New-York tribune., 1909-04-28
TIE WRONG LABEL.

We appreciate the kindlness and enthusiasm
with which our former -nelghbor, Inc ->tN
York Times" welcomes us to fellowship III tie
free trade communion Yet. however hlghl!
we value our colleagues courtesy, we caIhol
but feel that our election 10 that eNcIue'''
sodalitv was undeserved and that we sun iacN
the necessary qualifications Tor iheiioei sup
The Times said yesterday:
We congratulate The Tribune. our friend and
cor1eae7,e in the cause of tariff reform upon
the enemies it Is making. Not so l"hs as as
The Tribune was Chdng even us loi -: -.
criticisms of the exhibition Congress Is HdIlIl9 Ms
of itself over the tariff matter. and now at "a
The Tribune agrees with US IN our IefSo ?tI 80
although Vet IT IS little iassdtt u rn,lard
adiectives Already ii is receiving ~ +ho
TTora Cor instance is The Bulletin OF tie
American Iron ard steel Association using 'III9 |
language: The New-York Tribune one 80 o.
..Crgar Of nrOteCtiop, hut now pracucallE d ~
trade organ. expresses the following otIi tn,.
and The Bulletin proceeds 10 auole VIZ, VIZ t,I,, ,Ia
aninfous 0f The Tribune which nave our t-,.;,,,,
IInro,-al b,,t which The Bulletin. with sh9NILS
,en and paIlid face. denounces as ou'-di
free trade"
Our neichhor disclaims indorslng enuIe' "'
Judgment of The Bulletin OF the \ 49,
IRON and Steel Association" Yet it seems !"
accent THE Bulletins" verdict as caS>mH ",7
us with il as .an organ of free taue'
would have been more convincing II me
Times" had employed its own powers OF 'oSi,
and data within its own possession 10 SHOW , r
ofter cbidinC il for criticisms OF the eAH'''
..tion which Congress is making ot ltSeH oN''
.tba tariff matter The Tribune now aEItcS
with it in its reasoning. although as YET ~
-laggard" in the matter OF "adJeclNes'
have agreed with The Times and again diS-
agreed with it over the merits OF the taI!h
LEGISLATION now pending in Congress. but 'lie
reason for that is that The Times has Vlo-
Iantl,- DISAGREED with itself We were largely
in accord with our friend and former nelgapor
when It said on March IS:
# 1.-THE PAYNE bill is a more reasonable blI
than anv that has ever originated WIN IIiE
marty of protection. It is the very opposite OF
tta 1rcLIinIe1 hill and the Dingley bill, and, SO
far as can now be judged is much better blll
than was sent TO the Senate IN 1893 Oh n. ~
basis of the Tariff Commission 'ePoi' ~ ''''l
year
We were certainly not in accord with what
It said on April .:
Its 1.-THE Payne blsI bad eminence surpasses
any previous tariff bill It is more Disappointing
of eyuectation than the commission blll ol 1902
II is worse than the Mckinney Dill "hlCi
brought down upon the Republican party tIe
resentment of the people. It adds new eNtoI-
tfons TO those practised under the Dingley act.
We have not agreed with THE Times's' later
reasoning. any more than we have at any time
borrowed its 'adjectiyes.
With all Difference to the authority quoteu
I,v The Times" The Bulletin of the American
no hesitation in saying that ii is as hrInF
r,rotectionist In sentiment to-day it has ever
been 1t feels. in fact that 1t is better pro
tectionist than its -prOtectioniSt critics,
since it wants 10 perpetuate the protective
principle by popularizing it and applying II
more intelligently 10 changed conditions IN
domestic industry and international commerce
We have favored such a revision Of the tar1n
as would do away with unnecessary protection.
,I,,,9ng f.4r fTs for u
REDEMPTION of the pledges made by the Re
pubIican party in the last Presidential cam
pafgn We have commended the bill passed by
the House of Representatives as rational
attempt to make Republican promises good.
IF in so doing we are to be charged with free
trade" tendencies. we are In excellent Republi-
can company Would The Bulletin Of the
American Iron and Steel Association charge
President Taft Speaker Cannon, Representa-
tives Payne and DalzeH and the Republican
majority in the House of Representatives with
having surrendered to free trade?
The Tribune has held that the Senate bill. as
a whole, is much less satisfactory than the
House bill. But the House bin is essentially and
thoroughly protective. even though it has put
on the free list some raw materials now taxed.
Ever Pennsylvania does not shy at those
changes. although Pennsylvania is foremost as
a producer of coal and oil and as a manu-
facturer of iron and steel. There is no more
conspicuous high tariff newspaper in Pennsyl-
vania than ''The Philadelphia Press Yet The
Press advocates the general policy Of free raw
materials. II said yesterday:
The revision of the tariff ought TO add 70
free raw materials It ought not to maintain the
protection given free materials controlled
by a trust When trust holds a material
il holds the industry by the throat. The House
saw this The Senate should,
Possibly this will also he denounced as free
trade" heresy. Yet it reflects the sentiment of
prOtectioniSts everywhere who far-sighted
and rational and who want to see the protective
system strengthened by judicious concession
and adaptation.