Evening journal., 1906-08-16

every avenue Of production; and. with
decrease OF wages and slack employ
ment. the great mass OF the people
would become less valuable customers
20 all other producers. such policy
would act and react upon all our peo-
pie who are customers for each other,
and we would have the nightmare"
Of 1898 70 1897 repeated.
When to Revise the Tariff
Tariff revision in time of prosperity
always has halted. and always viii
halt. business activity production and
commerce. The manufacturer viii
lessen his output, for he fears to pile
up his product unless there Is reo-
sonablc certainty Of realizing It's cost
and a fair profit. The farmer halts In
making improvements and consumes
less because there Is a shortened de-
mand for his products. The decrease
IN the wages OF labor alone pending
revision would amount 10 many hum
dred million dollars. Where there is
confidence and prosperity without pre-
codent, there would be doubt and de-
struction OF confidence.
1 heartily endorse the platform late-
ly adopted by the Republicans Of In
diana. which. in substance, says that
the Republican party will revise the
tariff when Il will do more good than
harm to the great mass OF the people.
! 1t is vital that the Republican party
should remain I'm power for the coming
two years I'm order that the LegIsla-
tive and Executive Departments Of the
/ q. af,r frt f|nr
mony. II our friends, the enemy,
should be successful in electing a
House Of Representatives I'm Novem-
ber next, that body in the Sixtieth
Congress would not be in harmony
with the Senate or with the President.
There would be a "tle-up." so 10
| speak, I'm legislation. Furthermore
their success would be claimed by our
Democratic friends TO be an evidence
OF dissatisfaction upon the part Of the
people with the legislation enacted by
the Republican Congress, as well ms
an evidence of dissatisfaction with the
President, and an assurance Of com
plete power TO be given TO them IN
1908 to enable them to carry out theii
policies. Their success, conservatively
speaking. would halt production and
consumption, and, necessarily, business
and commerce, at least one-tenth. In.
stead Of forging ahead, as we are now
doing. in every producing and busi'
ness avenue, we would halt; aye, more
we would retrograde.
Labor
Education, invention, capital an,
labor have struck hands. The forces
OF nature are utilized in production 70
the benefit of both producer and con
sumer. This condition necessarily re
quired the combined activities Of em
pioyer and employee. Naturally. diff
ferences arise between the two as Il
what is n proper wage, or, In othe
words. as to a fair division Of the prof
its Of the business. Laborers found
necessary to cooperate with eacl
other and act together in determinin
from time to time what was due ther
/, In the division OF the profits.
According TO the last census 100000
OF our people are employed I'm gainfu
occupations, and 100000, according Z
, the statements OF Mr. Gompers, ar
organized in what is popularly know
as unions" / feel quite sure tha
I such organizations of labor have, a
4 | a rule, been useful, not only to the Ia
! borer. but to the employer as well an
= to the whole citizenship Of the Reput
Il lie. It I We're engaged in such occupa
ton. i have no doubt that I would
a member OF the organization.
But Il is absolutely necessary, befoi
= there can be a contest about a divii
ion of profits. that there should
] fff
= profit to divide under the last admins
tration OF Grover Cleveland. Ihei
was much profit to divide under th
administration Of william Mckinle.
and there is much profit 10 divide nf
der the administration OF TheodoI
Roosevelt, and labor on the averae
: has been receiving larger share {
= the profits I'm increasing wages ever
year since the election Of Mckinley
! The first thing for each citizen 10 Z
= is to see to II that the economic an
I' financial policies which enable the pee
D pie to create a profit shall be contli
; ued. The conferences and contes
q touching the division OF the prom
y from time to time will be regulate
II by the contending parties. Capt.
u must get its fair share, or II will NJ
: continue I'm business; labor must &
e its fair share. or Il viii suffer. Neith
e can permanently prosper az the e.
pense Of the other. The very life
= the Republic depends upon the intel
i ritv. the wisdom. the patriotism, aT
n the vigilance Of the people who mai
s the Republic. Life. liberty, and Il
n pursnit Of happiness are inalienab
e, rfgbts Guaranteed by the Constitute
n to each citizen. whether he be rich
10 moor great or small. THE liberty
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