alie e farmer outweighs tin interests of th these ese few employed emp loyes a large pel centre 0 of whom are children that thai those wilo who understand the situation will welcome tile flea entry of grain sacks sacka |