Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-19
COUNTY TICKET.
Deliberate Misrepresentation.

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Deliberate Misrepresentation.
The disposition on the part of our
political adversaries has always been
to misrepresent, and favorite way to
do this has been by persistent, un.
swerving reiteration of misstate ments
to At last compel belief of the too con.
fiding masses under the well-known
discovery that, q statement we'll stuck
to. though lie, serves the same pur.
pose of truth.
A very notable instance OF this per.
verseness is the manner in which one
Of the once eminently respectable. safe
aud convenient coinage metals has
been placed under the ban by the
stigma of being unsound," when the
only cause of depreciation has been
depriving it of the fat power retained
solely for gold. deliberate prostration
Of silver to reduce the volume of money
and make stock.jobbing more expedi.
tious, convenient and lucrative.
Another of the devils clubs, persist.
emily used by the Republican party,
has been to affix the term " free trade"
to the Democratic platform, as the
contention of the party regarding tariff
duties. Nothing can be farther from
the truth. The Democratic party has
always been in favor OF Q tariff az the
means of raising the necessary revenue
to meet government expenses; recog.
ing it as the best plan ever devised,
except it may be supplemented by q
tax on incomes, 80 regulated by per-
sonsl exemptions as to protect the
INDECENT classes. confronted by ex.
treme poverty. If there is any benefit
in incidental protection, which really
protects without prohibiting COMPETE
ton, the Democrats were willing to
accord it, but never policy that has
built up the trusts and made multi
millionaires by the score.
Attention has been called to this
contemplate subterfuge for making
party capital, by the assertion Of as
intelligent journal as the P..L.,
which declares that:
"The Democratic platform adopted at
st. Louis is platform of free trade.
There are but two sides to the PROPOSE
ton, free trade or protection. Tariff for
revenue only is free trade, according to
the definition given by every writer on
economics. The Democratic platform
denounces protection as the robbery oil
the many for the enrichment of the few" "
The st. Louis platform, just as oil
that have preceded it. declares that
1--WE favor . tariff limited to the ne.
cessities of the government economi'
cally administered, and go levied az
not to discriminate against any indus
try, class or section. to the end that
the burdens of taxation shall be dis
tributed a. equally as possible"
Where is the free trade doctrine rec
ognized in that language? But then
probably the Pr. would assert that
the term Free Trade has by usage
become the antithesis of Protection
and the use of it by few RADICAL
who really belong TO no party, justifies
its application to the only opponent o.
the Republican party able to make it,
work effective in moderating the Oh
jects Of = protective tariff. Such Ar
assumption is utterly unwarranted ant
dishonest.
Let us see how true it is that Incl
dental protection is q convertible tern
for free trade. The International En-
cyclopedic Dictionary, edition of 1901
says that:
"Free-trade is exemption from all ar
tifcial restraints, the free exchange o
commodities at home and abroad. 1t
advocates seek the removal of all legisla
lative impediments in this country 70
the realization of their demands"
The Standard Dictionary, edition o
1894, says that:
Free trade is commerce unrestricted
by tariff or customs"
Webster Unabridged (appendix
says:
Free trade is commerce unrestricted
by tariff regulations or custom duties
free interchange of commodities, or lib
erty for introducing merchandise into /.