The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-13
CHANGE MUST COME
TARIFF REFORM NECESSARY FoR
BUSINESS REvlvAL.
Demands Made BY Leading Manufae.
'urers Put Republican Party lead.
ere In a Hoie-Tine for voters
20 Assert Themselves.

a great many Republican manufac.
thfofs not in o. combine or trust. have
az hst discovered that they cannot
Increase production and nnd a market
until ihe iaun o. revised As long a.
Nh" home market absorbed AN they
could produce they we're satisfied 10
have raw materials and foreign made
products taxed by a high tahn. but
now The Republican panic having re.
ducri consumption. and having
surplus io sell. they must either Re-,
dur' their output COZ seek foreign
markets iIf their surplus To cheaper
ih'ir products they must have free
raw materials and that is what scene
arc demanding. and then they are con.
iton'Hd with Tho dilemma that the tar.
m generally must be reduced. so that
the cost az living may be decreased
ana wages thus Doc reduced without in.
jury to their workmon employed.
Gov DuugIas of Massachusetts. the
great boot and shoe manufacturer. has
Tor years been telling bis brother man
uiaciufers that present conditions
we're approaching and advising them
and the people Of Massachusetts 10
demand tariff to save the Industries
~ thar state A majority of the boot
and shoe manufacturers 40 New Eng
lard have Joined with him la that de-.
maui bat Gov Douglas being a Demo
crat many hang back on account Of
partisan politics. although the people
elected him governor by a large ma
i1r.'y on the issues of radical tariff
reform
The meeting in Washington of rep
rescuiatites of the Manufacturers as
aociatiuu and othe. bodies. notably the
National Grange and their demand
upon iho president and speaker
for che passage ~ abe BIN Cor "a Tar.
M commission. o. good sign that
tarir ref0rmcrG can well be- pleased
with. although ro immediate advan.
taFo viii be- rained. Tor the Republic
an leaders viii not allow the BIN 60
pats. Hut the movement adyeriises
the fact long since claimed by Demo.
Gratis. that the protective tariff was
bound to fall of it's own weight. and
that manufacturer who use raw mate.
rails of foreign origin would be- com.
PEELED Co have such free of tarin
dsty or they could not compete with
foreigners in foreign markets.
That time has nov come The
breakdown 90 the financial and eco
monte policies % the Republican party
has produced business depression. and
the nrst people to suffer are the manu-.
facturors and their w0rkmen. The
most ordinary business sense would
seem to demand forthwith such
amendment Of The tariff law as would
give our manufacturers thc free raw
materials thoy need. even 10 other
people were not Immediately relieved
from excessive tariff taxes n such
reductions were ut once put into o.
feet o. would put new life into che
depressed business uf manufactures
and allow them to seek foreign mar
kcts for their products that cannot be-
sold On the home market. and thus ln
ducc them 90 run their factories on
FUN time. instead of the present re
duced production. Workmcn would
then De- employed and from the ox
penditurs ~ their wages an business
would be- benefited
Rut The managing Republican poll
ticianH iu congress are in a blue funk
and are afraid that any discussion Of
the taun would add 90 their misery
Even President Roosevelt fears Ga
recommend ta.in reform. for o. o. said
be has entered into an unholy alliance
with the staudpattors. who have made
him believe that taHn discussion
would further doprcss business and
lead 90 the defeat of the Republican
party
So the Republican politicians stand
pat and allow the people to continue
to be Tluudorcd. and not 70 Republican
congressman rebels again-f the pro
gram D. 90 not time Co turn the ras.
. Gals out