The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-09-28

MeKlnlsy was Aetnasea fof tunrsena
ana tha ouscfy hRainAt she Mei<lhles
tli wes npfca ana general 4 have
elsen soA the nRNteh * our lIApofaA
n shp mldaie N az. C~ievelana's term.
and lof the last senr, Tea ua now acr
how ii ptnnas A. 10 exports. We his
much concerned about our exports.
Our balance n trade II q vital point
In isai va exported tSas, i4o.sIR.
For the last nscal year our exports
were tho LARGEST IN onr history, tikis,.
bgt,TeN
They increased s~saC.42I,iiS over the
year ise4. SO our imports are greater
than In any year In our existence and
so also our exports exceed any ever
known In u history.
The balance OF trade in u favor
last year was the inconcelyable sun
OF sl%o1,0is,osi.
The country listened 10 and followed
the resolutions OF the importers In
1892, and In 1894 passed the Wilson
Law. II listened TO the cry OF distress
in 1897 and repeating the Wilson Act,
enacted the Dlngley law under which
the results 1 have just given have
been attained. But the figures have
given are only the cry mathematical
statement Of the results. Look around
you in every part or the country and
you will witness the substantial evil
dences OF prosperity. You can e It
on the farms OF iowa. A similar pros.
perity, though in a less degree, pre-.
vailed In 1892 under the Mckinley law
when the voters universally decreed
a change. The farmers know what
conditions followed and they are not
inclined to fall into the same trap
that they did In 1892.
The "Dual Tarif"-vocal Protection.
lists.
There are some people classed as
protectionists who are ready to sound
the praises OF protection but are never
satisfied with any Of the schedules OF
a protective tariff. Some good but
mistaken men would have cast the
country into the throes Of a general
tariff conflict before the last preslden-
tial election, II they had had their
way. To satisfy some Of these people
II Is proposed TO do away with our
present tariff law and enact two full
sets Of schedules. / fear this simple
device will not give them satisfaction.
How can gentlemen be expected to
sleep of nights with two complete
or dual tariff" schedules on tie stat.
ute books when they suffer so much
insomnia with only n set OF sched-
ules now? | fear that their trouble
will simply be multiplied ny two :
The Chicago Reciprocity Convention
has selected o segy adviser for the re.
publican party.
my democratic Irtend, ex-senator
Harris, Of Kansas, VINO sat in the SOD
Congress when he was helping to
frame the Wilson bill which wrecked
the country and his party, am sure
Is too much OF a free trader to be sat
lshed with two tariffs when he Is 80
earnestly opposed TO one. He voted
February 2, 1891 to repeal the Nc.
law and enact the \, nson law
In It's stead. He may now be a vocal
protectiOnist but his votes In Congress
were always the other way. natur.
ally look with some upon n
proposition advocated by him in rela'
tion TO cur tariff. As a member OF n
committee selected TO manage a tariff
crusade against the republican party
he is not entitled to much considera.
ton. When as O member Of such a
campaign committee he seeks to au
Wise our party as to It's curse ! must
be permitted 70 doubt, ever though he
may be surrounded ny some very good
company.
IL Is now ten years since 1894, anu
the American people are assumed 10
be good forgetters and II Is therefore
about time for some people TO use
the old anti.tarlff cry to advance their
political interests. But there are two
generations who remember the viii
son-G orman days-the hard times Of
Mr.. CleyelandB last administration
and the improved conditions which
have come and stayed under the
Dingley law.
The German Tariff.
Germany has adopted a dlscrlmi-
mating tariff to take effect next March.
That this new tariff will probably be
TO the detriment Of the United States
Is very likely, for that vas largely
the purpose Of its enactment.
Some very earnest low tariff adyo-
Gates insist that we should at once
initiate Crocketts historic coon and
come down" modifying cur tariff
laws TO meet the Views Of our great
German competitors The PROPOSE
tion Ia that we should make a deal
with Germany agreeing to give her
manufactures better rates Of access
10 our markets than we do to Great
Britain. Just how long Great Britain
would submit 10 this discrimination
II Is easy TO guess. Last year our Inn
ports and exports TO and from those