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Show j EDITORIAL Ijj J l f' HOW FREE CANAL TOLLS Hf WORK IN PRACTICE I IJi .. According to flgurcs presented by BB lit Hon- William K. Humphrey of Wash- 111 j ingtou, who has long since been noil no-il t II knowledges as authority on business V ijjj& conditions on tliu Paclllc coast and M jt I K throughout thu West, tho repeal (flfjEa of the Panama Canal act raised the Ctj j 'IS freight rate on lumber from tho Pa- j J If cine coast to tho Atlantic markets .!! ' 31.H0 per thousand. This lncrcaso In ' S llji jjj freight rates applies not only to that wtl if carried through tho canal, but also ; Biij 1 1 on all that Is carried by rail, for Wjj It tho water Tate as everyone ltnows i (' I5 ' " competing points Axes the rail , j Wm f rates. The ropoal of tho Panama ( Ktt , ! Canal act Increased tho freight on ft: every carload that tho consumer on ij; ', I tho Pacific buyB on tho Atlantic $60. ! Wi, ,i. It Increases tho freight rate $00 on ' i' ! every carload that tho producer or, ! Kj, I IJI tho Pacific sends to tho Atlantic. ( R, These facts clearly show that Prcsi- 1 1 B . dent Wilson was right when he de- , 1: R clared that tho clil.-f purpose of n I lj 'jL freo cannl for American ships was ''H Im eomnl lower rates on our rail- i I-! roads. JH ' Mr. Humphrey further says, this Sljr :h oiio act alono Is sulllctcnt to con- li, jj demn tho Democratic party forever j i ffilj 's on tho Pacific coast. It Is tho most 4 1 II 1 brazen refutation of platform prom ! f !, I iscs In tho history of this nation. U B ! tj the Democratic party can do this ! mwu I k thing and live, then popular govern) 1 Ilii , 11 ment Is a failure In vlow of this I El 3 wi record of tho Democratic party, what '' WWjA ! E Is a Democratic promlso worth? Vho Hi H will hereafter beliovo a promise In a 'ijRl d. Democratic platform? 'tMl ! No wonder tho real leaders in the ' HI' I Democratic party, llko Clark, Under- iljF I wood, Fitzgerald, Kltchln, and Dorc- VBn ' mus, refused to stultify themselves ' 1 1 "nc votC(I against tho refutation of H f ! thulr platform and their promises. Hi No wonder that Mr. Underwood call-lift call-lift I cd this action of his own party "tin-j "tin-j Hi American" nnd that Speaker Clark 'Hj! denounced It as "unspeakable degrn- jMI j datlon." No American citizen In the BjB$ ! Stato of Washington, in any party 'lii wl" t,aro ntt(,,nlt ,0 Justify tills nc- i,l Mfl tlon of tho Democratic party in ro- IBi gnrd to tho Pannma Canal. |