The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-02-14

A Associssiea which IL Net = Cream -
the Couasry.
IL the newly elected president Of the
American Manufacturers association
is fair representative OF the prevail
ing sentiment in the association. The
latter is 10 be congratulated on his Sc
iection: but the country is not TO be
4 congratulated on the association. The
country has abundant use for an asso-
citation devoted TO the announcement
OF manufactures and manufacturing
interests. but IL has no use for an or
g.nization which holds these purposes
subordinate Ia the establishment Of
partisan political theories and which
proposes 10 commit the manufacturers
OF the country 10 "A protective tariff.
ne number of manufacturers who do
not believe in the protective theory or
doctrine is very largc-qui.c as large
probably as the number Of those who
do believe in that doctrine. Sucn
IN s.orf as the newly elected president
OF the association made in hiss .ldress.o
commit the association TO protection
must inevitably result-if the men,
Ders LAY" the courage OF their opinions
in splitting the association in twain.
and such a result is enc upon " hich the
country will look with a good deal of
complaccacy.
There IS an unwri'tcn lava law OF
ought 10 prevent q
man put in the position OF this newly
chosen head OF the manufacturer as
soclation from making any such dis
play OF himself as .!r. Search Gid in
chicago. Under that unwritten law
politics have no place in such an organ
lzation; and the man who seeks TO in
'roduce them or TO commit his hearers
Or the organization 10 his own partisan
views on any subject is transcrcssor.
II che republican manufacturers Of the
,oustry wish 10 form an organization
or the booming of protection or any
'ther article in the party creed they !
laNe an undoubtcd right 10 do so. They q
rave no right TO corumi; or attempt TO '
commit an organization composed OF !
democrats as well Us republicans, Of q
rec traders and revenue rcforrners a. !,
veil as protcctionists. 10 republican !
rnets on any subject 1t is not onl, j
al taste. but bad faith TO do so: and q
he new president OF the American as
ociation must be convicted Of both.
IL has no necessary bearing upon ~
nc good taste or good faith OF the Off z;
al mentioned 10 say that he is no.
zen an intelligent exponent of the
rincipie for which lie commended be- y
nc the association. and to which he ~
'n-ht 70 commit that body but such ar
the patent fact When he talked te
'ous securing adequate protection for q q
'nerican industries by the recnact- an
ent OF the Mckinley tariff. and in the ar
me breath of an abundance of rev. a.
ue being the one thing needful. no
owed himself utterly incapable Of
asping or comprehending the first -
inciples of protection or of revenue. air
he had had any capacity in that re- wa
ri. or a he had ever read the his =
~ OF the tariff and McKinleyism. r
would have known that the latter
l. and is utterly incom nafible with
c adequate revenue" which he pro-
'ses TO regard as Of prime necessity,
that its being so is its chief merit u
the eyes of its intelligent ad.o- Ia,
es- u was for the decreasing of rev. y
-. ASb iItAt-slilg IL tD.t the Nh
nley tariff was adopted. and. as we
Te shown on more than one occasion, Il
served admirably the purpose its Il,
rners had in view. IL
President Search would for a mo ~
NJ forego his partisanship and con- ~
er the subject intelligently. he would II
that this must be so. He would
that just in proportion as tariff -
ONES really protective IL ceases to
duce revenue because it prevents
Importation of the goods from
oh revenue is To he collected.
IS not ~ al TO the credit OF the
erican Manufacturers association
1t listened without protest the
tisan harrangue ofits new president.
would have been far better occu-
in discussing and adopting the
buttons Of sympathy with sL-ug.