The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-04-01
RIDDEN BY THE TRUSTS.
Republican Promises Broken at the
Behest of Combine and Mo-
nopoly Managers.

AOPO4y shaAd bC4S.
When you hear a republican saying
there is no need to reform the tariff
ask him why the rates in the Dingley
bill-the present tariff law--were made
SO much higher than the Mckinley
law. which was higher than any other
previous tariff. The fact that the rates
are higher now than ever before would
seem 10 demand reform.
1t was admitted by Senator Deliver,
of Iowa. in a speech in the senate that
the rates were purposely increased 10
allow for reductions chat might be
made in reciprocity treaties with for
eign countries. Mr. Kasson was Sc
lected by President Mckinley to ne
eotiate reciprocity treaties and he did
so with France. Nicaragua. Ecuador,
Argentina and the British and West
Indies
But the republican leaders in the
United States senate refused to allow
those treaties TO be ratified and the
Dingley law rates have continued %
be paid by the people OF tho United
States without the small concessions
that the reciprocity treaties would
have made on some articles And yet
the republican national platform of
1900 contained these words
Reciprocity and protection are twin
measures of republican policy and 90
hand-in-h hand" The iowa state pla.-
/ form of 1901 said we endorse the
policy OF reciprocity as the natural
complement OF protection and urge its
development as necessary TO the reali-
cation OF our highest commercial pos
sibilities." And that tariff plank
closed with this important declaration:
I'VE favor any modification of the
tariff schedules that may be required
to prevent their affording a shelter Ia
monopoly"
Nearly every state republican plat.
form has declared for reciprocity, and
some of them declared for such modi-
hcations of the tariff schedule as may
seem TO be required The Idaho re-
publican platform OF 1902 declared out
spokeniy for tariff revision and con-
tanned the most radical antitrust plank
that any political party has declared
for. 1t says: We favor a revision of
the tariff without unreasonable delay
which will place upon the free list
every article and product controlled
by any monopoly and such other arti-
cles and products as are beyond the
need of protection"
In spite OF these declarations and
promises made by the republicans,
President Roosevelt and the leaders in
congress have determined TO not even
consider the tariff. or attempt TO modi-
fy those schedules that give the trusts
their monopoly OF The market for many
! of the necessaries OF life. The repub-
licans refuse to ratify the reciprocity
treaties OF their own making and they
refuse TO reduce the Dingley rates. al !.
though they purposely placed those
rates much higher than the Drotecte ed
trusts asked that when the reciprocity
treaties were ratified the trust and
combines would still be amply pro-
tected. But the trusts controlled tho
republican leaders and have been
strong enough to keep the law intact.
and the protectionists declare ii mus.
not be touched
Thus are we tariff taxed and trust
ridden. Ask your republican neighbor
how he likes this do-nothing pro-
gramme of his party and If he thinks
mis- prosperity is enhanced by It.
Let the prevailing democratic
motives be concession and unihcation.
Let the democrats take the broadcast
view OF the situation. Ii is a churlish
and untoward spirit. indeed, which can
resist the appeal for liberality and pat
riotism as against mere factionalism
and past dissension. 1t is, under these
conditions. a perverse human nature
which can submit to narrow restraints /;
a niggerdly human nature which could
supinely tolerate the ugly prospect OF
losing again when a fine spirit OF &C
cord and an intelligent contest will
bring victory Louis Republic.
The Smoot case is becoming a
political embarrass ment for the repub.
lican leaders. If Smoot shall be ex-
PEELED Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Mon
tana and Idaho. where there Is con
siderable norman vote. will be put
In the list OF doubtful states. II the
senate shall fail to expel him there Will
be eastern disgust TO contend with. II
Is more than likely. under tho clrcnnn.
stances, that decisive action will be
postponed until after the election. A
position on the fence Is confessedly
awkward for the republican elephant.
but there seems to be no help for it,
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