The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
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As fair specimen of Republican tarfff reasoning we copy the following editorial entire from the York tPa) Dispatch:
 Representative John Dalzelrs speech will prove food for the Jingoes. By the mudk-rakers 1t will be hailed with de- light. as a thing to gloat over and as demonstrstfng the correctness or sneir fstand-pat-' predictions. By the rank and file of all parties 1t must be ac- cepted as a more or less correct por- trayal of the conditions Of the country. Mir. Dalzell appears to have contra dicted himself at times: and the ene- mics of his party will be quick to seize upon his mistakes and make capital out of them. They will note that he says, in the beginning, that nowhere demand for revision of the tafiT and that further on he says rich nea and importers desire such revision. and tey ss bs s rs pe n s 5ht ty. Of course what Mir. DaIzell means, doubtless, Is that the clamor for re- vision is manufactured by De1nocratic
 But commissions and omissions in Mir Dalzeffs exposftion may be passed over as immateriab being after the weaknesses the flesh fs heir to- and of pet cause is likely to faiI prey to. What gi sb interest ss sss slss'Fs Sfs is s.ssr tae rner rae and and sSe he artisan sre not not demand ing tarfn revfsfon. This is so strik- fngIy true as to be commonplace: however. 1t could not have be M n well ,sa Republican position on the tarim, a task Mir. Dafx6li has performed in \ manner highly creditabie to himself
 The Rsssshif~an s,asitiou on the ter- if is easy to sum tp; 1t may be summed up in six words aThe tariff Is not an issue. Projection has been esnEsosesrisr demHn- It Is difzeult,-and the Democratic fr1anaeers will find 1t .so--te convert the people in the face of individuaai eh X, this campaign will be simply reasset- tive: we shall merely reaffirm our pat form of 1904 so far as the tariH is concerned, and nothing more.
 It is certainly true that Dalzen not only contfaAicted himself but that ne contradicted the truth. Certainty h' one acquainted with the facts VIII ssiibefate1y assert that there is and has been no demand for tarin revision outside the Democratic party and ex- peet to be believed. 2 He knows, as aff other welI-informed persons know mat some of the most insistent de- rnands for tariff revision have been made by Republicans, and that one or tBe nest difffeult tasks the leaders or the d-pat policy have had has been to keep down a determined anu dangerous rebellion in their own ranks whether they will continue to prevent
 if is a doubtful proposition. Both In 1 the great agricultural west and in the nanafacturinx east the demand Tor revision, is ssrong and persistent and MT. Dalzell knows it is not confined to Democrats. His further assertion that only 'rich men and importers" desire revision will be news to the ordinary human intelligence.
 What is equally wide of fact is MT. palzeIi's saying that the Iaboring men, farmers and artisans are not asking for revision. They of all others are the ones who suffer most from a high tariff except in q few instances. It may
 be that some of the highly protected | industries pay better wages because of that protection which prevents compe- | tttfon, but even these know that the cost of living is much higher than for l nerly, whether they see the cause of | 1t or not.
 | The claim of The Dispatch that the | prosperity of the country is due to
 our present tariff system has been made | to do duty until 1t Is over-worked. No
 credit is given to Providence for good crops. or to the intelligent industry of
 the American people, but we are ex-
 pected to believe that the seasons, as
 well as the industry of the working
 people has nothing to do with pros
 perity in the United States. Both Mfr
 Dalsel1 and The Dispatch need some
 body to help them explain.