New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
FOR A TARIFF COMMISSION.


and primitive communities are continually opllgei
to learn elementary truth that the reputation
OF debts is in the end runous to the debtors az a
higher in The snaia Of ciyization thew also learn
that anything in the nature of a dehased currency
sured honesty irls.ir is the first essenai
verance in the Economic nnicv which for a cour Sc
Of years is found best lifted TO It's peculiar needs
nomic policy as regards the tariff while at the same
time allowing for necessary ana proper b @
adjustment becomes a matter Of pressing lnpoI-
to Expect Is f6t a re eaSy the 3ne sdo Of Such
ton it would be possible wholly 20 eliminate po
must when we. think seriously of the subject tnat
the proper aim of the party system Is; 5a,tr an
that where such partisanshp on a mattef OF tIl-s
bnG G3nets Wit the PreaITI need in this country
is to treat the tariff a business proposition and
the standpoint of the temporary neeos OF OF
any political party. 1t surely ought not 70 De
necessary to dwell upon the e2 ta Of
national prosperity of violent and radical changes
at intervals Of every few Years. nation like ours
can adjust its business after fasnlon 10 any ki
of a tariff. But neither nation nor any other
stand the ruinous policy OF readjustns ITS osl
ness to adca changes r IN 1 nn '4 fban ever ii
before; for owing to the immense eXLent ana t
day carry ra ties of duty than four thou
sand articles. Continual sweeping changes in such
tariff. touching intimat ely the commerclai n
terests Of the nation which stands as one OF me
two or three greatest IN the whoe t ~ hand
where the industrial needs of the nation shift as
Importance that should be able TO readjust our
s 0Gy S raRd 15s Pes needs ana WITH
NO VIOLENT SURGICAL OPERATION
We need scheme which will enable, us 70 pro- pro-
vide reapplicaton of the principle 10 te Iiee
conditions The problem thffeIGre nssds can be
recognized and the Necessary h Je5tire bust
ness community and therefore the entire nation,
to submit to violent surgical oPe5a o;o T1
fact of which would probably paraIyze Tor d
considerable time all the ea5v reproduce
the conditions from which we suereo rec, H. ar1estI['
to be hoped that this problem can be solved ~, III
manner into which p3rtisanshlP snaitI all. that
is in some manner which shall provide for ,, an
t9 Eecr any Changes the need Of which is nd
Gated by ihe effect found to proceed f Io II any
as regards the creation of a substantial monopoy;
It's eect domestic pTics5 TPG r6 n9 abroad
upon home production and upon consumP5l9Hi IN
by which. while persevering in the poney o0 OF "a
protective tariff in which tnlhh .ne na You'd
be able to correct the irregularities and rem0 Gi
@ the by w Fe
Such machinery YOU'D eody While gf 20 pfo1dn
for the changes in duties upon particular scneH o
ules which must inevitably and necessary
pnd admin,strafive detail This would secure the
stability o Of sGasra While doing
away with any tendency 10 tosslnZst!oH. ., 49,
Re fons advisable TO alter rates and schedules
ADAPTING them 70 the Shsngea ana phs Would be in
no wise Incompatible with preserving the PrlnGIp r
OF @ is tT in no way inconsistent with frankly
admitting the desirability OF chans'IS Is in
the interests non as TnoleNtaed our Of
the nation as while, and not those Of any par
tcular set Of individuals save as an inele ags arc
TWO or three different methods by which il viii
be possible provide such readIustHent "4"01
any shock to the business world
THE TARIFF COMMISSION PLAN
M, nersona1 preference would be for action which
sboxId be taken only after preliminary INJURY og
the ndngs 81 beqy they S could be trust
ed to deal with the subject purely rom tne sIo f
course Congress would have determine for itself
the the sIaf eosnd 70 the for gathering
of the necessary data and can aet S5 me- that
the machinery EXISTS for turning out the poIiSg
above outlined am certain; b on SyeaI Urn Of the
Community viii be subserved by treating the |
Wao,e inePests Of the entire country rather
than from the standpoint OF the fancleo interests
't OF Course In making any changes we SHOULD have
proceed IN nee MOST nportant Of these
avowed determination TO- protect me
" age ons rehabilitation which must never be
omitted in tariff change the Imperative need OF
preserving the American standard OF living Io1 ynT
AeT bSi Sat Which will protect the American
workingman by allowing for the difference between
the general labor 9tc d neEn ana arne from the
difference in the standards of labor here ana |
foster in so far It represents the NEEDS OF Peter
educated better paid better fed and better elothea
worktngnen of a higher class than any 70 De Iouna
in foreign country At all hazards and no matter |
" 1b eif fsr the American Workngman must be
protected in his STANDARD OF va faf op
portunty Of employment
PROTECTION FOR THE woRKINGMAN.
Our laws in no event should afford advantage to |
foreign industries over American industries They |
In event should do less than equalize the differ
ence between the conditions at home and abroad, /
The general tariff policy TO which, without regard
rrevocaby committed. is based upon ample recog- !
milton Of the difference of labor cost here and !
for full deSeIopmeEt Of the fntegenc q the Com
fort. the high standard OF civilized living and of the
compared TO the workingman of any other country /
Let me. in closing illustrate what say by once /
sain appeang TO the experience OF the men OF the
develop a high individual type of citizenship The /
reason that our armies from 81 to 90 developed /
been reached in any other country was becsuse we
had high individual average of citizenship /
things 90 little qn a'S as t3 To eHpe
ed-hen is when you find the stuff the man is made
to the needs of the occasion. II is pretty simple TO
somebody tells you how. but II you have got 10 /
think for yourself, then you appreciate the fact
and that he also will stay put CLaushter and APP
plause) We are going win as a nation in the /
he average American has in him the stun out Of
which victors are made-victors in the industrial /
fa o bn 64k9 RSspe1y which we
that was not how YOU won from 81 to g Now |
Gentlemen Wy can win and we will win citizens ,
pushing life of this century the same qualities that
"nes h9 aT a by the al men IN Gf the War in that
u individual citizenship. which maae the armies /