The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-27


Iy adding deluslou to procrastInattoU
and uncertainty. We have prominent
Republican authority Senator Dol
liver and Senator Hanno, 10 prove
that In tho present law the rates
were knowingly made higher than
necessary with understanding that
reductions would no made 10 secure
foreign trade. Mr.. Deliver said
the senate on January -, 1908; 1T
is true that IN tho bill which he (Mr.
Dlnglcy) reported from the commit
lee on ways and means he did put
duties up for the express purposes
Of having them traded down" Mr.
Dolliyor insisted that the reciprocity
provision in the Dingloy act was as
distinctly a part Of the tariff policy
as me coal schedule and complained
that mot one limo OF the wisdom OF
James G, Blaine remained on the
statute books" and that mot a step
had been taken 20 fulfil tho purpose
Of tho last Buffalo address of Pres
ldont Mckinley" And yet the very
men who present this new plan pre-
vented the carrying out Of the old
plan,
The schemes rcsorted to by the
men who have grown rich BY laying
tariff burdens upon the country are
more numerous than novel Tariff
measures which ombody tho princi-
pies OF protection are not drawn by
legislators, although as q matter OF
courtesy they generally bear the
names of legislators; they are really
drawn by the representatives OF the
interests which demand protection,
These representatives claim to be
guardians OF tho laboring men, and
yet they carefully avoid writing into
the law anything that will require
the guardians to execute tho trust
lIt is strange that 50 many voters
have been so long deceived as to the
object and the operation of the laws
which are ostensibly designed for the
protection Of the wage earners; Il
can only be accounted for on tht
theory that the voters have not un
. derstood either the theory Of protee
ion or the facts that are relied upor
to support II.
In ordinary affairs there Is no dill
= ference between a tariff reforme
: and a protectionist. They meet to
gether in business, in society in tn
lodge room and in the church /
e their daily life they apply the sam
n rules and are guided by the same Blu
c mess rules This similarity man
10 tests itself all through life and up t
- the very hour Of death, II a pro
- tectionist makes will, he makes
~ upon the same plan that the tart
- reformer follows. AS death al
- proaches, he estimates the value
-, his property, leaves to his wife an
-. children what he wishes them
~ have, and then makes such beques
~ as he likes to public institutions an
-. TO those outside of the family; ar
- such part as he leaves to his wife al
=. children, he carefully divides amor
~ them. giving to each definite shar
- He does not give all his property
~ one child and say that he trusts Il
-, child to deal fairly with the rest
-. the family. Why? Because
- knows his children and would n
- put a child in a position where So
- fishness might lead him to do
49, Justice to other members OF the IA
-. ily No, he would not trust his ov
., flesh and blood 10 deal fairly wi
,ao those reared at the same firesi
80 with him: and he is wise In not pl'
a. ing this temptation before one OF
own family But when protectio
w. list comes 10 make tariff law
-. acts on an entirely different plan;
~, votes millions, yes, hundreds OF n
49, lions Of dollars TO manufacture
~ whom he has never seen, and tru
-, them to be just in the distribute
=, OF the trust fund among their c
49, ployes. And what has been the
Wv, suit? Just what might have b.
30 expected the manufacturers hi
No. appropriated the trust fund to tn
~ own use and have paid their
80 ployes only such wages as trade c
AN ditions compelled
inc The Homestead strike occur
cen after the Republican candidate WI
AK his letter OF acceptance. He co
, il not ignore the strike, for 1t presC
he'd ed an object lesson which ever
act, high-tariff Republican could not
ded to sec. So Mr.. Harrison, the car
date, referring to the strike, said
3pe- 81 regret that all employers of
It Dor are not just and considerate
IN that capital sometimes takes