The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-27
TARIFF AND TRUSTS
ISSUES OF GREAT MOMENT TO
THE VOTERS.
Democratic Party Stands Squarely for
the Granting of Relief to the
PIundered People-Repub-
Leans Plan Evasion.

II IS impossible to say now what
will be the paramount issue in the
hex: campaign. 1t is, however, quite
probable that the Republicans will try
and make some issue important on
purpose to prevent the voters from
thinking and voting on at least two Is
sues that give them much trouble to
comt.&t-namely, the trusts and the
tariff. AS far as the Democrats are
concerned, there can be no evasion OF
these two issues, which are really one
Issue, Tor they have to be considered
tceethcr. The tariff which protects
the trusts and allows them to plumber
the Ieople is a question of dollars n
cents and e~xpediency. The Repub-
Leans, having been forced to give up
their claim hat the trusts do not
sell cheaper abroad than here, are
therefore now forced to admit that the
time will arrive after the next cleo
tion-that is when the congress h a
will be elected in the fall OF 1913
comes into pOwer-when tariff revl
sion must be considered. h Tart
Roosevelt faction of the Republican
party are telling the voters that the
Republican platform will declare for
tariff revision. The organ OF the pro-
tective tariff league derideS this pro-
posed tariff reform declaration and
calls the opposing faction free traders.
AS Republican platform promises we're,
as we were assured by that high Re'
publican authority, the late Senate
Hanna, made to be broken, 1t is i'm
possible to have much faith In future
promises, if it suits the party leaders
to ignore them. Voters, therefore
who feel the pinch of high trust prices
and the enormous increase in the
cost Of living will be chary of elect
ing a Republican to represent them II
congress-, or a Republican president
who although pledged by the platform
to favor tariff revision. at the sam
time declares he stands for the doc
trine of protection. All the declara
tons of former Republican platform
declare for protection as a funda
mental doctrine of the party, and ever
those Republican congressman al
others who now say they favor revls
ing the tariff always qualify such re
marks by declaring at the same TIM
they believe in protection.
Now, the fact is that protecting tn
trusts. much or little, is only a matte
of measure. AS high protection plum
ders the of q great deal o
their incomes, it follows that to re
duce the tariff will still plumber Their
to the extent of the rates provided l
the law. If we had a tariff for rev
enue only as England has, the trust
and combines could not exist and pa
interest on watered stocks. h
would be forced to reduce the price G
their products to meet competitlo
from abroad and their profits woul
be so decreased that they would onl
be able to pay reasonable dividends o
, the actual money invested.
The Republican talk of free trade
only to try to brighten fools, and sci
sible men laugh at such vaporing
! Under our present system Of taxatio
/ we shall be compelled to pay tart
taxes, as England does, for the pu
: pose of raising revenue to support tn
, government.
The tariff question to be decided
how much the present rates shall
a reduced and how much tariff take
5 can be produced by proposed reduce
9 schedules, and whether the tariff tn;
shelters trusts, which sell cheapt
abroad than here, shall be entire
a abolished or reduced to a revenl
n basis? The voters cannot decide upc
Il all details. If they want real tar
reform, they must vote for Democrat
y congressman. If they want to stan
IS pat they must elect Republicans.