Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

ulation of wealth. furnishing employment
TO labor, and everything that makes OPP
portunitieS, advantages, convenience and
happiness for the American people.
The Tariff Question.
Our democratic friends take much con-
ISOLATION in their claim that republicans
are DIVIDED Oh me Lal4n queslIUn 1ne4 Z
is general sentiment among the people
favorIng a Change in our pfeseAt tafIL
laws. There Always was ana there al
ways Will De differences OF opInlOh IN the
delailS OF questions OF sucn grave import
once; but there never was nor Is I"ere
now, so Tar as know, any ullefSnce oL
OpinIon within the TepuDLLcan RANKS as
to the Principle lnVoIVed, Hoiileiy, do " u
prolecuVe LarIH system. All rSpuDIlcdnS
SAND unlIed, and believe in this 6reaL aid
carolnaI prLncIple WnIcn the I~euOI4c,th
parry mas Iougnt and battied Tor from It's
mCepuon to Jnls day. All REPUBLICANS
slanu Tor protective tariff ana ueAounce
free trade as advocated by our deLnOcfaL-
&c IrlenuS. All republicans DeleVe IN tne
upbuIiuIng and encouragement or Amer
lean industries. We beneVe IN tarlh legs
laIlon that will benent laDor, and mat
VIII result in the common good or all.
In our state platform this year we de-
clared that we are unconpfomISlhSy IN
favor OIL the American system o. pIoteC-
ton. DuIIeS on foreign imports SAouAu
not be leVled tor revenue onIy, out SnOulu
be so adjusted as to promote our domeS-
tic interests, enlarge our foreign mdrkeLS
secure T6Iluu6EdIlNe OFFICES LOL TIC pl Od-
ncts OF our factories and farms, anu main
tam a superior scale of wages and stand
ard OF living for Aemerlcan labor. wise
and unselnSn tariff laws maintained IN
the interest of general welfare, equally OPP
posed to foreign control and domeSLc
monopoly, are essential TO our commercial
and industrial prosperity. We believe that
all inequalities in the tarln schedules,
wnicn inevitably arise from changing IN
dusIriaI ana commercial conditions SnouId
be auJusLeo from time to time, and con-
demnlng without reserve, ali assaults upUn
the protective system, We ldVVF sTGII
Reasonable and timely changes as will
keep the tariff in harmony WITH our indus
trial and commercial progress
Not a Sacred Schedule.
But the fact that we believe in pro-
tective IarIn does not Imply that We are
weuded, nIoe-bound. or Committed to any
SET OF tariff schedules; but IT does amply
that We are committed to great princI-
pie governing the construction Oh ali tar
IN scneouleS. No republican SO far as /
know, contends that there is anything
sacred In any set OF tariff schedules tnaI
they cannot be changed. Nobody con-
tends that all the schedules IN the Ding
ley act are or were perfect. That act
WAS undoubtedly a wise, judicIouS and
scientific measure at the time it was en-
acted into law, but conditions have
changed, and possibly new tariff law
could be framed that would better meet
the present conditions, but before we un-
wise to bear in mind that We never had
O tariff law that was perfect in all its
details, and that We never Will have.
We have a great country with varied in
terests these varied interests must be
harmonized or there could be no tariff
legislation. One interest, for instance
agriculture, is compelled to yield to
other interests In order TO secure ade-
Quate protection for itself. Tariff legiS-
latlon is to give and take, each interest
driving the best bargain it can.
Laws To Fit Conditions.
Tariff laws are made to meet existing
conditions. Hence republicans believe
that where tariff Is no longer needed
for protection or revenue, it should be
readjusted. The republican party has in
the past revised tariff laws. 1t revised
hs own laws in 1888 and 1890 as cheerfully
and promptly as 1t did the democratic
tariff laws In 1861 and 1867. 1t will revise
the present one whenever conditions de-
mand; whenever 1t becomes certain that
such revision Is advisable, practical and
for the best interests of this country. In
our state platforms We declared that
tariff rates should be just, fair and inn
partial, equally opposed to foreign and
domestic monopolies, and must from time
TO time be changed to meet various con-
ditions. In our state platform this year,
we declared that 1--WE favor such rea-
the tariff In harmony with the Industrial
and commercial progress. You ask
when shall these changes be made. An
Swering for myself will say that believe
4 can with safety be undertaken at any