Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-09-12
THE PRESIDENT
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.,i1,. at the cost of labor. In the
ao,a of some of our greatest trusts
eu,h = change might confer upon them
,ositiy.. benefit. Speaking broadly,
:, is evident that the changes in the
,ariff will affect the trusts for veal or
f,r ,yoe. simply as they affect the whole
,.,,,,ry. The tariff affects trusts only
as it affects all other interests. 1t
makes III these interests, large or
small. profitable; and its benefits can
hn taken from the large only under
,.ualty of taking them from the small
also
There is little for me to add to this.
# is but ten years since the last at
,.,npt "Hs made, by means of lowering
the I,rilf, to prevent some people from
Ir,rp.rius too much. The attempt was
.,tir.Iy :ucrrSsful. The tariff laW OF
iAm year w;ts among the causes which
in that year ana for some time after
ward clf.r-tulliy prevented anybody
frpnl prnSpcrinG too much. ana labor
f.o:n prosI,'.ring at all Undoubtedly
il would be possible at the present
tiu.. to prevent amy of the trusts from
remaining prosperous by til" Simple
expe,lint Of making such q sweeping
Ia!ri-tli's of tn" country. Tn" trusts
Nrul cease to prosper, but lAtlr
sm...lsr competitors would b" ruined
a,rl th" ...tl"- workers would StlrVe,
,nlI" 1t w",ilI not pay tn" fHrm"r to
h.uI his pru,iur'. 10 '"'~'"' The tEliS
.un-rtod With Tn" trusts "ln b"
reached only by rational effort. step
by stem. ;,lou., fh, lines taken by Con-
;,r..tS and tl. EX"-uriE" during the
ta.r thr.... y,..,rs. If u tariff law is
t,:tgs..I under .hirl the country pros
b..tr Us tlr. country has prosr"r"d un-
der tho pres. ut tariff law. then all
classes " i'll Sf,r. in tn" prosperity. If
- tarin law is passed aimed at prevent
ing ih. prosperity of some OF our
l.ut,lr. it is as certain as anything can
b.. inst this aim viii b" achieved only
y. cutting down the prosperity of all
our r""pl".
of 'ntIISr, il our opponents are not
sinc,,rr in their proposal to abolish the
- y-t..nI of Il i,rot"ctiV" tariff, there is no
li- IN arguing TIA" matter ut all, save
by pointing out again that if on on"
great iest,,. they do not mean what they
say. It IS hardly safr t" trust them on
ans th"r issue. I:ut If they .ir, SINGER.
r..
u.y..r would mean domestic misfortune
and misery as widespread and far
rrachinl, as that which we saw ter
years ago. When they speak of pro
tection as ''rnbbrry," they of course
must mean that it is immoral to enact
4 tariff designed Gas is the present pro-
trtflr tarifiD to secure Ia the American
WaEt- worker the benefit OF the hlsh
"A. .;,., q,
standard of living which We desire t'
ser kept up in this country. NOW u
Il gInHk of tn" tariff in TINS sense a.
''r.ht'"ry." Thereby giving IL MOI H
r"Hi'l"h' Is NOT 'h.n,iS 60,
on l'@ iac" i"i9'' i''' WV -.
tafi'i is h'A' i'i "u' ~ - y. -
ou" oI "Sl""'h'S' l" w ~
II on abstract dcdu'liIl' Srou'luS, pul II
TN. HIGHT of experience. 1t Is matter
OF hrisiric So. for fundamentally ours i:
n business people manufacturers
| merchants, tanners, Mage workers. pro-
i f,ssion;,I ,urn MI alike. our experience
| as a ur,Iar in the past has certainly
| not shown us that we could afford in
this matter to follow thns" professional
c,lns..llnrs vino hLv" confined them
selves I" study in IN" closet lor 'h'
actual N"rkthE 'i 'i'' va III - -.
'h'''"'"H ~ =. -
fi"'h 'H'i' w ''''S -
d"Nblrdly h' r''II'i'N'" ''''i ''"'Ju'''
I" meet ih" ShlitlhE he'HS oi 'h'
country: but this can with safety p'
dom only hN th's'' VINO are committee
II +" TIN 'ali>' "i IN" rrot"ctlF" system
II V" u"f"h anu ''S'r"S ti''l S!9t'"
would De- I" ihSut" 'h' ir"H'ra'i"h %
lon 'n'Ss. th' 'lhNlhE ht l'"nrt'S' ul'
i'm. "N'iIShm'ut al IN" Farmer IN" run
"t the "t'hl 'It ANA th' S'"rN't'r"h :"
II III" MH.'' Worker. N"t, II l'r"t"' tl"h Is
indeed 'u'hhrY.' and if our opponents
ii !, lIv lu Sc What they say. then it i:
HI rr.ciS,IN h. tin. destruction and uproot
III in" "i TN tlrtn. ana therefor" "i oul
hiIsIn'ss Hnl industry, that they
ii ar' Il'l-rd. When our opponent:
last "litII"d power IT was
il q" = rittt'tu declaring Il protective
taln "uh "nsi iituiI"nIl: ana the et'or'
\" put tins d'"'Etrati"n INTO pra'ti''
IA "'T on" "t the 'i'uS' ni th' genera
h''I"H' l'"S''''h'' ElSth'E ii"i" iN''
!" ~ ~ 4 I""l'''N' tir"i - 'l'i.