The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-12-02
The Outlook.

sSultS taOuiateo. AhSy
ltoeether satisfactory to the Re
'ublican party, nor to the business
,,erests of the country. A change
1 the political management OF a
ountry produces uncertainty In
naucial enterprises and thereby has
tendency to stagaate businsss' "A
.v;s;on of the tariff by either party
, this country has always pro aucea
feeling of uncertainty in business
,,.rnr;ses tha, resulted in more or
ss demsraliza,ion Of trade. The
oc,ats have won sweeping
lio,orv with their promise OF free
s.de and revision downward.
We don't think the Democrats
ould 90 to any radical extremes on
riff revision if they had the power
here are too many prominent men
,,ono them who are out and out
,o,.ct;onists Yet. they have
.ae 60 MANY threats and promises
,tgf the business world is distrusttul
them, and business men seem
ra.dv 70 have begun trimming
lis on the prospect of Demo
ratio victory in 1911. lhe nc
ublicans themselves, IN s'e"'
easure, are responsible tor the'r
yn defeat. The party leaders
.emed to lose their nerve' TWO
.ars AGO. and gan trimming In
4 Aspopse to the popular clammof
T. tariff reform, started and
\ sltated by Republicans ~l'no''
Sov clear understanding OF '"e
sorkipg of tariff laws or the purPo''
"a ,or;H schedules. The people
e. ~
& i.came impregnated with the ioea
at great system of robbery unoer
suise of protective tariff was
I,ing perpetrated,
Gn some manner they worked inc
jmost universal prejudice against
cal
xf3usts and combinations OF caP''dl
4 atH it was made TO lncIuue 'ne
a,rhf and the great cry went oVe'
e country that the tariff must be
/wsrya. Urged on by the Demo
siIatic partv with its tendency to
iae trade. it became a cry that
buld not down and Republican
4 ade,s pandered to the demand
II Id the results wer>, we had Kepuo'
Fans all over the land fighting the
hrty because this schedule or ths'
4 not suit their individual views,
Z osing sight of the very principe
nrotection in their mad Efforts to
Iscredit the tariff bill which repre-
MED the combined wisdom of the
snnhlicsn party, as nearly as II
ald be expressed in law consider
a tbe warned interests to be con-
tered We don't think the re
nt taud iaw was the best law that
Iuld have been devised under
herent circumstances, but we do
- Ink il wss about the best thai
A,iuId be developed at the time
In Honditions and conflicting
81 ereErs as they were. We dom
ID lux a Republican is justihed IN
shting The law and the protective
Anciple because he is not satisfied
Z th every part of the schedules
Iouted. About the only active
ncipIe of d ference today between
/ Democratic and Republican
rites is the manner, of applying
tariff. The Republicans insls
so laying the tariff that American
,erDrises and American labo'
all be protected against the cheap
,or of Europe and Asia. The
moc1a's claim this 10 be unneees
v, aud say let all markets take
e OF themselves, buy where YOU
buy the cheapest and sell where
can get the best price. Wher
Democrat ceases to believe in tht
ory of the Democratic party and
es for a prote tive tarlf hi
ses to be a Democrat aud shoulc
classed as a Republican.
The same way with Republican