The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-10-13
SHOULD De NO TARIFF JOLT
r. the Dinglsy Lav II Deed, W.
Sbould the Hand Of Re-
vision 1eush Isf

A cursously tuned "buSie CALI fos
.afid revision oomts from that tauncl
aud stalxart organ Ct republieanIsm
and protection. the Pitisburs Co
tette. Lest It be imagined that the &c.
sette has fallen from the faith and
embraced false doctrines. We quote from
IT, editorial a fe~ sentences that have
he ring o: truth:
There is no room 10 doubt that a pro
tectiye tariff Is the basis Of national
prosperity. The student OF history can
not avoid that conclusion IL be follows
tho lines with an open mind.
"TeemiIg prosperity erceis the OBJ
scrver on every hard. Mills and fac
iories are overwhelmed vita orders, la.
bor 10 fully employed. the fecunt earth
u yielding crops almost without para,-
lei In agricultural annals.
II tarir adjustment IL q shock to
business there will never come q mo
men; wher business will be In better
condition to tear u
This prosperity. practically contin-
uous. began with the enactment Of ths
Diuglcy Law. That law was the fourca-
lion on which & val built.
Why. then. asks the Rochester Dem
0crat and Chronicle. with n tariff under
shieh a~boundirg prosperity has been
obtained and retained should the hand
u revision be laid upon an Instrument
20 powerful In its promotion OF the com.
mefclal and Industrial activities OF the
country7 Because. Ia the words of the
Gazette. the common people. grown
rotund with fatness. have forgotten the
lsab years and are demanding a change
In the tariff laws" Because ~ the III
ty-nlnth congress does no, do this. no
man may say Who will be called TO do It."
because the fIny-ninth congress Is a
republican congress. Il is economical.
~ sound. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon Is
a protect!onls,. Serene Z. Payne. Jotn
Dalzell. Charles H. Grosyeror. ranking
Members Of the committee on Ways and
means; these are among the most ardent
p%roteotlonlsts In this country. with
tsssc men 20 lead and a solid phalanx
4 republicans behind them. when the
us-in Is taken up for revision Il will
10 IN the hands o. Ia friends. I, Will
10 revised right No Industry. 70 ma
'srlai Interest Will suffer. There ought
rot 10 b. any fear about revising the
'arl- while these men. good and true.
are there 20 60 H."
~ Of vh!ch apparently some-
'hiug like this: That the everlasting
c'amor Of the free traders against the
protective system Is making an 'mpros.
don on a large mass u people who DO
cot know when they are well OF. who
are liable 20 Be led astray ard Who
nay suddenly vote into power the anti
protection party. Therefore the repub-
lean party should fores,ail any such
movement by revising the tariff ate.
Its own fashion ard In line with the
popul1r sentiment may be appeased and
principles Of IN. Dlreley law. 10 tina;
,ranquiilzed by the form % a revision
which shall effect n change IN schedules
rat no, In the spirit and policy vhica
peryade the present ;srln. Then. says
the Gazette. "let Il alone for the ncxtten
Year,"
Ashrcwi plan. honestly stated but In
IL very nature wholly ursati1fac;ory 20
the most insis'ent arltators for revision
namely, those whose leading articles
of faith Is that protection IL robbery"
The ten-yesr feature ~ the scheme
could not Do binding on them. or any.
body else. n public sentiment should
demand another revision In nye years
rho present 'arlr j. not, quite eieht
years ola. Who cat say how long a
few one would last IN view Of the IRE.
irresistible corflct between free trade
and protection and o. the waves Of po-
iitical reaction which occasionally ani
s-ronfareuuslv rwef, ov.r she c,,,,,x,