The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-20
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BENEFITS OF TARIFF REFORM.

The New York Herald, which is moi
Democratic paper and which fire.
quently finds fault with the admin
istration. has an article showing the
benefit of tariff revision to the masses
of the people. We append the article
! because it is temperate and presents
the subject in a clear and concise man
ner 1t will not suit the protectionists,
of course, nor those persons who take
delight in disappearing the subject
| of tariff reform and the intents of its
promoters. But we commend it to the
consideration of the thoughtful, who
look at these questions without the
spectacIes of bitter partisanship:
The struggle for tariff revision must
be fought to an early and successful
issue, because it is struggle for the
rights and interests of the people.
The Mckinley law is a law for the
benefit of millionaire manufacturers
and wealthy employers. 1t Is q law
for the. benefit Of the classes, not the
masses. 1t protects capital but not
labor. 1T swells the profits of the
wage payer, but does not help the
wage Garner. 1t stiles foreign cOmpe-
tition with American manufacturers,
but encourages foreign competition
with American laborers. BY closing
mills and factories months in the year
it has robbed the working classes of
steady employment BY raising prices
of the necessaries of life it has iTpos-
ed greyious burdens upon all in needy
or moderate circumstances. In short.
the rich have been its beneiicialieS and
the poor its sufferers.
1t is the purpose of revision to right
these monstrouS wrongs and remove
these oppressive burdens from the PEG
pie It's purpose is to make living
cheaper for the masses by reducing
needless taxes on the necessaries of
life and to better the condition of the
working millions by giving more
steady employment without lowering
wages.
This is not to be done and cannot be
done by making destructive war upon
manufacturers and employers. Amy
revision which Injuries trade and in
dustry must injuIia the country and
the people. Prosperity for employees
must be sought through prosperity
for employers The curse of high pro-
lection is that it blights trade and in
dustry, and wrings exactions from the
many TO swell Int gains Oh lIhe lew.
Such a policy is oligarchical and ruin
Gus. Revision is Democratic and de
signed to benefit the many as well as
the few.
The Wilson bill presents two leading
features. First it reduces taxes on
the necessaries of life. This will be
a boon to the toiling masses. The well
to do can afford to pay for high priced
living. Whatever the cost may be
they do not suffer deprivation. To
millions high prices for the necessaries
of life mean denial of comforts, and to
hundreds of thousands they mean
hardship and suffering.
Second, it puts the most important
raw materials on the free list The
effect of this must be to widen the
market for American manufactures,
which will keep our mills and factor
les buster and thus give more steady
employment to our wage carriers.
Steady employment means regular
wages, and this with cheaper living
means better times for workingmen.
The people of the country realized
these vital truths when they de-
nounced protection and voted to throw
off it's burdens. The task of doing it
was intrusted to the Democrats. 1t
remains for them to obey this impera-
tive popular command. They must
carry judicious revision without need
less delay because it is the will of the
people and is for the relief of the peo-
pie