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Show THE CITIZEN the scare-hea. d of bolshevism. 5 Caraways resolution, if sustained, would make it a crime for any member of the congress to vote for any law which protected American industries,, but a virtue for him to vote for any law in the interest of foreigners and in the interest of that handful of profiteers in this country who are mulcting the American consumer because he is able to act as the merchandiser constitution provides that no one who owns interest in industries, who owns land, who is engaged in business, in bank, in short, no one who owns property of any js money permitted to hold office, legislate or have aught to do with the Russian Bolshevik of foreign producers. is organized in each community what is known as the peasant" party. From this party is drawn those1 who have any The members of this Poor Peasant organiza-r- e the government. those who never had anything, who never saved anything, the the vodka drinkers, the criminal classes, the the The world is witnessing each day gjSj demagogues and agitators. ult of a government by such a class of people, resolution has been introduced by Senator Caraway (Dem.) of senator voting for the tariff on wool owned as, to ascertain if any ft would It is on a par with the Bolshevistic idea of government, anv man who had property from participating in making laws he theory that by so doing he might afford some measure of proto his property, some stability to his interests and thereby would Bolshevists WHAT AMERICA NEEDS. n What America needs is not more laws designed to direct us toward laws heaven, but a more sane and wholesome regard for the that guarantee life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What America needs is not a new birth of freedom, but the old-fashion- ed ne'er-do-wel- ls, old-fashion- ed two dollar lower berth. What America needs is not more liberty for the people, but less of . c Caraways resolution raises the isssue as to whether it is dor a man who sits in legislative halls to be possessed of property, he fact that he has by industry, thrift and application to business dated something disqualify him from participating in an official the conduct of his government ? re those who sit in legislative halls to be confined to jackleg law-i- d political shysters who seek to hold their public office by appealing the vic- hatred and prejudices of the shiftless, the ignorant and enator airian who votes for a law that sort of people who take liberties with our liberty. What America needs is not so much a job tor every man, but a real he man for every job. What America needs is not more taxes from the people, but the people to get more for the taxes they pay. What America needs is not more miles of territory, but more miles to the gallon. What America needs is more tractors and fewer detractors. What America needs is more paint on the old places and less paint on the young faces. What America needs is not so much a lower rate of interest as more interest in work. What America needs is to adhere to the teachings of the fathers instead of rambling after fantastic foreign ideas and international sophistry mongers. that protects his property and renders secure, and thereby proptects all property and renders all secure, to be branded as a crook and whipped from public . . estment p.ents k only those to be permitted to remain in public office whose chief don is a loose tongue and a constant desire to impugn the integrity esmirch the reputation of men who have accumulated something Let Chairman Hull, of the Democratic party, who has been so profuse ft and eloquent in explaining recent Republican state primary votes, now scatter the mists that have risen in Missouri to dampen the ardor of the Wilsonian league of nations fanatics, following the nomination of his arch enemy, James A. Reed. substantial ? raises the issue as to whether those who legislate are sen who can be entrusted to legislate constructively in the interest it and industry, or those who legislate destructively in the interest shiftless and thriftless. is begging the question to attempt any other interpretation of the tion. If it is a violation either of ethics or the law for a United senator to vote upon a tariff schedule because the business in he has invested may be benefited thereby, it is wrong for him to pon any matter of legislation which benefits any business in which he interested. For example, senators with an income could not ?n a revenue law which had an income tax clause in it. The list ples might be continued indefinitely. is not a constructive piece of legislation enacted that does not business and industry and thereby profit those senators who have nents in business and industry. In the Caraway resolution the scare-'- f Bolshevism is raised in the United States senate, threatening all Fights and all investments in America. usidered strictly from the standpoint of the tariff, it is equally as and destructive. No one denies that many senators have in- that would be enhanced by a protective tariff, because a investments in American industries and business upon American industries. er) one knows and no one denies that there is another class in this would be profited immensely by the defeat of a protective These arc the interests which are growing enormously wealthy by pauper-mad- e goods and selling them to the American public profits ranging into the thousands of per cent, and in whose aravay and of Utah would have 11s enact our tariff laws. King 0r Caraway and his Democratic associates were sincere they would nan investigation of all such beneficiaries of free trade. Senator lie resolution F protec-enhanc- es cn-depend- ent J1? WHY WE NEED A FLEET. A Salem. Oregon, man now in Europe writes home : Nobody can deny that we need a fleet. Certainly we dont have to live by it but we may need it at any time in case of war. Without merchant and passenger ships, we will be so inferior to Japan, who can turn her peace time vessels, and the great British ships, which can mount enough cannon to annihilate our commerce. that our independence even may be threatened. the people who sailed to Europe to waste their money If one-hawould travel on American steamers, we could laugh at the fear of losing our lines. But they wont. Remember, if we lose our heritage on the seas, we may lose other things that will prevent us from becoming once more the savior of the world. In the present state of world commmercc, there is only one way to make sure of the building up and maintenance of an adequate American fleet, handicapped as it is by our present shipping laws. And that is by subsidies and preferential considerations such as are offered in the pending bill in congress and accorded to all the foreign mercantile fleets now displacing our ships on the high seas. Th' wonder is that it is delayed so long. lf In spite of the fact that this country has spent $5,000,000,000 during the past eight years for food and clothing for the starving people of Europe, the Democrats claim that the United States is the stumbling block in the way of European rehal ilitatioii ; and encouraged by this ats, titude on the part of the Wilson there comes across the ocean the ceaseless cry of ingratitude that America has deserted the world. die-hard- |