Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-24
]3NGE.l Signals Up
Manufacturers Send Warning to
fannsylVan q Republicans.
FEAR CT T&RlfF TINKERING
Iaqltai and Labor Seriously Concerned
Over Agitation of Iowa Idea" OF
Revision In the Stronghold Of Pro
sHctior.
Especial Correspondence

lSpeclaI correspondence.
Philadelphia Oct. 8,
q committee of manufacturers of this
ci5y has started a movement to impress
reon the citizens OF Pennsylvania their
direct and vital interest in the main
tnoare OF the protective tariff policy
o. tl'o national government.
Following up the formal action taken
t. recent meeting Of the Manufac-
traya' clgb waea vigorous resolu-
4as were adopted in opposition to
eaF ,iGaaang with the tariff infu-
ea;tel men prominently identified
Ulth jAe ioGllstrai Interests Of this
Fate, have ineHgurated on educational
tr3at0n to awaken the voters OF
>oanay,yaGia TO the danger confront
trs aem from the development OF
&u'ir mt in the west aud elscwaere,
in I.,.r Of ravisiau Of The tariff.
Tla assistance Of chairman Wesley
81. fn rewe and his eolIeagues OF the
Ean1. o0u sa:e committee, has been
eeaM to f""gaar the c-@pafgn for a
.J-ra pat policy on the tariff issue.
F,ant,!a :lregs Are Alarmed,
The ".lcj1gcrs admit tLat they
Gfo ccncern. a over The persistence cf
'"e tS:ih 'e'ls''n!Sta' ana lieE loCH
=" i's.4's! ,F'AL} iepHoilcaiiS 10 come
70 '"S front as lH'F nave aohe III the
past, md er Dhaaize their continued
Ieoly TO the principles Of protective
taciT.
The tariff reyi4ionists have been
E71"i35 IONS oi literature iilo Fei'a-
syi'ail2 lot -" purpose OF prehhlia
t-4t' .i--SS q ,ne ploleeIiNe t24 III ne
p"'L'e44 MS ana tiFy nave oesA pank-
ing tPhu e"','A8 oS"N the yoIe OF the
republican atate ueNet at the comihS
ees'oA an" 'A'S N-@&eA 'he voice Oh
s.'N Ss@le IN tH9 eo,.n'lIS o. 'he N7p'o-
A-aA party OF tAe N@Aoh'
re enemies o. pio'sI''"h are max
'l@ i sIe3. play 70 nave o@lesatss
els~l. " 90 ''e eo--I'+S AVpI"l''aN VA
,ip'''si o'NsA'I"b wac "lll l@for 'ie
lhaef't@n Oh niaRA N the PLATFORM
eallha LOT re- 'a'"n or the taf}a
ne manufacturers "ho nave siaftea
IN 70 eompal TINS proposition reaIlle
tAe GFaNilJ OF lhe SITUATION ana look
70 IehhsylFania 10 biock the game OF
ti'e feNlSiohiaIS'
CHAIRMAN 4hdrews' Caii 10 Actiog.
AFTER conference with some OF the
Leading manufacturers interested III
the movement which means so much
% 'he lhdustflaI ana business inter-
ea's OF TINS state Colonel Andrews to-
Gay sald:
iehhsyNahla industries are en-
-7haa3ed by the agitation for revi-
son o' the taflh, ana none can appre-
et2'e "lAt say 09tteF than those who
nave their rapifal invested ana VINO
oapaAd upon the protective tariff 10
ahieia them from rulnous competition
from The products OF the poorly paid
taDor OF foreign countries
here must be no unkeringsWith
TAe tariff, either before or after the
presidential election and Republicans
Or pennsylvania must be alive to the
situation II any move shall be made
TO change existing tariff schedules,
even IN the slightest degree, 1t Will in
augurate a period OF doubt and uncer-
tainty which would be reflected in the
utter demoraiiZation OF Pennsylvania
manufacturing interests, and there
could be but one result, condition
that would bear heavily upon the
farmers and wage workers of our COM