Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-12-31

brother Of Hon. Paul Grosscup, Of
Charleston, this state, and q republi-
can, has an article IN the North Amer
lean Review for December that deals
with the tariff and the trusts. lie deals
with the subject In manner caIcui at.
ed to open the eyes OF those who read
his article to the conditions into which
/ we are drifting az result ~ these
prime cause.-the tann and the
trusts.
He does not believe In antitrust
laws as means Of "busting'' the
trusts, and asks, .sWhat trust has been
efiectually diesolveds What violator
Of the antitrust law is in PRISON." He
shows that within the past seven
years the nece' stiles Of life have in
creased on an average of 80 per cent,
and declares that the PayBe-Al dricb
bill Is q make beIieye,u gross de-
ception, a "nothing" IN the sense 81
relieving the burdens on the necessi-
ties Of life. With one blow he skaters
/ the present alleged prosperity. Infer
entiaiily It Is the tariff beneficial rles
! who are sharing the current prosperi-
/ ty; it Is not the people. 1t exists In
| the ssgross bulkn and Ia shared by a
com parntively few. 1t IL not the right
kind Of prosperity, prosperity, as the
Judge puts IT, "founded upon justice
! among men, He wants the tariff
upon which prosperity largely rests,
| placed where Il belongs, ''among the
questions OF human rights.o What
the judge means by this fundamental
human right IL that the wage-earncr
/ of whatever degree Ii entitled to what
he earns--to all his loaf: not half or
part Of 1t. Here IL how he explains In
part the manner he is robbed Of 1t:
s'Now, consider In this connection
the tariff first, the right OF the indi-
/ vidual to all that he has honestly TAX
en- out OF the streams Of enterprise,
aud fnen his right to have what he has
thus taken coined into propert Sena-
tor DolIiver, who has been connected
with tariff legislation for twenty years,
has given us some figures, according
to which the people have been paying.
in increased prices upon goods covered
by tariff twenty-one hundred million
dollars annually, of which but three
hundred million, or one dollar in sew
en- has gone into the treasury o. the
TY.,taA tea. ~, utota = ar, ccr3
rectly, Of every seven dollars paid as
the IL creased price, say OF a moderate
suit Of clothing, six dollars to go to the
treasures, not OF the government, but
Of the tsriff-helped private enterprises.
OF course II the eighteen hundred mill
Iions-this six dollars in seven---is la
Dor cost in this country, over and
above labor cost in foreign countries,
Of ts' Uncovered products, the ma tier
becomes different question. But Ii
this huge sum eaten up In increased
labor cos.? The question, a. Mr.. Taft
told us In the campaign, Is a question
offact. 1t Is not very difficult ques-
|, ton Of fact. Courts deaf with equally
, difficult questions Of fact every day.
Why are we not given the facts? Why
has not Mr.. Taft, who says IL to be q
|, question of fscs, made public the facts?
And ii the facts when disclosed, wo Id
show that nearly all Of this huge levy
went Into the pockets Of the captains
what saves il from being a letter OF
marqae, ISSUED by government to the
tariff protected interests, To seize q
man on his way home with his loaf,
taking away not only par. Of the
loaf, but also substantial part Of the
years Prosperity, over and above the
loaf, that but for this, under just con-
ditions, would be coined by him to
something more lasting than the
loaf
Judge Grosscup is thoroughly dis
GU sed with the conditions that have
grow out Of the ''stand-patv policy OF
his party, and declares, as the follow
ing paragraph will show, that he will
leave his party unless there is eessa-
ton Of the present political iniquities:
"Our present tariff policy, and our
present corporation policy, twin
wrongs feeding upon twin human
rights, are fast becoming institutions,
and as such are fast becoming intoler-
able. What political organization,
coming forward a. the young Rspub-
ljcan party came forward in the gen
Grafton preceding Us, will stand for the
man in the common walks OF life, our
brothers in blood and race, as the
young Republican party stood for
those who were cur bs>thers elIy in
the larger family ofmanklnd2 For one,
ana ready to give to that orgaaiza-
ton ny humble lid. Ii that and can 10
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