The sun., 1905-09-05

ef Manhattan, Now York. ..'
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stbeustcn irish 10 haps rejected ayftcls rsfured. ev
Nsr N al easss ssnd stamp. for that purpom.
The rarifY-stability, but No Fos-
Silixation.
II Is possible, II scarcely probable,
that the person In the United States best
qualified to promulgate the intentions
OF the Administration and the future
course Of legislation by Congress is Mr..
JAMKs .STILLMAN Of the National City
Bank. ~. a..
Precisely three months before the pub
Ncation Of the Presidents next annual
message, there proceeds from this center
Of dsinterested finance and perpetual
fount Of political information the an
nouncement that no tariff legislation Of
any sortmust be expected at the coming
session. Accepting the decree Of the City
Bank and It's kindred interests as final,
the Presidents message OF 1905 should
be silent on the subject Of the tariff.
And yet In the writings Of one THRo-
DoRn ROOSEVELT we find these enlight-
ened sentiments, communicated by him
to Congress In his annual messages Of
1901 and 1902:
"Ths phenomenal growth Of our export trade
smphAsises the urgency Of the need for wider
zAAshsts aud for . liberal policy In dealing with
foreign nations. Whatever is merely petty and
vsaAuous Ii the way Of trade restrictions should
b avoided. The customers V whom We dispose
Of ouf surpiss bsSdbcts II the long run. directly
os indirectly, purchase those surpius products
by giving us something In resurn. Their ability
- pusohAse our produotS should A. far a. possible
bs Sectfsd ~ 10 arranging Our tarin a. TO enable
us - tAks from them those ptbducts, which we
caA wee without hasm VI our Own industries and
labor. Of s Use OF which will be OF marked benef1t
10 ". II u, rneSt impostaas that should main-
tain the high ks,s s& ~ 4hsii :bu;1shsS ~
havs now redehsd ths toint Id the development
Of our interests whsre ~ arc NOT only able 10
supply OUT own markets. bpt 70 produce eons,asuy
growing Surplus for which: - n1uas nnf rha1kss,
abroad. 10 secure thess mlfkets We can utilize
sxishs dttiss In any oats when they Are nn longer
needed fos tte purposs'ei protecton, 'oT ID any
ease whore thS aFsics n nov rfoduoed hsfS ma the
duty is no lonserh tqrseveaYe. sssNt.s Y.
somsthins - onss In azohsass Tor what W ssh'
.Stabtiity Of sconomis policy must always bs
tAs primo soonsmis hssd Of this country. This
s,abuity sasuid E5s - fossiiisat;oa. The cosn-
w has aeauisseed Ia shS wisdom Of the protective
tarn princpis. II y Exceedingly undesirable that
this system shuuid b Destroyed that there should
bs vio.snt ga fadtoA 'shAAgss thsrsin. Our psss
sxpss,nos shows thss great prosperity IN this
esxntsv ~ slvsss eoms under protective tariff.
and tAAt ne country cannot prosper under ntful
tarin changes 81 shcrt intervals.:s - ~
b sss earnestly - os wished that ws could treat
sAs tafin soisiy non the standpoint Of our busl-
nsss sssdA' II b psrhAps too much TO hops that
peesisAnsaip may b entirely excluded from con.
slAssassa Of ne subject but Al least n ON be
uaA1s escondaf1 b the business interests of the
c0muy--sAAs u, 70 the intefests Of our people u
. vholA Unauestionsbly these interests will best
b sssvsd Il together with h1ity Of principle 40 70.
gafds the tsn6 VT combine systsm which win
permit - from time TO time 10 make ths necessary
rsappiication Of the prnoipls TO the shifting ua.
uonal nesds.'
Those citizens who can contemplate.
tho foregoing utteranoes from Mr.. RoosE-
vzr1's owl point Of Wow. that Of con-
osrn for the interests Of our people a. q
whole rather than tho selfish interests,
OF the few who profit Unfortunately by
tho fossilisation OF the schedules, win be
struck, we think, by the applicability Of
his remarks to present conditions in 1905.
II what he said about tho tariff In his
first and second messages was true and
important then. how equally true and
how doubly and atrebly important It Is
nowi s
The principle Of protection is stable and
will endure. Tho details Of protection,
the distribution Of it's benefits, the ar
rangement Of tho sohehuleA, the adapta-,
ton Of DIR tariff to changed or changing
trade relations with the foreign coun-
tries where we flnd market for our
surplus proddcts, the adjustment Of Gus
toms revenue to expenditures. are in
cidents y the system which Mr.. RoosE-
WELT declared to be 80 desirable, thst0f.
the reapplication from time to time Of
the principle ot protection- to the shifting
nationarnesdSS u = .5 .-a No.
There has been a remarkable propresa
in Republican opiniensinse Mr. RoosE-
WELT ftst pointed out the distinction
betweens stability and L. fossilEation.
Fewer afe they wiib hold tkats%isdom IN
tariff m1kipg diedssitir.ths iate NELSON
D1NoLEY vr 'tnat hk fndtmt tiUus pehcif'
wrote rates for all future time. The
sacrednsss 9i thss s.ashssaulss .sssa !. psSqaImed
only by those whose pockets open their4
mouths in worship. The movement
for intelligent tar9. revision, in the inter- \
est q tie ~hols peoyiS,- As hEetrased' III
thu aritatiotf; for tebipfoeitv carred, M