The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-17

! t-AtNIslpH I1l:.N from time IN TIM
ne necessary: but 1t is so phrased that 1t 1
expected to be satisfactory TO those in ia
sor Oh an Increase -Of duty. to those VIII,
lano, reduction thereof and to those op
posed TO any change whatever
Judged by the record, of performance
.atuer tnhn that of promise, on the part %
.h9t party In the past 1t would seem as 1
III, ne SuLcome In the event of is success
Mouiu De TO crafty the latter class Will
| absolute control of both the legislative ant
executive departments Of the government
s,hce March 4, 1897, there has been neither
REDUCTION nor an attempt at reduction Ii
Ittarin duties. 1t Is not unreasonable to as
sume, In the light of that record, that {
future Congress OF that party will not un
aertake revision of the tariff downward
IN the cent that It, shall receive an in
dorsement of Its past course on that sub
Ject by the. people.
Senate is Republican,.
1t Is a fact and should DE frankly con
ceded that though our party be successful
IN the coming contest we cannot hope tt
secure majority in the Senate during the
next four years. and hence we shall be un
! able tn secure any modifica ton In the tarifl
save that to which the. Republican majority
IN the Senate may consent. While, there
Tore; we are unable to give assurances OF
relier to the people from such excessive du
I ties as burden Them 1t is due to them that
! EeSstate our position to be in favor of a
reasonable reduction of the tariff; that we
believe It Is demanded by the best interests
\ " ana consumer. ana
| that wise and benefieen. revision of the
tariff can be accomplished as soon as both
| branches of Congress and an executive In
favor. of 1t are elected, without creating
that sense Of uncertainty and instability
that has on other occasions manifested It
self. This can, be- achieved by providing
that such unreasonable, period shall inter
vene between the date Of the enactment of
/ the sfatute. making a revision and the date
Of Its enforcement Ms shall be deemed suffi-
cient for.the Industry or business affected
| by such revision TO adjust Itself to the
| changes and new conditions imposed.
SO confident am I In the belief that the
demant of the people for reform Of the
tariff Is just that ! indulge the hope that
should n Democratic House of Representa-
| tiyes and n Democratic executive be chosen
| by the people; even N Republican Senate
may heed the warning and consent to give
| at least some measure Of relief to the peO-
pie.
Tariff Helps Trusts.
The combinations, popularity called trusts,
which aim TO secure a monopoly OF trade
, those things that are employed upon the
farm, In the factory and in many other
fields of Industry, have been encouraged
and stimulated by excessive tariff duties
Ihese operate to furnish substantial mar
ket in the necessaries of eighty millions Of
people by practically excluding competition
with SO large market and highly remun-
erative prices continuing long after the line
reached. the temptation of all engaged in
the same business to combine so as to pre-
vent competition at home and a resulting
reduction of prices has proved irresistible
| in a number of cases.
All men must agree that the net result
OF enacting laws that foster such ineQuita-
bic conditions is most unfortunate for the
people as n whole, and it would seem as
if all ought to agree that the effective
remedy would be modify the offending law
appropriately. The growth of monopoly,
Of which complaint is justly made. cannot
country. The decisions Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, the Court Of
Appeals Of this State and the courts of
the assertion that the common law as de-
veloped affords complete legal remedy
for monopolies. The fact that they have
multiplied in number and increased in pow
courts to apply the law when properly
moved by. administrative officials or prf-
vate individuals. but to the failure of Off
Gals charged With the duty Of enforcing
the law to take the necessary procedure
to procure the judgments Of the courts in
the appropriate Jurisdiction, coupled with
the fact that the legislative departments
of some of our State governments, as we'll
as Congress In the manner already referred
TO. have. by legislation. encouraged their
propagation.
What is needed In addition to the pas
sage Of a statute revising the tariff duties
to a reasonable basis is not so much other
and different laws as officials having both
the disposition and the courage to enforce
existing law. While this is nv view Of fhe
scope of the common law, II 1t should he
made to appear that 1t is mistaken one
then favor such further legislation with
in constitutional limitations as will give
the people Just and full measure of pro-
lection.
Freedom for Filipinos.
1t is difficult to understand how any citi-
xE l.n &aI
descendant of revolutionary stock. can toll
crate the thought Of permanently denying
the right Of self. lf.government to the Fiji
pinos. Can we hope to instill into the
minds OF our descendants reverence and
devotion for government by the people
while denying ultimately that right to the
Inhabitants OF distant countries. whose ter
chase or by force? Can we % say t 10 Pir, the
Filipinos. ''Your lives, your liberty and
your property may be taken from you
without due process OF law for all time"
and expect we will long glory In that fea-
ture OF magma charta which has become
Incorporated in substance and effect Into
the constitution of every State, as well as
INTO the fourteenth amendment TO the Con
stitution of the United States?
Can we hope for the respect of the civil
lized world. while proudly guaranteeing to
every citizen of the United States that no
law shall be made enforced which shall
abndge the privileges or immunities Of citi-
zens of the United States, or deny to any
person the equal protection of the laws.
and at the same time not only deny similar
pines. but take away from them the right
of trial by jury, and place their lives aud |
the disposition of their property in the
keeping Of those whom we send to them |
rue 1t as nation If make any such AT
tempt.
Responsibility in Philippines.
h. ION
point of national selishness, there is no |
prospect that the $4,000 900 expended in |
the purchase of the Islands and the $3.50 |
100000 said TO have been since dIsbursed |
of war brought the Philippines into our
and We are not at liberty 70
disregard the responsibility which thus
came to us. but that responsibility will be
best subserved by preparing the islanders
as rapidly as possible for self government
and giving to them the assurances that If
viii come as soon as they are reasonably
prepared for 1t.
There need he no fear that the assertion
so often made of LATE. that we have now
become world power. will then he with
Dut support. Ours is u world power. and
rs such it must he maintained. but deny
that it is at all recently that the United
States has attained that emnence. Our
country became a world power over a cen
tury ago, when, having thrown Off foreign
domination the people establish free
government the source Of whose authority |
sprung, and was ontnuously 10 proceed
rom the will of the people themselves. 1t
grew as a world power as its sturdy citi
zens to whose natural increase were added
immigrants from the old world seeking to |
obtain here the liberty and prosperity de-
Med them In their own countries spread
over the face of the land. reduced the
Drairics and forests Ia cultivation, built I
titles, constructed highways and railroads.
Ill now a nation which at the formation
Il the government; numbered only three
millions in populai ion has become eighty
millions, and from ocean to ocean and the |
axes. to the gulf the country Is the abode
axes 10 the gulf the country is the abode
II free and prosperous people, advanced |
II the highest degree III the learning and
lrts of civilization.
What Makes World Power,
II is the liberty. the advancement and
he prosperity Of ifs cItizens-not any ca
eer OF conquest-tbat make the country n
World power This condition we owe to
he bounty Of ProSitirncc. unfolded in the
great natural resources Of the country. TO
he wisdom of our fathers manifested I'm
he form of government established by
hem. to the energy. ia,iustry moral char
lcter and iaw-abidin. spirit of the peoplc
hemsclves