Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-11-08
Guessed 1t Right.


There is the authority of q congress
man not from Iowa for saying that
resident Roosevelt does not want any
-ariif disturbances while he is presi-
cent He thinks the tariff is good
enough to let alone while other reforms
are being worked out, and the presi-
dent is right.--Cedar Rapids Repub-
lcan.
Attnck ON Protection Yelled Behind
;!,e Pretense That the Tariff. Must
Bc Reduced SO 30 Compel the
Trusts to Lower Prices.
1t is perfectly evident that the pur-
pose Of the Democrats will be to con
duct the coming congressional cam
paign as nearly on the lines of the
tariff as possible without rendering a
direct issue Oh that question. The eVi-
dence supporting this proposition is
found in the preliminary speeches put
forth for circulation by Democratic
leaders in the house, in which they
cenier their attack upon the protective
policy by indirection and dwell more
specifically upon the reports regarding
sales of American goods in foreign
markets at prices lower than such
goods bring in the domestic markets.
The fact that the aggregate sales
abroad at these low prices amount TO
but IN insignificant fraction. estimated
to be possibly 80 cents on 500 worth
sold abroad and bearing but relative
ly inconsequential ratio to the i'm
nensc production of commodities by
the prosperous mills and factories of
The country, is utterly ignored by the
enemies of the protective system in
this onslaught upon the protective
tariff
Attention has also been called to the
fact that Mr.. Bryan in his utterances
recently while in Germany when he
was Informed of the uprising of his
party associates in favor of making
him the nominee for the presidency
again this year demonstrated that he
approaches the issue of the tariff some
what gingerly. Doubtless he recalls
his free trade record in the house of
representatives in 1894 and he realizes
that the country will be able to find no
instance of his having recanted the
views he then entertained in avowed
hostility to protection. Mr.. Bryan,
while admitting now that he is in
favor of reduction of duties on i'm
ports into the American markets,
cho lses to divert attention from this
declaration by intimating that in his
opinion the next presidential contest
viii be fought upon the issue of the
trusts.
While this statement by Mr.. Bryan
VIII afford evidence that he is still the
adrolt politician which his friends have
always recognized him to be, it is not Il
statement calculated to mislead any
body who is familiar with Mr.. Bryan's
record on the tariff question. 1t is well
understood by everybody who gives
thought to present economic conditions
and to the political prospects of the
next two years that substantially the
only issue that will be raised between
the Republican and Democratic parties
in the campaign in 1908 will be protec-
ton versus free trade Mr.. Bryan's
party will cloak its attack upon pro-
tNStloH W d pioPoSItion " ueStloy lie
trusts by admitting foreign competing
goods to the markets of the United
States upon terms that certainly will
be destructive to the manufacturing
and producing industries of this coun-
try and demoralizing to the wage earn
ers thrcuGl out the land, just as was
the system which Mr.. Bryan's party,
with his aid and encouragement ac-
compllshed with the Democratic tariff
act Of 1894.