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ov/ner has been able to compete with the 

 freight of free trade and subsidy fed ships. 

 The idea of allowing America to have her 

 ships built in foreign countries is unpatri- 

 otic. We have the men and the material 

 and we ought to do the work ourselves. 



The pound loaf of bread is sold in Eng- 

 land after the wheat has been transported 

 from Portland, Oregon, there, at the low 

 price of 2i/^ cents per pound loaf. This is 

 under free trade. Whereas the pound loaf 

 of bread in the city of Portland is sold for 

 5 cents — this is under protected tariff — but 

 the scale of civilization in America is pro- 

 portionately 100 per cent higher than it is 

 in England, and protection is the cause of 

 it. Do we want to retrograde? God forbid 

 — let us go higher, 



Thomas Withycorabo. 



Another letter I sent to the Evening Tele- 

 gram might be of interest to my readers. 



Portland, Oregon, Jan. 10. 1919. 



The problem of placing our returned sol- 

 diers and sailors in profitable occupation is 

 now of great interest to every one, and in 

 this line I realize there is a great work to be 

 done. We must advance ; we cannot go back 

 to the old pre-war conditions and be safe. 



It is time for every true American citizen 

 to give up working mainly for self and 

 selfish interest and to see to the well-being 



