Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-02
ROOSEvELT'S SIDE STEPPING.


 SIDE STEPPING.
 Just why President Roosevelt should have sprung his proposition to disin- tegrate the large fortunes being accu- mulated in this country by and through the aid of aa income or inheritance tax is not known, up to the present time, save to himself alone. Coming just at time when his much-talked-of. railroad legislation is in the throes of death or fatal mutilation, there is a suspicion that the president has pro posed the more radical legIslatiop as q means of diverting pubrtc opinion from the funeral of the Hepburn, rail road bill. which was spurtedl fhrSugh the lower house of Congress byrspsak- CT Cannon as ''an administration meas. Erc.' ... -,......- ,.s
 Had i. not been for the enormous protection which has been afforded the large industries of the country nSw included in the trusts, by a custom duty whica gave a monopoly On many articles which the people of the coun- t-y cannot live without, such as shoes, Sasar, clothing and many other less important articles. there would not now be 80 many great fortunes to threaten the welfare of the country, and whenever it is desirable to stop this flew Of monopoly money into the cofcrs of the trusts it can be done by taking of the tariff duty on articles which seek admittance into this coun try The people are coming to under. stand this. They were blinded by the cry of infant industries" for a long time by the republican newspapers and spieiers, but now the scales are rapidly dropping from their eyes. It is a wonder that the president never thought of this manner of checking the accumulation of an unjust portion of the wealth of the country by the trusts. .,...
 There is storm brewing for the re- publicans on the question of a revis- ion of the tariff, and it looks now like the "standpatters" have held the re- publican fort so long that it is now too late for either the president or his party to "sidestep" from the impend ing danger. Notwithstanding the fact that the people are paying enormous tribute to these enormous trusts, the highwaymen methods of which would not be possible without the protective tariff levied for their benefit by the republican party, the leaders of that party doggedly deny that even a bill for the reduction of the tariff on any ] single article shall even have consid eration by the representatives of the people They declare that the protec- tive tariff shall not be disturbed, but admit that at some time in the future there MAY be necessity for lowering the duty on such articles as are sheL tering monopoly.
 Those who are now in position to uphold the monopoly of the trusts by the i''standpat'' methods are perhaps not aware of the intense feeling of an outraged people towards their bold. ness, but there are many republican. throughout the country who have al ways been loyal to the party, who have voted the republican ticket for the last time, and everything now points to the election of democratic major ity in the next Congress. The people of the country are awake. and the at tempt Of the president to draw atten- tion 10 some new panacea for the gov ernmcltal i'll will not likely avail to avert the encoming political disaster for the administration and the party which upholds it.