The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-06-30

IONlSW VI w " INV
Encouragement to Those Who Hop
For Continuance OF Great Prosper
ity Marking country's Growth ur
der Republican Administrations.
The principal feature of the lon
drawn out debate in the United State
Senate over the tariff which ii is har,
for Pcnnsylvanians to understand. an,
for that matter it is equally hard TO
most of the West Virginia and Ohit
n~eighbors, is that n handful of pro
Tossing protectionists from the ives
Guido the Democrats in demanding
that the tariff bars be let down so tina.
the w%orkingmen of this country shall
find themselves in the same position
that tens Of thousands of British work
ingmen are-denied work because o.
the "Made-in-Germany" inundation Of
cheap goods.
Goods Made in Germany" are ruin.
ing England.
Goods Made in Germany" would
have ruined America long ago but for
the tariff.
There is one thing to be thankful
for, however, and that is that the pa
triotic Republicans in the Senate un
der the leadership of Senator Aldrich
have brought out in bold relief the diff
ference between patriotic Senators and
OF n fnc MAJ Whn Gfanl for thn nnnnraI
welfare of the whole country and the
American people, and the blatant POI
litical demagogues of that body who,
as the Keystone Gazette of Bellefonte
tersely puts it, ARE willing to sacrifice
the welfare of the people and the
prosperity of the nation in order to
keep themselves in the limelight and
exhibit their wonderful wind power,
and who by so doing hope to advance
their own selfish political ambitions
and peculiar state interests"
Since March 10 last the stanch and
loyal Republicans have been working
assiduously and necessarily on the
great question of a wise and effective
tariff bill. They have long been famil-
lar with the effect and results of wise
tariff legislation upon the interests of
all classes in the country-wage earn
er, farmer, manufacturer and trans
p%ortation companies. To preserve the
idea of protection has been one of the
cardinal and fundamental principles
of the Republican party since its or
ganization over half a century ago.
The final success of the party in get
tration of government affairs and the
enforcement of its tariff principles, has
given the country an uneXampled de-
gree of growth and prosperity. When
ever the policy of protection was TEN
porarily reversed then prosperity fled,
business and industry were p~aralyzed
and financial distress and ruin, pow
erty, pauperism and crime dominated
the land. yet" quoting from the Belle
fonte Gazette again, despite the
splendid history OF the past half cen
fury of the nation under Republican
rule, we have a gang of pseudo Repub-
Leans such as La Toilette, Dolliver,
Cummins and Beverage, young as SEN
ators, ignorant as national legislators,
great in their capacity to emit words
and wind, generally meaningless and
ineffective. and who possess an over
weening political ambition to run
things and to play the role of obstruc-
tionists for purely selfish purposes.
Men who hold up the legislation on
the tariff and thus keep in suspense
the rapid resumption of the manufac-
turing industries of the country would
for their selfish purposes inaugurate
a reign of soup houses, bring upon the
country a paralysis of business, finan.
cial ruin and distress. But they will
fail. And they and their %skyrocket
speeches and careers as Senators in
relation to the tariff legislation, in a
short time will sink into oblivion, and
the place that knows them now will.
ere long, know them no more forever.
"They cannot succeed because pa
,riotic Senators and Representatives
will enact a proper law that will pre-
serve protection to the American wage
earne and thus preserve the dignity
and honor of American labor and citi-
zenship and secure our own markets
for the products of our mills, our man
ufactories and our farms.
"All honor to the Republican Sena-
tors who are working so faithfully and
periodically for the best interests of
The country; and especially do we APP
prove and commend the faithful and
effective work of Senator Penrose as
one of the members of the finance com
mittee in behalf of a proper protective
tariff, as well as the support given tho
committee by Senator Oliver.
when the bill is finally passed the
people will proudly acclaim their
hearty approval of the work well done
by the Republican Senators who have
stood up so stanchly and made this
long contested struggle against politi.
cal demagogues in order to secure the
greatest good to the greatest number
and the general welfare and continued
prosperity of the nation"
In connection with this great debate
going on in the Senate it is pertinent
to inquire what has become of the
Democratic policy of free trade, Of free
raw material, of a ariff-for-revenue-
only? Gone a-glimmering! Uncon-