The St. Louis Republic., 1905-08-16
PARTING OF THE WAYS.

The broad fact that will Ike brought into sreates
prominence By the Reciprocity Convention which
meets In Chicago today. and by the discussions thai
will follow II. Is that the Dusiey trusts have been
getting vastly more than their fair share Of Ou,
mach -aunted prosperity. Let it he grantee; that
the prohbitive schedules Of the DinSley tariff aci
have artifciaily stimulated many branches Of Llan
ufacturin. industry; 1t cannot be denied that trus;
building has been more stimulated than any other
activity or that the trusts formed have. by
binations in restraint Of trade levied heavy per
centaGe Of monopoly tax upon every dollar they
have paid out in wages. They have taken
Orbitant toll and by reason Of the increased cost
Of vin: the dinner pail Of the factory operative is
fuller now than il was before Dingey prosper
Try" set in.
No thanks are due to Dinsley nor any Of his tribe
for the abundant crops which America has produced
in recent years. nor for the good prices obtained
for them. Taking the country by and large it may
be said that will always have good crops for the
fruitfulncss Of the American Soil and climate are
such that adverse conditions are never SO wide
spread as To brin: anything like famine here. For
the good prices Of these abundant farm products
in recent years We have only 10 thank Providence.
the increasing population Of the country and The
.rowin. needs Of foreign peoples
The agricultural interest owes nothing To Ding
ley. The American farmer has been prosperous
not because Of hut in spite Of him. While tie trusts
have contributed nothin. to the welfare Of til. farm
er. directly or indirectly, they have taxed him
heavily with robber prises for nearly everything he
has had to buy. He has p-id more than honestly
he ought for his mowers and reapers. his bindin:
twinc. his thrashers his plOws. wagons and harcss
more for his household utensils. for his own
clothing and that of his wife and children. Without
good crops and good prices for them the farmer
under Dingley exactions would have been q pov-
erty stricken man: his condition would have been
little better than that Of the French or German
peasant.
The legitimate fruits Of the DinGley pTohibtive
tariff are just now most conspcuously seen I'm
faatory enactments for shutting American products
out Of foreign markets. and exports consist
most largely Of farm products. agricultural in
erests first to feel the pinch 1t is mainly To
voice protest and initiate action against this hard
ship that the reciprocity convention foot.
though some manufacturing interests. feeling the
,anae pinch. have joined the movement. OF course
'il commercial interests havn: to do with the ex-
,Oriaton Of American farm products actively or
acitly in sympathy with it.
In its inception the Reciprocity Convention was a
Republican revolt against uncompr".nisny Repub-
lean opposition 10 revising otherwise modify!n:.
he binSiey tariff. even in matters where experience
has proven il I" be intolerabiy hur,.. lSonc aiiI
-un"us To American interests. Whether it shall ="
he length o: rcvv!ns the old quarrel between West
.rn farmer and Eastern manufacturer dcpcn.is Il
-od deal upon the quality of stiff n.ck.,n.ss i
,,ai,ta ned ry that narrow and stor;-sigh,cl el.
nent Of the Republican party aptiy dubbed Stand
.aiters II the Republican party must give all its
"stcrin: Ia trust-combincd manufacturers aud
make concessions tn the West in the WAY of
needed reciprocity arrangements. the fire of revolt
NiIl spread over the prairies in Why scorc the
Get If many Republican candidates for Congress
md State offices in the elections OF next year.
The announcement that Senator Cullo.n is "a
make a speech before the convention may mean
hat the Stahdpatters not standing 50 pat rs
hey We're. But. whatever Republicans may do :he
luIy "f democrats is clear. The Mckinley tariff
Il lS:~' lad enough and il defeated III. RerI.-
leans that year aEd ia 1897. Tile Dnglcy tariff
onlin. {" know IT, la defeat the party responsible
"r IL in lss; and 1:s>. In The best interests Of the
"uniry 3ni in performance of party duty Demo |
rats in and out of Congress will Spar- nn effort
. expose the ro!hcrieS q! the r:nc.ey tariff. 10 |
rin: about repeal of its worst provisions ard r.
more revenue and less prohibition of foreign trade
May BE JOHN HAYS TREATY
II the late Secretary Of state. John Hay. had |
c,a'e,! the first three articles agreed 10 hy the