Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-02
The Tariff, and Now.

Among the speakers at the banquet of
the Home Market Club in Boston last night
were Mr.. Fairbanks and John d. Long
Both. of course, touched upon the tariff
This para graph is taken from the speech
of the Vice President elect:
The republican party has revised tariff
schedules in the past when revision was
essential. and 1t Will not hesitate In the
future to subject them to careful scrutiny
and alteration, so that our protective sys-
TEN may be just in it's operation. When
ever change of schedules is essential in the
public interest the alteration Will be made:
it will be made advisedly; 1t will be made
with full knowledge, not in response to
mere sentiment, but agreeably to SOUND
economic necessity. Any other policy is
obviously unwise and disturbing in its
tendency.
II this lacks somewhat in definitenesS
and aggressiveness the fact may probably
be attributed to Mr.. Fairbanks position.
If he made the issue too sharp he might
be accused by the standpatters of moving
in advance of his chief. Still, here is the
essence of the right doctrine, and suffi-
GENTLY strong to indicate that Mr.. Fair
banks, on the tariff as on other questions,
is man of progress and will not be found
hanging back when the time comes. The
time is coming.
This paragraph is from the speech of Mr.
Long:
IF that racial question were eliminated.
so alive is now the south to its Industrial
prosperity and promise, every other SOUTH
ern state as well as Missouri would, be-
lieve. have also cast it's electoral vote for
Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Indeed, here
after it only further needs that develop
ing the economic theories of sound finance
and wise tariff legislation which your club
represents, we shall not be thrall to them,
but shall revise their application as our
;ntn OF irnn IN iYna
indeed. now, require; and shall correct any
schedule that has ceased to be the agent of
general uplift and has become the prefer
entail favoritism of any special interests.
With that we shall have the whole country
with us.
Note the phrase. land, indeed, now. re-
quire" That contains the kernel of the
whole controversy. All are agreed that the
republican party is the party of protection.
All are agreed that whenever it has revised
the tariff, and its work remained long
enough to prove itself, the whole country
benefited. All are agreed that the party
still retains the confidence of the business
world That has just been shown at the
polls in the most emphatic manner. The
question therefore relates to the present
duty of the party as respects the tariff.
Say the standpatters, Whenever the
tariff needs revising we will revise it. 1t
doesn't need revision now Say the re-
visionists, Revision is necessary in the
interests of protection itself, and the time
is now. No delay"
1t is a good thing that discussion of this
subject is general and is increasing. Let
both sides speak out fullyr-and frankly.
Mr.. Hale for his side has performed
cellent service in making known the views
and purposes of himself and his friends.
He is for a fight. AS he is to be accommo-
dated, the revisionfsts cannot tell him so in
terms too plain, or move too swiftly in pre-
pairing to meet him. Business is business
The time of revision or adjustment-either
word is goods now.