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PAGE SIX LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1910. . ! I tec Mi ARE THE TALK OF THE WEEK 5 5 TAFT URGES TARIFF BOARD (Continued from page one) A nice box of Selders Fresh Candies are Just the Thing ARTISTIC BOXES A COMPLETE LINE The Neatest Line of X-mas Cards in the City SELDER'S ' .." . '". . '. ' , ' . . , ,. Next Door to Post Office The George Palmer RETAIL DEPARTMEN1 We solicit yourrders for Shingles, , Rubberoid RooVng Deadening Felt,lBuilding Paper: We are prepared to furnish and deliver material, promptly. Phone Main."; 8. Gfcrisliiias "-' ii-miii iin- in i - i Ji. .i , TJ My store is full of real bargains in Cut Glass, Silverware, Cliaf in M Dishes, Hand Painted China, Chafing Dishes, Cassa rolls, Coffee and Tea Perculat ors, Electric Lamp and Irons, Carving Sets, Silver baking Dishes, Knives and Razors: Our 10-25-50 and 75c counters exceed anything we have had heretofore. m . T1 TT j?i?aBai5;ouy. nanent confession is not established. The countries of Europe have tariff bureaus where all records of sched ules are kept and where data is con- ttanty gathered and kept up to date. At a moments notice complete In'or matfon reearding the coat cf nro- duction of any given artkle in any Riven country can be obtained. "Wiiat difference floes it make whei'rer democrats or republicans are engiged in tariff leg'slatlon? The work cannot be properly accomplish ed without the facts upon which it is based. Without a tariff commission, (be making of a tariff must be based upon such knowledge as the various members are able to obtain, vand In evitably in such event, the interests of iiie section of the country as airolnst the interests of another arise ns arguments that, often overshadow the n. eagre facts that may have been irortuced. "Senator Aldrlch probably hasT a greater knowledge of. the intricacies of ihe tariff than any other man in America, yet he canont know all the details of more than a few important bchedules. The vast amount of data and information that must go into the peaking of a tariff can be obtained by no . individual or committee tempor arily engaged in such research. It must be the work of a permanent com mission. "The failure of congress to support th6 'permanent tariff commission In deed would be a step backward and make scientific provision Impossible for years to come. The matter has now progressed, to , the point where the country is ready for it." If the commission is now made permanent its value will soon be appreciated on all Bides and it will neve rbe discon tinued. If for party reasons chief of which apparently would be that the idea did not originate with the demo cratsthe democrats are able to pre vent it, many years may pass before a scientific consideration of the sub ject reaches a point where It would be opportune again. ' v While the plan to permit a revision of the tariff schedule by schedule is necessary, the establishment of a per manent commission must come first. "There are , some difficulties, too. confronting the schedule by schedule plan. It would be easy to determine what might be covered by the woolen schedule, for Instance, but when it comes to such matters as the miscel laneous schedule it would be difficult to hold the revision within bounds. "Then, in addition, comes the-Jeal-ousy between men In congress re garding the authorship, of, bills.. Sev eral men may have measures, design ed to accomplish the same purpose, but different In some minor details. Each urges his own bill and fights for, it because he wants the law to bear his name. These bickerings and Jeal ousies often actually stand In the way of speedy and successful leglsla- 1 t!on." . ; f The Tananin Canal. 1 The president was enthusiastic re garding the Fanama canal, which is Just beginning to appear on the hori zon of the average American as one of the greatest causes for national pride. He displayed hla vital Interest in its future meaning to the Ameri can ipeople by his amazing knowledge of the most minute details of the tre mendous work knowledge fostered by his Intimate connection with its construction almost since Uncle Sam undertook the word task. "The greatest effect of the opening of the canal, in the president's opin ion as felt by the average American, will be the reduction of the trans continental transportation rates. This will draw the country closer together. The orange growers in southern Cal ifornia who likes to wear a New Eng land brand ot shoes will quickly feel Its effect. The men employed in a New England shoe' factory who likes Cali fornia, oranges will soon realize the value of the canal to him. The milk man in Seattle who buys his bottles in Pittsburg will suddenly become aware that the Panama canal has transported the glass factory In re spect to freight rates half across the continent. "So It will go through all thi branches of business and slclety. It will mean increased, activity all around with closer relations between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The central states will quickly reflect its benefits. "One point absolutely essential Is that the government take adequate lines using the canal by transconti nental railroads. The coast wlbe ship ping business of this country is con fined by law to American ships, and so traffic between Atlantic and Paci fic ; coasts, being between American ports, will be confined to American ships, and there will be no foreign competition. This ensures an enor mous development "of the American shipping industry.. "But thn erPfltpct finnivo nf nri.to though perhaps ssnt'mental, lies in the fact that where four great na tions failed through four centuries of endeavor, the United States has succeeded. Columbus first dreamed of a western passage to the Orient in 1517; Savedra,. the Spanish 'engineer and member of the Balboa expedition formed the first definite plan for the canal; King Philip of Portneal n?rt contemplated the taUt; hon p-re England, which gave way to Franc a, and France in turn', facing failure. In 1904, surrundered the vast undertak ing to the United States. "Every American who has gone to the isthmus and wltnessod the tri umph of American skill, enterprise auu siii ui Hwenea witn pride in the thought that the oceans will be reunited under the auspices of the u. s." . . : . i I . . v. . .1; 5) Handsome Berry Set F F F ' CSS WITH THE Soo-Spokane Route ' " iTIIE SHORT LINE . ; f ... ... to. .. 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