The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-22
THEY ARE NOT AGREED.

THEY ARE NOT AGREED.
 The Des Moines da) Capital deals out quite a lengthy editorial preach ment to the young men anent the tariH. We can almost see the briny as he beseeches them to make no mis- take, young man." meaning that they shall stick to the Dinsley tariff till time shall be no more. or words to that effect. He tells them what a perfect law 1t Is; how 1t brings in the revenue with which, among other things. we are digging the Panama canal" He informs them that the question is. whether or not we think the time has come when we want to donate. free of charge. to Germany. Great Britain and France the best market in the world the American market. what picnic Great Britain. Germany and France would have if the American protective duties were lowered as advocated by Governor cummins! The governor has said repeatedly that there ought to be a general reduction of tartff duties for the benefit of the consumers" A general reduction of tarif duties in the United States would be made immed- lately available for the building up of English. German and French manufac- tories and would further enrich the merchant marine now owned by Great Britain and Germany-with France third in the race"
 All that is as ingenious as 1t is specious and misleading. No one with any knowledge of the needs of the gov ernment wants the tariff removed. No one wants American manufacturers and producers ruined by allowing our coun- try to be flooded by the products of cheaper foreign labor sent into this country free of duty. The arguments of The Capital are the arguments used by all friends of the trusts. They are arguments which have been made t. do duty many times and by them timid voters have been kept in line and trust magnates induced to contribute liber- ally to campaign funds They are tire some. and The Capital should try q variation
 On the other side of the question we have q voice from New Hampshire. Mr. Putney, one of the Railroad Commis- sioners of s:sat State. Republican and ss....tor o: Manchester newspaper. has been stirring up things. We will leave out his excoriations of Roosevelt and his administration. and only take some note of his tariff ideas. He al ludes to the. attempt to deal with the great trusts and asserts that the only effective way of dealing with them is by taking down the tarift wall by which they are surrounded" adding that when local competition has been abolished 1t would seem to be the time to open our doors to foreigners and their wares, at least wide enough to conpel home producers to sell to our own people as cheaply as they do to other nations"
 That is good Democratic doctrine from an unexpected source, Naturally 1t grates harshly on the nerves of The Manchester Union, which dolefully re- marks that If Mir Putney has any considerable following among abli cans in the advocacy of this played out Democratic doctrine, that the tariff Is the father of the trusts. it may be we'll publican ranks" and then 1t life up its voice and asks: 'f
 What must be the chargin of our senators and representatives in con- gress, when they learn of the apos- tasy (. Mir. Putney. What must be their annoyance when engaged in the royal battle against the trusts to learn that here in the chief ctiy in New Hampshire this old Democratic doctrine Is being revamped and put forward by the busy pen of Repub- lican editor who has received more in dollars and cents for supporting Re- publican policies than any other man m New Hanlpshire?"
 With due respect for our tariff up holding contemporary, the idea that the high tariff Is the father of the trusts lacks very much of being, "Played-out Democratic doctrine" It is Democrat ic because, it Is true. and none but the wilfully blind can fail to see 1t. but it lacks a great deal of being played out" On the contrary. there are many strong Republicans, East and West, who knew that 1t is true, and numbers of them have the courage and honesty to say so in plain language.
 If the Senators and Representatives from New Hampshire all belong to the stand-pat aggregation we can well be- lieve that they will look on MT. Put ney somewhat as the Revolutionary patriots looked on Benedict Arnold. All the same he lacks much of being lone some In the Republican ranks, though not all the others are as outspoken as he. Newspapers like The Union and The Capital may implore or denounce to the end of the chapter, but they can not keep all their party associates gagged forever. Some of them are fair enough to speak out occasionally, and they generally cause a fluttering in the rnks.