The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-09

pulled out of Omaha early today and
reached Sioux Falls. S. D., abous
noon, stopping at Sioux City enrou.e.
The politicians are busy today dis
cussing the colonel's dig at Wal,
street and the New York newspapers,
made casually in a speech to the
Axarbens, when that organization re-
ceived him as a member Yesterday.
Sioux Falls. S. d., Sept. 3.-Col.
Roosevelt, speaking here today,
said:
probably not much better, and Ger
tainly no worse-continually fail to
give us the results we have a right
to expect from their efforts, we may
just as we'll make up Il minds
that the fault lies. not in their per
sonality, but in the conditions UNI
der which they work, and profit
comes, not from d%enouncing them,
but in seeing that the conditions are
changed. This is especially true OF
tariff-making. 1t has beer conclu.
sively shown. by experiments repeat.
ed again and again, that the 4leth-
DDS of tariff-making by congress,
which have now obtained for SO
C norrnt frorr tha ynry
nature of the case, bring really sat.
%isfactory results. | think thai the
present tariff is better than the last,
and considerably better than the one
before the last; but it has certainly
failed to give general satisfaction. l
believe this country is fully commit
ted to the principle of protection;
but it is to protection as a principle;
to protection primarily in the inter
est of the standard of living of the
American workingman. l believe
that when protection becomes, not a
principle, but a privilege and a pre-
ference-or, rather, a tumble OF
privileges and preferences-then the
American people disapprove of it.
Now, to correct the trouble, it is
necessary, in the first place, to get
in mind clearly what we want, and,
in the mex place, to get in mind
clearly the method by which we hope
to obtain what we want. What we
want is a square deal in the tariff
as in everything else; a square deal
for the -wage-earner; a square deal
for the employer; a square deal for
the general public. To obtain it we
must have a thoroughly efficient and
well-equipped tariff commission.
The tariff ought to be a material
issue and not a moral issue; but if
instead of a square deal we get d
crooked deal, then it 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 and abroad;
and as the cost of production is
mainly labor cost, this mean primar-
lily a tariff sufficient to make up fol-
the difference in labor cost here and
abroad. The American public wants
the American laboring man put OF
an equality with other citizens, 81
that he shall have the ability t,
achieve the American standard o
living and the capacity to enjoy it
and to do this we must see that hi
wages are not lowered by imprope
competition with inferior wage
workers abr0ad-with wage-workel
who are pair poorly and who live 9
no Americans are willing to liv
But the American public does n,
wish to see the tariff so arranged
to benefit primarily a few wealth
men.
Al a means toward the attai
ment Of its end in view we have
yet devised nothing in any way
effective as q tariff commissio
There should be q commission
weIl-paid experts; men who shou
not represent any industry; v
should be masters of their subject
81 the very highest character; .
Who should approach the mat,
With absolute disregard Of eve
ouAstde consideration. These m
should take mp In succession e
subject With which the tariff de,
and Investigate the conditions
reduction hers and abroad; IL
ia md aput tho facts and ]
7 accept che statements Of
parties: and they should
1ngresS on each subject
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action can be taken
Particular subject {,