Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-06
completely removing the duties on all
other kinds Of coal for one year
uNpARALLELEp PRospERlrY.


perlty unparalleled not merely IN our
cwn history but In the history Of any
other nation, This prosperity is deep
rooted and stands on a firm basis be-
cause il is due TO the fact that the
average American has in him the stun
out Of which yictors are made In the
great industrial contests OF the present
day, Just as in the great military con-
tests of the past, and because he is
rev able TO use and develop his quail
ties to best advantage under our we'll
established economic system, We are
winning headship among the nations
Of the world because our people are
able TO keep their high average Of in
divldual citizenship and TO show their
mastery In the hard complex, pushing
life of the age. There will be iluctua-
lions from time to time IN our pros
perity but It win continue TO grow Just
so long as we keep up this high aver
age individual citizenship and permit Il
t. work out It's own salvation under
proper economic legislation.
PHENOMENAL PROSPERITY,
1.-The present phenomenal prosperity
has been won under a tariff which
was made In accordance with certain
fixed and definite principles, the most
important Of which Is an ayowed de-
termination 20 protect the interests
Of the American producer, business
man, wage-worker and farmer alike.
The general tariff policy to which,
without regard to changes in deta
believe this country Is irrevocably COM
mitted, Is fundamentally based upon
ample recognition of the difference be-
tween the cost Of productiOn--that u
the cost Of labor-here and abroad anC
OF the need to see 20 II that our laws
shall In no event afford advantage In
cur own market to foreign industries
over American industries to foreign
capital over American capital TO for
tign labor over our own labor IT,
country has and this country needs
hetter-paid. better-educated, better
fed and better-clothed Wonltingmpn,
Of a higher type than are to be for, q
In any foreign country, IL has and II
needs higher, more vigorous, ana
more. prosperous type Of tillers of the
soil than Is possessed by any other
country. The business men, the mer-
chants and manufacturers, and the
managers of the transportation inter-
osts show the same superiority when
compared with men Of their type
abroad. The events Of the last few
years have shown how skillfully the
leaders of American Industry use In
international business competition the
mighty industrial weapons forged for
them by the resources OF our country,
the wisdom Of our laws, and the sl'i
the inventive genius and the admins
tiative capacity Of our people.
A MERE TRUISN.
1T is, of course, a mere truism to say
that we want to use everything In our
power to foster the welfare of our entire
body polite. In other words, we need
to treat the tariff as a business PROPOSE
ton, from the standpoint of the inter-
ests of the country as whole, and not
with reference 10 the temporary needs
Of any political party. II is almost as
necessary that our policy should be sta
Bile as that IL should be wise. a nation
like ours could not long stand the ruin
GUS policy OF readjusting It's business 10
radical changes In the tariff at short
intervals, especially when. as now, ow-
ing TO the immense extent and variety
OF our products, the tariff schedules
carry rates of duty on thousands OF diff
ferent articles Sweeping and violent
changes in such tariff, touching so
vitality the interests of all of us, en-
bracng agriculture, labor manufacture
and commerce. would be disastrous In
any event. and they would be fatal TO
our present well-being II approached on
the theory that the principle OF the
protective tariff was TO be abandoned
The business world, that Is, the entire
American world, cannot AFFORD II II has
any regard for its own welfare, even TO
consider the advisability of abandoning
the present system.
CHANGING CONDITIONS.
yet on the other hand, where the In
dustrial conditions 20 frequently
change, as with US must OF necessity be
the case, 1t il a matter of prime import
ance that we should be able from time
TO time to adapt cur economic policy TO
the changed conditions. Our aim should
be to preserve the policy OF protective
tariff. In which the nation as a whole
has acquiesced, and yet wherever and
whenever necessary 10 change the du-
ties in particular paragraphs or sched-
ules as matters of legislative detail, II
such change is demanded by the inter-
ests of the nation as whole.
I'm making any REIMBURSEMENT there
are certain important considerations
which cannot be disregarded II tar
iff law has on the whole worked well,
and II business has prospered under II
and is prospecting, II may be better TO en-
dure some inconvenience and inequai-
tiles for time than by making changes
TO risk causing disturbances andperhaps
paralysis In the Industries and business
of the country. The fact that the
change in a given rate Of duty may be
thought desirable does not settle the
question whether II Is advisable TO make
the change Immediately. Every tarin
deals with duties on thousands Of arti-
cles arranged In hundreds OF para
graphs and In many schedules. These
duties affect a vast number Of interests
which are often conflicting. II neces-
sary for our welfare, then OF course
Congress must consider the question OF
changing the law as a whole or chang
ing any given rates Of duty but We
must remember that whenever even "A
single schedule Is considered some in
terests will appear to demand change
in almost every schedule N he law;
and when II comes to upsetting the
schedules generally the effect upon the
business interests of the country would
be ruinous.
TARIFF REVISION,
zone point we must steadily keep IN
mind. The question OF tariff revision,
speaking broadly, stands wholly apart
lion the question Of dealing with the
trusts. No change in tariff duties can
have any substantial effect In solving
the so-called trust problem. Certain
great trusts or great corporations are
wholly unaffected by the tariff. Prac-
tically all the others that are OF any
importance have as matter OF fact
numbers Of smaller American competi-
tors. and Of course change in the
tariff which would work injury to the
large corporation would work not