Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-26

are frying. the fat" with which they hope
to carry the election.
The question of tariff taxation is one Of
vital interest. / am In hearty accord will
our platform declarations or that subject.
Tariff Revision.
The republican candidate for vice presi-
dent, In his recent speech of acceptance,
lauded the DingleNs bill and declared that
when enacted 1t was well adapted to exist
inG conditions, but proceeded to add that
the developments Of industrial prosperity
In a decade which. in volume and degree
have surpassed our most roseate expecta-
tions, have 50 altered. conditions that in
certain details OF schedules they no longer
in every particular nete out justice to al"
For these reasons, he declared in favor of
a readjustment, based on the broad prin-
cIple of protection for all American inter
ests. alike for labor ard capital, for pro-
ducers and, consumers" The hundreds OF
thousands of American workingmen who
are now vainly seeking employment were
doubtless delighted when they read about
that .fndnstrisk prosperity which so ,'snr-
passed our most roseate expectations" In
Thousands of American homes families Will
gather about dinner tables which for maiiy
months. have not been encountered with a
beefsteak and indulge in "roseate eXpecta-
tons OF their own.
American manufacturers, whose factories
are idle by reason OF a restricted market
and those whose business has been Grip
pied by reason Of a high tariff tax on raw
materials will read this speech with pc
culiar satisfaction. II by reason of the
high tariff tax PROVIDED TOT III the DlnBltJ
bill factories were opened and labor given
employment at ren1uneratiVe wages, ana
our ''roseate expectations realized, why
should we now, when factories are closed,
and ar army OF men unemployed, seek to
revise that beneficient measure at all?
II the wages OF labor depend upon a high
ton OF that tariff? II, after eleven years
Of surprising prosperity brought about by
the Dingley bill, business languishes and
';roseate expectations" by raising the
tariff rate, to the end that there may be a
much needed revival of business, and thai
labor may again find employment?
The voters of America, are not likely to
be deceived ais to thaTtaTiff question by the
stock arguments of the opposition.
Tie average observation-disclosures that the
tariff is a tax to be paid by the consumer
of the article taxed. He knows that taxes
in excess of the needs of the government
are unjust and oppressive, and that ex-
travagance in government administration
INDUCED In for the mere purpose OF Great
irg a necessity for additional taxation Is
he is also coming to know that the use
of the taxing power OF the government
in SUCH ways that a few beneficiaries may
enrich themselves by levying tribute upon
the masses Is legalized robbery.
Every legitimate business interest In the
country is demanding tariff reform.
The manufacturer, who is not a nlonopo-
and wider markets for his products.
Eject of Restricted Market.
The workingman understands that a
restricted market means ~fireless furnaces
and enforced idleness. He knows that
American workrnen, with their sup rior in
telligence and ingenuity, with their inn
proved machinery, with cheap raw ma
terials and earning for their employers
more than twice as much az the laborels
OF any other country, have nothing to fear
from competition with woTkmen anywhere,
when the products Of their labor are set
down side by side in the markets of the
world. The American workingman has had
bitter experiences under the operation OF
the Dingley bill. Under the shelter II this
tariff wall, trusts and combines have
sprung up on every hand and with eXtOr-
tionate prices confront the consumer on
every occasion when he seeks TO buy the
necessaries of life.
Under this system the cost of living so
increased as to absorb the earnings OF the
laborer, after the most rigid economy and
self denial on his part and that of his
family. And II Is a noteworthy fact when
as an inevitable result Of the fiscal policy
OF the republican party, the panic of 1907
came, hundreds Of thousands Of those
American laborers, who were thrown out
Of employment instead of being able to
draw upon the fabulous savings bank ac-
counts so exploited in political literature
In recent campaignsS round thu meslyes and
families IN a state OF desliSution;
cities of the country Were a realization OF
but a part Of the ~'rosSate expectation"
Of republican statesmen.
The farmer understands that while he
has to buy everything In a protected mar.
ket. where, on nearly every purchase he is
compelled to pay tribute 10 the trusts and
tariff bfneficiaries. he Is compelled to sell
his surplus products in a free trade mar
ket, where he comes in competition with
all the rest OF the world. He looks no
longer with indifference upon the fact that
the farmer OF Canada, Argentina, Aus
tralia. and other civilized countries buys
agricultural implements OF American manu-
tacturer cheaper than they are sold to him.
These American farmers read and think
and are fully advised as TO the evils Of a
system which invites such enoTmities.
Thinking people Of all classes are becom-
ing Interested in the moral aspect Of this
question. The president. In vigorous Ian
guage, pointed the. evils which have grown.
out Of the existence OF swollen fortunes"
the most OF which have been amassed by
the beneficiaries OF this system.
References 10 La FOIIett &c.
Senator La Toilette, in a speech deliv-
cred In the senate last March, exhibited a
list OF less than 100 men who, he declared,
controlled the industrial life OF the nation
and held in their hands the business OF
the country. A casual reading Of this list
shows that II Is made up OF men who have
been the benefieiaries OF legislation or ia.
vOrites in tho administration Of the law.
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