Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22

IneY HTOu1O IGCtANtt-
win he explain upon what rule the
present tariff was framed? When have
the Republicans cl;uimed more protec-
ton than enough to cover the difference
In the cost Of production here and
abroad? The "rea sonable profit to
American industries is an addition to
the rule, and is likely to be used as
an excuse for raising; the tariff. And,
by the way, to whit other business
does the government guarantee rea-
sonable profit? TO t he farmer, or the
merchant or the labC Ter? 10 none OF
these If in revising the tariff the Re
publican party is to work upon exactly
the same plan Cor a lplan contemplate
ing a higher rate) whit hope have we
that the new tariff wi II be lower than
the present one? Are he present lead
ers more honest than the ones VINO
framed the existing tariff? Are they not,
in fact, the same men who are respon-
sible for tariff extorti, on during the
last decade?
Zeal Not Great Enough
If this newborn zeal for revision
were an Hundred times greater tnan
his notification speech in dicates, what
chance would the Republican candi-
date have of securing any real tarliI
reform at the hands of such Repub-
licans as new represent that party IN
the senate and house, the very men
who represented it in the recent ma
tional convention? Speaker Cannon
who has suppressed tariff legislation
in the present congress, was a DOM
mating factor in the convention and, II
the Republicans retain control OF the
house. will be the speaker of the next
congress. Does his prominence aI1ora
tariff reformers any assurance OF a re-
duction of the tariff in the interest OF
the consumers? In case OF a Repup-
| a n
will become the presiding officer of the
senate. He has been the confidential
companion of Speaker Cannon, and III
the convention 1t was Speaker Cannon
who vouched for him. But sLs a matter
of fact Mr.. Sherman's standpatlsin
needed no Endorsement; his record Is
a guaranty that no beneficiary OF spe-
cial privileges will be disturbed 1t
was CONGRESSMAN Sherman who, In
speech in the house on the 18th of last
April. boastfully declared: I'VE recog-
nize the fact that we have Repup-
lican majority in the senate, tnat We
have a Republican majority IN the
house, that is ready to resort TO every
legal. every proper constitutional right
to enact such legislation as it deems
for the best interest for the greatest
number of our people. and which is
willing and ready to accept full re-
sponsibility for all those measures
which are introduced here and which
are not enacted into law.
| The Republican platform suggests
that there should be a maximum tariff
and a minimum. the maximum to be
used in retaliation and the minimum
| in ordinary cases. This is merely
| adding delusion to procrastnation ana
uncertainty. We have prominent Re-
publican authority, Senator DolliVer
and Senator Hanna, to prove tnat III
the present law the rates We're klloW-
| ingly made higher than necessary with
the understanding that reductions
would be made to secure foreign trade.
| Mr. Dolliver said in the senate on jan
nary 10. 1908: "It is true that in the
hill which he (Mr. Dingley) reported
from the committee on ways ana
means he did put duties up for the
express purpose OF having then ~, cie4 AZ
down" Mr.. Dolliver insisted that the
| reciprocity provision in the Dingley
| act was as distinctly a part or the
tariff policy as the coal schedule, anu
complained that mot one line OF the
wisdom of James G. Blaine remained
on the statute books" ana tnat not
! a stem had been taken to fulfill the pur-
nose of the last Buffalo address OF
| President Mckinley" And yet the very
men who present this new plan pre-
vented the carrying out OF the oIa
plan. 49, man
| The schemes reSorted to by the men
who have grown rich by laying tarlH
burdens upon the country are Ii!ole
| numerous than novel. Tariff measures
which embody the principles OF protec-
| tion are not drawn by legislators, al
| though as a matter of courtesy they
! generally bear the names OF leglsla-
| TORS. they are really drawn by the rep
resentatives of the interests whlch oe-
| mand protection. These representatives,
1 A. aaVsdf q
i ing men. and yet they carefully AVOID
writing into the law anything that VIII
reouire the guardians to execute the
trust. Tt is strange that so many voters
Il have been so long deceived as 10 the
object and the operation OF the laws
which are ostensibly designed lot the
nroteetion of the wage earners; II can
pnIv he accounted for on the theory
that the voters have not understood
either the theory of protection or the
facts that are relied upon to support It.
Difference is Little
In ordinary affairs there Is no dil-
ference between a tarin rerornnel anu =, q
nrotectionist. They meet together IN
business. in society, in the lodge room
and in the church. In their daily lie
thew apply the same rules ana are
Guided nv the same business rules:
This similarity manifests itself al
: | through life and up TO Ine very houi
! Of death. If protectionist makes
will. he makes 1t upon the same plan
that the tariff reformer IoiloWs. as
death approaches he estimates t ne
value of his property, leaves 10 ms WIZ
. and children what he wishes them 70
have. and then makes such bequests
. as he likes to public institutions ana 70
! those outside of the family; ana such
, mart as he leaves to his wife and chill
dren he carefully divides among them'
. giving to each a definite share. he
does not give all his property to one
! child and say that he trusts the chilu
: to deal fairly with the rest or the
, | ia noilv WHY? Because he knows his
children and would not put child IN
! a position where selflshness might leau
him to do injustice to other members
: of the family. No, he would not trust
; his own flesh and blood to deal fairly
with those reared at the same hreslde
with him: and he is wise in not placing
this temptation before one of his own
: family. But when a protectionist comes
/ to make a tariff law, he acts on an en-
tirely different plan; he votes milllons'
yes. hundreds of millions OF dollars 10
} manufacturers whom he has never
} seen. and trusts them to be just In the
distribution of the trust fund among
their employees. And what mas peeh
the result? Just what might nave peeh
expected-the manufacturers have ap-
propriated the trust fund to their own
1lse and have paid their employees only
such wages as trade conditions COM
,, PEELED. os ,fta,.
: the sRenublican convention of 1892, but
| ;,ofora the RenubIican candidate wrote