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Show THE CITIZEN -- Vbrated ILLUMINATING TARIFF FACTS. their harvest festival on the first of November. Some of American Indians had an autumn festival not unlike these. In In inland the festival was observed under the name of Kern. itlaiul the festival was known as the Harvest Home." Davs of thanksgiving have been common in all civilized conn- Several such festivals have ;ef; for special occasions in all ages. .en held in England, one of which was over the defeat of the SpanArmada in 1588. The inhabitants of Leyden, Holland, for many 3rd as a special day of thanksgiving in Jjr$ celebrated October 157-1- . emory of the deliverance of that city from the Spaniards in e tact that this was a popular festival among the Dutch during the n years the Pilgrims lived in Holland may have suggested to them celebrations in America. Certain e idea of holding thanksgiving festival is most ancient and is that the origin of the thanksgiving it came to America as an idea taken from the ages that had ne before. .r -- It is altogether probable that the first thanksgiving day celebra-- n held in North America on May 27, 1578, by the Frobisher was edition on the shores of New Foundland. These ceremonies were nducted by an English minister named Wolfall. The first record of thanksgiving services within the present lim-- ; of the United States was that held by the Popliam colony, who ritled on the coast of Maine in August, 1607. According to authorities a thanksgiving celebration was held by he Pilgrims as early as 1620, soon after the landing of the Mayflower. was merely a thanksgiving service. Thanksgiving 7ai$, however, rad- ?av. such as we now celebrate, was originated by Governor In November, 1620, the Pilgrims landed on the :rd. of Plymouth. xky coast of New England and passed the ensuing winter with -When spring came they planted a eat suffering and privation. Its growth was watched with more care than usually devoted ::up. j a baby. The lives of the colonists depended on the success of that -up. There was tremendous rejoicing in the autumn when a bumper n T.pwas harvested, and Governor Bradford issued the first prodama-::ufor a thanksgiving festival in America. In order to have ample rovisions for such a festival he sent out four men in search of wild It is doubtless due sine. They returned with many wild turkeys. :o this incident that the delectable turkey has always been consid-::e- d a necessary feature of every Thanksgiving dinner since that :nc. This first thanksgiving festival lasted nearly a week. The prin-pMas-asoi- t. guests were friendly Indians, including the famous Chief 1 5 al significance of this festival, today, which has come down to unblemished, by our hardy forebears, is bound up in giving thanks ::r national prosperity, peace, liberty and plenty. From a mere defiled observance of a bountiful harvest, it has risen to the dignity ia national holiday in which all manner of men may participate and sd solace. It means much to the blue law regulation maniac, who ees his campaign thriving; also it may furnish, this year, an inspir-'io- n for both sides of the prohibition question. The antis can gloat ad feast over the wet stampede of the late election; and the pros ay congratulate themselves that the eighteenth amendment has been wended by mandate of law to include the ocean insofar as American ftps are concerned. We may all of us, have something specific, or casual, to be merry over and thankful for; but inasmuch as it is r national feast day it is hardly to be presumed that any of us will tclinc a seat at the table when the savory, golden-brow- n lurk akes its appearance, albeit the cost thereof may cause us to forego of our habitual donations of the season. These thanksgiving forks are birds that must be reckoned with regardless of eventuali-'es- . The -- -- -- irrepressible idealism of those who would save our souls .rough the enactment of stringent laws, has pushed many of us to e very verge of despair. Yet there is never a cloud so black but has silver lining, they tell us. And maybe our sorrows are only a Monochromatic painting of the pleasures of life still in store for us. The -- Ho can tell? Since the formation of the government of the United States in 1789, we have had five periods under protective tariff rates extend- ing over eighty-seve- n years. And we have had five periods under low tariff or tariiT for revenue only duty rates, extending over forty-siyears of time. This means that 133 years of national existence (1789 to 1922) have been divided into eighty-seve- n years operation under a piotective tariff and forty-si- x years operating under a low tariff, or tariff for revenue only. The historical evidence of 106 years (1816 to l22) overwhelmingly proves that low tariff, or tariff for revenue only, whenever indulged in. has always brought distress, ruin and agony to our industries, our workers and directly or indirectly to all the people. As further proof that the policy of protection is best for the nation, during two low tariff, or tariff for revenue only periods, we have been protected from the disastrous operations of the miasma by foreign wars, which acted to create conditions similar to protective tariff x periods. The fact is absolute, and no one can gainsay, that our country has made the most marvelous development the world has ever known since the time of Benjamin Franklin to the present. It is equally in a great absolute that some certain law some certain system--ha- s measure been responsible for this wonderful and tremendous development. .How much of this marvelous development has been achieved under the forty-si- x years of low tariff, or tariff for revenue only? During the periods from 1816 to 1821 and from 18M to 1860, when low tariff obtained, with all our elements of national wealth in abund ancc, manufacturers were suspended, private enterprises were arrested and laborers deprived of employment and many reduced to want. Again it is stated by statisticians that between 18 lo and 187) not a single new competitive industry was established in the United States. For the period froni 1833 to 1830 it was reported that the people became almost bankrupt. This covers three of the five low tariff periods--18- 16 to 1821 seven years; 1811 to 18 eight years; 1833 to eighteen years. Absolutely no industrial or other development recorded during low tariff periods covering thirty-on- e years. In the period 1892 to 18, many will miiember that practically all industry was paralized millions of honest workers out of work from Maine to California and the popular slogan of the laud, We dont want charity; we want work! During the last low tariff period, 1913 to 1922, the history of the other four was being repeated when the world war intervened and saved us. Following closely upon the passage of the Underwood tariff bill October 3, 1913 the winter of worksaw I, ers out of employment, soup kitchens established in every city and churches and morgues opened to restless thousands seeking employment. 71 hen came the war and the reversal of the sad picture; the war made us prosperous and the Democrats, after nearly busting the nation, took all the blame for the good times unto themselves. They are trading on this war prosperity" today. It behooves thinking Americans to sit down occasionally and ponder over a bit of tlm ancient and modern history of their own laml. Perhaps then they may be able to vote more intelligently in favor of prosperity for themselves and the country as a whole the next time they go tu the poles. 18-1- 0 1913-191- 1, -- (),() Americans who travel in Europe today are impressed with mie fact, perhaps, more than any other, and that is the evident hatred of the people of different nations for each other. Not peace ami cooperation for reconstruction, hut war and rivalry, fear distrust and jealousy are atmospheres of the European homes. Sentamcntalists and partisans and doctrinaires may expound reasons ad infinitum fur our being over there, but the sensible mass of the American nation know when to let trouble alone. |