Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-10

An Anti STAND patter.r
Representative Lowering OF Massa-
chusetts Is liable to get himself read
out Of the Republican party unless he
keeps his eye skinned. Most assuredly
he Will have to be disciplined. for to
permit Republican to talk as he does
Is liable to break up the party. On the
last day OF February he delivered in
the house some remarks ON the subject
Of the tariff, from which make the
following quotation:
Mr.. Chairman we are prone to lose
sight Of or obscure the fact that what our
Industries are most suffering from today
is the want Of an enlarged outlet for our
surplus products
There is another way far more potent
and practicable to extend our foreign
trade than by reciprocity. 1t Is by liber-
alizing our drawback laws
The trend of public opinion with refer
ence to new markets for American prod
uets shows that our manufacturers now
keeniy realize that production has passed
far beyond consumption and that new
markets in the foreign field must be
found IL our woyltmen are to continue to
receive adequate employment
There is one fundamental principle un-
DERIVING our tariff legislation which, re-
greet to say. has not been adhered to by
congress and which In large measure
is responsible for the loss of very valuable
foreign markets-viz that the tariff was
only intended to protect the home market
from foreign competition. The protection
which American manufacturers now en-
joy was based On that implied condition
Opposition to the amendment of our
system on the part of certain large manu-
featuring interests has proved effective
up to the present time.
After we have attained all that is prac-
ticable under reciprocity there still re-
mains an enormous field for the expan-
sion Of our foreign trade by enlarging and
extending the scope OF our drawback
laws, by amending the administrative act
of the tariff, and this may be done with
out disturbing 4 single schedule or TAX
ing single step in the direction Of the
revision of the tariff
Whatever it may sooner or later be
thought best to do in this direction, there
is no reason why these wholesome pro-
visions for rebate of the duties on for
eign materials entering into domestic
manufactures for export .hould not at
once be made
1t is well known that our manufacturers
have lost millions and millions of dollars
OF trade and that thousands and thou
sands of cur workmen have been depriv-
ed of employment since the passage of the
Dingley bill that might easily have been
saved to the people of our country ex-
cepting for the neglect of congress to
adopt a very simple amendment to the
administrative act of the Dingley bill.
We may ignore it if we please Mem
bers of either party may shut their ears
to the cry for relief They may despise
and belittle the honest efforts of those
who are laboring to accomplish .needful.
legislation.
A languid leadership may not care to be
wakefled from its indolent slumbers nor
be stirred to an active regard for the pub
lie welfare, but the fact remains that
while all this inert and stand pat policy
prevails the great ship of business is
drifting on to the rocks and our boosted
prosperity is fast coming to an end.