The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
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John DalzeH, Republican Leader


This man has exsrted powerful poiit- teal influence in this country the past fif- teen years The Dingley tariff, in it's most important schedule. is John DalzsfFs hand ,work Under it's operation the American ueople are taxed hundreds Of millions Of dol lars annually on iron and steel. and mann- features thereof. of which but $9,1Si'04S found the way to the United States Treas nry in the fiscal year 1906. All the rest was pure graft. and went to swell the proftta or the steel trust and kindred concerns ana nay dividends on their watsred stocks. This country Is the biggest producer of iron and steel in the world. and makes the cheapest tron and steel in the world. Given naonop- oIv of the domestic market our ifonTnas- ters send abroad immense cargoes of iron ana steel and manufactures thereof and sell to foretsners such wares in competition with ali the world, and much cheaper than the game goods are sold at home. and herein the blessed tariff is benefaetion 10 the foreigner and a hardship te the American consumer.
 The Constitution of the United states con- sers on Congress the power to Hay and coi- lect'' tariff duties: but more than 20 per cent of the duties '1aid" in the iron and steel schedule of the Dingley law are cor lected by the manufacturers of Iron ana steel. They are paid by the people all
 
 Treasury One great ironmaster IS repu'eo to have an income of s1.50oooo a month .hta Is taxes "1aid"' in the Dtngley ia"' ,,ot for the public treasury. but Tor the nrIvate coffers of Andrew Carnegie wno lr ona of the largest tax collectors Tn tnr world and second only to the governments .. the United States in this hemisphere his dame were Bill Jones, he would De Just aa rich with the priviles>s he enjoys 10 ta1
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 Jshp palxell is one of the very able men in Congress He Is 8 lawyer Of ftrst-rA]s capactty, q student with vast acquired knowiedse a debater strong in statsHsh1 and adroit in argument. In addition ne ~ an honest man and sincere in the pssc'ee of his deviln1ent. HailinE from Ptttsnors- that is a product of tariff privilege-ne nae persuaded himself that the chief mission ot inc tariff is to protect and its incidental office to raise revenue. Hence he favors pro- bibitorv duties on, whatever Pittsburg can turn out For example, the duty on wire rope and wire strand is 5e .22 per cent ana practically prohtbitory; on cutlery the outy Ia ss TO per cent; on files and rasps 7s.S per cent; on chains 4s.sS per eent.i on tin plates g2.s7 per cent. These are seJnple crafts Mir DalzeI writ in the tariff to increase the EiLtSOuhB sAsD9 VI
 Governments are bad or worse In exact nrouortion to the degree of privilege 1t al- Iows favored classes. Privilege in govern fneut Is tho antithssis of equality Tarhf duties laid to protect the steel trust are nrtvfleae that concern enjoys and that must be paid by the ordinary citizen. For the oaDe unborn and the dead are affected by the sprtces of Iron and steel If the tariff oio not enhance the prices of iron and steel and
 fhaFsOf iron master would turn free trader. The only meaning of the word protection as 1t relates to the tariff is the privilege to monopolze the market and charge eHorbitant prices.
 Since the Southern question made way Tor the issues growing out of policies of pohu- cal economy we have had five great nation al tariff battles in this country-1Ssz, leSe' 1888. 1890. and 1892. In each and all or them the tariff was paramount. Three of them IsS2 1890 and 1ss2-Asssulted in signal Democratic victories. one 1888. was SUD- s,antial Democratic victory. One. 1888. was A Republican victory by the slenderest or margins The tariff was more or less coH- sidered in 1878 and 1884. Democratic years. AS 1t was in 1880. when Garttelo eAti4l reformer, by the waysshsaded me NsPuo4 can ticket and was elected. Here is thS one prosperous issue for the Democratle party honest and constitutional taxes; but the
 
 6aa run away from the issue he rendered he is certain to head the Democratic ticket and the controversy will be over govern ment ownership and operation of railroaos' whatever the platform may say or ansay or not say--that is. if MT. Bryan Is the can didate. My humble advice to the Democrat ic partv is to fix for l912. The Republicans cannot even revise the tariff much less re- form 1t. SO the Issue of real tariff reform will be as irresistible in 1s1a as 1t was Tn 1882 or 1890 or 1892.
 MT Dalzen was born in New York City in 1s45 When e child he was taken to Pittsbure by his parents and has resided there ever since. He was given an excellent and a classical education. Ills is legal mind and he naturally chose the law for profession. He had not long to wait Tor ! clients. and while yet Q young man hA lEna