The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-03
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tariff. and that the country cannot
prosper under fitful tariff changes at
short intervals. Moreover if the tarltt
laws as a whole work well. and If busI-
ness has prospered under them and Is
Drospering. il is better to endure for a
time slight Inconvenience and inequall-
ties in some schedules than 70 upset
business by too quick and TOO rauicdI
changes. 1t is most earnestly to be wished
that we could treat the tariff from the
standpoint solely of our business needs.
\ II is. perhaps. too much to hope =
= that craftsmanship may be entirely eX- =
= Guided from consideration OF the SUD-
y iect. but at least it can be made
2 secondary 70 the business interests
= of the country-that is, to the inter-
y ests of our people as a whole.
Shifting National Needs.
Internationally these business interests
Will best be served II together with flXlty
of principle as regards the tariff We
combine a system which will permit us
from time to time to make the neces-
sarv reapplication of the principle to the
shifting national needs. We must take
scruDulous care that the reapplication
shall be made in such a way that it VIII
not amount to a dislOcation of our sys-
TEN. the mere threat of which mot to
speak of the performance would produce
paralysis in the business energies of the
making these changes would, of course,
be to preserve the principle which IN
derlies our whole tariff system-that is.
the principle of putting American bust
ness interests at least a full equality
with interests abroad. and of always al
lowing a sufficient rate of duty to more
than cover the difference between the
labor cost here and abroad. The WELL
being of the wage-WOrker. like the we'll
being of the tiller of the soil. should be
treated as an essential in shaping our
whole economic policy. There must never
be any change which will jeopardize the
standard OF comfort, the standard of
wages of the American wage-worker.
Reciprocity.
One way in which the readjustment
sought can be reached is by reciprocity
treaties. Il is greatly to be desired that
such treaties may be adopted They can
be used to widen our markets and to
give a greater field for the activities of
our producers on the one hand and on
the other hand to secure in practical
shape the lowering of duties when they
are no longer needed for protection
among our own people. or when the min
for the sake of the maximum OF good ac-
compIished- II it prove impossible to
ratify the pending treaties. and If there
seem to be no warrant for the endeavOr
TO execute others. or to amend the penn
ing treaties so that they can be ratified
then the same end-to secure reciprocity
should be met by direct legislation.
Wherever the tariff conditions are such
that needed change can not with adj
vantage be made by the application of the
reciprocity idea. then il can be made
outright by a lowering of duties on a
given product If possible, such change
should be made only after the fullest
consideration by practical experts who
should approach the subject from a busi-
particular interests affected and the com
mercial Weli-being of the people as a
whole The machinery for providing
such careful investigation can readily be