The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-14
SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1905.
THE hardest duty, bravely per.
formed, becomes a habit, and tends In
due time to transform Itself into
pleasure. Holmes
Mr.. Shaw and the Tariff.
13ditor Of the rimes-Dispntch:

lMT. SIldW ana the 1dllil.
Editor Of the Times Dispntch:
Sir-ln an editorial In Fridays issue
OF the leading Democratic paper in this
State, replying to my Richmond speech.
4 The editor contrasts the Republican and
Democratic position on the tariff Ques-
ton in this language:
8 secretary Shaw emphasizes with all
his might that the Republicans believe
II In protection for the sake 81 protection;
that the tariff tax is levied primarily
for protection and incidentally for reve-
X nue.. That is in complete reversal OF
3 the Democratic doctrine. We believe In
q tariff for revenue with incidental pro-
Ii lection, which is q very different PROPOSE
M ton. we hold that the taxing powers
n cannot in morals or in law be used Tor
Il any purpose save that of raising reVe-
niue"
The editor did not quite catch my
Thought. He must remember. think, an
Illustration that / used at Richmond to
dlffepntiato tariff for revenue only,
and a tariff for protection. stated that,
needing revenue for the Spanish war,
we placed a duty ON tea--not for the pur-,
~ pose of encouraging the growth of tea
ri #this country, but for the sole pur-
4 pose OF revenue. After the war was,
over we removed it. Many items in the
Dingley law are purely revenue meas
ures. We do not expect our people TO
produce the finer grades OF laces on
which II very high rate of duty is levied,
and levied for the sole purpose of rove
nue.. The duty on many Injuries is
Il placed very high, and so placed for
revenue only We always place the bur-
lcn3 o. the government on the wealthy
& and i. bll-to-do. I did say that the Re-
publcIl party undertook TO protect every
Interest, every industry. every laborer.
i >ncver sacrifices one industry for the
sake of building another. 1t never sac
r..ices one section OF the country in the
interest OF another.
think the editor is equally unfortu-
nate II stating the position Of the OPP
position party. His party has never de-
clurcd in favor Of a tariff for revenue
Only with incidental protection, and for
the reason that tariff for revenue
only is not tariff for protection at all.
A tariff for Il sole purpose Is not
tariff for two purposes. Ills party IN
1892. and again In 1904 denounced pro-
lection as a fraud and a robbery They
did not declare in favor Of incidental
robbery.
There is another reason why his party
does not favor tariff for revenue ohly
with incidental protection some. There
is no such thing as incidental protec-
ton In a tariff tor revenue only. a
tariff on sewing machines, for instance,
that would yield revenue would in
the very. nature OF things insure the i'm
portntion' of sewing machines. If the
duty on sewing machines was one per
cent instead of twenty-five per cent ad-
IS mr.
manufacturers would put their factories
In Europe, where labor can be obtained
at one-half the cost and our laborers
would DO thrown out Of employment
such law would yield revenue, but It
would not afford protection, actual or In
ridental A tariff rate low enough TO in
sure importations will not protect against
lmportations. The present rate may be
In some instances unnecessarily high, but
{. reduction thereof sufficient to insure a
revenue from mportations would neces-
sarily drive our people out of business.
Such a policy always has closed our fac
tories. and always will tariff for
revenue only will furnish no more In
cldental protection TO the laborer In the
factory than n one-rail fence VIII furnish
incidental protection TO the laborcr on
the farm.
we did not fail TO catch Mr.. Shaw s
thought If we know how TO interpret the
English language In his Richmond
speech ne said: you must bear In mind
there was never tariff law enacted
that was perfect, All The Repub-
lican party ever claims for any tariff
law Is that It's principle is perfect. The
lste will be too high here and too low
there, but protection VIII be found In its
every feature. While the Repub-
lean party never claimed for any tariff
law that 1t was perfect. II does claim
that all Its tariff laws are builded on the
principle of protection"
II that Is not tariff primarily for pro.
lection and only incidentally for revenue
what is ii? OF course, The tariff pro
duces revenue. but It's primary purpose
according TO Mr.. Shaw, IS TO give "protec
ton" and sometimes the rate Is pur
posely placed ut figure so high as L
mako it prohbi;ory, In which case 1
Yields no revenue and gives protection
exploited and extolled the tar!n for 1t
"protectlon principle" and spoke opl
Incidentally OF the revenue feature.
AS for the rest, we did not speak 70
the Democratic party, but there Is plent
OF "inc!denlal Professionalism much q
II, In fact-in the platforms Of 1854 an
1855. The platform Of 1892 denonnce
Republican protection" as robbery. bl
no Democrat has ever opposed any inc
dental protection which tariff for re,