Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-05

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| end demand tribute IN every home OF
our land They dictate the prices we
shall pay for the food we eat the
| clothes we wear and the habItatiOns m
which we live. We are within their
shadow from the cradle 10 the grave. ~
In the presidential campaign OF 1851
Mr. Cleveland said, the people were not
IN the fetters IT trusts and c0mblna-
lions; the expenditures Of the gOv-
eminent were careful ana economical
as compared with the extravaganza OF
these latter days, and the rate OF tariff
taxation which Che Democracy then
condemned as yielding more than SUI
hCIcnt revenue Tor government needs,
was moderate as compared with pres
emit taEatlons.
TARIFF AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
Mr. Cleveland continued.
81 come again after 90 years The
rate Of tariff taxation has increased
by ono-fourth the expenditure Of the
government bias more thHu doubled
and hundreds Of industrial trusts and
combinations the vicious GROCERY of
extreme tariff protection openly or
steallhIly search tho pockets ut our
people, Again / use my words of
20 years ago he righ. OF the gov
eminent 10 exact tribute from the citl-
zen Is limited by it5 eXact necessities
protection by The government ia no bet
ter than robbery
AS I repeat those words the quest
ton Is In mind whether the startling
changes we contemplate win add force
and emphasis TO this sentiment which
in 1854 was endorsed by our country
men, or whether with these changes
another of deeper and Wdder sgni6-
cance has taken place in our peoples
modes Of thought and their Concep-
tiOus Of American sturdiness of citizen
ship; has the steady growth of public
extravaganza been sO ar.fully con-
cealed by glorhcation Of their coun,ry's
progress that they NO longer consider
public frugallty as fundamental ele-
meut IN governmental duty which they
cannot remit either with safety 10 our
institutions or justice TO their own best
interests?
ARE THE PEOPLE DECEIVED?
Have our people been go mlsled by
the glamour OF unsound prosperity and
so deceived by the pretonse that am
eXorbItant protective tariff IN some
mysterious way assures their happi-
ness and easy existence that they are
willing TO accept "a blind faith In q
prosperity which the masses OF our
countrymen Mother see nor feel, as
against the tangible evidence supplied
by increased cost Of every necessity OF
llfe. enforced self denial In every home
and everywhere curtallod opportunity
for remuneratiye employment?
Has the pressure OF trusts and mo-
nopoles become so familiar and has
their pretense Of benevolent purposes
so deluded our people that they are
willing abjectly TO surrender their
claims to equality before the law and
TO support a policy which to their un.
doing makes these aggregations OF
riches and power more rich and more
powerful? Have the plain people Of
our land--independent proud Amer-
cans-so degenerated that they do not
resent the humIatIng suggestion that
those made rich through unjust favor
itism win care for them, and are they
content to rely on the tender mercies
of such Intermediates as these. instead
Of the direct consideration due them
from their government? Have our peo-
pie reached such a state Of llstless in
difference that they see nothing wrong
In a scheme Of tariff protection which
supplies TO foreign consumers articles
OF necessary use which are the work
OF American hands and American In
genulty at q cheaper rate than they
can be purchased by American citi-
2ens? Are they willing for the sake of
continuing this discrimination against
themselves to perpetuate the policy
which burdens them with protective
tariff taxation2
FAITH IN THE PEOPLE.
81 will not believe that my country
men are either wilfully reckless OF
their nations safety or Needless Of
their duty Of citizenship or insensble
TO their rights and interests; but
whether they viii hear or whether they
viii forboar cannot refrain from
urging upon them the especial neces-
sity at this time OF sober conscientious
reflection. and exhorting them to n
dutIful review Of the intent OF our
nations establishment the character
OF its mission and It's present plight, II
this is honestly undertaken and il the
exlgeucies OF the hour are clearly seen
and periodically met, I shall not fear
for result"
DEMOCRACY rs CONSERVATIVE,
Democracy Mr. Cleveland said "is
conservative, and conservative gov
was never more needed than
now. Democracy insists that the Con-
sttUNon should be the chart and con-