The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-10-26

tea would fail alike on rich and poor,
!, the republican tariff falls heaviest on
the wealthy and the parvenue for whom
the American made goods are not good
enough. That it is time to call halt.
That we are getting 100 much of ii 20 ID
thing. It IS even set forth as a valid
complaint that go largely nave our
manufactures grown that we are
actually sending American made goods
abroad and thus making America the
workshop of the world. Isn't it awful
to contemplate? Would it not improve
the condition of the farmers If great
body OF American working men. work
| ing at American wages were turned
loose to till the soil while the god,
we're manufactured by the cheaper
labor OF some other country? 1t is
even said that modicum of American
made goods are sold abroad cheaper
than ut home. The statistics show
that the percentage OF such sales is
! very small. and is to be accounted for
by three things; concessions made to
| open up new markets. unexpected
over-production for the home market,
and the sale to foreigners Of goods un-
sal Fable in America. Let US ask any
merchant in Crawford county il he
makes prodton all the goods he has
for sale? Let US ask him If it is not
frequent thing for merchants to offer
some article for sale at less than cost
as leader to attract trade? Let US
ask the merchants If there are not
portions of their stock, gone out Of
style here. for which they would
gladly take ninety Eve cents on the
dollar? Let US ask the merchant if he
would not gladly sell triae cheaper
l,oa purchaser outside bis gg::suiar trade
i territory. especially ii thereby he
thought he could build up regul r
trade at that outlying point? Ask the
merchants these questions. If they
are honest merchants Ithey will
answer yes to every one of them.
The republicans promise tariff re-
ductions wherever and whenever they
can be made without injury to Ameri-
car labor. Judge Parker promises
the same thing, but proposes long
drawn out legislation which shall kee p
business unsettled for series of wears
and which as Secretary Shaw so
clearly points out would be worse for
lie country than the tariff tinkerine
itself.
On the trust question the republi-
cans have to offer the Sherman. Anti
trust Law and the acts of enforcement,
OF that law which Cleveland and his
Attorney General. Olney said was un-
constitutional, which remained dead
letter during Cleveland's administra-
ton. Bryan says the people can find
no hope of betterment along these
lines from the election of Mr.. Parker.
MIR. Parker himself when asked for a
remedy calmly hands US copy of
Blackstone and says he thinks the
remedy is some where in the common
law" 1t is because of Roosevelt's fea,-
less attitude against the trust that
the Cleveland Belmont-Parker COM
,bination was formed and gained the
upper-hand over Bryan and his follow
ers.
| AS to the labor problem. Roosevelt
has ever been the friend of labor, and
OF labor unions when conducted along
proper and law abiding lines. He has
a. the same time been the relentless
foe OF lawlessness and monopoly under
whatever guise, whether as organized
labor or organized wealth. We wish
every reader of the REVIEW could read
the article by Ray Stannard Baker in
this months issue of McClures maya
zine. Read Judge Parker's decision
that labor unions have the rightto use
any methods no matter how repre-
benslble to prevent their fellowmep
from working and to build up,,a trades
monopoly such as is eating the heart
out of our great cities to-day. Roose-
velt proved his good Judgment and
honesty in the anthracite coal strike
and he again proved his loyalty to the
whole people when he refused to allow
Miller. government employee, to be
discharged simply because he was not
in good standing with his labor union,
The President said then that he had no
more right to discharge man because
he did not belong to Union, than to
discharge him because he was a Pro-
testant or Catholic a Gentle or a Jew.