The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-27
FROM THE 
 MIR. BRYAN'S PAPER
REVISION UPWARD.

l In his speech of acceptance Mf. | Taft, speaking of the tariff, said:
 On the other hand, there are some few schedules in which the tariff is not sufficiently high to give the meas ure of protection which they should receive upon Republican principles.
 This is sufficient to prove that re vision of the tariff" as understood by the Republican leaders does not mean revision in the interests of the people, but does mean that the protected ln- 1 terests will receive first consideration. It also demonstrates that the Indian apolis News, Republican newspaper, knew what it was talking about when, In its issue of July 2, it said:
 All that was needed to prove that the Republican tariff plank is d delu- l sion and a snare, as far as the tarlh | reformers are concerned, was the con- | mendation of the American Economist, the high tariff organ. This it now has. The Economist is fairly jubilant ovor the victory won in behalf of eX- 1 treme protection. The Republican l | assembled, has declared anew for the policy of protection-protection that | shall be adequate-and has rejected | the demands of the tariff agitators for a revision of the tariff downwards. 1 Which, of course means that the | party has declared, either in favor of | leaving the tariff as it is, or of reyis- ing it upward. Ne quote from the | Economist, which, be it remembered Is the uncompromising champion of | Dingleyism:
 "'The free traders and advocates of | tariff revision downward will not find a word or syllable in this tariff plank that tends to furnish them the slight est crumb of comfort. There is no promise in the platform of tariff re vision downward. After full | consideration of the whole subject, the Republican party in convention as | sembled did not declare for revision of the tariff downward nor did it give the slightest intimation that the be lief is entertained by the great body of Republicans throughout the land that the tariff rates of the Dingley law are too high
 Even the maximum and minimum tariff plan which is advocated con. templates. according 10 the Economist, making the present rates-or other
 adequately protective rates'-the minimum. and the imposition of still higher rates to force fair treatment from other nations We do not often find ourselves in agreement with the Economist. But it seems to us that what it says about the amazing plank adopted at Chicago is true. Every one knows that there are hundreds of thousands of Republicans all over the country demanding tariff revision in the direction of lower rates. Manu- | lecturers who are held up by the trusts feel very deeply on this sub ject. When the convention met il knew just what this demand was, just what it meant. It knew that it could not be silent on the tariff question, knew that it could not refuse to pre- tend to promise q real revision.
 And yet this convention put itself on record as fayoring sufficient pro 1 tection to put our manufacturers ab- | solutely on a level with those of other lands. and then to give them a req sonable profit besides. This can mean nothing else than what the Economist says it means. II is no | promise of revision dwonward. The proposition is not to equalize condi- tions here and abroad, not 10 make up 0 our manufacturers the excess of the wages they are supposed 10 pay over those abroad not to help them out in the matter of raw material. but | after having done all these things. | after having removed every obstacle. and taken off every handicap. We are | to tax ourselves to give the manu- | facturers-such as the steel trust-'a | reasonable profit. So it is a great victory for the standpatters The | Economist is quite right. For once it is absolutely right. The party has | thrown itself into the arms of the standpatters, Taking this plank in connection with the refusal of the con yention to demand publicity for campaign contributions, and also for campaign contributions, and also | in connection with the great activity of the agents of the steel trust at Chi caSo, it is hard to see how any tariff | reformer can get much hope from the tariff plank of the Republican plat form. There is less comfort than ever to be got from it now that the American Economist, besotted high tariff organ, has commended il with such touching enthusiasm"