Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-20
REVISE THE TARIFF NOW"
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In this broad country with its
Astounding prosperity there are tn
miStakabte signs of unrest. The com
mon people grown rotund with ( ut
ness. have forgotten the lean years
and are demanding % change in Bhe
tariff laws. There is no better Ii ne
than the present to undertake revisi IN.
The FIFTY ninth congress of the Uni ed
States is peculiarly fitted for the t. SIX
and ought to perform the duty. I.e-
wise the tariff now and then let 1t ale ne
for the next ten years
In advocating present revision of he
tariff schedules the Gazette does not
believe the existing tariff to be mi r-
ious to many interests-it knows Of
none that is harmed. The Gazette
absetes none of its faith In the prot &C.
tive principle. 1t stands. as it has al
ways stood for protection to Amert an
labor and American capital. There is
no room to doubt That M protective
tariff is the basis of national prosper
lily. The, student of history cannot
avoid that conclusion If he follows he
the lines with an open mind. Rcvis on
OF the tariff at this time must be on
sound protective lines and no other
The FIFTY ninth congress is Il rep,b b.
lican Congress. 1T is economically
sound. Speaker Joseph G.. Cannon Is
n protectIonist; Serene T.. Payne. John
Dalzell. Charles III. Grosvenor, ranking
members of the committee on WHY'S
and means; these are among the m ost
ardent protectionistS in this country
With these men to lead al solid pl,a-
lanx of republicans behind them. wi EN-
the tariff Isl taken up for revision it
will be revised right. No industry. no
material interest will suffer There
ought not to be any fear about re-
vising the tariff while these men, good
and true. are there to do lit. There
ought not to be any delay to a ess
opportuno time.
There are many schedules that may
be reduced without exposing Ameri-
can industries TO foreign competition.
Some of them might be- cut in rlf.
There are a few schedules that sho lid
be raised to give better protecti on.
Never has there been more favora BILE
time to do this. Teeming prosperity
greets the observer on every hand.
Mills and factories are overwhelmed
with orders, labor is fully employed,
the fecurd earth is yielding crops al
most without parallel in agricultural
annals. IL tariff adjustment is a
shock to business. there will never
come a moment when business
will be in better condition to
bear it, This prosperity, practically
continuous, began with the enactment
of the Dingley law. That law was a,he
foundation on which 1T was built. The
Fifty-nint congress can be trusted to
frame new act without abandonment
of the Dingley principles; i'm the SIX
tieth congress 1t may not be so.
Stand pat" Grand advice from a
sturdy statesman who has passed to
the other life. Stand pat always
when there is no reasonable chance to
draw anything better. When Hon. M.
A. Hanna gave to a poker term al r a.
tional significance, his party stood pat
on a hand that could not have be en-
improved. That hand has been play ed
for five years of unexampled prosper
ity, and there is clamoring for "a new
DEAL
In a decade the bitter lessons of
1S93-'94 95'96 have been forgotten
The full stomach feels no pangs of the
past hunger. Safety is longing for
change Shall it be new diet. or no
food? BY all means a new diet. Sorle-
thing nourishing and some BEANS If
the Fifty-ninth congress does its duty
and readjusts the tariff on protective
basis with due regard to the protec-
ton of all classes, the republican par
ty can stand pat" for another : ten
years. Prosperity will abide in the
land. If the Fifty ninth congr ess
does not do this mo man may say who
will be called to do it. 1t is foolish to
pretend not to hear the call. 1t las
been given voice so often from the
west to New England. Sense ess
though it may be, it is earnest. III ere
must be tariff revision, and it she uld
be right revision, on protection lines,
made by the able ways and means
committee of the present and Endorsed
by the congress that is sounidly rep lb-
lican.