The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-09-16
WESTMINSTER, MD.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 10, 1910
TARIFF TINKERING.

The Republican party is 1n hole.
With Taft pulling one way and ROOse-
Welt the other it's predicament recalls
the unfortunate position of the in
diyidual who stood between 1.-THE devil
and the deep blue sea" 1t may pull
out, but it appears to us that the
present depression it is occupying
will prove to be it, political grave.
For half a century she bulwark OF
the G. o. P. has been the protective
tariff. For unnumbered years the
Democratic party, standing for JUS
tice, has fought this robbing OF the
people in the name of the law. But
Special Interests and Big Business
prospered while the individual suffer-
ed, and with their Ill gotten gains it
was an easy matter to buy elections,
i'm order that the licensed stealing
might continue. But the recent tariff
bill, was too much for long suffering
and patient people to endure 1t was
the last straw, ana tie weary back
that for years has been supporting the
load of tilted husbands, steam yachts,
and the other extrayagances of the
women Of our trust magnates, broke,
and with its breaking came the open
ing of the people-s eyes to their
wrongs. With the knowledge that fol-
lowed has come popular uprising
and the days of protecting particular
interests, is closing, as the sun of the
high tariff sinks behind the tumult i'm
the West.
This statement is justified by pres
ent conditions. Years ago the contin-
ually increasing cost of living,
cost of clothes, cost of machinery,
cost of food, cost in fact of
all the necessaries of existance,
compelled the people, forced the
public, to realize that something was
wrong. This something was found
to be the tariff and the adept and pill
ant Republican managers promptly
promised it's revision.
And how this promise was kept il
well known. Instead of lowering it,
it was raised on everything man has
to have; on luxuries it was duly
Skipped or lowered After this work
was completed 70 the satisfaction of
the trusts jelly fish President COM
riacently signed and approved it and
went out over the country calling ii
"the best tariff bill ever written" This
was year ago, but the cost of living
Las since increased, and the public
has discovered that it was deceived,
and now. the President declares that
the tariff bill which he approved is
bad in places and that III must be
patched.
Ten years ago, the idea of a Repub-
lican, much less a Republican Presi-
dent, intimating that the sacred tariff
was not perfect would have been con-
sidered sacriligious and the high
priests of protection would have lift
ell their lilywhite hands i'm horror at
the thought of such impiety But
they now see arising the record of
tneir stealing and in sight of it are
mild and timid and we have the chief
o. them all, the complacent Taft, say
ing il is bad
Ehen sailor begins to furl his
sails, it is positive proof that he fears
the storm, and when the President
recommends that the present tariff bill
be patched, 1t il conclusive evidence
that the old suit of sin is now worn
out, and that the G.. 0. P. is in desper-
ate straits. And this j. where it
should be for of recent years it has
been simply a party of plumber. and
pelf.
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