The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

/ tenn that had been established to such
great advantage to the country to stand
unmolested. They did not merely ad-
vocate a change of tariff schedules.
They insisted that the system was
wrong, was unconstitutional, and must
be abolished.
The present Democratic leader in
the house of representatives has re-
peatedly said:
arm free-trader from the sole of
my foot tc the crown. of my head, and
would tear down every customs
rouse from turret to foundation stone
In that declaration Mr.. Clark was
not speaking as an individual, but as a
! loyal, enthusiastic, ardent Democrat,
representing the tariff principles of the
Democratic party and their unwavering
determination not to allow the tariff
to be kept out of politics.
What Mckinley Thought.
President Mckinley thought we
had taken the tariff out of politics in
1899, when the whole. country had so
! prospered under the Dingley law that
the people had ceased to discuss the
tariff. In a speech in Boston he said
| that it seemed we Lad at last accepted
the principles Of protection. and that
| he hoped it wa:ild be many years be-
| fore there would be another campaign
| made against II. Bur in the next year
the Democratic party in national con-
We ton again took their cid position
IlA-d' l1le III WdS dl dlu
ire de their campaign against it. jus:
as they did in 1914 and again in 1908.
1.-The remarkable success of the
Payne law. b. h in restoring conf
Gerce and enco l.'aging business. and
in raising revenue, ought to have TAX
Ell the tariff out of politics for several
years to come but the opponents of
protection rem ewaG the campai~1 i'm
nIt diately after the eEactmcnc of the
law, and they have continued that
lent form ever since. They have mis-
represented 1t; they have lied about
its schedules; they have resorted to
every conceivable trick to keep the
tariff in politics.
ION the final vote on agreeing to
the conference report on the Payne
tariff bill the majority in the house of
Representatives was IL. the Kansas
delegation in the house, with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Murd ock, voted to adopt
the conference report. The majority in
the senate. in favor of the adoption
of the report. was 16. Among those
voting against the adoption of the re-
port in the senate were Messrs. La
Toilette, .Cummins, Dolliver, Beveridge
and Bristow.
After the final passage of the bill
in the senate. Senator Cummins made
speech On his way TO Iowa. after
the adjournment, he gave an interview
to the Chicago papers, and later on
addressed the Marquette club in Chi
cago. On these occasions Senator
Cummins declared that the Payne tar
iff law is a reputation of the Chi
cago platform
Kansas Per Capita $1,000.
Not only do our agricultural prod
ucts constantly increase in volume and
value; but, basing the estimate on the
semi census of 1905. Kansas
produced during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1910, manufactured articles
to the value of $3.50. 900 900.
1.-THE same census shows that, count
ing the real wealth that you can see
and feel, the tangible property-the per
capita wealth of Kansas is now about
81 800. Nebraska has per capita
wealth of about $1,000, Iowa $500, IL
linois $1,000, New York $1,000, while
New England has a per capita wealth
Of about s1,10o. I say again the Star
CT Empire westward has taken it's way.
Under these conditions, the leader
of the Democrats in the national house
Of representatives. Mr.. Clark. makes
proclamation in his speech of July 4
at Tamnany Hall that .he Democrats
are united; that the Republicans are
divided into factions, and then he pro-
ceeds to call for recruits. He attacks
the Payne tariff law as vigorously as
Bristow, Cummins, LaFollette, Bever-
idge and other so-called insurgents at
tack 1t. He gives notice that the Dem
ocratS are to control the next. house
of representatives, and that their first
labor will be a revision Of the tariff
from the standpoint of revenue. He de-
clares that they will pass a tariff for
revenue only bill. put it up to the SEN
ate and if the senate does not pass it,
upon the provisions Of that bill, they
will enter the campaign of 1912 asking
to be clothed with full power both ex-
ecutive and legislative.
IT have been denounced as a stand
patter and as against a revision of the
tariff. 1 will confess that do not be-
lieve frequent changes in the tariff are
for the best interests of the people
Therefore, from the time of tn enact
INIT of the Dingley law to the making
of the national platform in 1908, upon
which we nominated Taft and Sher-
rlan and declared in favor of the re-
vision of the tariff, 1 was against en-
tering upon revision of the tariff.
Agitation Halts Production.
Agitation for revision and the re-
ision itself always halt production.
The importer, fearing that he will net
have customers, imports the minimum,
and the revenues that are derived from
imports correSpondingly decrease. The
manufacturer, rot knowing what the
propose revision brings forth, curtails
his production, for he is aware that his
product may be sold later on at a loss.
The farmer che miner. and all other
PEOQuCCIS Tie anu
the result is that in the aggregate the
capacity of the people to buy decreases.
1t has been estimated by careful OBJ
servers that every day spent during the
discussion and consideration of the
Payne tariff bill resulted in an aggre-
gate loss to labor and production vari-
ously estimated at from $4,000, 900 to
$40, 100000 day. Yet those who oppose
the Payne tariff law propose to enter
upon a revision of the tariff during the
n0Yf If thew Granted ~
er.
Much complaint has been made
about the high cost of living. Our
friends, the enemy, go to the manufac-
are engaged in manufacturing. mining
and mercantile pursuits. as differentia-
ted from those engaged in agriculture,
are compelled to pay too much for
breadstuffs and other products of the