The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-04
AMERICAN TARIFF LAWS
Protection Propaganda

Some idea NAV be formed as to the
far-reachIng consequences of the un-
| ending camgaign OF education In Ia
vor of Protection when It 10 stated
| that 10000 votes properly distributed
would have made the present Con-
gress Democratic. and 10000 properly
| placed would have made the 6ixtieth
| Congress OF the same political com
| piexfon. A hundred thousand votes In
| the close states would have placed
william Jennings Bryan in the White
| House instead of william Howard
| Taft, and 900 cast In certain states
would have made Alton B. Parker pres
ident over Theodore Roosevelt. ordi-
narily the result turns on even mar
| rover margin than this. For instance
| had Mr.. BRYAN secured $4,000 more
votes In the critical states In 1895. he
| would have succeeded Grover Cieye-
| land. It IL safe to assume that the
Senate's political complexion would be
| likewise changed. and that the balance
OF power between high tariff and low
tariff - held by less than one percent
of the voters of the U4ited States.
In all the history of politics there
has nsver. been more unrelentlns
| Thorough going, and effective cam
paign OF education waged than that In
behalf OF Protection. This campaign
began almost before the Constitutior
became an accepted fact, and 1t has
continued from that day to this. gath
ering strength. garnering influence
and assuming new proportions. until
now It reaches more people every day
| in the wear than any other campaign
| OF education can reach In a full week
| Beside It the literary crusade that was
carried on against slavery pales az
| does the moon before the MONDAY sun
I No one can estimate the thousands
upon thousands Of pounds Of printers
| Ink that, have been expended In this
campaign. Weekly and monthly pub
lications are devoted exclusively to
the propagation of Protection aoc,
| trines. Others are published In which
the PRONUNCIATION Of these doctrines IL
certainly not secondary interest
| Every maker of boiler plate" stun
for the small daily and the weekly
| newspapers is regularly supplied with
matter tending to uphold the Proeec-
| ton theory. Speeches are circulated
tracts distributed, free editorial matter
supplied. suggestions freely handed
ott. And SO II goes on necessarily
only with more energy today than yes
| terday, and more tomorrow than today
| Many are the organizations that are
engaged In spreading the Protection
| sentiment broadcast, such as the Home
Market Club. the Union League Club
and the American frotectiVe AaiiA
| League. The latter Is the most az
rressiye and the most unrelenting OF
| ali of them. Political parties get very
active during the stress Of cam
paign. But az soon as It is over they
! fali back into q state of do-nothing-
ness until the next approaches But
| NOT 40 with the American Protective
Tariff League. 1t works lust as hard
between campaigns as 1t does while
| one Is in progress. Right now It Is
getting things In shape for the con
vressional election of 1910. 1t Is send
| ing out cards to Protectionists every
where and It is getting from them a
hat OF men who will cast their first
votes that year. These cards Will give
| them all of the information necessary
upon which to base systematic POM
bardment of the judgments OF these
first voters, and from now to the cleo
tion a wear from next fall these young
men win be well instructed In the car
dinal doctrines of Protection. =.
| Nor 10 this all. While seeking OUT
the first voters the American Protec-
tive Tariff League is not taking cnan-