Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-23
CAN AFFORD TO WATT
REPUBLICANS SHOULD GO SLOW IN
TARIFF CHANGING.


Schedules, Let the Democrats Take
All the Responsibility.
Very often tariff ripping Republican
newspapers say in their agony that ii
the Republican party does ioe revise
the tariff the country will put itself in
the hands Of the Democratic party, so
determined is the country for tariff
reform" Former Democrats, at pres
ent acting with the Republican party,
are saying the same thing.
These utterances are not surprising
even coming from Republicans, for the
reason that many thousands Of Rerub-
licans are not protectionists except
when they are In distress.
Tariff ripping Republicans elected
Grover Cleveland twice.
There have not been Democrats
enough in the United States to eject o
president since the election of James
Buchanan. Cleveland owes his two
elections to Republicans, who carried
out their threat of turning the country
over to the free traders.
The last election of Cleveland was
performed by the tariff ripp"rs when
the country was In the enjoyment OF
the greatest prosperity that had been
known since the disco rery Of America.
They said Cleveland did not have
fair show the first tine, being handi-
capped - Republican congress. To
make sure Of carrying out their pur-
poses they voted for Democrats for
members Of congress. And when it
was all over and 1T was apparent that
Cleveland had been chosen and that
the Democratic tariff rippers had cap
tured both branches of congress there
was CONSERVATION throughout the
land. The manufacturers quit buying
raw materials and curtailed their out
put. Contracts for buildings were can
celed, and even before the inaugural
ton Of Cleveland there was weeping
and wailing.
The high sounding phrases which the
tariff rippers had used In paDlic ad-
dresses in relation To the way the ,;uor
consumer was being robbed became
suddenly unpopular. Such phrases are
only popular when protection Is at
work making everybody prosperous.
Such speeches are never popular when
the doctrines advocated are in prac-
teal force. When.a man is rolling In
wealth, has his pockets full Of money.
good clothes on his back and plenty
to eat, the tariff ripper cen talk to
him concerning the way he Is being
robbed by The high prices he has to
pay, but when the tariff ripper has
had his Inning, has enforced his prjn-
ciples and thrown the man out of
work, tlc tariff ripper is no longer a !
welcome conyersationaIist.
Under the Dingley law more things |
have been accomplished for the United |
States than under any other law en-
acted hy congress Under the D.ngiey |
law Uncle sam has had money with |
which to do business. He has not been
a borrower. He has not asked Europe |
nor an American syndicate to loan him |
a dollar. When the Spanish American |
war was declared and 1t was necessary |
to negotiate a temporary loan, millions |
in excess Of the demand were offered. |
Suppose congress had then been en-
gagged in 'readiusting" the tariff to eft |
changed conditions" Who would have |
loaned Uncle Sam money? The gov
eminent has always had to pay a ruin
GUS rate of interest when borrowing in |
tariff ripping times The Dingley law |
was a proclamation to the world that |
the American market was to be pre- |
served for the American people and |
the world knew the American market |
to be better than an others. Therefore |
the world knew that Uncle Sam would |
prosper and that it would be safe to |
loan him money. When war tax W. s |
levied the people paid it cheerfully be- |
cause they were making money.
90 The great commercial nations never |
began to respect the United States real |
" and truly until they discovered that
We had sense enough to know that the |
American market IS worth all the other |
markets of the world and sense enough
to Try to keep it. They would enjoy |
tile fruit Of our folly If we should |
change our course, but privately they
would have no respect for ear iudg- !
mcnt
The threat to turn the country over
to the Democratic party should not
scare any genuine Rrpublic,.a protec-
ZIONIST. If the tariff Is to be revised
for the purpose OF Increasing importa-
lions from abroad, let it re done by the
Democratic party IL the country is
sufficiently anNiors for tariff ripping,
tho country should go Democratic.
Those Republicans who did not get
On ugh OF 1t when they voted for Gro
vct Cleveland and a Democratic con
gress should begin to vote the Demo
cratic ticket, and begin now.
1t is the party of protection that has
made this country what it is, and thu
protectionists can afford TO wait.
demonstration IS all that is needed to
show that America cannot prosper bv
purchasing abroad with the romantic II
hope of sesinG abroad.
No Republican should be alarmed /
when the threat is made that II Repub-
lieans do not reform the tariff "tle
Democrats will" The Democrats them
selves had the opportunity last ye; r to
turn the country over to the revision. II
lists, They had respectable candidate II
in Judge Parker. He was committed II
TO tariff ripping. but the Democrats 4
turned him down and voted for Rose
welt.
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