The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-30

THs ne-v -iff framei by the trusts
for their oY profit, having by Presi-
dent Mckil.-y's signature become
law, the Republican party. say the New
York .Jo,i.aai. stands prepared to de
fend the work 10 which il has 81 will
ingly and gratefully assisted The de
fenSe we'll not be that the tariff is good
tariff, that it makes life easier for the
millions who work hard for very little,
or that II deals fairly with business men,
and l. IS beneficial to manufacture and
commerce as lower and hOnester tariff
would be. Indeed, it will be admitted
that the tariff Is a swindle from begin
ming to end, but it will be coutended
that all one has to do in order to prove
himself 4 public enemy Is to suggest
changes IN II IN the common interest
To plead for mitigation of the robbery
of the people by the trusts will be de
nounced as a sinister onslaught upon
established conditions" Every pro-
testing squirm of the sheep in the hands
OF the shearer will be interpreted as a
wicked and wanton purpose on the part
of the haplesS animal to disturb busi-
ness" And the Republican party Is not
without hope that this sort of defense
will avail. 1; trusts that everybody Is
so tired of uncertainty that known
amount OF Dlackmail, however large,
will be paid quietly in preference to in
viting the chances of change. The
game has been set to run for three years
at shortest, and the banker addresses his
victims thus:
at Is a brace game, gentlemen, of
course; as an honest dealer | won't deny
what you all know. But you had better
come up with your money and let me
steal the advertised percentage than 60
to all the trouble and worry and ex pense
of negIecting other business to get
square game set. You know what you
are bound to be cheated out of here, and
can make your arrangements in your
affairs accordingly"
The country wants rest unquestiona-
oily, and business men are anxious for
certainty, but the Republican party will
be disappointed in its calculations, new
ertheless. The argument that it is bet
ter to put up with piracy rather than to
face the exertion and cost Of suppressing
the pirates, might be addressed with eff
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can people are neither, they will rise at
the very first opportunity and free them
selves from this robbery. The price of
good government Is disturbance until
1t has been obtained. The house of re-
presentatives which passed the McKin-
ley bill was sent flying. and the congress
which has passed this Dingley tariff will
not escape.
To believe that the people of this Re
| public will endure gross spoilatIon at the
hands Of one political party for fear of
what another political party may posi-
bly, do as to something else if given pow
er-and it Is on that assumption the Re
publican party has gone off on a de
baueh with the trusts-is to believe that
Americans are towards and fools.
There will be no peace for manufac
turer, merchant or consumer In the
United ates while the tariff is what we
see 1t nova compact between the party
OF protection and the greed of the coun-
try to give the license of law to taxation
for private profit. The Dingley tariff is
theft, theft on a gigantic scale, and as
the people are the victims, and know it.
they will take all the disturbing conse-
quences of putting Turpins of the trusts
to flight with their ballots Republican
tom-tomming will be noisy, to be sure
but It will not scare.