The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-31

the greater part of the bitumlnous coal field
The more intelligent the parties are. the
ahd as We are all growing more intelisent.
AZ learning all the time. the prospect is not
dark. but bright,
ROOSEVELT AND THE coal STRIKE.
When our President. in his brave and direct
way; acting out OF his deep feeling for the
needs OF his people. undertook 20 get coal
ior them AGAINST the coming winter by uts-
ant hracte region. Mr Hin in New, YORK
and Mr. Olney in Boston condemned him
but ! have an idea that the people Of the
country do not agree with them. and have
An idea also that his action will prove IN the
END to have resulted. not merely in getting
ton to the peaceful and reasonable process
OF development have been describing
DANGER IN DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME.
What does the Democratic party propose
70 do. II the people of the United States put
Industrial evil" iH and annoyan sS Which have
come along with our great prosperity. they
II is easy to say that the tariff needs re-
vising In the nature Of things time must
call for changes in every tarir law. because
II is fixed statute applied from day 20 day
to constantly changing condition The pur-
pose Of the law itself is to chang. 20 drtious
by Improving them. and II is impo>'inl" that
such statute should continue any consider
abl" period without our finding rates of duties
which may We'll be- changed But in consider
to keep two things IN mind
First That II tariff law has on the whole
worked well, and II business has pro~r"red
endure some slight inconvenlenccs and in
CAPABILITIES for a tim" than To incur the I'M
certainty and disturbance of business which
necessarily results from the process OF making
changes The mere fact that different rate
OF duty would be better than the rate fixed
whether, the change should be- made now
or should be deferred Every tarin deal-
with duties on vast number of articles
and involves vast number OF Interests
often conflicting. and whenever the law i
tai ken up by Congress for consideration with
reference to one change, every schedule IN
the law il going to find some one urging n
change ia that schedule and all III" business
interests of the country are going 20 be l-ft
Of uncertainty as to what will be- the outcome
OF duties upon the things they are producing.
and therefore in uncertanty as to what
competition from abroad they will be- oil! ged
to meet.
WE'VE SEEN DEMOCRATIC HARD TIMES BEFORE
The second thing to b. kept in mind j.
that il the consideration OF all the questions
thus reopened Is at the hands of PARTY
in power which is avowedly hostile TO the
principle OF protection. the uncertainty in
cdent to the discussion will be accom- anied
by loss OF confdenc" and fear OF the result,
Apprehension of probable but unknown
can he obtained for the products of Industry
vii inevitably lead Manufacturers and pro-
dq"rs sen.1ahiE to toP TskinS W9rG m3qSy
their operations ana reduce their product
Mills will he closed aud workmen thrown
out of employment II tm. were to hapren
manufacture are now supplied by agricul-
ture. the contraction OF manufacture would
leave the farmers without market for their
produce, and the farmers. not selling that
themselves could not buy the products Of
manufacture the mon thrown out OF en-
ployment could not buy; and 80 further CON
traction would take place and the whole
fabric Of our business property would come
tumbns down. That /, WY. when t,r tariIi
friends, 80 that the people whose Interests
are to be- affected may 60 on With their bust
that while outgrown or erroneous provisions
are to be corrected. thcy az. not to be de-
prived of reasonable ard fair protection
FFrFCr or REVISING PROTECTION orr
Now what does the Democratic party pro-
pose? Does II saw We assent TO III" principle
Of protection and o. ask the peopl" OF the
tinted states TO commit 10 our hands the
revision OF the tariN in conformity TO that
F TSm 10 the sf yow Of e~r
lection and ask hat the pcopl" OF the country
put in their hands the revision OF the tariff
in order that they may revise the yrotec-
ton ONT of II and repea, tn. experiment OF
Mr. Clevcland's second administration which.
according TO Mr. Gompsrs president Of the
million American worknen to WALKING the
streets without work and without bread
for their families II : not a revision Of he
protective tariff upon which the people ar"
TO pass in voting for Manners Of Congress
next Tuesday. and WITH TIM destruction
would disappear. necessarily. the conditions
of our present prosperity II may h" that
some time OF other We may have another
OF law but the prosperity We hay" today
is uni the protective tarjN You sweep
that away and this period Of PROSPERITY ends
PROGRAMME or BILLING mn TRUSTS
The specific ground upon witch the Demo-
cratic party now SAYS that II should be per
protects the trusts Observe that they do
not propose to connne themselves 10 cut
ting Of, the duties upon the articles mad"
by the trusts but their remedy j. TO destroy
the protection of all American products and
destroy the trusts by dragging them down
in the general ruin But consider their prop
osition regarding the trusts by themselves
The manufacturing trusts are protected by
the tariN in common with all other prod ucerS
show ed that less than IS per cent OF the
product OF the country was
made by trusts
III the duties which protect trust-made
articles are unreasonahly high. then they
ought to be reduced a. to all the producers
without any reference to the question Whether
they are made by the trusts or not and il
the duties are reduced as 10 any OF the pro-
ducers they must he "a to all You do not
hurt the trusts by such reduction unless YOU
make the reduction 40 great that II will be-
come Improbable to manufacture the arti-
cl.s in this country. II that Is done YOU can
kill the trusts you can close their mills you
can turn their laborers out of employment,
but you close the mills also of all other pro-
ducers OF similar articles. and YOU substitute
for domestic production of the articles the
importation OF foreign articles
AND PUTTING FOREIGN TRUSTS ~ CONTROL
As the production Of foreign articles is
in very great measure controlled by trusts
you substitute foreign trust for an American
trust. You abandon the remedy OF American
lon and substitute for It a foreign
Az YOU pass along the line gradu-
ally destroying industry after industry, YOU
" III speedily attain the blessings OF free trade
in exchange for the injuries OF domestlc
production Is this necessary l. n rea-
aonabef Is II worth the while TO destroy
Amrfcan trusts by making American manu-
facture improbable? Surely this ought not
TO be done except as a last resort, surely
, chance and see whether with wise laws
and effective administration. preventing OPP
preston and secret rebates and unfair prac-
tees, American competition will not ulti-
na,ely take care Of itself and take care of the
trust question at III" same time.
MoSoPoLIrs CAST ENDURE
A little study of the course OF business in
tho country leaves no doubt that II viii take
care Of itself Capital may combine for he
moment all the productive plants Of the
and 30. for the moment uonopolilc
the market, but American competition i'm
new plants The country is too biz. raw
material IL too plentiful, the market is too
wide, our wealth II too great our people are
too enterprising for any one concern 10 mo