The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-30
THYINo TO DIsCREDrT OUR
ARGUMENTS.

The Huntsville Republican Is very
much off its base when 1t tries to break
the force of The Advertisers advice to
young men. Abiding to our statements
about the evils and villainies Of recon-
struction days 1t declares that that sort
of stuff has no effect on the young man
of today" That Is where the Republic
can is mista zen, for the younger genera
ton of Alabamians will not and ought
not to forget the dark days
when their fathers and mothers
and grandparents felt more than
the bitterness~of death under the humil-
iating experiences to which they were
subjected. The Advertiser does not intend
that they shall forget It, all the efforts
of Repsblican papers to the contrary not
withstanding.
But The Advertisers tariff arguments
are worrying papers like our Huntsville
contemporary more than aught else That
paper is not, we imagine. really de-
fender of the iniquities of our tariff sys'
TEN, but tries to break the force of all
arguments against it by denying the facts
stated. For example, The Advertiser said
that citizens of Great Britain 'can buy
all American-made goods on which there
are tariff duties, cheaper than our own
citizens can" To this The Republican
says:
We do not think that The Advertiser
meant that sentence seriously. for 1t Is
too good a newspaper to Intentionally
mislead its readers and its editor ought
to know that the statement is not alto
gether true. There may be some Things
manufactured here that are SOLD cheaper
abroad than here, but 1t Ia either due
to over production or to American en-
terprise in introducing a new article, and
The Advertiser knows as well as any
one. that the tariff has nothing TO DO
with it.
With due respect to our contemporary,
The Advertiser knows nothing Of the
kind. On the contrary, 1t knows that the
high tariff has everything to do with IT,
and that such a condition of AFFAIRS coulo
not possibly exist except under a pro-
tectivey tariff system. Perhaps In our
first statement the word ''alr' should not
have been used, though we are not at
all sure that it was putting 1t too strong
but The Republicans effort to dlscred1
the statement by virtually asserting that
no American made goods are sold cheaper
in Europe than at home except in cases
of ever production OF sin introducing
new article" is ridiculous in the face oil
known facts. If that paper reads its ex-
hAsy nTtntAC
tables of the numerous American maze
articles sold in Europe. with the prices
there ard here. These comparative state
ments have been printed time and again
and no well-informed protectionist at
tenpts to discredit them. They can only
try to break the force of such compar-
isons by using the style of argument
adopted by our Huntsville contemporary
The matter is perfectly plain. If ar
article which can be manufactured anc
sold in Liverpool, say, at 81, has tarin
duty of 50 per cent. on 1t, 1t Is plain tina
1t will cost $1.s0 down here. Now, II al
American manufacturer can make tn
same article for 75 cents he can sent
| r. 10 LIVERPOOL and sell 1t at a price Il
! compete with the British manufacture
| in his own market. But that same Amer
lean, knowing that the European srticl
cannot be delivered here for less thai
81. so. will charge his American custom
ers that price. and. as the tariff is reall!
a trust and a monopoly, our own peopl
have no redress.
There is a plain statement of the case
and the well-informed advocates of tn
tariff do not attempt to controvert it
They know it is done and that there II
no use denying it. If The Republican cal
find no better argument to draw younl
men into its party it had better call of
the game. -.