The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-06-18

tie few. No party that stands for
the best interests Of all the people
can support it, especially where it
fosters trusts, shelters 'monopolies,
and saddles the great burdens of
government on the farmer, and the
toiler, and the wage Garner of the
country The Republicans in
congress tell us that at some future
time they may revise the tariff
schedules of the Dingley law, but
they do not tell us whether they
will revise the schedules up or
down-whether they will make
the takes more or less. They may,
if they are continued in power,
revise the tariff taxes at some
future time; but if they do, we are
satisfied they will make the taxes
higher instead of lower and legis-
late for monopoly instead of man,
says the Duluth Labor World.
The Democratic party stands for
a fair, just and equitable revenue
system. a tariff for revenue that
will support the government,
economically administered, with
equal justice to all and favoritism
to uone, having jealous care for
our farmers and our toilers.
The Democratic party does not
believe in free trade any more than
it believes in protection for the
sake of protection. Free trade is
a scarecrow-a bugaboo. Free
trade at the present time and for
generations to come is an absolute
impossibility. There is not
civilized country in the world
today that is a free-t trade country.
All the nations of the earth raise
most Of their revenue from a tax
on imports. We must do the
same; but we do not believe in
taxing the necessaries of life and
excmpting the luXuries of life.
On the contrary, those articles the
least needed by all the people
should pay the higest tax, and
those most needed by all the
people should pay the least tax.
The Republicans contend, when
we demand a revision of these un-
Just tariff determinations in tax
alton, that it is all in the interest
Of labor, that this eXorbitant
protection is for the benefit of
the wage Garner, but every intel
iigent man in the country Knows
the absurdity of the proposition.
Labor comes in free. Labor re-
ceives no protection. Capital
buys labor as cheaply as it can.
Whenever you find two employers
looking for one workman, wages
will be high, and when ever you
find two workmen looking for one
employer, wages will be low.
When the demand is greater than
the supply, wages go up, when the
supply is greater than the demand
wages go down. Tariff taxes and
import duties have nothiug to do
with it. In all prosperous com
lnunities labor is sought for not
turned aside.
The Democratic party favOrs
tariff reform in the interest of the
consumers of the and for the bene
lit of the toilers of the land. II
IS Ill favor of reducing the tarif
taxes wherever they foster trust:
or shelter monopoly. 1t would re
dUce the tariff taxes on all goods
wares, and merchandise manufac
tured in this country and solo
would revise the Dingley tarit
schedules in a business way in tn
Interest of all the people. Th
Dingley tariff law violates ever,
principle Of Democracy. 1t is tn
highest protection measure eve
written on our statue books. 1t i
law for protection, fer the SAX
"f protection, and most for th
sake of revenue Most of tn
Dlngley tariff schedules are entire
= too high and in the interest O
monopoly. The Dingley tax law
yIo.ate the cardinal principle 9
JetTerson-''Equal rights to all
special privileges to none-' The
burden beyond the calculation c
the human intellect the strug
gllng of our country. They foste
monopoly and make a few ric
men a little more prosperous
They take from those least able
pay and give to those most able