The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-26
TUESDAY, MARCH rs, 1907,
True faith,ls confident, and VIII ven.
ture all the world upon the strength
Of It's persuaslon.-Jcrerny Taylor
Cleveland's Call.

CleyelandS Call.
Mr.. Cleveland declares that tarin
reform is the Issue that will clarity
& the atmosphere solidify5 tho friends of
Democracy and bring victory to the
party.
~ hold the matter of the reform OF
tho tariff I. to be absolutely funda.
mental" says he This question OF
& the trusts is entirely dependent upon
It, 1t cannot ever be denied, and 1t
should never DO forgotten, that tho
tariff is the father of the trusts. In
Ct all forms Of corporate injustice find
their origin and their refuge. If tho
country is interested in securing to
every man an equal chance let 1T guar
antce him first such rights as, for in
stance, the right Of purchasing an
American made article as cheapy as
It can DO purchased by foreigner
abroad"
He holds that 1t i'll becomes us to
persist longer in our. policy Of childish,
selfish isolation, and that it is time
10 end the farce. II tariff reform be
made the issue, he believes that the
American people, with a realizing
sense of their callIto higher life,
will respond to the demand to throw
I off this barbarous superstition Of In
dustrial isolation and gladly, conf
IDENTIFY take its tr:- place in the in
dustrial scheme Of q well-ordcscd
world"
AS for the outcry against corpora
tions in general and railroad corpora
y tions. Mr.. Cleveland says that it Is in
the nature Of a delirium, and that We
shall all be ashamed of 1t by and by.
There is no principle, he adds, in the
question whether railroad fares should
BIZ three cents or two cents mile
Call to higher life 1t is a good
line. 1t is the voice of craftsmanship
and not of politics. The nation does
not live by bread alone. It's higher
life does not consist in meat and drink,
in railroad regulation. In food inspcc-
ton, In river and harbor improve
ment, or in pension payments. It's
higher life is its spiritual life, so to
speak. and feeds on principle.
Tariff reform is not a matter of
schedules merely. Tariff reform, as Mr..
Cleveland says. is fundamental. It
implies oduol rights to all. 1t implies
special privileges to none. 1t implies
honest taxation, limited to the needs
of government when economically ad
ministcrcd. 1t implies fairness to our
own citizens ana friendly intercourse
with tho nations Of the earth with
0Aor1 we deal.
Mr.. Cleveland is calling the Demo
Gratis back to the fundamentals.
1--WE denounce Republican protection
as a fraud. robbery OF the great
majority Of the American people fol
the benefit of the few. We declare
it to be fundamental principle of the
Democratic party that the Fedora
government has no constitutions,
power to impose and collect duties, ex.
cept for the purposes Of revenue only
3 So said tho convention Of 1892. Tha
was tho plank upon which the high
was made. and upon which Grover
Cleveland was elected.
But go further back
I'VE denounce the present tariff,
said the convention of 1876. whicl
nominated ''lden, las masterpiece o
injustice, inequality and false pretcnse
we demand That all custom-house taxa
ton shall be only for revenue.
That which was Fundamental in 1877
and in 1892 is fundamental in 1907, an
Will be fundamental in 1908 and for
ever. Democracy always on snf
ground when 1t stands for a revenu
tariff and when 1t opposes all form
OF class Legislation. Democrats ma
denounce Grover Cleveland, but hc ha
called them to their creed and pointe
the way TO honorable victory.
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