The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-14

When the mon OF this description hold the
balance OF power, II i5 well Tor the state;
y keeps the, contending parties up TO a
Next TO the thoroughly independent voter
comes the loyal party man, who Is loyal 70
It's principles. but who recognizes the TACT
that changed conditions require a change
| In the application OF these principles; the
Of his love may make errors and mistakes
| and that 1t Is necessary to sharply correct
| them, not only for the good Of the party,
but for the good Of the country. VINO
also recognizes the fact that party Or
| Ing men insteC.d OF being an instrument
| by and through which the party exercises
its will and pleasure, may degenerate into
a machine which instead OF being controlled
by the party. controls the party in the In.
the. people, but to crafty the amoitlons
| and promote the pecuniary gain OF such
leaders. And who further recognizes the
fact that IT Is for the enduring benefit ana
the country. that such a machine should
bs overthrow and it's leaders cast down
from their high places.
Who recognizes that sometimes the high
est loyalty and devotion to. party ana
party principles is to chasten its organiza-
ton by defeat, and teach it that it is but
the instrument Of the party, and not the
party itself; and bring the. organization
back to its proper sphere-that OF an m
, strument to carry into effect the prm-
dominating and controlling the party for
its own selfish schemes and ends.
Il believe a man should stand by his
party unless he believes that the actions
of that party are inconsistent with the
safety of his country. IApplause.l have
often been asked what meant by my dec
laration made when / accepted the nominal
ton which you gave me that was under no
obligation to any branch or wing OF my
party. | meant this: believe that It is the
He is bound to stand by them or abandon
his honor A man who may be relied upon
to be false to his friends may be relied upon
not to be honest in his conduct of the AFFAIRS
of State. l did not want to run for this
office unless felt that my nomination came
from every faction and wing of the party,
so that | would be under no obligation to
any one, regardless Of former contests
lapplausel, regardless of former divisions:
and even-yes even of former animosties OF
my own. Applause and cheers. A man
is known by the company he keeps My
company shall be the whole Democratic
party-nay, more, it shall be the whole
people Of the State OF New York. Tire
mendous applause and cheering
NO NEW DOCTRINE.
In preaching the independence of voters.
am proclaiming, what Ia for me. no new
doctrine, but simply reverting to old ideas
and old thoughts promulgated by me when
was political speaker many years ago. =
To return, however, to my subject. l
have said because man has voted with
a party at one election 1t Is no reason why
he should do so at the next, unless he
thoroughly believes in the issues presented
at such election.
Consistency, even. does not require that
a person should vote in favor of the same
principles that he favored at former cleo
tons.
Changed conditions require new appli-
cation of old principles. or even their aban-
Comment.
What is for the best interests of the peo-
pie one year may not be the next
This applies, / think, peculiarly to the
tariff question.
shall not enter into general discussion
of that question and shall not consider
In principle or not. am content, for the
purposes Of this campaign, to rest upon
the declaration of President Roosevelt,
made when he was not candidate, but
was writing the life Of Thomas H. Benton;
he then said: Political economists have
pretty GENERALLY agr eed that protection is
vicious In theory and harmful in practice
The fundamental principle upon which
the Republican party rests to-day Is that
of protection.
When first enunciated it was when the
manufacturing interests OF the United
States were limited, and it was adopted
for the purpose of building up our infant
industries. by protecting them against
was advocated for the assumed necessity
of protecting the high-class American
workman from the cheaper laborer of
Europe. Whether these ideas were correct
or not at the time they were first adopted,
or whether the assumption was correct
that we needed a protective tariff to protect
the American mechanic and laboring man,
l will not stop to discuss
RFFECr OF A PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
A protective tariff enabled our manu-
facturers to almost absolutely control the
home market, and the home market sufficed
for the consumption OF all they produced.
Every consumer in the land was forced to
contribute for the purpose OF protecting
our home manufactures and Industries
against possible competition from abroad.
Whether in the beginning 1t was wise or
prudent to make the people OF the country
pay more for the purpose OF maintaining
these favored classes | shall not stop to
debate; what / simply desire to consider
upon this occasion is not the whole tariff
question, or as to whether protective
but to call your attention to the fact that
conditions have changed, and that we need
at least a new application OF old principles,
or the adoption Of new ones, to meet these
changed conditions.
Our industries have ceased to be infant
industries that need protection.
HIGH TARIFF NO LONGER NECESSARY.
1t is no longer necessary that we should
have a high protective tariff to prevent
competiti on from abroad; this is illus
trated by the fact that to-day we are SELL
ing at profit in foreign markets the prod
ucts of our manufactures and industries in
competition with theirs, at far cheaper rates
than our own people are compelled to pay
for the same articles. Our manufacturers
sell goods to the home consumer at prices
which range from rs to 100 per cent. higher
than they sell the same things for abroad.
The following are examples:
Home EIpou
Price. Price
Cultivators. .t.................. tlO0 $40
PlOugnS :.'''.'.'..''...'..'.' ltU 100
Axes, per dozen. ........,...... S.25 72O
Wire nails per 100 lbs............. 2.25 IS5
Horse nails. per 100 lbs. .......... 1900 400
Barb wire, per 100 lbs. ........... 500 200
Sewing machines 'of cheap I'M
Sewing machines medium grade, 200 i7 7.SS
Meat choppers .''''''..'''...'.',. zoo l.0
Hoes, per NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900 1000
Rivets, per 100 lbs. .............., 1000 SIS
TypewT1teTS.,. 10000 5000
Mr.. Schwab, late president of the United
States Steel Company, wrote to Mr. Frick
another steel magnate, on May is, 1899:
Il know positively that the English pro-
Queer cannot make steel rails at a lower
cost than $40. We can sell at this price
Il + Il. Il