The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-26


''Infant" Industries.
Even now the argument most fire.
F.! quently urged i'm behalf of the Dingley
tariff. and against tariff reform gen
orally, is the necessity of caring for
our infant industries. Many of these
industries, after 100 years of lusty
growth, are looming up as industrial
8 giants. In their case, at least, the
Z Dingley tariff invites combination and
monopoly, and gives justification TO the
; expression that the tariff is the mother
of trusts.
For the aforementioned reasons,
among many others. the people demand
( reform Of these abuses, and such re-
form demands and should receive inn
mediate attention.
The two leading parties have always
differed as TO the principle of customs
/ taxation. Our party has always ad-
I vanced the theory that the object is
+ the raising Of revenue for support Of
the government whatever other results
may incidentally flow therefrom. The
Republican party. on the other heand
/ contends that customs duties should
be levied primarily for protection, So
( called. with revenue as the subordinate
: purpose. thus using the power Of tax
alton to build up the business and
! property of the few at the expense of
| the many.
This difference of principle still sub
sistS. but our party appreciates that
I the long-continued policy OF the coun
Itry as manifested i'm its statutes, makes
| II necessary that tariff reform should
be prudently and sagaciOusly under
taken. on scientific principles. TO the
/ end that there should not be an imme-
date revolution in existing conditions.
Democratic Platform.
! In the words of our platform, we de-
/ mand "a revision and a gradual reduc-
! ton Of the tariff by the friends of the
masses, and fol. the common veal, and
/ not by the friends Of its abuses,
I its eXtOrtions and determinations
4 1t is true that the Republicans. who
/ do not admit in their platform that the
! Dingley tariff needs the slightest al
/ teration are likely 10 retain a majority
! of the federal senate throughout the
next presidential term and could.
! therefore. if they chose, block every at
i tempt at legislative relief But it
! should be remembered that the Repub-
4 lican party includes many fevisionists,
and / believe it win shrink from defy
( ing the popular viii expressed unmis-
/ takably and remptorily at the ballot
! box.
( The people demand reform of exist
/ ing conditions. Since the last Demo-
cratic administration the cost of living
! has grievously increased. Those hav-'
ing fixed incomes have suffered keenly:
those living on wages, if there has been
any Increase, know that such increase
I has not kept pace with the advance I'm
/ the cost of living. including rent and
/ the necessaries of life. Many today are
out of work. unable TO secure any
/ wages at all.
! To alleviate these conditions. In so
far as in our power, should be our
earnest endeavor
Reciprocity.
( In my address to the notification
committee l said that tariff reform
rs demanded by the best interests of
both manufacturer and consumer.
J With equal tTuth it can be said that
the benefits of reciprocal trade treaties
would enure TO both. That the con-
sumner would be helped is unquestion-
able. That the manufacturer would
receive great benefit by extending his
markets abroad hardly needs demon
! str2tion. His productive capacity has
OutgrOWn the home market. The very
/ term home market. has changed in
its Significance once from the manu-
/ faCturers point Of view. it meant ex-
} pansion; today the marvellous growth
( of our manufacturing Industries has
/ far exceeded the consumptiye capacity
( Of our domestic markets. and the term
\ home market implies contraction
/ rather than expansion. If we would
! run our mills to their full capacity.
/ thus giving steady employment to our
4 woTkmen and securing TO them and to
\ the. manufacturer the profits accruing
from increased production, other mar
I kets must be found. Furthermore. when
/ our manufacturers are dependent on
raw materials iu whole or in part i'm
ported. il is vital to the extension Of
/ their markets abroad that they secure
/ their materials on the most favorable
! terms.
! McKinley's Last Address.
our martyred president. William Nc
kinley appreciated this situation. He
pointed out in his last address to the
people that we must make sensible
trade arrangements If we shall ex-
tend the outlets for our increasing sur
! plus. He said a system which pro-
vides a mutual exchange of commodi-
! ties Is manifestly essential 10 the con-
tinued and Eealthful growth Of our
export trade. The period of
/ cXclusiveness is past. The expansion
of our trade and commerce is the
pressing problem. Commercial wars
; are Improbable policy Of good viii
! and friendly ! Citations viii prevent re-
prisals Reciprocity treaties are in
harmony with the spirit of the times;
measures of retaliation are not.
This argument was made in the in
terest of our manufacturers whose pro-
ducts. he urged have so multiplied
that the problem of more markets re-
Guires our urgent and immediate at
/ tention." re had come to realize that
the sO-calied stand pat policy must
give way-tkat there must be a reduc-
ton OF duties TO enable our manufac-
turers to cultivate foreign markets.
The last words of this president-who
had won the affections Of his country
men-Ought TO be studied by every man
who has any doubt Of tho necessity of
a reduction IN tariff rates in the inter-
est of the manufacturer. They present
with clearness a situation and a pro-
posed remedy hat prompted the pro-
vision in our platform which, declares
thai We favor liberal trade relations
with Canada and peoples of other coun-
tries where they can be entered into
with benefit to American agriculture,
mining or commerce"
Republican Bad Faith.
The persistent refusal of the Repub-
lican majority I'm the federal senate TO
ratify the reciprocity treaties negoti-
ated ia pursuance with the advocated
poliey OF Mr.. Blaine and Mr. Mckinley
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