Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21

which comes the great funds for
campaign purposes. They will die hard
-Ackley World.
Stubbornness.
Manson Journal
The Manchester Press would read all
the republican papers that advocate
tariff reform out of the party. The
Press says "The Journal has republican
leaninge,' Now look here, Ram, that
is unfair. This paper recognizes the
right of every paper to have an opinion
of it's OVID, and that opinions can be ex-
pressed without changing the politics
of the paper, If couched along the lines
of fair criticism of public questions
within the party. The Journal is no
more radical upon the tariff reform idea
than the Marshalltown Republican, the
Register Leader, the Spirit Lake Beacon,
Odeboldt Chronicle and many other
leading papers of the state. No one
would care to class these papers or their
editors as democratic. II we should
give them definition it would be, pap
ers with advanced thought. 1t is far
easier to follow along the foot steps of
beaten paths than 1t is to launch out
with new ideas and always make them
popular. The Pres has adopted the let
well enough alone policy on the tariff
question and has settled down to the
idea that there must be no change. In
Its issue of Jan. I'd the Press in answer
to the Register Leaders inquiry, "if the
schedules cannot be changed now when
can they be?" pertinently says "never."
No man is wholly right or wholly
wrong. Mr.. Ram is simply mistaken.
1t can be changed and can be done by
the republican party. lit is not done
by it, the chances are very grave that
the democrats will make the change.
The papers that wish the republican
party to make the change are classed
by the Press as having republican lean
ings. The Press is so narrow minded
thatit assumes represent unprecedent-
ed prosperity will always continue il the
tariff is let alone. There are great
many things that have contributed to
the prosperity of the country the past
few years besides the high tariff, that
compels the home consumer to pay
more for his goods than the foreigner,
besides lining the pockets of the manu-
facturers with untold wealth. When
these conditions have changed which
they will in short time we will drift
back to the permanent conditions in
which the ordinary laws of supply and
demand control prices. The Spanish
American and Boer wars were some of
the things that went to increase the
price of farm products throughout this
country as well as q shortage of crops
In many states. The lower price of
beef, now nearly four cents below a
year ago, the lower price of both corn
and oats, shows that the country is set
tling back to staple prices. But with
this lower price of farm products there
is constant tendency to increase
the price of every thing the farm
er has to buy. All kinds of farm
machinery has gone into the hands of
the trusts and the prices are stiffening
up. Every article that a monopoly CON
trolls is being advanced in price, while
every article the farmer has to sell is be-
ing reduced. Can condition of pros
perity continue under such conditions,
Mr. Ram? If the republican party al,
lows the monopolies to control all the
products we have to buy and pro.
tect them in doing so with a sky
high tariff wall the period of pros
perity Of the masses is of very short
duration. When every one is employed
at good wages and all you have to sell
brings good price, no one cares par
ticularly what price they have to pay
for necessaries. Mr.. Ram contends thai
there will be no change in the con-
dltions, the high tariff wall is CON
tinued. We have as good right to be
lieve that things will change, sndif th,
republican party leaves the tariff wher,
it is, and changed times come, th,
democratic party will be the party t,
make the wholesale reductions that viii
bring ruin and distress upon the coun.
try. 1t is not only the condition.
at home but the conditions abroad tina
will assist in bringing about the change
Almost every country on the globe il
endeavoring to retaliate against th'
products of this country on account o
the prohibitory tariff. This concentrat
ed action In time will injure the foreigl
trade of this country. The Unite,
States is no longer merelya consuming
nation, but she is q producing nation
We need and will want the markets o
the world. We will want reciprocit
with all nations. The idea that tn
tariff cannot be changed is all nonsense
1t can be changed and the trade of thi
country and the consumers benefite,
and when the progressive spirit 0
Americanism CONTROLS the republica
party, instead of a lot Of fossilized poll
ticians who are controlled by the mono
! poles In the east 1t will be done and a
parties benefited,