Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

ough-going and effective campaign OF
education waged than that in behali OF
protection. This campaign began al
most before the constitution became an
accepted fact, and it has continued
from that day to this, gathering
strength, garnering influence and as
summing new proportions, until now II
reaches more people every day in the
year than any other campaign of edu-
cation can reach in full week. Be-
side it the literary crusade that was
carried on against slavery pales as does
the moon before the monday sun.
No one can estimate the thousands
upon thousands of pounds of printers
ink that have been expended In this
campaign. Weekly and monthly pub
locations are devoted exclusively to the
propagation of protection doctrines.
Others are published In which the pro-
mitigation of these doctrines is certain
ly not a secondary interest: Every
maker of ''boiler-plate" stuff for the
small daily and the weekly newspapers
is regularly supplied with matter tend
ing to uphold the protection theory.
Speeches are circulated. tracts distrib-
uted, free editorial matter supplied,
suggestions freely handed out. And SO
it goes on necessarily, only with more
energy today than yesterday, and more
tomorrow than today.
engaged In spreading the protection
sentiment broadcast, such as the Home
Market club, the Union League club
and the American Protective Tariff
league. The latter is the most ag-
gressive and the most unrelenting OF
all of them. Political parties get very
active during the stress of a campaign,
but as soon as It Is over they fall back
into a state of do-nothingness until
the next approaches. But not so with
the American Protective Tariff league
1t works Just as hard between cam
paigns as 1t does while one Is In
progress. Right now 1t is getting
things in shape for the congressional
election of 1910. 1t is sending out
cards to protectionists everywhere and
is getting from them list of men
who will cast their first votes that
year. These cards will give them all
of the information necessary upon
which to base a systematic bambard-
ment of the judgments of these first
voters. and from now to the election q
year from next fall these young men
will be we'll instructed In the cardinal
doctrines of protection.
Nor is that all. While seeking out
the first voters, the American Pro-
tective Tariff league is not taking any
chances that the first voters of last
year OF any previous year snail De eA-
posed to the dangers of backsliding
They are being cultivated as assid-
uously as the prospective voter. Liter
allure is being got out all the time
and the tremendous circulation OF
"boiler plate and patent outsides Is
being used to the utmost advantage
In a recent year in which there was nc
election the league distributed twenty
two million pieces of literature.
After this goes on for nearly two
years the political campaign opens up
The party orators. party workers and
party organs suddenly get busy and
continue so for a few months. Then
comes the voting and the announce
ment of the result. Little wonder Is
it that the party espousing protection
is the winner. Men may differ as t.
the questions involved in the tariff
but those who know what has been
taking place cannot but ascribe much
of the credit of victory to the mission
airy work of the protection propa-
gandists.
On the other hand, the low tariff adj
vocates are able to do but little mis-
sionary work between campaigns.
There are not those wealthy people who