Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-16
SQUARE DEAL
FOR TARIFF.
Roosevelt at Sioux Falls Says
Present Result Good.
NEED EXPERT COMMISSION,

Ex-President Agrees That Entire Sat.
isfaction Has Not Been Given BY the
Payne AIdr;ch Effort-shouId 30 =
Material Issue and Not Moral
Issue.
Sioux Falls. Sept. 3.-Whenever men
just like ourselves-probably not much
better and certainly no worse-con-
tinually fail to give rs the results
we have u right to expect from their
efforts we may just as we'll make
our minds that the fault lies not III
their personality. but in the conditions
under which they work. and profit
comes not from dcnouncing them. but
in seeing that the conditions are
changed.
This is especially true Of tnr'ff max
ing. Ii has been conclusively shown
By experiments repeated again and
agnin that the methods Of tariff maxi
ing by congress which have now OBJ
tanned for so many years cannot from
the very nature Of the case bring real
II satisfactory results.
think that the present tariff is bet
ter than the last and considerably bet
ter than the one before the last. but it
has certainly failed to give general
satisfaction. ! believe this country Is
fully committed to the principle Of
protection. but it is to protection as n
principle, to protection primarily III
the interest of the standard of living
of the American workingman.
believe that when protection be-
comes not a principle, but a privilege
and Il preference-or, rather. 4 tumble
of privileges and INSTRUMENTATION, the
Now. to correct the trouble It is neces-
sary in the first place to get in mind
clearly what we want and in the next
place to get in mind clearly the meth
cd by which we hope to obtain what
we want
What We want is square deal in
the tariff as in everything else-a
square deal for the wage Garner. a
square deal for the employer and a
square deal for the general public
To obtain it we must have thorough
~ efficient and we'll equipped tariff
commission.
The tariff ought to be a material issue
and not moral issue. But if instead
of a square deal We get crooked deal
then 1t becomes very emphatically a
moral issue. What we desire in a
tariff Is such measure Of protection as
will equalize the cost of production
here aud abroad. and as the cost Of
production is mainly labor cost this
means primarily Il tariff sufficient to
make up for the difference In labor
cost here and abroad.
The American public wants the
American laboring man put on an
equality with other citizens. so that he
shall have the ability to achieve the
American standard of living and the
capacity to enjoy it. and to do this we
must see that his wages are not lower
cd by improper competition with In
ferior wageworkers abroad - with
wageworkers who are paid poorly and
who live rs nc Americans are willing
to live. But the American pubic does
not wish to see the tariff 50 arranged
us to benefit primarily few wealthy
men.
Commission Of Experts.
As a means toward the attainment
Of its end in view we have as yet de-
viscd nothing in any way as effective
as tariff commission. There should
be a commission Ut we'll paid experts.
men who should not represent any In
dustry. who should be masters OF theit
subjects. Of the very highest charac-
ter aud who should approach the mat
ter with absolute disregard Of every
outside consideration.
These men should take IN in success
sion each subject With which the tarln
deals and investigate the conditions Of