The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-03

bring about by the formation of the
trust.
Sueaks for Indiana.
We come now to a somewhat anom-
alous situation in the state of Indiana
and you will observe that | speak with
reference TO Indiana alone, for. while
the democrats everywhere are in IA
! vOr of a tariff for revenue only, the re-
publican party of different states is
torn, divided and in dissension upon
this question. Some want reform,
some desire to stand pat, and some. if
| they could be heard, would like to ad-
vance. The democratic platform of
this state declares for tariff for rev.
enue only, and that all articles enter
ing into competition with articles con-
trolled by the trust shall be immedi-
ately placed upon the free list The
republican platform announces that at
its last convention, it declared in favor
of revision of the tariff whenever such
revision would do more good than
harm: that protection was never a mat
ter of schedules and while reaffirming
the time-honored doctrine that there
shall always be discrimination in du-
ties that will fully protect the wage
Garner of the United states, il has new
er desired a higher rate than would
accomplish that purpose and has al
ways contemplated revision from time
to time as the everchanging conditions
might make wise | beg to differ with
the statement of the republican state
platform upon this question. | main
tain that for many years it distinctly
affirmed that its purpose was not only
to fully protect the wage Garner but
that it was also to build up and foster
infant industries. The platform of
this year further continues: That
We believe that revision would
be now beneficial and to minimize the
harmful disturbance that tariff chang
es necessarily produce, we insist that
revision be speedily done" This
speed is to be accomplished by an ex-
ira session of congress based upon da-
ia furnished by experts but is always
to maintain the protective principle
as heretofore. This seems to me to
be a wonderful, wonderful statement
have never been able TO understand
how a thing which would be benefit
cial. would at the same time produce
-. harmful disturbance. yet such this
platform declares to be the condition
of affairs: that while the country
wants and needs and would be bene-
fitted by the revision of the tariff, still
if they do revise it, there will be a
very harmful disturbance of affairs.
, 1t has seemed 10 be. that if the re-
publican theory of protection was cor
rect, If it was true that prosperity and
: the republican party went hand in
hand. if the higher up you place the
tariff rates the surer you were to see
the wheels of industry moving and the
American working man with a full
dinner pail, large wages. ample op-
portunity for rest and refreshments
and for the saving of a comfortable
| sum for his old age, then, in this awful
hour of financial and material disturb
ance, when factories are closed. ma
| chinery stopped, the tracks full of idle
| cars, the bottom dropped out of the
dinner pail, and many a splendid speci-
men of American working man is
passing from door to door begging for
the nece ssities of life, if forty years of
republican theory as to what tariff
schedules would do for these indus.
tries and these theories are correct,
then here and now is the hour. and
this is indeed the accepted time when
instead of revising the tariff and re-
ducing the schedules, we ought 10 put
them up another notch, still further
s+ran prhaT1 IL raaI ipd =aS
give the American Iaboring man a fur
ther opportunity for livelihood. full
dinner pail and cOntented mind.
Nor can | pass this point without
calling attention to the fact that the
present condition of affairs discloses
the selfishness of mankind as embod-
led in the tariff schedules. This fact
is made apparent by the information
which the public press discloses. Al
most every prominent high-tariff edi-
tor in this country is now besieging
the halls of congress, and thus far,
knocking in vain, asking that the tar
iff tax shall be taken off wood pulp.
Why? l had always been led 10 be
lieve from the reading Of their papers
that the foreigners paid the tax II
they have seen a great light On their
way to Damascus, If they have been
stricken dumb by the iniquity of high
tariff taxes. if they have realized that
they have been prosecuting the saints
all these many years. then / beg OF
them in fairness 10 the American peo
pie to not only hammer at the doors
Of congress with reference to free
wood pulp. but to also insist on free.
ing the necessaries of life and to ask
that that same spirit of justice which