The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-10-11
is ONLY ONE WAY
70 SECURE RELIEF FROM TRUST
ExToRTIoN.
Republican Monopoly-controlied Sen.
ate Stands in the Way OF Tariff
Acknowledgements Party
Pledged for Justice.

stand on the tariff? Secretary TAFT
has been telling US, and he is the
spokesman OF the administration, that
the tariff will be revised after cleo
ton But a much greater influence
in the Republican party than Sec
rotary Taft. the Protective Tariff
league. looks upon Secretary Taft as
having placed himself outside OF the
pale OF true Republicanism and adj
yises protectionists to bestir them
selves in the matter OF the selection
of Sound protectionist delegates 70
the national convention. II is TO be
presumed that sound protectionists"
are those who would stand pat or re-
wise the tariff higher.
What will the Republican voters do
about il? viii they follow Taft with
his indefinite revision of the future.
or stand pat with the league.
In either event. whether Taft or
the league prevail in the Republican
convention, there will be no revision
that will take from the trusts the
protection from competition that the
tariff has thrown around those grasp
ing corporations. The old protection
list ring is entrenched in the senate.
and many OF them enough for a ma
jority OF the Republican membership.
can only be ousted when the voters
determine TO replace them with Dem
ocrats. The contributions of the tar
III protected trusts will be used 10
keep the protectionist ring in power,
and most of them have their own mil
lions 10 buy legislatures. That class
OF Republican senator's will find them
selves reinforced by Guggenheim OF
Colorado. of the smelter trust. which
controls silver and lead: Du Pont Of
Delaware, of the powder trust. Smith
of Michigan. attorney for the beet
sugar trust: Borah OF Idaho, the at
torney Of the Mine Owners associa-
ton, and Others.
What chance has real tariff re-
form. or even a revision of any
kind that would reduce the protec-
tion 10 the trusts. in such hands?
So it is safe TO say that even with
promise of tariff revision in the
next Republican platform it would be
evaded when a reform bill reaches
the senate. however the house of rep
resentatives viii stand when IL or
ganizes in December 1909.
So what is the use Of Secretary
TAFT. or any other Republican. or the
party representatives in convention,
promising tariff reform. even if they
really wish to accomplish it?
There is only one way the tariff can
be revised after election. and that
is by the voters electing a Democratic
| president and a Democratic congress.
and then enough Republican senators
like La Toilette and Dolliver would
perhaps join with the Democrats in
voting for a partial revision made on
lines that they would stand for. Then.
with the voters fully aroused TO the
enormity of a trust-controled senate
standing in the way of further re-
form. the legislatures of enough
states might be carried 10 knock out
enough Of the trust-controlled Repub-
lican senators and replace them with
| Democrats.
Just think II over and IL you feel
the pinch of trust high prices vote
accordingly. The Republican voteg is
as much interested as the Democratic
voter in abolishing, or. at least. so re-
! ducing the tariff that the fear of for
eign competition will compel the pro-
tected interests to lower the price OF
their products. The Republican lead
ers will raise fog OF some other is
sue in the coming campaign 10 try
and delude the voters into the belief
that other and greater interests are
az stake than paying tribute to trusts.
But when you come to consider that
the tariff-proteced trusts have in
creased the price Of their products on
the average over 81 per cent. so that
where you were spending one dollar
YOU now have to spend sl.54 for the
same quantity and quality OF goods.
no other issue can compare with the
tariff Issue as far as dollars and cents
are concerned.