Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-10


will not Undertake q revision CT the tArilI
downward in the cent TIT Il s..aI r.
cc,ge an indc.s-.li ast OF il PACK course OF
that subject by t-c peep.e q Is TACT
and should lie frankly coaeeoso lha'
should our party be sUccessfll IN TIC eoH-
ing contest we cannot hope TO secure
majority IN the senate during the mex
four Years. and hence we snail DC uhaDie
10 secure any modification in the tariir
s,ve thot 10 which the Republican ma
iority I'm the senate may consent. WINE
therefore we are unable TO give assur-
ances of relief to the people from such
excessive duties as burden them, IL is que
10 them that we should state our position
to be In favor OF a reasonable reduction Oh
the tariff that we believe that IL Is de-
manded by the best interests OF both man
ufacturer and consumer. and that wise
and benehcent revision OF the tariff can
be accomplished as soon as both branches
of congress and an executive In favor
OF it are elected without creating that
sense of uncertainty and instability that
has on other occasions manifested itself.
This can be achieved by providing that
such a reasonable period shall intervene
between the date Of the enactment OF the
statute making revision and the Gate Oh
its enforcement as shall be deemed SUM
Gent for the Industry or business AFFECT
changes and new conditions imposed. so
confident am I In the belief that the de-
rnand OF the people for a reform OF the
tariff Is Just that indulge the hope that
should a Democratic house of representa-
tIves and a Democratic executive be cho-
sen by the people even Republican SEN
ate may heed the warning and consent 10
give at least some measure. or reheI 10 the
people.
The combinations. popularity called
trusts which aim to secure monopoly
of trade in the necessarles OF life as well
| as In those things that are employed upon
the farm. In the factory and In many oth-
er fields of industry have been encour-
aged and stimulated by excessive tarin
duties. These operate to furnish sub
stantial market In the necessities OF
eighty millions Of people by practically
excluding competition. With so largo
market and highly remunerative prices
continuing long after the line OF possible
| competition would naturally be reached.
| the temptation of all engaged In the same
business to combine so as to prevent COM
| netition ut home and a resulting reduc-
| ton of prices has proved irresistible In
| number of cases. All men must agree
| that the net result of enacting laws that
| foster such ineduitabie conditions Is most
| unfortunate for the people as Whoie'
| and II would seem as II all ought TO agree
| that the effective remedy would be TO APP
propriately modify the offending law. Ihe
| growth Of monopoly Of which complaint
e iustlv made. cannot be laid at the
| doors OF the courts OF this country. The
| decisions of the supreme court OF the
| United States. the court of appeals or
| this state and the courts OF last resort
| IN many other states warrant the asser-
ton that the common law as developed
affords complete legal remedy against
| monopoles The fact that they have null
| tiplied in number and increased In power
| has been due not to the failure OF the
| courts to apply the law when properly
moved by administrative officials or pri-
vate individuals but to the failure OF OIL
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 well
as congress In the manner already re-
ferred to have by legislation encouraged
| their propagation. What Is needed. II
| addition TO the passage OF n statute revis-
ing the tariff duties TO n 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 my view of the scope OF th'
common law. II It should be made TO APP
pear that II Is n mistaken one then l "a
yor such further legislation within con
stitutional limitations as will give th'
people just and full measure OF protec'
ton.
IL IS difficult to understand how any
citizen OF the United States much les:
n descendant OF Revolutionary stock, car
tolerate the thought OF permanently deny
| ~. ugs.t.t 80 sa1f
Filipinos. Can we hope 10 instill into tn
minds of our descendants reverence ant
devotion for a government by the people
while denying ultimately that right TO th'
| inhabitants of distant countries whose
territory we have acquired either by pur
| chase or by force? Can we say TO TN
FillplnOs. your lives. your liberty anC
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. I'm substance and effect. into
the constitution of every state as well a!
into the fourteenth amendment To I'M
| constitution of the United States' Car
orc hone for the respect OF the civilized
world while proudly guaranteeing TO eV
orv citizen of the United States that NJ
law shall be made or enforced which shal
ahridee the privileges or immunities O
citizens of the United States or deny e
any person the equal protection OF I'M
laws and at the same time not only den!
einoIlar rights TO the inhabitants or tn
Philippines, but take away from tnen
the right OF trial by jury and place thei
lives and the disposition OF their propert.
J. In the keeping of those whom we send Z
then, 70 be their governors? We shall
certainly rue 1t as nation II we max
anv such attempt. Viewing the question
even from the standpoint OF natlona
selfshness. there is no prospect that IN
twenty millions OF dollars expended i
the purchase of the Islands ana the 81
| hundred and fifty millions said 10 nav
been since disbursed will ever come Dac
TO us. The accident OF war brought IN
; Philippines into our possession ana W
are not at liberty to disregard the respor
4 | slbility which thus came to us, but ina
= responsibility will be best subserved b
8 nrenaring the islanders as rapidly as pos
= I sible for self government and giving
= Thorn the assurances that 1t VIII come 9
e | soon as they are reasonably prepared II
Y n There need be no fear that the al
e sertion so often made Of late that we nay
4 now become a world power VIII theh
e without support Ours Is a world powe
y and as such Il must be maintained, put
n deny that it is at all recently thar u
II United States has attained that emlhehc
Il our country became a world power over
y century ago, when. having thrown on 10
: eien domination, the people establisneu
e free government, the source OF whose a
: thority sprung and was continuously
= proceed from the will OF the people theI
II selves. 1t grew as world power. as
y sturdy citizens, to whose natural lncred
s, were added immigrants from the o
d world seeking to obtain here the noer
,e and prosperity denied them in their oy
D. countries spread over the face OF I
l. land. reduced the prairies and forests
ID cultivation, built cities. constructed hig
lie WAYS and railroads, till now natl
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