The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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B A i ' 5 SPEAKS ON
; TARIFF QUESTION
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GreCom nioner In Address Before Vast Iowa
Audience Discusses Paramount Issue
of Presidential Campaign
'siafl' rreia.
Ponies lows Auk 2 1 NViI-
1mm Irjan arrived hern ut 9;30
and 'mot y a crowd of h thou-
mnd i-ons. He was escorted to
th iry hold wIk'id Ii
fonn) holil an impnmipi u recep-
tion. I
Hi hosts have come from all
par'slowa to meet Mr. lirynn and
fully DO people f idiii out of tn n
ip H t d (u attend the tn big
nifftilhl.s afternoon and evening
when Hrn filters actually Into
the .i.uii by delivering his
pcei
Mr. '
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the tariff.
kf. Ilrjan' Adders-.
iiiian Ladies u ml licntld-
Inotiftration speech I stated
I hut. 'the campaign progressed. I
wool Jicus the question "Shall
the l'le Rule." as ll applies to thn
anoi5iiue8 Involved l 'hi cam-
paign! begin with tho tariff ques-
tion icaiiso It la the mibt 1 jik! I n r
of o. economic questions and the
one m hkh thn leading parties
hsverwt frequently opposed each
tlj'jHher questions way corue
nd .jtiut question which affctl
tana lika Tennyson's "Brook
"go djorover." Ag the. government
I-- not Lady Bountiful with unlim
ted nrisi "but merely an organiza-
tion h must collect on tho one
hand Wt it oasa out on tho otbor
the Btiifei!"of taxation Is an ever
1- fin
7ret.enflni a may discuss now
much Wj-honld collect what moth
ode" we Vui(j employ In collecting
jnd bowpn to distribute through
approprlibn. the uiouuy collected
..'but wa aevor Jar removed from
.the Mihjn0f taxation. Iowa has
i been neli (or the presentation of
. what I to say upon this sub-
' Jet t becaltLhe Jowa Republicans
.were pionth in the effort to so
cure tariff fvlsion at the hands of
.. th Hepuhlia party. 1 come among
th"ni to dec and defend the Dem
oerattf PtiHnii on the tariff ques
' Hon betiii I believe It will com
mend itselto thorn. That tho Is
f.u may j clearly stated 1 tball
read j on li Democratic plank on
"this suhjec: and theii tho Republl
' i a ii plankii.
The Dentratle platform says.
"We wel'tne the belated promise
cf tariff rami bow offered by tho
Republlcaiyarty as a tardy rerogni
. tlon of thelghteoiibneKi of the Dein
"ocratlc potion on this iur.stIon;
but the pe'ile cannot safely entrust
the executh of this Important work
to a partywhlch Is no deeply obli-
gated to "t' highly protected Inter-
'ests as Is ir Republican party. We
'call attentjn to the significant fact
that tbe Tnmitsed relief was post-
poned untlftftrr tho coming election
an electlk to sueceed In which
'the Republican party must have the
6amefstippoi from the beneficlarii
of the high fotectlve tariff as. It haa
always heitofore received from
them; and tthe further fact that
during years .uninterrupted power
no action ' whayer has been taken
by the Republican congrcss to cor-
rect the admltfrdly existing tariff
Iniquities
'W'e' favor th immediate revision
cf the tariff by Ae reduction of Im-
port duties. Arldes entering into
competition wltl trust-controlled
products should lie placed upon the
free list-material reductions should
be made In the tariff upon the ne-
cessities of life especially upon ar-
ticles competing with uch American
manufactures as are sold abroad
more cheaply than at home; and
gradual redudona 'should be made in
such other schedules as may be nec-
e.sbary to restore the tariff to a reve-
nue basi.
"Kxlsting .duties have given the
nianufac'turer of paper a shelter be-
hind which they have organized com-
:binations to raise the price of PulP
'and paper thus Imposing a tax upon
"the spread of knowledge.
"We demand the Immediate re-
peal of the tariff on wood pulp print
paper lumber timber and logs and
'that these articles tie placed upon
the free :11st r .
'. The Republican plaTform says;
. "The Republican party declares
unequivocally for a revision of tbe
tariff by a special nescinn of rongrerH
immediately following the ianugura-
lion of th next president and mm-!
mend I lie McpH already taken In thin
end In the work iiHHlsneJ to tho ap-
propriate committees of congress
which are now Investigating tlm op-
eratlon and (.fffi t of exibting si heil-
ules. In nil tariff legislation the
true principle of protection li bent
maintained by tbe imposition of Mich
duties hk will equal tho differemo be-
tween llin com of production at homo
and abroad together wlih a renson-
ble profit to American industries.
Wo favor the establishment of
maximum and minimum rates to be
administered by tho president under
Imitations fixed In lb0 law the max
fin ii m to be available to meet dls-
rlmlnations by foreign countries
against .tuierlcan goods entering
their jnarkets and the minimum to
represent the normal measure of pro
tection hi home; tbe aim and pur
pos() of the Republican policy being
not only to preserve without exces
sive duties that security against for
ign compoiiiion to which American
mallUlaCllirers lainiers una iinminr
ern are entitled but also to maintain
the high standard of living of the
waSe earner ff this country wb6
aro tho mo.sl anecr oenenciai ie u
thp protective system.
rtetween the Toiled States and
tho Philippines we believe In-a freo
interchange of products with such
limitations as to sugar and tobacco
as lll afford adequate protection to
domestic interests."
Secretary Taft refers to this sub
ject briefly In his notification speech
onty briefly but as 1 shall quote
such passages from his spcecn as are
nertlnent to this discussion It is not
necessary to read his remarks in full.
It will be noticed that the He-
publican party has abandoned tho
earlier arguments advanced In sup-
port of a high tariff. Wo hear no
more. of tho "Infant Industries" that
must. !n lenderlv cared for "until
they ran stand upon their feet";
hero l8 no suggestion that the "for
eigner nav the tariff" and nothing
about the "home market." These
catch phrases have had their day-fr
they ar0 worn out and cast asidA.
The Republican leaders are no longer
arrogant and Insolent; they cannot
longer defy tariff reform. Their
plan now t to seem to yield without
really yielding.
I submit that the Democratic plat
form accurately described tho Re
publican position when It refer8 (.0
"th0 belated promise" mado by the
Republican leaders as "a tardy re-
cognition of the righteousness of the
Democratic position on this que
Hon." The Democratic party in Its
platforms and through its represen-
tatives in congress lias for yours
pointed out that the tariff schedules
are excessively high and ought to ho
reduced but the Republicans have
until recently failed to admit there
was any necessity for reduclon. They
now confess through their platform
and through their presidential can
didate that thp need for revision Is
so great as to justify tho party In
declaring "unequivocally for a revi-
sion of the tariff" and the need Is
so urgent that the work Is to be un-
dertaken at "a special session of con-
gress Immediately following tho In-
auguration of the next president."
The usc of the word "unequivocally"
Indicates that those who wrote tho
platfornj recognize that they are un-
der suspicion. They want to distin
guish this promise from the unkept
promises of thP past by adding as
emphatic an adjetclve an could bo
found in dictionary. If former Repub-
lican promises had been conscienti
ously fulflled it might not have been
necessary to thus strengthen the
promise made this year. The us.
of the words "immediately after the
Inauguration" is evidence that the
Renublican leaders are conscious
that the patience of the public ha
been strained to' the point of break'
Ing and It Is almost pathetic to not
the solicitude which they now feel
about doing a thing which but for
wilful neglect might have been done
at any time during the last ten years.
Are we not justified In saying that
"the people cannot safely entrust
the execution of this Important work
td a party which la ho deeply or.ll-
Baied to he highly protected Inter-
ests us Is th Republican Tarty"?
Tho "fat fnlng" process ha become
familiar to thn Amerlcim p""ple.
Procure has been brought to bear
upon the protected Interests every
tour years - and to a less extent in
the rongresuional campaigns between
presidential elections - to compel
contribution- to lhe campaign fund
In return for former favors and in
anticipation of favor yet to -come.
t Is difficult to overestimate the cor-
rupting Influences Introduced into
thn political lite of tho nation by this
partnership between the ovrrWnt
and the favorvd Industries. The lit-
erature circulated In support of a
protective tariff has studiously culti-
vated the Idea that suffrsKe- should
bp employed to secure pecuniary re
turns and th appeal made by tbe
Republican leaders has come to be
more and more a selflMh one. livery
man engaged in n protected Industry
has been approached with the prop
osition that It Is dollars In his pocket
to maintain the system while those
who could not possibly trace any tan-
Ible benefits to themselves have been
beguiled with the assurance that it
was all a matter ol public spirit and
that they ought to Mipport th rystem
out of patriotic love of country. If
aiteniion was called to the fact that
(ho fanner was taxed for the benefit
of the manufacturer tbe triple an
swer was that It wou'd como back to
him indirectly; that It did not
amount to much for each farmer any-
how; and that a man wa small
minded who would begrude so In-
significant contribution to the na
tion's prosperity. The plan has been
t0 keep tho tax payer quiet by keep
Ing them In the dark as to the opera
tion of the law and then to concen
tratf the vote and Influence of the
tax eaters In favor of a continuation
of hlRh tariff legislation. If a tariff
of fifty per cent was Imposed upon
have ronlrlWed so Idtle to the Re-
publican campaign fund'.' Is he will-
ing to publish a lui of contributor
on the- i.'.ih dv of next October and
allow Hie rlattV advantage of pro-
lection to the manufacturer the
farmer and the earner to be
inciittiireil by Hie contributions re-
ceived from eiu dus? Why Is H
lv adding delusion to procrastinating
ami uncertainty. Wo have prominent
Republican authority Henalor Dol-
liver and Senator Hanno to prov
that In th pienent law the rates
were snowlngly mado higher than
necessary with understanding that
red in ions would bo made to secure
foreign trade. Mr. Dollvar sanl
laws for the direct benefit of the em
ployes these same employes have
a a rule b"en kept clono to the. hun
ger line while many of tho employ-
era have become the' possessor of
tho "nwollen fortunes" which now
matiace the nation's ruorala as well
M It business.
And yet the Republican parlr was
not willing tnat a single item n fm
steel schedule should be touched
and tho Republican campaign com-
mutes IH not darj to publish be-
fore the election the contribution
that have been made or will bo made
to the Republican campalgu fund bf
the men most largely Interested lu
to furnish so large a proportion of I the senate nn January J J. !.. u
. f.mi.h so large a proporlon of i truo that in the hill which he iMr.
the money t run Hi campaign If. Dingley) reported from the commlt-
n lhe Renuhllcnn claim Iho farm
or and Iho laborers enjoy so large duties up for tho express purposes
a proportion In the benefit of the of having them traded down." Mr.
sysiein? Is It not a significant fad Holllvcr msisieo. iui u" ...
is. ih. farmers and w a: earner provision in tn Dingiey at i
who are always put in the fore- distinctly a part of the tariff policy
ground when the hle.ing or a mgn a coa . ... pl me Bbow you how lnn Urlf
tariff are being enumerated are In that "not on ltpn of the wisdom . h ht Bal1Illl.Bt
the background -Vn the collections James (5. Ulalne remained on no 4.hRrnlan
are being made. 1m It iwt slgnlll.ant statute books" and that "not a step commUM pf h( na.
that the niiiiiiitacMiieis wtio lurnisn nan neen ms-n i" i "
n. fund aro so iM'le advertised of th last Buffalo addreB of Tres
h beneficiaries? Is It not signifl- ident Mckinley." And yet the very
ihiit the hik earners. In- men who present this new plan'pre-
stcail of the manufai Hirers are at- vented the carrlng out nf..tn oia
described "iho most direct plan
neflciaries of tlm protective sys- xnp. schemes vcsoried to by the
tern?" men who have grown rich bi laying 4e.n8t the labor ulank of tho Dem-
I '1 "
Hut let u suppose for the sake nrlft DUr(jpns upon the country are ocratlc platform. Here la what Mr
of argument that tne Kopui.i.. I .. novel. Tariff Mile says
party sincerc.y re h ho(J tW . .. ... httV0 Il)Hde money every year
in beginning tariff reform repudl- " . ny " ' Kv out of the T.rlff 0rBll. So aillch
...ik..i nitM rii i t' it n" x i
niriDtif . . .. ...... ..ii .. tmu
legislators although as a niatier oi uui bum niu
Mri fh.. nenerallv bear the "Tho tariff barons raised their
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nameH of legislator; they are really prlco $50000 to me. I mano a
drawn by the representative of fhelharge against the Jobber of $f0000
Interest which demand protection. nd 1 know that he charged moro
Theso representative claim to be Uhaa J70.000 for the li0000 ho paid
atcs its obligations to thn con
Ing manufacturer and honestly be
gins a "revision." What rul0 Is to
aovern tho revision? Tho Republi
can platform says;
In all tariff legislation the true
Honal Association of Manufacturer
and head of tho agricultural and Im
plement trust. Tho statement ap-
pears In the American Industrie of
November 15 1907 a paper which
la now supporting the Republican
ticket and making a special fight
principle of protection l best main- dang o tho aboriI1g nen and me. Before reaching the consume
tuined bv the Imposition of such . . I .w ...... K..u.. ubnn
tainnd by the Impos
duties as will equal the difference
leween the. cost of production at
irnd abroad together with a
reasonable profit to American In
dustrles.
Mr. Taft endorses this rule and
yet they carefully avoid writing Into ihe $50000 charge became about
the low anything that will require $100 000 to bo paid by me agricui-
tho guardians to exei lito tho truHt. tural consumer.
It Is strange that so many voters ..lnfl manufacturer who would
have been so long deceived as to tna prosper must make a double profit
Object and tho operation of the la one by the shrewd management of
which are ostensibly designed for tho hllJ himlness and another by still
given article of merchandise It
was assumed that the employes woud
voU with their employer to keep
from having their wages reduced
and It was expected that the oust
ness men of tho town would also vote
for tho tariff because of the business
brought to thc community Jiy the
protected Industry. Those who are
acquainted with the tariff fight know
to what nn extent thfl pecuniary ar
gument has been used. The recent
Republican platform i a bugle call
to every beneficiary of special priv
llogo to enlist again under the Ho
publican banner and when the elec.
tlon Is over and tho Republican
committc. publisher the list of con
trlbutors too late to make Hie In
formation vuluahle It will bo found
that thc Republican party has again
s0 obligated Uself to the protected
Interest hs to -be unable to make
revision in the Interests of the con
sumer.
With a president who toward the
cJo.se of his term admitted the ne
cesslty for tariff revision with a two
thirds majority In the senate and
nearly sixty majority in tho house
the Republican party hag refused to
permit any revision whatever. Mr.
Williams the leader of the minority
in the bouse Introduced a bill pro-
viding for a reduction of tho tariff
to 100 per cent wherever it Is now
moro than 100 per cent. It would
look like the Republican party might
have taken this step toward tariff
revision bad It been deeply earnest;
but no the bill was not even report-
ed from the committee. Whenever
attention was called to an indefen-
sible schedule the answer was that
they could not afford to open the
subject for debate Just before a cam-
paign but there is no force in this
objection because the house rules are
so framed thiit the majority can cut
off debate prevent amendment and
silence opposition.
Thc administration has claimed
credit for tho fine againstt he Stand
ard Oil company in the case which
was lately reversed but no effort
ha been made to relieve the people
from the f ine which Is Imposed upon
them every day by the Standard Oil
company through the operation of
the tariff law which gives that com
pany more than 100 per cent protec.
Hon against Us chief rival Russia.
What faith can a real tariff reform
er whether he be a Republican or a
Democrat repose In the Republican
leaders when they deliberately put
off al reduction until after election
and then call for contributions with
th understanding that the public.
shall not know the names of the con
trlbutors until after the polls are
closed?
The Republican platform says that
the tariff is intended for the Amerl
can manufacturers farmers and pro
ducers and especially for the wage
earners. If the farmer and the wage
earner are really the chief benefici
aries of the protective system will
the Republican candidate explain
why the farmer and the wage earner
nopollco the productlon' and Kale of
such article In this country. He
adds however that "there are Some
few articles on which the tariff Is
not sufficiently high to give them
can only nn accouqipo ioi "" ton.
'We have no great difficulty In
shopping abroad for we could get a
high prices as at homP. Wo are bo
bold up. however by our supply peo
ple that to most of us there i very
says that "In a number of schedules pro((ctlon of tl)(J wnp( earners; lt Lhnwder manipulation In Washing
the tariff now exr.erns un ui....-1 n oDy amounted for on tn
erne and that the excess offers a lh thRt tn vtors have not uri
temptation to thoso who would m- L0.MOOd either tho theory of prolec-
lon or the facts that aro relied upon
to support It.
In ordinary affairs there is no dlf
ference 'between a tariff reformer Lcant pr0fit In foreign business.
not Humceiu y - o ... .. . .. p rotf ct Ion 1 8t. They meet to- .. gavo U8 45 ppr
the measure of protecfon U.ey shuld n th LBl w. "o.Jy 20 per cent.
lodge- room and in tho cnurtn. in tney gave us a congressional permit
Will ho explain upon what rule the ip)r dai)y fe they' apply the same . invitation to consolidate.
present tariff was framed? ' When r'uies anij are guided by the same bus (orm on(1 grMt trufll gn(1 advance our
have the Itemibllcana claimed more UneBS rules. This similarity manr - w. cpnt being the dlf-
i i. Jit . U . . n t. Ilr mr A t n t 1 ... .. . . .....i
nrotection than enough to cover the rests us?aii nuwuu " terence between tne -.'ii per c.u
m h .k f nrndu.-flon lnP er VUS -- - needea ana tne 4a per cent g.xu.
u.ii-i'i v ' - - i A.. !.. . . I k makes 11 -. .. . . - t. . u- . ..m
leciionihi u.om-n " .. ! ir Mucs snow now II." larm
upon tho same plan that the tariff Jra)ge pr(res to those who In manu
reformer follows as aeam "P racturlng have to buy other manu-
proaches he estimates the valuo ot - nroducts. This expense Is
his property leaves to ni wite ana tranr(.rred to tho next purchaser.
children what he wishes them to ... obbpr charges a profit on the
have and then make sum ocquosis tarff s wc as on (ho cost of tho
as he liken to public insiiuiuons sou artlfl.i and each person who handles
to those outsido of tho family; ana (h nrodrt collects a profit so that
such part as he loaves to nis w ne ana ac(or(1(n XQ Mr Ml0Ri tne flrBt
children ho carefully divide among lhar.B of tfo.OOO becomes $100000
them giving to "ach a detinue snare.. . .. lmp caches tho consumer
lie does not. gl all his propeny 10 Mi0 another article estimates
one child and say that he trusts tno he 0a oM (0 the popie at $500
child to dca fairly with the lest ' 00o(i0o' annually. The statement of
the family. Why? i Because Mr. Mne also show that the tariff
knows hi children and would not Invitation to consolidate
put a child In a position wbero sei- i n(J (hgt navng brPn RVOn tho tar
fishnes might lead him to no in- (ff on tnp thPOry that It Is needed
Justice to other members of tbfl fain- (h( raanufacurers naturally asm
ily No he would not trust ms own th . intended that they shall
flesh and blood to deal fairly with uke advantage of It even if they
those reared at the same fireside f combine to do o.
here and abroad?' Tfe'';';reaionabto
profit to American Industries" is an
addition to thc rule and is likely to
be used as an cxciibo for raising the
tariff. And by tb0 way. to what
other buslnesB does the (jovernment
guarantee a "reiisonabl. profit"? To
tho farmer or the merchant or the
laborer? To none of thsn. If in
revising the tariff the Republican
party is to. work upon cai t!y tbe
same plan (or a plan contemplating
a higher vale) what hope have we
that the new tariff will. be lower than
the present one? .Arg H'.e present
leaders more honest thau lb." ones
who framed lhe existing tariff? Aro
they not in fact the same nipn who
aro responsible for tariff extortion
during the last decade?' If this new
born zeal for revision were an hun
dred times greater than' his notifi
cation speech indicates what chance
would the Republican candidate have
of securing any real tariff reform at
thp hands of such Republicans as
now represent that party in the sen
ate and house the very men who
represented It 1 the recent national
convention? Speaker Cannon wno
has suppressed tariff legislation in
the present congress was a riomlna.-
Ing factor in tbe convention and. If
the Republicans retain conro of the
house will be the speaker of the next
congress. HoeH bis prominence af
ford tariff reformers 'any assurance
of a reduction "f the tariff in tno in
terest of the consumers? In case
Republican victory Congressman
Sherman will born mo the presiding
officer of lhe senate Ho ha been
the confidential companion f Speak
er Lannon. S.IO in Wl ruum-um...
was Speaker Cannon who voirlicd
for him. But a a matter or lace.
Mr. Sherman's stand-patlsm needed
no endorsement; his record is a
guaranty that no beneficiary of spe
cial privileges will b disturbed. It
was .Congressman Sherman who In
a speech In lhe house on the ISlh of
last April boastfully declared "We
recognize the fact that we hav0 a Re-
publican majority In the senate that
we have a Republican majority In
this house that Is ready to resort to
every legal every proper const! wi-
tiondl right to enact such legislation
as it deems for the best interest for
the greatest number of our people
and which is willing: and ready to m
cept full responsibility for U those
measures which are introduced here
and which are not enacUnl Into law."
The Republican platform suggests
that there should be a maximum tar
iff and a minimum the maximum to
be. used in retaliation and the mini
mum ia ordinary cases. This la mere-
with him; sno nr i w.sr
Ing this temptation before onP of his
own family nut when a protection
1st comes to make a tariff law he
acts on an entirely different ptan; he
votes millions yes hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars to manufacturers
whom he has never seen and trusts
them to be just In the distribution
of the trust fund among their em
ployes. And what has been the re-
sult? Just what might have been
expected: the manufacturers have
appropriated the trust fund to their
own use and have paid their em-
ployes only such wages as trade con-
ditions compelled
The Homestead strike occurred
after the Republican candidate wroto
hi letter of acceptance. He could
not ignore the strike for it present-
ed an object lesson which even a
high-tariff Republican could not fall
to see. So Mr. Harrison the candi
date referring to the strike said:
I regret that all employers of la
bor are not just and considerate and
trjat capital sometimes takes too
large a share or tno proius: ion
largo a share of the profits?" Yes;
more than that. The protected man-
ufacturers have secured In many
cjIsps a tariff of more than twice
the percentage paid to workmen tn
wages. The net profits of the steel
trust last year were just about equal
to the entire amount paid In wages!
and the wages constituted less than
25 per cent of the total value of the
product. According to this state-
ment each worklngman employed by
the steel trust earned on an aver
age not only the amount paid to him
but 100 per cent profit besides for
his employer. And I may add. while
these teneflclirles of protection have
been pretending to make tha tariff
How will Mr. Taft explain to tho
averago man the benefits of protec-
tion? He can easily convince a trust
that it profits by the tariff but what
about the victim of the trust? ;
No Republican leader will now
deny that reductions ought to' be
made 'but who l8 to make i.He reduc
tions? The only answer givon by the
Republicans Is that the tariff ought
to be reformed by its friends; that
is that those who made the last tar-
iff law should be entrusted with the
making of a new tariff law. Rut
suppose the people adopt the Repub-
lican Idea and entrust the raHklng of
the tariff law to Republican con-
gressmen; what will he the method
of procedure? Fortunately for- the
voter Mr. Miles explain this 'also.
In tho April 1 90S. number of Amer-
ican industries Mr. Miles says: '(The
people Instruct and trust Congress
to grant Just equitable and .aralilo
protection."
Is not. that Just what tbe Repub
lican leaders claim to favor? They
want you to "Instruct and trust con
gross to grant Just equitable and
ample protection." And what does
that mean? Mr. Mile says that con
gress trusts tne ways aim means
committee." And a Republican lead
er will tell you that tblg Is also
proper. Then what? Mr. Miles says
that "thlg committee trusts such per
sons as Mr. Dalzell' and that "they
they trust the trusts."
Tho '.nethod of procedure is- si m
pie. It is a case of confidence. 'The
voters have confidence la Republl
can leaders; the leaders have confi-
dence in a Republican congress; a
Republican congresg has confidence
in the way and meana committee;
Lhe way. ant means committers has
confidence In the men who represent
tha trust and tho trust wrlie tha
talrff law and 'thini Kecufo to "them-
selves tho right to" levy' trlbutVupoii
iho public So accustomed bhvu Ite-
publlcan loader become' to uflowins
tho protected Interest to wrltu tlui
ii-.ritf uf.liailnl.iu thi.t. hi. eminent nut
v.- i .. i " .".- - - - -
nonoralilo a man an Senator Hoar or
Massaf huscltn suld In dlsruiislng tho
McKlnley bill then beforo tho sen- j
ate;
"Instead of comlnjr before your '
suheommUteo for ft formal hcarliiu !
on our Massachusetts Induitrlcs I
thought tho best way was to caro-
tully prepare a table of all tho va-
rloii Industrie perhapn vomo sixty
or seventy In all nnd ask Iirother
Aldrlch to go over them with mo and
ascertain what tho peoplo wanted In
each case ami If them were any
raseu where tho commltteo had not
already dono exactly what tho peti-
tioners or had not inflexibly passed
upon tho question I could have a
hearing beforo you but I find In ev-
ery lnstanco tho action ot tho com-
mittee as Mr. Aldrlch thinks It likely
to be 1 entirely satisfactory to the
Interests I represent with tho ex-
cetpion of ono or two nnd tho pa-
per8 In regard to thoso casea I hava
handed to Mr. Aldrlch."
Mr. Miles whom I havo before
quoted says In American luduslrloj
of April of this year:
"People asking a government rep-
resentative referred to a New Kng-
land manufacturer tho official
greelng to act In accordance with
the protected manufacturer's wishes.
Said thn manufacturer; 'I wrote that
schedulo myself. I did not intend
that It should bo. Intorpreted as se-
verely Bg It has been but having
been so interpreted I will not ron-
aent to a modification of it.' And
this man's will remain tho law."
We would not expect a Jury to od
iistlro to tho defendant ll;.lt was
composed entirely cf tho rol yi Ijf ri ot
tho plaintiff; neither can w.f.pect
a congress to do Justice to tho mass-
en If It 1b composed ot men who aro
In aympathy with and obligated to
tho corporation which havo lor a
generation been enjoying special
privileges. In.4q
There Is no prospect of relief ironi
a Republican president and congress.
Thd Democratto party If entrusted
with power can and will reduce the
tarltf. ' ' '
The Democratic platform not only
demands a reduction of tho tariff
but It plainly outlines tho coursa to
be pursued In 8PCuring tho reduction.
It begius by proposing that articles
which como Into competition with ar-
ticles controlled by a trust bo placed
on tho freo list. What hotter' place
to begin? Years ago Mr. Havemey-
cr the head of tho sugar trust said
the tariff wa tho mother of trust3
and her children aro many. Sec-
retary Taft In his notification speech
gays that an exccsslvo tariff serves
no useful purposo "but offers a
temptation to thoso who would mo
nopolize tho production and 1110 ealo
of such artlcle3 in this country to
profit by tho exccsslvo rate.';..
Now supposo the manufacturers
who have bcon favored by legisla-
tion do conspire acalust tho public
and enter Into a monopoly. What
penalty do tho Republican suggest?
Nono whatever. These men aro to bo
consulted about proposed changes
and If tho next Republican tariff in
made Ilka former Republican tariffs
nothing will dono without tho
unanimous consent of tho beneficiaries.
' What would bo tho effect of tTie
remedy proposed by tho-Democratic
platform? Simply this; u law goes
Into effect at somo fixed na(o in tno
future and if tho Democrats pass a
law putting upon the free list arlclea
omlne Into competition' with thoso
controlled by a trust tbo tru;;t will
have until that date to dissolve' It
the trust considers tho law top dras
tic It can avoid It by giving nb'.Us
monopoly. . . .
Secretary Taft calls this remedy
"utterly destructive" ntnl In hl anx
iety to prevent It overlooks the fact
that the Democratic party has other
remedies for tho trusts. It w can
succeed in dissolving exist inw trusts
and In preventing tho organization
of new ones thero will bo no .frusta
against which to uso tho remedy ot
which ho complains. There 1 now a
law against trusts but It h i'w not
been sufficiently" enforced l prevent
trusts. TM Democrat demand it J
enforcement; if Its enforcement rid.J
the country ot trusts then this pol-
icy which Mr. Taft so much fears will
become perfectly harmless. If: th
Democrats secure control of both the
house and tbo senate they aro pledg-
ed to legislation which will 'make a
private monopoly Impossible if tho
Republicans retain control of part ot
tha legislative machinery of the gov-
ernment and refuse to join in tho
effort to make a prlvata monopoly
Impossible they are not In a position
.' (Continued oa P2e Five.) j
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