The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-09
EFFORTS TO MODIFY THE
TARIFF THROTTLED.
1877 Amendments Voted Down
by Republicans.

cent revision of the tariff He saws:
make the assertion, without the fear
of successful contradiction, that in the
vote upon the Payne-Aldrch measure in
this clear-cut contest between extortion
and monopoly on one side and the people
on the other, every amendment in favor
OF the people was insolently voted down.
and in every single instance the Sugar
Trust and the Standard Oil Company
and the Steel Trust and the manufacture
ING and mining interests Of the United
States and every other com hnatiou and
syndicate whose names are upon the tariff
muster roll of the Republican party Sc
cured victory that measured ND to their
most sanguine expectations. now pro-
ceed briefly to the facts in support Of this
assertion There were practically 1877
amendments offered to the bill and voted
upon. Every single one of these amend
mentS, without an exception. was for the
benefit Of the consumer, and al the same
time they fully covered the difference be-
tween American and foreign labor so as
TO compensate domestic producers for
the difference in wages that they were
compelled to pay. would like These
amendments 10 be studied bv the Young
men of our party, who, it is hoped. will
IN the coming campaign, contribute their
time and talents TO the viudication of The
great cause in which Justice and equality
10 the masses and to the consuming pub
lie are upon the one side and priviluee
Injustice and oppression on the other.
The hundreds OF articles embraced in
these G37 propositions related to the
homes, the necessities and comforts of
the American people. They comprised.
Tor instance, all minerals and everything.
entering into the materials that are used
~ the construction and building o. our
homes; they embraced all chemicals en-
terlng INTO the manufacture of fertilizers.
all kinds OF croCkery and earthenware
iron in pigs, assembled, and all manufac-
tured cutlery. farming implements and
machinery OF all kinds, mechanics tools,
building materials, cotton cloths and
fabrics, raw wool and blankets, Aannels
and nearly 1000 other articles, all set out
in the tariff schedules.
| cannot follow the votes upon all these
amendment. is sufficient to say that
every single one Of them was voted down.
as | have mentioned | will only refer
briefly to the comedy or tragedy, call it
what you will, that took place upon the
cotton and wooden schedules In less
than IS minutes every proposition was
voted down to reduce to a reasonable
figure the duty on yarns. knit fabrics. on
blankets, on women 5 and children S
dress goods, on carpets Of all sorts and
on everything manufactured by every firm
III every city, village or hamlet of New
England, and to cap the climax when an
amendment was offered TO permit goods
to come in lree, upon the proclamation of
the President, whenever the domestic
product was controlled by an American
Trust or monopoly, it was derslvely con
signed 10 oblivion. This was the amend
mcnts:
That whenever the Presdent-of the
United States shall be satisfied that any
company, combination, monopoly or
Trust IS producing more than so per cent.
OF any product consumed in the United
States, and IS so organized, managed and
controlled that any of its products. arti-
cles, goods, wares and merchandise is
exported and sold by it, or by and through
lis agents, in a foreign market at a less
price than they are sold in the home
market, and that the price at which said
products, articles, goods, wares and mer-
chandise are sold in the United States or
the home market is unreasonable or ex-
tortionate. he is hereby authorized and
directed to suspend, BY proclamation 10
that effect, in whole or in part, the collec-
ton OF customs duties or taxes on any
products, articles, goods, wares and mer
chandise of a like character which NAV
be imported into this country for such a
period Of time as the President may deem
proper"
Now is there any further use in reiter-
ating the charge that the Republican
party has gone over, body and soul, to
the centralized money interests of the
country, and has taken its stand against
the people with the favorites and bene-
ficiaries of this Infamous system? Is there
any wonder that the columns of the Re
publican party are breaking and the cita
del at last is in danger?
Senator Aldrich, great leader that he is
and a man Of wonderful resources and in
tellectual strength, It is true, has been
able to discipline and control his own
forces, but he has done SO at the risk Of
having a number of his followers deie tied
and at the peril OF the entire party success.
He has bestowed many millions of addi-
tional profit upon his individual constitu-
ents and other neighboriug places, but he
awakened the thunders Of rebellion
among other constituents W are taxed
to pay these profits and swell this surplus.
This is not the muttering of distant
thunder, either, which might pass over
New England into the ocean without a
storm II is the storm itself IL has
broken forth in the Mississippi Valley,
not in all of its fury, but it is gradually
coming East. 1t is coming from the cot
tage and the hut to the sumptuous pal
aces. where the revelry is at its height.
We may call this a brainstorm. because
it is the brain that is at work. The brain
has solved more questions than the can
non and the sword. The brains of states
men are delving into the holdings OF these
protected millionaires and ringing into
the ears of the unprotected people the
processes and the methods by which
these fabulous fortunes were made. They
are telling them how this Government has
created privileged class and'entered into
partnership with them, and the signal has
gone forth that this partnership has ex-
pired by limitation and that il must be
dissolved. The war is coming-not a
war of arms and ammunition, but an eco.
nomic war Of intelligence on one side and
Of unlawful subsidized wealth on the
other. And let me recall one thing. and
that is. that upon all the pages of history,
in such a struggle as this, honor and in
telligence. if sustained by patriotism and
al