The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-11-21

question. Where ever the time OF
preparing for work can be shortened
it is a gain to the vast majority
Of pupil and Students, many OF
whom are now debarred from
entering the higher educational
paths.
This movement will also he benefit
to the country at large, as It's
successful outcome will. give more
workers and still younger blood to
the great army Of our ministerial
and professional activities. We
look forward hopefully to the result
of the commission deliberations
for the movement for shorter
study time is in full swing and is
not likely to be retarded by pre-
judice and convention.-Chicago
Evening Post
New York Tribune: Talk about
tariff reversion continues. We are
Ii. sure that it is not more eager
;.ud pcofuse than before. the election.
y. ;, :. 4 It 7*cs harred :!ircn rs: reason
for returning democratic majority
20 the house OF representatives;
though as matter of..fact the latter
would have blocked the way to tariff
revision for at least two years. Now
the same theme is dwelt upon as
bound to command I.t4salnount
attention at the coming session
aud'in the new congress. and as
exerting great influence. in the
canvass for the speakership of the
house. 1t may be- that the latter
discussion is more rational, .or less
indept, than the former. We have
no doubt that the question Of tariff
revision will be thoughtfuly and
practically considered by the repub-
lican majority in congress, and also
that candidates for the speakership
will be subjected to some scrutiny
us to their opinions upon the subject
But we greatly doubt that the next
outcome will be any more satisfact-
DRY to the foes of the American
system than was the outcome of
the election.
By that we do not mean that
nothing will be done in the direct
ion of tariff revision. On the con-
trary, it seems probable that a good
deal may be done. But we mean
that whatever is done will be done
by the friends of protection and
reciprocity, and not by their foes,
and will be done for the m antaince
strengthening and extension Of
those systems, and not for their
destruction. That is why the out
come will be satisfactory for free
traders. There is nothing more Ger
tian than that their antelection de-
mand for tariff revision meant tariff
revision by the friends of the tariff.
That was not consealed. The for
most living democrat, the only
democrat who has been president
for more than forty years, in his one
campaign speech inveighed with
his severest invective against the
idea of tariff revision by the friends
of the tariff. Yet tariff revision by
the friends of the tariff is precisely
what the nation has voted for by
decisive majority. That is perhaps
the most positive and significant
outcome of the congress election.
Generally speaking, where the
tariff as an issue republicans made
againtg; and where democrats made
gains it was on the other grounds
than the tariff.
We have said that some revision
of the tariff will he probably effect
cd. There is no reason why 1T
should not be whenever it is needed
The1e is nothing sacrosanct in any
particular set of schedules. Tariff
rates are adopted to suit existing
conditions, and when conditions
materially change the rates may
properly be changed to l.:eet them.
For the sake of business stability,
of course such changes should not
be too frequen, and should not be
made upon slight pretexts. But when
conditions have SO materially and
lastingly changed that business
interests and the public welfare will
be romoted by a revision of tariff
schedules such revisions should