The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-06
BEYOND THE PALE.

BEYOND THE PALE.
Albert ]. Beverage OF Indiana poses
as a Republican. He was raised in that
faith, and on the strength Of his pro-
LESSONS of party loyalty was sent 70
the United States Senate. No ons has
taken him seriously. He has been re-
garded as a n,ild-manneTed young man
with a pencAant for making speeches
whenever the opportunity offered. the
elder statesmen deriving considerable
amusement from his schoolboy per
formences. His failure TO become a
party leader. and the quiet indiffer-
ence OF the Republican statesmen as to
what position he assumed on any given
question. have combined to tempt the
young Eoosier TO fly IN the face OF
Providence to the extent of becoming
an insurgent on the tariff question. Mr..
Beverage voted against the Payne-Al-
dricb law. Standing in the presence OF
the members of the Indiana Republi-
can convention yesterday at Indianap-
oils. Mr.. Beverage said: Il could not
stand for 1t then, and I cannot stand
fer 1t now"
Taking the tariff law as a test OF
Repubhcanisnn, and 1t must be regarded
as such since it was passed by Re-
publican Congress and approved by a
Republican President, Senator Bever-
idge is outside the pale of the party,
and the quicker he realizes it the bet
ter for ali concerned. The tariff win be
the dominant issue of the next cam
paign almost TO a certainty. Mr. Bev-
eridge should join the free trade Demo-
Gratis at once, instead of claiming to be
Il Republican and at the same time at
tempting to set a fire in the rear Of the
party to which he processes to belong.
For the benefit of Senator Beveridge
and our Democratic free trade friends,
figures obtained from the bureau Of
statistics of the department of COM
merce and labor are given. They show
that the revision was downward, and
that the increase of imports in the first
seven months of its operation amounts
alone, placed on the free list, the in
crease is nearly 1000, 900. In horses
and cattle the increase is over $4,000
coo; in art works Gree hsD nearly
s14.5O0, 900; in coal tar colOrs and dyes,
$500, 600; in coffee Gree lisD, more than
S9,00O,O 900; in raw cotton, nearly $3,OOO,-
coo; in manufa ctures of cotton, more
than $4,000 900; in pottery, nearly
81, 900; in lemons, over 100000; in
fruits and nuts, more than $4,000 900;
in glass and glassware. nearly $1,000
900: in hats, bonnets and cloaks, nearly
1900, 900; in iron ore, nearly 81, 5OO,0 900; In
pig iron, more than 81 .OOO. 600; in cutlery,
about 100000; in machinery, more than
IS 900, 900; in jewelry, $500, 900; in leather
and its manufactures, nearly 100000;
in gloves, nearly $1,000, 600; in cheese,
nearly $1,000, Geo; in paper and its man
ufactures, nearly 100000; in manu-
ufactures of silk, nearly s2,5OO,OOO; in
champagne over 81, 000, 900, and in still
wines nearly 81 600, 600; in manufactures
of lumber, about $780, 900; in all woods
and manufactures of, S7,75O,OOO; in raw
wool. nearly s12OOO,OO0; in manufac-
lures OF wool. S4,50OOOO
Senators Beveridge. Cummins. La
Toilette and the rest of the insurgents
are seemingly not satisfied that so large
an amount of raw material and wages
lighIfully belonging TO the people
of the United States should have
been displaced. Joining with the Dem
oerets they insist that still further re-
ductions in the schedules be made. to
the end that we may obtain still more
raw. material and manufactured goods
from abroad. Upon this issue they will
have to do battle with the real Repub-
ncans Protection is the foundation
stone of the party. 1t will give battle
TO all corners upon that principle. nei-
Their giving nor accepting quarter. Fro
lection to American industries and pro
lection to the American laborer has
made the United States the foremost
nation in the world. Industrial paral
ysls would follow free trade. Commo-
ditles might be cheaper, but the work
ing classes would have no money with
which 20 buy the foreign articles. No
true Republican for an instant thinks
for moment of plunging the country
into such an abyss. Beverage Is not
a Republican. II he is not a Democrat.
he is worse than nothing.