The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-30
MR.. DAVIS GREAT ARcU.
MENT ON The TARIFF.

! ne DlIiVlftllc CtuNlNHNt lol I'D
vice presidency has presented an IN
answerahle argument IN favor OF tariff
reform He advocates tariff for
lrevei.ue with incidental protection. Ils
talses up Senator Fairbanks and other
interruptions stump speakers and or
gans who have persisten'ly exploited.
in contempt OF ,he truth as the open
book OF political history records the
truth the assertion that tho Demo
Gratis when ia power have been the
enemies Of a tariff FOR revenue as
we'll as for protection. ana that dur
ing the life Of every Democratic Adj.
ministraiion tie country's business
was depressed or ruined. capital and
labor both suffering from Democrats
free trade In answer to this conslic-
uousiy inveracious statement Mr.
Davis said:
From the days of Jefferson in 1900
to those OF Lincoln in 1860 the Demo.
Gratis practically controlled the gov.
ernmeDs During all that time with
the exception OF n short interval i'm
mcdiately following the war Of 1Si.
the expenses Of the government were
paid almOst entirely from customs
duties There we're practically TO IN
terna revenue taxes. and yet under
those Democratic tariff customs the
country prospered and grew from \
nation Of 1900 900 TO one Of 30.O00.001
happy and contented people. The In.
crease IN wealtt and IN ether import
ant factors that entered into he wei.
fare OF the country was greater from
1850 to 1860 than II has been in any
decade since"
Combined as it is (the tariff at
present with trusts. it permits Of too
large proat o. many articles OF
production stif7es individual enter
prise brings on strikes and disturbs
generally the business interests Of the
country Many manufacturers under
present conditions sell their goods
cheaper abroad than at home adds
the Grand Old Man OF West Virginia.
This leads the New York World to-
suggest that Mr. Davis stands new
where Republicans like Garfield stood
thirty years ago Then the Republi-
can party advanced from tarlf for
revenue with incidental protection to
tariff Tor protection with incidental
revenue. Next Il moved ON TO a tarin
for protection regardless or revenue
and so ~ easy stages TO a tariff fer
monopoly only. That IS where tie
Roosevelts. Adlicksos and Lodges
propose to stand pat IN this eUn
l., elton the World notes that a pre-
tectionist contemporary calls atten-
tion 10 the fact that between the fiscal
years 1891 ana 1908 our exports Of
agricultural Implements increased /
from s5,000O0O 20 s2l OaO coo; Of car I
rf ges cars, etc. from $9.5oO0Oo tcl
$i0.saO. .OOo; Of builders hardware
from s2.50J0O6 TO s7,56O.GOO; Of cleo
;rtcal machinery fonn. practically |
rome to sS,r00.eC0, OF iypewriters from
] Tactically none 70 S4Go0.000. OF
bc.ds end shoes from SsOO, ,OO1 20 Sc.
0Ju, u,G0c. Of paper AMI manifactures 81
paper. rot Including printed metier,
from s3.aOt.OOo to $1,000 900; OF man
nfactnres cf wood. not includinS luni-
her or saves from sss,0o0.oCO to sss,
Ipa.0OO. 1nG Of other manufactures in
Irnpo trn
70 make the recorl complete it
should lie added that we protect en-.
infant manufactures. mostly trusts BY
u ties of |: Oil 80 per cent upga.l on
csryis.s fnn' As per ce . upward on
builders hardware. elecrioai nachiu-
cry and .yie .slters 2s, so and co per
cent and upward on booss and shoes.
20 and * per cent ara upward on
II paper. and from 20
10 20 rer cent on MANUFACTURES Of
v God. 'rhese cuties arc necessary 10
prutect Au.erlcan Industries when the
foreigner paws the freight but Amevi
Can industries can run the foreigner
M Of his owp market waen they have
TO pay ;he freight themselves as well
as duties at the other end. Is not this
a beautiful system 10 which 20 ask
the American people 10 stand pat9'
Such Is the chapter devoted 20
"Al0eric.m infants abroad"
Mr. Davis tariff argument is gen
ecany agreed to be conclusive. and
the Philadelphia Public Ledger insists
that his suggestion, hat the present
tarif needs revision, VIII scarcely be
disputed by even the most stubborn
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