The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-17

dom. Is 1t grinding oppression? No
for a sovereign manhood that flashe,
the shield OF Industrial worth. Is 4
industrial slavery or financial seri
domg Not while the workmen o
yesterday are the employers OF to
day, not while the poverty-strength
ened boys Of today are the kings o.
capital and captains of industry to
morrow. Is II denial OF equal oppor
tunity? Not so long as hope lights
every mans path and merit com
mands Its every reward. Is It the de
NAL of the square deal? Not while
popular government endures and su
premacy Of law is maintained. Is II
the reign of greed? Never that, fol-
greed is retreating before the swell
ing ranks OF human brotherhood. I,
it corporate domination No state in
all the Union is so utterly free from
1t. Is It lack OF educational facilities
Not with our great colleges and uni.
versities, not with our free public
schools, whittier you see going the
children Of the employer and en-
ploye, side by side, wearing the same
raiment, rollicking in the same laugh
ter walking In the light cf the
same opportunity. Is II bhghted
conscience? Not while moral train
Ing and Christian teachings are ever
looking and lifting up. Is It para
lyzed production? Factories and
farms and mines were never so swell
ing the golden stream OF material
wealth. Is IL lack of employment I?
There is work for every willing hand,
and generally at the highest range
OF pay Ohio has ever known. Is IL
the reign OF lawlessness? There Is
fuller conservation to law enforce
ment today than the law.abiding peo-
pie OF this commonwealth ever con-
the broken faith Of political parties?
There have been no ignored promises
by the Republican party. Is 1t cor.
rupted legislation? All we ever had
in Ohio was Democratic, and It is
only memory now. Is is remission
in public benevolence? II is for Ohio
to boast rather than apologize. Is
1t that Ohio is not keeping pace to
the forward march OF the Union?
Scan the national column, and at the
very fore front of the advancing
lines flutter proudly the flags OF the
grand old Buckeye state.
The Tariff.
There Is one abiding dispute and
1t Is involved in this campaiSn, be-
cause of congressional elections, and
the permanent difference between
two great political parties. The Re
publican party believes in the protec-
tive tariff policy, and Democracy op-
poses. The Democratic leader in
Ohio aspires to lead in the nation.
and is committed to assault the pro-
,tective policy that is the first essen
tial to our industrial supremacy and
the strongest guaranty OF American
prosperity. 1t is especially an issue
In Ohio because the undeniable un-
rest Of the passing day is largely due
to misunderstanding of the late
tariff enactment and the confused no
tion Of it's responsibility for tho high
er cost of living. Let us hope that
the people of Ohio will vote Ia full
est understanding, rather than blum |
der In haste and come TO repentance |
as they did in 1894. Higher prices
are inssparsble from prosperity, and
bear the proof OF peoples capacity |
to buy. Men of sixteen years OF |
recollection will recall the prevalence
OF low prices, under Democratic tariff |
legislation of the second Cleveland
administration, and will testify that
this American people staggered un-
der depression. because nobody had
the capacity TO buy. The experience
OF the early nineties, when we ex-
perenced the blight OF Industrial pa.
ralysls, was only repetition OF
every other attempt. since 1920, to
apply til, Democratic tsrihf.inr.rev-
enue policy to American economics.
II In 1910 or 1912 the voters of Amer
lea disregard every warning of ex-
perlence, and every admonltion OF
suffering. the penalty will be Laid In
the same old way.
Democratic Revision BIightlng.
ihe NePupiicun party uots not
claim ever to have enacted a perfect
tarin law. Every tariff enactment In
a hundred years has been marred by
The selfshness OF greedy consumer or
designing importer, because OF the
prevailing legislative methods. But
we do claim that Republican protec-
live enaetments have blessed the ma
lion, where Democratic revision has
invariably blighted. And we have
strided forward, under the last enact
nent to the first rout OF selfshness,
and toward scientific underst indlng,
and the triumphant leader Is William
II. Taft. In spite OF Democratic op-
position, oratorical and recorded, a
republican congress has provided a
.arin commission. which is 10 disiu-
erestedly acquire unbiased. depend
Ible information, on which to base
uture tariff schedules, so that we
nay maintain American production at
he higher standard of American
wage, and at the same time rrotect
he American consumer. 1t is the !
republican policy to do more than
protect the consumer; under the
'olicy of protection we make Amer