The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-12
Address of the Hon. Henry T.
Rainey, at the Dinner of
the Committee on Tariff Re-
form of the Reform Club in
the City Of New York.

we nave become world power
in fact. Out of the mists
of the future problems soon
to be solved are already shaping
themselves.
The great racial migrations
which began when the world was
young in the far off mysterious
East. have belted the globe, and
today, in the islands of the seas.
close to the cradle of the race, we
are eDdeavOring to implant our
theories and our form of govern
ment.
Will the hands that we have
reached out and laid upon those
islands become stronger or wither
at the contactf We are advised
by the proponents of the protect.
i've tariff that we are there to
stay, and as a result Of that con
dition, assuming that to be true.
one problem presents itself now
with greater force than all the
other problems, the question of
revenue.
1t costs money to expand. We
are beginning to find that out.
Since 1897, in a tim of profound
peace, the expenses of our War
Department have doubled Since
1897, in a time of profound
peace, the expenses per capita
of the administration of the gov
eminent have increased 30 per
cent. The necessity for more
money to conduct our national
government is about TO become
the great question of the day.
The battle of the Sea Of Japan
leaves the island uation the mis-
treSs of the Pacific Ocean. She
could easily sweep from the seas
the ships that we are able to
keep there now as she recently
destroyed the Russian fleet.
Over in England they are now
building the greatest battleship
that the world has ever known,
and it becomes Immediately nee
essary for us, if We are to pursue
our present policy, and | am as
Suming that we are, to build an
other battleShip, just as big. even
though it costs ten millions of
dollars to build it.
On account of all these facts.
and on account of a possible de
felt in the treasury, which the
Juggling of figures may be able
to conceal for time, the ques-
ton which impresSeS itself upon
the country now above all other
questions is the question of rev
enue. the question of IA revenue
producing tariff. We are begin
mug to understand that the
money which comes into our nat
ional treasury is our source of
governmental strengthened the
money that is kept out of it by
tariffs thar prohibits the impor-
tation of goods.
1t is hard to attack these sched-
ules; whenever you attack one
schedule all of the protected ben
eticiaries under all of the sched-
nleS rush to the rescue aud you
must fight them all. You cannot
fight one wasp, and you never
could, without fighting the whole
colony. All these men who are
benefited or who believe that
they are, all these men who think
that they will at some time in the
future be in some way benefited
by the protective tariff system,
or who think that their friends
some day may be benefited by
thls system financially, stand to
gether and present bold front
when you criticiSe any one of
these items, although each one
of them is being robbed by all
the others. | have yet to find
the man who believes in a pro-
tectlve system and who is benefit
ed by it, who is not willing to be
Sheared by Others in order to
have himself the opportunity Of
shesring everybody else. And
so the matter stands.
Some years ago they discover
ed chrome mine. 1t belonged
to one family. There was OILY
one then-there is only one to-
day, | am informed; but all these
protected beneticiaries got to-
gether and imposed a tariff of
a cents per pound upon chromee
and this tariff has kept chrome
out Of the country ever since and
has not brought any revenue into
our treasury. The effect of it
is to exhaust the mine. If it is
# any value-to have it here the
effect of the tariff is to exhaust
1T in the course of years.
Not long ago they discovered
the greatest deposit of borax in
all the world in one of our West
ern States. 1t was not possible
TO compete with it. All YOU have