The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-11-16
SENATOR cOLsERsoN o. THE
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY,

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DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
Because OF his position in the party,
his sauuoh JenersCnian and Jackson
ian democracy, and his national emf.
neuoe Is an American statesman OF
the hrst rank, the statement OF Sen.
ator Charles A. Culberson as to the
reasons for the democratic victory
are Of interest and Importance,
He attributes 1t TO four things Re.
publican extravaganza. tariff pledge
breaking, at exposures, and the
high cost OF living.
All Of these may be traced 10 the
one cause. The high tariff.
The tarn leads to republican eN.
tayagance, because in order TO make
a high tarin appear inevitable it is
necessary to appropriate lavishly and
create deficits. The tariff benehciar
Is s, who are the mulumllllonaires,
contribute largely to the republican
campaign fund, hence the epublican
leaders are either by personal or par.
~ corruption led to exploit the peo-
pie by means OF the tariff Tor the bene
lit OF the plutocrats, who prey on the
people,
The tariI led to the graft which
was exposed, because the tariff is dis
honest. Both with political parties
and with individuals, one form OF dis.
honesty leads to another.
That the tarn is the cause OF the
high cost OF living is indisputable. A.
high tariG makes a high cost OF living
as certainly as a low tariff would make
q low cost OF living. The tarlG is a
price-raising device. The duties all
the customs house, which average oy.
CT 5O per cent, do more than increase
by that much the price OF foreign
articles that are imported. The du.
ties also increase by the same amount
the cost OF domestic articles that new
er pass through the customs house
and from which Uncle Sam does not
derive a cent OF revenue. This is &c
complisned by means OF the tariff cut,
ting off foreign competition. The
price OF the domestic article is in.
creased by the amount OF the tariff
duty being added to the fair price OF
the American article as an extra ex.
tortion. The American article which
is sold abroad in competition with the
foreign article at a profit is sold at
home with said comp ttion cut OF By |
the tariff at an eAtor.ionate profit.
TaHn revision downward was pledg |
ed by President TAFT during the 1905
campaign. On the faith OF that pledge
he was elected. Congress passed an
upward revision tariff bill. President
Taft might have saved himself and
his party if he had vetoed that bill.
But instead OF doing so, he broke his
pledge and signed it, The American
people remembered this at the polls.
Senator Culberson is particularly
strong upon this point He says: 1.-THE
action OF the republicans on the tar
if in the next place created gene al /
and widespread distrust among all
classes OF people. Outside the sphere
of the protected interests the condition
was universal and emphatic. The PEG
PIE considered that they were duped
and deceived by the republicans, and
their indignation was not lesseued by
President Taft endeayoriug TO coerce
the insurgent republicans. who fought
generally Tor their duties, by Withhold
ing patronage from them.
The trusts, which Senator Culberson
is right in assigning as one of the
principal causes OF the high cost OF
living. are tarIn led and tariff bred
The JarIn is the mother of the
trusts Mr.. Hayemeyer of the sugar
trust confessed a number OF years
ago. Senator Culbefsons remedy for
the high cost OF living, TO carry out
the will Of the people. to enforce the
antitrust laws and reduce or remove
tariff taxation. is TO enforce the civ,
il and criminal antitrust statutes ana
use tie free list as to trust-controled
articles
And, finally. there is no doubt that
Senator CuIDerson is right as 10 Roose
welt, as to whom he exp sesses himself
as follows: Lastly, l would say that
the election discloses that a great
mass of people are tired OF Roosevelt.
tired Of his egotlsm. OF his bossism,
OF his Imperialism, OF MS insincerity,
and that they intended by their action
TO stop at once his proposed dictator.
ship and possibly his third presidency
in 1872 or later Houston Chronicle.