Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-12-15

Ch'lrd states, ii wtIl require 100 per
cent duty iD equallZr the conditions Ia
'he wv" countries. As far aS
am concerned, shall have no hesilatcv
In voting for duty WITCH will e0ualize
c""dllionh. II IT was necessary
10 equa!ize the conditions and 10 give
the American producer fair chance for
competition, other things being equal of
course, would vote for 800 Der cent a.
cheerIuly as would for 30
When the high priest declares the
meaning Of the ere ed Of what avail is
the mere common worshipper's interpre-
tatIon: Bnt there is a third argument
even more fatal: if the principle is sub
Ject 10 the Limitation Of reas0BabIenesg,
all the fat is IN the FIRE again. and ge
are just where ~ were before the great
panacea had been discovered
However. il need not be denied. aud
Professor Taubsig does not deny, that
much good may come from the inyesti-
gatiDns ri the tariff comm jss .on into The
differences in costs Of production he
""''H tAsE LASSN DAaAre anu lDFSiRu
countries, On tie contrary, these in
Vestigations may, iu large number Of
cases, show that existing dulles 20 far
beyond what the principle would call
for, and thus be made all effective b,sis
for needed reforms; and In general. III.
light that they will throw on conditions
Of production at home and aba cad should
be of very great value 10 those desiring
10 deal fairly aud inlelljgenily with the
situation as il stands Professor Tauasig
thinks the Investigations will re Of
especial advantage III two directions. AS
TO uUGUe gains 10 mOuOpciistic or quasi
mOnOpOlistic Industries. and as 10 the
extent 10 which there are vested inter
ests which must be respected IN future
settlement Of the tariff" Ia connection
with the discussion Of both these phases
OF the subject, and. indeed, throughout
his article, Professor Tauss;g takes oc-
casion IN illuminate The tariff question
in its fundamental aspects.
As for the attitude of the democratic
party on the subject, il strikes us that
this happy thought OF the republicans
might easily be turned into a weapon OF
offence against them. Designed as a
protectioniSt solution of the tariff prob
lem, it is demonstrably incapable Of play
ing that part. But in the hands of tariff
reformerS, it may, with one essential
modification, be made to do good work
AS demand of right, a duty equal to
The difference in cost of production
should be dismissed as absurd; as
maximum which shalt in no instance be
surpassed, that difference may we'll be
appealed to as decisive In cutting
down the tariff in the interest of the
whole people, all reasonable persons viii
pay regard 10 the claims that may
legitmately Ge put forward by those al
ready engaged in industries that have
been built up under the stimulus Of pro-
lection; just what those claims are must
be judged in each case according to the
of that case. But any
thing beyond the difference in cost of
difference. too. measured
by American production in favorable,
not unfavorable, circumstances-is ex-
tortion. The abolition of su. h palpable
and undeniable extortiOn is not to be, as
the new republican dogma would have
it, the measure of tariff reform. but as
an irreducible minimum Of such reform
in every instance it may have It's use
The Nation.