The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23

| Of tbs railways In their capacity q producers.
while the shareholders Of railroads and the
general public cay the difference The tariff
lends itself to thi, sort Of Erab game. and II
the men who command large capital do mot
avail themselves Of their opportunity. they are
not 50 shrewd as they are generally supposed
to be.
cherish no srudges against men tecaiis'
they are rich. nor DO greatly blame them for
taking the profits which unjust laws throw ir
their way but protest against the unjus
laws I protest against the men who MAKE
them and vino stand pat'' whenever anybody
proposes to repeal or modify thsni-
The labor argument for the tariff has for the
n ost par, dropped out OF sight Industries thai
compete with foreign markets no longer have
the audacity to say that the difference Of wages
prevents them f,orn competing on equal terms
In the American market
In place OF tbs pauper-labor argument and the
infant-industry argument and all other asxu-
noent, heretofore noted. the houle-rna-ket argu-
raent has been substituted and Is now relied
on 80 tar as any arguments are used This as
ssirnes that without the earin. and indeed with
out the E-per-cen. Dinxley tariff. we should
have 10 home market for the sarusrS product
nor for any other products. This Is . bogy to
brighten children. So childish Is II. In view Of
dit.on Of large branches Of manufacturing In
dustry more than q century ago. and Of all
that has transpired ance. csas no answer TO It
(, required.
The bare statement Of such an argument car
hes Its own refutat!on- what happened under
the low tariffs Of isfs asd iss7? Was there
any lack Of o home market then? On the coI-
trsry. Senator Morrill, OF Vermont. the father
Of the Morrill, tariffs Of tho war period. said
In q public debate that the year 1880. which
fell within this period. was 'one Of the mosf
prosperous In cur history" This Is also the
testimony Of Professor TaussE IN bis tariff his
tory Of the United States. not alone TO the year
fsse but a, to that period generally. The same
authority tells NJ that our cotton spinning IN
dustry never grew more rzpidly or prospered
mora than under the walker tariff OF 1875.
ABANDON ARGUMENTS
Ths truth D that tho tariff beneoc!a-!as and
TIA s.stand pa.ters'' have aband ned argu-
ments They virtually cay 10 Us now that q |
high protective tariff Is good thing par se
and ought to last forever. and by this they |
mean the present Dingiey tsrin. 80 Tar have
the old arguments been abandoned that It Is |
not Necessary now for Q particular industry. |
In order to &c. protection. TO show that II can
cot stand alone and make fair prcffs on its |
own mertts few 5eass ago . large deposit |
Of borax was found in California. TIE owners |
Of II forthwith advertised that they c1uid |
produce borax at such low rate as 70 undersen |
tie world. as was the fact
Thev went to wash!nxton. and EXPRESSLY On
the xround Of their ability to underseIi for
eigners they gct duty Of cents Der pound
on borax. Thew then bexan to sell borax In
ENGLAND 1t rates far below vha: thew charEed
to American purchasers and are doing 30 now.
But this = only one OF multitude Of nke !
ronopoiies which oporsss the uublie and By
no means the nrst In potns Of dine which has
obtained protecfion. not because It needed pfo-
tectsou, but becarse Il could command votes.
well xhas of ity' our opponents may ask
An ansver is supplied By the Iarin Conannis-
don OF isSs. whose words have quoted. They
kaid that reduction of duties was dns g3
sta MEASURE OF Justice to consumers
BOCNTIES MOUNTAIN HIGH.
A duty which does not raise the price q tho
article to the consumer f1tis OF tts o65oc1 md
q thsfsforA needles fnr vurpuses o. pevtscetoo.
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