The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-12-20

The poor man does not seem to have
any rights in the law at all now. Tell
him it is no use to bring an action
against man with political pull,
and that lawyers make more money by
their practices than by their practice.
Tell him that honesty used to be the
best policy, but now an honest man is
considered mentally unsound and in
sad need of a guardian. Tell him that
confidence in the law is badly shaken,
broken and shattered, anarchy ram
pant, and our Solons are trying to
mend matters by making stronger laws
rather than wiser and more equitable
laws. In short, tell him that the spirit
of the philosophy of ''Old Nick" Mac
chiavelli is enthroned.
"Don't tinker with the tariff But
is not the Republican party right now
tinkering with the tariff? Is not the
ship subsidy bill and reciprocity only
patches with which to mend the tariff?
Roosevelt, in his message, says we
must restore the American navy to its
ancient supremacy. have such Arm
confidence in his patriotism, independ-
ence, honesty, ability and integrity,
that | am willing to risk my reputa-
tion now as prophet that Roosevelt
does not mean what Mckinley meant
when he used practically the same
words at the Buffalo Exposition. Nc.
Kinley meant when he said we must
restore the supremacy of the American
merchant marine upon the seas, that
the Republican party would pass a
ship subsidy bill as advocated by Mark
Hanna and the other leaders of the
party. AS soon as Mckinley died,
there was general call made by the
said leaders upon Roosevelt that he
must follow the policy outlined by Nc
Kinley as announced by him at Buffalo.
That meant to maintain the present
outrageous tariff, and satisfy the coun-
try, if possible, with reciprocity and
ship subsidy. Roosevelt had always
been in favor of fair trade, and he has
even been called a pronounced free
trader. His nomination was exceed
ingly distasteful to the Hanna wing of
the party. The supremacy of the
American merchant marine was at
tanned under comparative free trade.
Fair trade, then, logically, builds up
American commerce. Then, all that
is required to build up the American
navy, is fairer trade. Lower the tariff,
and ships that go loaded with Ameri-
can products of all kinds will not be
forced to return empty, as they now
are and have ever been under the pro-
hibitive protective tariff. When they
did not return empty, they had to
scratch around over the world to find
load of goods that we did not our
selves produce, and upon which there
was small or no tariff Roosevelt
knows that machinery and iron and
steel is produced in this country, and
shipped to Europe, and sold there
much cheaper than it is sold in this
Notwithstanding 5000 miles
of ocean travel and hundreds of miles
of railroad and extra loading and un-
loading He knows that such policy
adds to the cost of mining and farming
machinery, and TO railroad building,
and he knows that railroads are en-
titled to make a fair revenue upon
their cost of construction and opera
ton, and he knows they have to make
1t out of the farmers and producers,
and he knows it is unfair Now, if he
himself is fair, he will not stand it, AS
to reciprocity that is also patching the
tariff It is not manly nor honest
way of dealing with the several nations
with whom we have treaties in every
one of which there is contained pro-
vision that the other party to the
treaty shall in every way be treated as
well in every particular as the most
favored nations Oil earth. How can
we follow that clause in the treaties
and take off the tariff on Mexican hard
wood and maintain it on Canadian
hardwood? Suppose we enter into a
reciprocal treaty with Germany where
by we are permitted to land the Amer
lean hog on German soil free of duty,
and for the return favor Germany is
permitted to land hardware in the
United States free of duty, and we have
no such treaty with any other country
In Europe, how will the other nations
like it, and will not our ships be re-
stricted in their trade to Germany? 1t
is wretched tinkering of the tariff,
and Andrew Carnegie has said it would
not work. However, we don't need to
worry about it. The Republican party
does not mean word of it, and simply
holds the beautiful word out as taffy to
satch votes.