The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Is ONLY ONE WAY
TO SECURE RELIEF FROM TRUST
ExToRTioN.
Republican MonopoIy.controlled Sen
ate Stands In the Way OF Tariff
Revision-Democrat Party
Pledged for Justice.

Where does the Republican party
stand on the tariff? Secretary TAFT
has been telling us, and he Is the
spokesman OF the administration, that
he tariff will be revised after cleo
ton. but much greater influence
in the Republican party than Sec
rotary Taft. the Protective Tarin
league, looks upon Secretary Taft as
having placed himself outside OF the
pale OF true Rcpublicanism and al
visas protectionists to bestir them-
selves in the matter of the selection
Of sound protectionist delegates to
| 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 It? VIII they follow Taft with
| his indefinite revision Of the future,
or stand pat with the league.
In either event. whether Taft or
1 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 cntrenChcd in the senate.
and many OF them enough for a ma
| jurity Of the Republican membership,
| can only be oustod when the voters
| determine 10 replace them with Dem.
ucrats. 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 to buy legislatures. That class
| Of Republican senators will find them.
selves reinforced by GuGGcnheim 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.
torncy OF the Mine Owners associa-
tim. and others.
What chance has real tariff re.
form, or even revision of any
| kind that would reduce the protec-
ton to the trusts, in such hands?
SO II is safe to say that even with
promise of tarifI revision in the
next Republican platform II would be
nyadcd when n reform bill reaches
the senate. however the house Of rep.
resentatives will 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
he revised after election" and that
is by the voters electing 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
enOrmty of trust.controlled senate
standing in the way Of further re-
form, the legislatures OF enough
states might be carried to knock out
enough of the trust.controlled Repub.
lican senators and replace them with
| Democrats.
Just think 1t over and II you feel
the pinch of trust high prices vote
accordingly The Republican voter 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 to try
and delude the voters into the BELLE
that other and greater interests are
az stake than paying tribute to trusts
But when you come to consider thai
the tariff.proteced trusts have in
, creased the price OF their products or
the average over 81 per cent, so tina
, where you were spending one dolla
you now have to spend 81 54 for tht
same quantity and quality Of goods
no other issue can compare with thu
tariff issue as far as dollars and cent
are concerned.