The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-19
TARIFF REVISION MUST COME.

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learly downfall of the high protective
tariff principles of the republican
lparty. There is sure to be a revision
Iof the present tariff laws in the near
future. The republican party will be
Idrien to it as a means of self-preserva-
Ition. The handwriting is on the wall.
Everywhere you find the people awak-
lened to the necessity of tariff reduc-
ltion. This state of affairs has been
brought about by the extreme actions
lof the men who are the chief support
Iers of the republican party. The mil
j~lionaires of the country who control
THAT party and have bought from it
Through their mighty combinations
which give them control of the in
ldustries and transportation of the
country, are responsible for the pre-
dicament in which that party find
itself. Mr.. Roosevelt and the republi-
can leaders may hold conferences on
1.-The situation and decide that the time
has not yet arrived for a revision of
the tariff; that it must not be To- at
present, but they are reckoning with
lout their host" The peoples eyes
have been opened to the condition of
l~affairs. They see the opportunity pro-
Elective tariff gives the ~monopolies and
combinations Of capita | to eXtort
wealth from them and they are no
longer holding Jack in expressing their
Opinion on the subject. Local leaders
Iof the party and some members of ma
Itional reputation have recently changed
their views and are now siding with
1.-THE people. This demand of the people
comes from every Sc ction of the coun-
ltry-from manufacturing New England
as we'll as from the agricultural west
land south and is no longer confined to
members of the democratic party. Re-
publican state and district conventions
lhave declared that there should be a
revision of the tariff.
1t is often said hat the protective
idea is gaining strength in the south;
that as this section advances in manu-
Featuring Industries the high tariff idea
lgains ground. On this subject the
kAltdIlld SOISlllullOH says
The southern business man is not
Iby any means settled in the belief that
a protective tariff, like hat of the
lDingley act, is desirable for southern
Industries aid their prosperity. On the
contrary, the protection view is losing
rather than gaining among southern
industrial producers. They want wild
Ter markets, confident that with all
things necessary to their industries at
hand. they can comDete with world
rivals almost anywhere without tariff
protection. The protection idea is moi
nearly SO strong in the south today as
lit was six years ago."
Let's turn to New England, for the
perfection of whose infant industries
the system of high tariff was inaugu-
rated. The manufacturers OF that sec
Ition have found out hat the system
is no longer of advantage to them and
they are crying out for a revision OF
the tariff for free raw material.
In the Eleventh congressional district
lof Massachusetts, the republican candi-
ldate for the nomination is
Eugene n. Foss. In opening his CAM
Ipaign he said:
HI SLAA
of all New England as a manufactur-
ling section demands freer raw ma
l~terials, that we may have a fair
lchance in the markets of our country
land of the world"
Here is a leading republican in a
Massachusetts congressional district
declaring that the manufacturers of
his district, his state and of all New
England are demanding that they be
lgiven a better showing in the markets
of the world by a reduction Of the
present high tariff imposed upon them
by the party he represents. Mr.. Foss'
utterances along this line have at
ltracted attention from one end of the
country to the other. A Boston special
Ito the New Pork Post on this matter
is a follows:
Such a sentiment for revision Of
1.-THE tariff has been developed here by
Eugene n. Foss, republican candidate