The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-22
MIR. BRYAN GIVES
 HIS TARIFF VIEWS
(oontinued from Page seven.)

N~-~eN-%-~A AhOAAA EG8E SENenst
 larger demand for labor will be a guaranty against the reduction of redgcs msgs IA tnr;t reduction Sf the tarift will tieed because of the high schedules; e reduction in price will enable more peopie to buy. and this larger demand york and increase the number of in- SdiSa Stimulate expoFtF,oR1 1oTtsF, Rrics yill srsstiy iff upon what they use will be better prepAred to enter the contest for gu- premacy in the worlds trade.
 We cannot hope to invade foreign markets to the extent we should, until we relieve our manufacturers of the handicap that protection places upon them in the purchase of materials thev have to use. Neither can we hone Ts, continually Increase our exports with must be mutual if it Is to De perna. !. nent. President Mckinley recornlzed this, and in the hast speech that he made he pointed out that we must buy asDm anm otnsr nations if We expect to
 The Democratic plan does not con. template an immediate change from one system to the other; it expressly declares that the change shall be grad uai, and gradual change is only pos sibie where the country is satisfied with the results of each step taken We elect a Congress every two years and a President every four years, and if the results of that policy are not satisfactory. But we believe that the experience the people have had with ,protection for protection's sake" has tariff by gradual steps to a revenue basis, and we are convinced that the advantages following each step will De so pronounced and that the benefits will be SO universally enjoyed that there will be no cessation in the pro gress toward system under which the tariff will be levied for the pur- pose of revenue and limited to the needs of the government. The low tariR law of 1846 did not produce a panic; on the contrary it was so satis- factory that when the Republican uartv' wrote its first platform ten years afterward the protective principle was not endorsed.
 The Democratic party has declared for an income tax as a part of the revenue system and for constitutional amendment as means of securing this tax. Secretary Taft announces in his notification speech that he is in favor of an income tax whenever the rev enues are so low as require it and expresses his belief that 1t Is possi- ole to secure such tax without constitutional amendment. If it is possible to frame a law which will avoid the objections raised to the in- come tax of 1894, well and good, but that is uncertain. If an income tax is desirable, surely Secretary Taft can. not consistently oppose the adoption of constitutional amendment. If tha principle is right and the tax wise. Congress ought to have authority to levy and collect such tax, and no supporter of Secretary Taft can oppose our position without dissenting from the Republican candidate.
 The whole aim of our party is to se- cure justie in taxation. We believe that each individual should contribute to the support of the government in proportion to the benefits which he rec ceiYes under the protection of the gov ernment. We believe that 8 revenue tariff, approached gradually, according to the plan laid down in our platform, will eQualize the burdens of taxation and that the addition of an income tax will make taxation still more equitable. If the Republican party is to have the support of those who flnd a pecuniary profit in the exercise of the taxing power, as a private asset in their business, we ought to have the support of that large majority of the people who produce the nations wealth in time of peace, protect the nations flag in time of war, and asfi for nothing from the government but even handed justie.