The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-26
The River Press.
Published every Wednesday Morning
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ing Company.
FOR TARIFF REVISION

The speech of acceptance delivered
by Mr.. Sherman, the republican nom
inee for vice president, ls described
az one of the briefest ever made by a
candidate for so high an office, but it
covers the most important issues of
the campaign to good effect. The
subject of tariff revision was given
fret place in MIR. Sherman's remarks
by the declaration that he is q pro.
t%ectionist because experience has dem
0nstrated that the application of that
principle has lifted US as q nation to
q plane Of prosperity above that occu.
pied by any other people.
The republican position in regard
to tariff revision was defined by the
vice presidential candidate In this
statement:
The Dingley bill, when enacted, was
adapted to the then existing conditions
The developments of Industrial pros.
perity in q decade, which in volume
and degree have surpassed our most
roseate expectations, have 80 altered
conditions that in certain details Of
schedules they no longer In every par.
ticular mete out justice to all. In this
REIMBURSEMENT the principle of pro.
lection must and will govern; such
duties must and will be imposed as will
equalize the cost of production at
home and abroad and insure q rea-
sonable profit to all American inter.
ests.
The republican idea OF such q profit
embraces not alone the manufacturer,
not alone the capital invested, but all
engaged in American production-the
employer and employed, the artisan,
the farmer, the miner and those en-
gagged in transportation and trade;
broadly speaking, those engaged in
every pursuit and calling which our
tariff directly Or indirectly affects.
During a statutory application of
this principle, prosperity has abided
with us. When a revenue tariff has
been the law, adversely and want have
been our portion. Our democratic
%brethern, whose memories are as short
as their promises are frail, and who
have always exhibited a lack of ca
pacity to profit by experience, un.
mindful of the distress and destruc.
ton that arrived and departed with
the last democratic administr alton,
declare in their platform hat they
favor such Immediate revision OF
y n n schedules as may be neces
sary to restore the tariff to a revenue
basis"
A ~''revenue basis,' a "tariff for
revenue only" "ultimat free trade
all have an identical meaning; tina
meaning being an assault upon Am
erican industries, an attack upon the
American wage scale, a lessening de.
mand for the products of American
soil and American toll; less work,
less pay, less Of the necessaries o.
and comforts Of life. In the light o.
history what issue OF the campaign sc
vitality affects American citizens? Elk
perience, that effective teacher-effec'
tive save with the one.man power now
parading under the title of the demo
cratic party-has taught the nation {
valuable lesson aud the result of the
coming November election will once
more prove the American people te
be apt scholars.
What the laborer Of the land, skilled
and unskilled, desires is the opportu
nifty at all times to exchange his brai,
aud Drawn for good pay in gool
money. A protective tariff and thu
gold stand ard, both now the existing
achievements OF the republican party
in spite of democratic opposition, Civ
the laborer that opportunity.