Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-04-23
INTERROGA TORY.

olican paper Of the northwest,
,asionally comes out against the
Elective policy OF its party in a
inner that must make the sup
rters of the G. O. 2. quake with
n. In a recent issue speaking
the tariff question it says:
eve are told that the tariff
ould be accurately adjusted from
ne to time to the cost Of produce
IN. No one vi pretend that
e cost of production has remain
stationary sin Go the Dingley
II was passed six years ago. 1t is
sitter perhaps I'd say that the
riff should not be changed just
,fore Presidential election, and
t it 60 at that. 1t is better
OF to wander far upon the quag-
lire OF actual fact
The tariff should be changed
hereyer and whe never necessary
that is to say, ne ver), upon the
asis of the difference in cost OF
reduction between this country
nd abroad. We make steel bill
It's and deliver them in England
oout SO a ton Oh eaper than the
nglishmen can. This is the tes-
mony of Presideh It Schwab OF the
eel trust. A ccordingly we
lould pay a bounty of So a ton on
| steel imported from Europe,
,stead of allowing our steel men a
ounty of 81 a ton on all steel i'm
)rted in competition with their
reaper processes.
Undoubtedly, it is said, there
re inequalities in the tariff, and
hey should be col rected wherever
nd whenever necessary Chat is
} say, never). But what are the
royalties? Is it not a little re
larkable, come to think OF it, that
OF one of the 'stand-patters,"
,om Hanna down or up, has ever
Mentioned definitely a single one
{ the inequalities to which fire.
uent reference is vaguely made,
nd whose correction is so cheer
ully promised from year to year
nd from age to age? They are
,lentifully enough in the steel,
nd boots and shoes, and nipple.
nents, and locomotives, and sugar
nd salt, and paper and copper
chedules; but neither Aldrich MOI
Allison ever heard of them. They
re afraid if they do it will make
,otes fot the democratic party
They are more solicitous for theil
party than for Cd mmon justice tt
he people.
But we should not reform thu
ariff, because tariff reform will no
lestroy the trusts This does no
,uite cover the case. In the word
If the prophet, the bed is shorte
han that man may stretch him
himself ON it, and the blanket i
90 abbreviated to cover him.
,annot buy you watch, my son
or a watch viii not keep you
pack warm in winter. There ma,
possibly be other uses of tariff re
vision than to destroy the trusts
t is the idolized gold of the "stand
)atters" to dissa sociate the tart
question and the trust question
The trust question must stand O.
is own bottom. So be it. TIL
ariff may also stand on its ow
bottom. The question as to tn
ariff, therefore, is not whether
Will destroy any trusts or not, bu
whether in all its aspects it is rigf
md just, sound and necessary
Tariff reform will not destroy bee
Bugs, either; but it will destroy oil
abuses and lift from the peop,
heavy burdens of unnecessaril
nigh prices which h they have ca
led so long.
Every inequality of the tart
should be corrected Well, is IL
jariff on steel eq nal? Oh, but tn
Is great and glorious countr,
Well, is the tariff Of 20 per cent {
boots and shoes necessary? o.
but we are the biggest manufactu
ing nation on ca nth. Well, is ii
copper trust not able at length
stand alone, wi thout free copp
and high dntid on its finish,
products? Oh, but the tar
should be revise I'd by it's friend
Kindly show " by the anthraci
trust can endure free coal, but Il
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