Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-09-18
ABERDEEN WASHINGTON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1s 1902

is victory for the republican party entire
iy regardless of the fact that the republi-
can party may be depended upon to pro-
vide shelter to monopolies in any tariff
with Which the republican party has to
deal.
And now comes the Chicago Tribune.
In commenting on Secretary Shaw's
speech, the Tribune says, "This express
es in q way the sentiments of most re-
pubiicans," and then the Tribune adds
whenever there is sufficient discipline
in the republican party to insure a solid
vote for bill altering a single tariff
schedule, then such bill can be passed
without the slightest difficulty, and the
quiet of the industrial world will not be
disturbed. There is not sufficient dis
cipline now. There are few ultrapro-
tectionists in congress who will go to the
last extreme TO prevent the reduction of
a single duty on the most insignificant
product.
Secretary Shaw has described the
conditions under which he will be in ia
vor Of tariff readjustment. He does not
venture to say when the conditions may
be looked for or what can be done to
hasten their arrival"
To be sure, Secretary Shaw's position
is a wholly uncertain one. Gle does
not venture to say when the conditions
may be looked for or what can be done
to hasten their arrival" He advises the
republicans to abandon all discussion OF
this question, to 90 to the polls and vote
blindly for candidates for congress, and
to trust the republican party to uphold
national honor and business interests!
But how different this editorial is from
an editorial that appeared in the Chicago
Tribune Immediately after the Iowa re-
publicans had adopted their tariff ievis-
ion plank. In that editorial the Tribune
said:
at is a notorious fact that some of the
tariff schedules do afford shelter to mo-
nopoly. That is, they permit certain
tic consumers unreasonably high prices
for their product--prices higher than
could be exacted if the tariff afforded no
more protection than is necessary to
enable the american producers to COM
pete on even terms with their foreign
rivals.
GAS some trusts make an Legitimate
use of the protection they enjoy, why
should the republicans OF Iowa and OF
the United States hesitate to say 50?
Why should not they promise to deprive
the trusts Of a shelter they are abusing?
The language used in the Iowa platform
is not confession that the tariff is the
parent of trusts. There are trusts in free
trade England. The language is a simple
statement that the party which made the
tariff will change the tariff whenever it
appears a wrongful use is being made of
any OF the duties levied by it,"
Now, if, as the Tribune said, cit is
notorious fact that some OF the tariff
schedules do afford shelter to MONOPOLY"
and if, as the Tribune says, "the party
which made the tariff will change the
tariff whenever it appears a wrongful use
is being made Of any Of the duties levied
by it," then the time for a change in the
tariff is at hand, the Iowa tariff plank
was right, Secretary Shaw was wrong,
and the Tribune, in its position today in
giving Endorsement to Secretary Shaw's
Vermont speech, is likewise in error.