The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-25

Last Wednesday afternoon Repre-
sentative Charles B. Lands delivered
O speech In the House bearing on the
tariff question. Mr.. Lands took
radical stand in favor of the tariff in
force at present, declaring that well
enough should be let alone, and citing
as proof of his stand the wonderful
prosperity this country has enjoyed
during the last ten years. under a Re-
publican administration and high
protective tariff Conditions must
be different in Mr.. Landis' district
than they are in the Sixth, otherwise
he could never consistently defend our
present tariff. The harm being
wrought in Richmond by the high tar
iff is illustrative of the condition of
affairs throughout the entire Sixth
District We are all very much elat,
ed over the vacation of Fourteenth
street to enable the Hoosier plant to
increase its capacity, because 1t
means that some four hundred add.
tional men will be given work, which
naturally indicates that Richmond
population will be increased. This
in turn will mean new houses must be
built to provide shelter for the new
Corners and naturally the contractors
and carpenters will benefit, while the
grocers and meat markets will have
more mouths to feed, and the mer.
chants more clothes, dry goods, etc.
to provide. Were 1t not for the high
tariff Gaar, Scott & Company would
practically double the capacity oil
their plant. which would mean worR
for almost eight hundred more men
AS 1t is, Gaar, Scott & Co., will soor
be forced to build new plant in Can
ada In order to hold their trade there
by the retaliatory measures that coun
try has adopted, as a protest agains
our unjustly high tariff. In this man
ner the business men and farmers O
Wayne county are being deprived o
an increase in business through tn,
'dog-in-the- tariff which tn,
stand Patters" are so strenuousl,
defending, With a sensible tariff
Gaar. Scott & Co. would be able t,
build their new plant in Richmond in
stead of erecting it in Canada, and Al
in the case of the Hoosier plant thi
would mean an increase in Rich
mond's population, with correspond
ing increase in the volume of business
transacted In this locality. The far
mers would have larger market her
in the city to dispose of their products
and the value OF their farms would b
enhanced by the increase in its popu
lation. 1t will take long and har,
fight, however. to break the sway @
the high tariff believers, as their doc
trine has become firmly entrenche
in the minds OF majority of the pee
pie of this country, as synonymou
with prosperity, and naturally so i
view of the wonderful run of goo
times we have experienced during tn
past ten years or so. But the poiu
the anti-tariff revisionists miss is tn
fact that tariff, like locomotiv,
may become antiquated. and in nee
Of being thoroughly overhauled. Ths
is the situation this country is face I
face with today. 1t has advanced s
rapidly that its tariff system has bee
unable to keep up. and as result,
out of date and badly in need of r,
pairs. AS 1t stands today our tart
is simply breeder and protector {
the huge monopolies which are act
ally threatening our national lif
through the corrupt and illegal met
DDS they use in seeking to stamp o.