The Irish standard., 1908-10-17

peal, and postponed the matter till
after election. Would the Irish World
call the president freetrader because
he. asked that wood pulp be placed on
the free list to break up the paper
trust?
| The Irish World is aware that the
revenue for the maintenance of .his
government is solely derived from tar
iff on importd goods and the tax upon
liquors and tobacco That the revenue
! raised In this way is not sufficient 20
meet the enormous expenditures of th.
government is evidenced by the fact
that at the recent adjournment Of
congress there was deficit in the
United States treasury of s6o,0Oo, 900.
Is the Irish World in favor of the plank
OF the Denver platform to raise more
revenue by means of the income tas::
Does it favor continuance of the
present high tariff, which is largely
responsible for the deficit in the treas
ury?
The Irish World ought to know tina.
if tariff on foreign goods is prohibits
cry, or nearly so, the foreigners will
not ship their wares to the United
States, but seek a market elsewhere
for profit. If they do not ship to this
country the revenue from customs Gu
ties falls off, and how is the govern
ment going to get money for the dig
glng of the Panama canal, for pen
sions, for appropriations, for warships,
for salaries, etc, etc.?
In the dispatch from Berlin to the
New York Sun, upon which the irish
World bases it's editorial in last weeks
issue, it is said that the Germans are
interested in the presidential campaign
and favor a victory for the Democrat
ic party. We are glad to hear it, ;,nd
hope that German-American citizens,
led by Herman Ridder and others, feel
the same way. In the dispatch re-
ferred to. we read:
German hopes of Democratic VIC
tory have been revived and many mer-
chants and manufacturers have sud-
denly grown optimistic about a re-
vision of the tariff which will enable
them to flood America with their
goods"
That dispatch was sent to ]. Pier
pont Morgan's paper by subsidized
representative of the trusts. who want
tc exclude foreign goods at any price,
even if the United States treasury o.
comes bankrupt. 1t is natural that the
merchants and manufacturers of Ger
many and other countries would be
glad of "a revision of the tariff" and
prefer Democratic to Republican
victory, for the reason that they be-
lieve the Democrats will perform their
promises and revise downward, while
the Republicans, if they revise at all,
will revise upward.
Judge Taft says that some articles
need a revision upward, though he
does not specify what they are I1x-
Congressman McCleary says the same
thing. We are curious to know what
the American made articles are that
need higher protective tariff than is
now levied on them. Perhaps the
Irish World could inform us, for we
have never heard of any American
manufacturer complaining of the car
tff being too low on foreign goods that
enter into competition with the 600 Is
he manufactures here at home.
The Irish World quotes with avidity
from the Republican platform as fol-
lows: "In all tariff legislation the
true principle is best maintained by
the imposition of such duties as will
equal the difference between the cost
of production at home and abroad. to-
gether with reasonable profit to Amer-
ioan industry" Why does not the
Irish World or its Republican conte n
poraries give the people the difference
in cost between foreign and homo
made goods and say what "a reason
able profit to business industry" should
be? In former campaigns the advo-
Gates of the protective tariff made a
bid for votes by saying that the tariff
was for the protection Of the Ameri-
can workingman from the pauper la
Dor of Europe. The pauper laborers
Of Europe are admitted free, and the
goods they manufacture in Europe
are excluded for the benefit of tie
American laborers. who are thrown
into competition with the European
immigrants. and whose wages ale
regulated by the demand and supply
II the labor market.
If the tariff is such a boon to .he
laboring men of this country, why IS
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