The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-10-24
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
Tariff Question Forced to the
Front by Democrats
IN OHIO PLATFORM THIS YEAR.

IN OHIO PLATFORM THIS YEAH.
What the Result " ould BE II This
state Would Ipdorse the Democratic
Ticket and Platform.
The Democrats of Ohio are waging
q campaign on the tax question, but
the real object Of their attack Is pro-
lection, the great principle which un-
derlies Republican prosperity and sue
cess. The Democrats have never been
champions Of tax reform, and have
never accomplished anything to equal
ize the burdens of taxation. But they
have ever been, and still are the re-
lentless foes Of protection; and the
tax issue serves as covert mask for
the attack thereon. A Democratic VIC
tory this fall would, therefore, be hail
ed as a victory not for tax reform, but
Cor tariff reform, and might set In mo-
ton another agitation in favor OF
further tariff legislation which would
be ruinous to prosperity.
The protective system is the crea-
ture of congress, and anything which
indicates an intention by the people,
acting through congress, to effect
radical change in the tariff, Is looked
upon by theSSdustrial interests of the
country WITH the gravest apprehen-
sion Electoral action Is looked upon
as an unfailing barometer by which
capital and ilL..triGi CIerations are
regulated An G.eC.iUn which indi-
Gates c. SI4es any radio. change in
tariff J slation, often .g.y,s to cur.
tail Il operations Of on lills and
factor 5. So, an !ec'.". M..ich mega
tives a yropCa.t.Sa fCr 81: III reform
servs - restore confideac2 l the man.
ufact, ing interests, and Increase the
sphere &c operations.
An overwhelming Republican vic.
tory in Ohio this fall we'd be looked
upon as Gn emphatic er .orsement OF
McKinle. tariff policy under which
the count.y has attained The zenith Of
pros rity and such victory would
d. troy the tariff agitation which the
y mo:rats hope to launch as result
o. the Ohio election. Such victory
We Id. moreover, generate a strong
wave Of confidence in he industrial
world, aad serve to increase the scope
of operators. and means of employ
ment for labor. A Democratic victory,
on the other hand. would set in motion
another destructive tariff agitation,
would weaken confidence, and curtail
industrial operations, and throw great
numbers Of workmen out Of employ
ment.
A Democratic victory in Ohio this
fall would be proclaimed as an en-.
dorsement of the traditional" Demo
cratic policy of tariff for revenu and
from that might spring another pro-
longed tariff agitation like that which
assailed the Mckinley tariff in 1890,
and 1892. Such agitation would fright
en- the manufacturers and force them
to curtail operations until the result
of the agitation could be determined
/ by the electoral action Of the people.
} II then, the result of the agitation was
in favor of a Democratic revision OF
the tariff, another disastrous panic
like that of 1898. would sweep over
the country: for the manufacturers
would realize that the protective sys.
tenn would be doomed, and suspend
J operations until the storm passed
over
Then we should eXperience-with
, Infinitely worse results-the awful ef
: fects of that period of doubt and un
certainty which settled over the coun
try when the announcement Of Cleve
lands election was made in 1892, un
til the Wilson tariff was enacted in
, September, 1894, and vast army OF
, wage-earners would be cast into the
street and fed at the soup kitchens.
The Republican party has erected
, the tariff system, and given the coun
try it's all-powerful industrial prestige
The Democratic party is the arch
enemy of the protective system, ant
would rip up and exterminate 1t with
out mercy If given power to do so
Therefore, whenever any tariff revis
: ion is to be made, tn eduty should bt
Y entrusted to the Republican party
WHICH Is DOunu 10 COnSeTNt anu OK
E tend tn eutility of the sytems. But 1
free trade is to be established, theI
' the task should be entrusted to th'
Democratic party. 1t Is not a ques
tion of tariff revision, of protection
!. or tariff for revenue, but Of protec
tion or free trade. There is no middl,
e ground.
: The Republicans OF Ohio ask an On
E dorsement of their work in restoring
: prosperity through wise protectiv
3 and financial legislation, the twill
agents of progress. Such endorse
), ment, given by the voters in an EN-
phatic manner, will greatly strengthen
: the hands Of the national administrs
ton, will general great measure o
confidence among capitalists and man
r ufacturers, and prolong the golden err
of prosperity that we now enjoy. Shal
that endorsement be given?
The Hamilton county Democrat
= convention in Cincinnati failed t
= make any mention of the death G
! President Mckinley in its resolutions
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