The Detroit times., 1908-08-22

as benehcl9ries Is id not significant
/ also that the Wage earners. instead OK
! the manufacturers, are always de-
! scribed as the most direct benen-
| Charles OF the protective system
But let us suppose, for the sake Of
argument that the. Republican party
sincerely repents or It's delay In be-
ginning tariff reform, regulates IT'S
Obligations TO the contributing manu-
facturers and honestly begins re
! vision" What rule is 10 govern the
revision? The Republican platform
says
I'm all tariff legislation. the true
/ principle OF protection is best main
tained by the imposition OF such duties
as viii equal the difference between
the cost OF production at home and
abroad. together with reasonable
profit to American industries.
MIR, Tart endorses this rule ana says
that in number OF schedules the tar
in now exceeds this difference, and that
| the excess offers "A temptation TO those
1 who would monopolize the production
, and sale OF such articles In this cCun-
try" tie adds. however. that there
are some few articles on which the
tariff In not sufficiently high 20 give
them the measure OF protection they
should receive.
Excuse for Hnislng- Iarin---
VIII he explain upon what rule ne
/ present tarin was framed When nave
1 the Republicans claimed more pIotec-
ton than enough TO cover the diHer.
| ence In the cost Of production acre ana
| abroad? The reason able proht 10
American Industries IN au addition To
the rule and Is likely 10 be used as an
excuse for raising tie IAEIn-AnA--L4
I INC way, TO what other business does
The goXe over, ~ klaIanLss
merchant or the laborer? To none OF
| these. II in revising the tarim the Re
publican party II 10 work upon cNdctly
| the same plan Cor plan contemplating
a higher rate) what hope have We tiIat
the new tarifr viii be lower chan the
| present one? Are the present leaders
| more honest than the ones who framed
the existing. tariff? Are they not I'm
fact the same men who are responsible
for tariir sextortion during the last de-
cade? IL this new born zeal Tor re-
! vision We're hundred times greater
| than his notification speech indicates,
what chance would the Republican can
didate have OF securing any real torin
| reform at the hands OF such Rcpub-
| ffCHns ag now represent rndr purity III
the senate and house. the very men
who represented Il in the recent ma
tional convention? Speaker Cannon.
who has suppressed tariff legislation in
| the present congress, was domnat-
ing factor in the convention and. IL the
Republicans retain control OF the
house. Will be the speaker Of thf next
congress. Does his prominence afford
tariff reformers any assurance OF re :
duction OF the tariff In the interest or
the consumers? In case OF Republic
An victory Congressman sherman viii
become the presiding officer OF the 50 n
ate. He has been the confidential com
paniOn OF Speaker Cannon, and IN the
| convention II was Speaker Cannon who
vouched for him. But as "A matter OF
fact. Mr.. Sherman's standpatism need
ed no endorsement, his record Is
guaranty that no beneficiary Of special
privileges will be disturbed. II was
Congressman Sherman who. In speech
in the house on the 18th OF last April.
fact that we have a Republican major
fly In the senate. that we have Re
pubifcsn nrHjorits Pr t'tf-~ ff''-f-'--
ready 10 resort TO every legai, every
proper constitutional right To enact
such legislation as IL deems for the
best interest for the greatest number
OF our people, and which ~ willing and
| ready to accept full responsibility Tor
all those measures which are intro
duced here and which are not enacted
into law"
| The Republican platform suggests
that there should be a maximum tariff
and q minimum, the maximum to be
used in retaliation and the minimum in
ordinary cases. This is merely adding
delusion- TO procrastination- and -uncer-
tainty. We have prominent Republican
authority, Senator Dolliver and sena-
tor Hanna, TO prove that in the present
-tAe-sates sefe=ktf6ss NJ tft +St-rtttrttt-
higher than necessary with the under
standing that reductions would be
made TO secure foreign trade. Mr.. Dol
liver said In the senate on Jan IL,
1908: 1T is true that I'm the bill which
he tMr. Dingley) reported from ne
put duties up for the express purpose
OF having them traded down. Mr..
Dolliver insisted that the reciprocity
provision in the Dingley act was as
distinctly a part OF the tariff policy as
the coal schedule and complained that
not one line OF the wisdom Of James
G. Blaine remained on the statute
books" and that mot step had been
taken to rulflll the purpose OF the last
Buffalo address OF President MCKINLEY"
And yet the very men who present this
nAl vi n ~ tad he 80 taNI
OF the old plan.
The schemes re.orted to by The men
who have grown rich by laying turin
burdens upon the country are more
numerous than novel. Tariff measures
which emb0dy the principles OF protec-
ton are not drawn by Legislators. NJ
though matter of courtesy they
generally bear the names of legisin-
torsJ they are really drawn by the rep
! r~sentatf~es of the -inseS~wts wfrtrh- de-
mand protection. These representa-
lives claim to he the guardians of the
laborfng- usen,-and yet they carefully
avoid writing into the law anything
that will require the guardians 40 exc
cute the trust. 1t is~-strange that SO
many voters have been SO long de-
ceived AZ to the object and the opera
ton OF the laws which are ostensibly
designed for the protection OF the wage
earners. II can only be accounted Cor
on the theory that the voters nave not
understood either the theory OF protec-
! lion -tLn-faets et-urr rUf1Cu upon
| to support IL.
In ordinary affairs there is no differ
ence between "A tariff reformeI ana a
protectionist They meet together in
business. in society. in the lodge room
and in the church. In their daily life
they apply the same rules and are
guided by the same business rules.
| This similarity manifests Itself all
through life and up TO the very hour
OF death. II a protectionist makes a
win. he makes II upon the same plan
that the tariff reformer follows. As
death AnDTOArheS. he estimates the
value OF his property leaves to mis- wife
and children what he wishes thcH to
have. and then makes such requests as
he likes 10 public institutions 1nG 10
those outside OF the family and such
part as he leaves to his wife and chil-
dren. he carefully divides among them.
giving To each a definite share. He
does not give all his property to one
child and say that ne trusts the child
TO deal fairly with the rest OF the fam
lily. why? Because he knows mis- chill
dren and would not put a child i'm "a
position where selhshness might lead
him TO do injustice to other members
1 of the family. No he wouid not trust
his own flesh and blood TO deal fairly
with those reared at the same hrcside
with him: and he is wise In not Diac-
ing this temptation before one OF his
own family But when n protCCtionist
comes TO make "A tariff law. he acts on
an entirely different plan. he votes
millions yes. hundreds OF millions OF
dollars TO manufacturers whom he has
never seen. and trusts them to be Just
In the distribution OF the trust tund
among their employees. And what has
been the RESULT Just what might nave
been expccted:--the manufacturers
have appropriated the trust fund to
their own use and have paid their en-
ployes only such wages as trade con
ditions compelled.
Homestead strike Incident.
The Homestead strike occurred after
the Republican convention OF 1892. but
before the Republican candidate wrote