The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-19

announce the fact that their leaders
were In favor OF a tariff reform. The
great difference between the two
plsnks Is, one Is specific, while Taft's
plank Is evasise, and almost any.
thing can be made out OF IL. The
TAFT plank says, that tho republican
party Is In favor Of revision OF the
tarin "insnring the maintenance OF
the true principle OF protection by
imposing such custom duties as will
equal the difference between the cost
OF production NJ home and abroad,
together with reasonable profit. f"
The only difference between this
plank and the one introduced two
years ago was that Il was added that
tarif revision could DO trusted to
republican president and republican
congress. Tie country now knows
what this means. Four years ago
the cIamor was almost as great with
In the republican party as II is at
the present time. yet there has been
nothing done. The trusts are sell.
Ing the products OF their mills to
foreign dealers in competition with
foreign manufacture and a price
much cheaper than the same articles
are sold TO the consumer at home.
This has been proven 20 often that
II Is useless for the leaders OF the
party TO deny IL.
The tariff question has been 50
safely Entrusted TO a republican
president and republican congress-
that the leading republican papers OF
the country have even been unable to
induce either the president or con.
gress TO admit free wood pulp IN
order TO protect the publishers OF the
country from the exactiops OF the
paper trust. 1t Is a logical conclu-
sion that the party In power would
refuse to pay any attention to the
pleas OF the opposite party for tariff
revision, but 1t looks az " some at.
tention might DO paid TO the requests
and demands OF the party organs
upon which the party must depend
In national election.
Nothing came OF the promises to
the people I'm the republican plat
form OF four years ago, though the
present day revisionists ~ have been
prominently identified with the adj.
ministration. The question now
arises Is he more to be trusted now
than he was four years ago? BY re-
ferring to the platform OF 1852 1t will
be found that the one then intro
duced In the national convention was
similar In many respects to the plat
forms recently, adopted which Is sup
posea TO be the wisdom OF Mr.. Taft.
In the face OF these promises to the
by republican there has
been an increased tariff In place OF a
reduction, or even ''duties equal TO
the differences In wages at home and
abroad. =
II the platforms OF the party were
referred 10 no doubt IL would be FOUND
that the same promises have been
made for the past forty years before
an election To be broken afterwards.
The facts are, that no relief can be
expected should the republican party
win In the election this fall. 1t Is
hopeless to expect tariff refrom from
a party that Ii partner and a ben
eticiary OF the tariff.huilt and tho
tarift protected trusts. and the most
of whose senators and congressman
are mostly elected to safeguard the
interests of these trusts. In the
Ohio platform the tariff pledge Is
so much huncombe, and will be like
all former pledges for tariff reform
intended 10 catch votes. The same
will be true OF the Chicago platform.
They will not dare TO come out and
place specific and definite pledge to