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other man. would I fear he a barren victory in
the country President Roosevelt's party will not
hesitate TO make IT'S appeal Tor the o 01
that issue If in our dislike Of the dangers and
can citizen TO turn from the Republican progrsImme
to De9ocFue success as mere are Of mean
inglcss plattudes, may hardly hope for victory.
well doubt whether the victory be worth while
Therefore it is that L welcome the efforts Of this
Democratic campaign, to do it coqrageousyi and
" ~ ~ q 10 I'm si,,ce-alI, make
good the promises OF our platform | now propose
~ t t gn pdTeed TetheT than the kind
Of attack which they prefer 1 propose an attack
upon the protective system in detail, rather than
general legislation l propose that we direct the
minds Of the American people to speci INC s IaTia
that those who run may read them; that we heIp
Of b dye dag M0fk hs capae for ready intel
lectual apprehension OF this problem redaceG Dy
Injustice Of The taxes which today are levied upon
the Of the American people for the Delient Oh
a favored few
WOULD KEEP EARS TO THE GROUND.
The cause Of free trade is of course-ths must
all concede whatever our devotion to the cause
but one OF several causes which are. or ought to
be. sacred TO the best sentiment Of the American
Democratic self-government sometimes look almost
askance at the favor with which the issue or reve
nue. reform or free trade is considered. Many Oh
had hoped that long before this that deeper and
Iurtler reaching issue OF humanity anu huS
national glory-I mean the issue between colonial
and imperialistic against benign and demo-
would have been better and more righteously
solved by the American people than It has been
And there other which, TO my
mind in necessity and dignity are at least equaI
caIiy with the political field as l dealing with
Il tonight have TO recognize what is the thing
We have in a way TO keep our ears to the ground;
not by way OF ignoble time serving or tnid reversal
point most effectively further our general
creed OF equal rights and no special privileges We
can make but part OF the proBtess we Moe ~
1t IS a surrender of cause to accept the
ment and the business instinct OF the American
people are ripe. and then to wait for the rest
marital s1d onIv y ,artJai reyjsion OF the tariff
@ o ana Ih gert pa fo I Lesinn or u perha5s I'm
some cases abolition, duties affecting only certain
for popular consideration. We ought, think, 20
select the schedules or articles to which the minds
81 the American people are now specially directed.
Why not begin with steel and iron? Here Is an
Industry the products OF which are exported ana
sold at home TO Americans. Now. the American
and thinking very seriously of it. Sometimes the
thought. and oftentimes the discussion. proceeds
and moncpolies. and very rightly. But some Of the
undemocratc remedies proposed may well be as
the American people is fixed upon the Steel Trust.
not distinctly upon its tariff privileges. but upon
the features OF its practical monopoly For this
trust side Of the matter. but with the legitimate
and patriotic political use to be made OF the aten-
ton which the American people direct to that par
ticular industry and to the gross injustice which
and the increase Of its enormous Individual wealth
by system OF tariff taxes levied on the producing
masses OF the American people not engaged In that
industry and not sharing its earnings.
have the question OF the Beef Trust. great part
OF the Northern States has vital interest in the
ADDED o to the Schedule Of groGnsts WheS egpeca
engage the attention and hold the interest Of the
have mentioned. the American people. for reasons
s99d 2r 08 hae 70 qathef 6 praca
monopolles from which they profit. Although. so
tarin. may no: be the dominant reason. the fact
remains that K is politically easy to secure atten.
the legal privileges enjoyed BY these special in;
THE PLAN NOT HEROIC
admit that this pan. is not as heroic as It Is
to challenge the protectlonlst giant TO one single
whole question But this is the way in which
has progressed. IT has been step by step Item by
item, the overcoming Of difficulty after difficulty.
Politicians and statesmen have preached in their
sometimes. when they have been most benefcently
successful but a small part Of the truth Surely
forgiven ana indeed they ought 10 be supported
the practical temper OF the people by whose votes
part 81 the glorious truth preached by the mis-
sionaries.
Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock. Congressman from Ne
braska. discussed the issue of tariff reform from
the Western point Of view. He said in part:
Until the Mckinley tariff of 1890 Republicans
could appeal, and did appeal. TO the West to favor
protective tariff sufficiently high only to put
American manufacturers in "A position compete
with foreigners while aging American wages The
bold declaration had not been made that the
schedules must be high to shut out foreign
goods or TO give to American manufacturers the
monopoly any price Indeed. part OF the
ance was that prices would be at A low level be-
cause competition between American factories
would keen them at that level
The advent of the trust however. has put an end
that argument and is beginning powerfully TO
affect Western opinion. The Western voter begins
10 see that if he TO shut out foreign goods,
and fails suppress combinations of American
manufacturers. the argument for bic profits
and prices becomes farce