The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-29

age freight of duty was less than under the Wilson law.
 Unlike that democratic law, it's great reductions of duty have not stopped in dustry nor deprived labor of any part of its hire. It gives free trade with the Philippine islands and 1t establishes a customs court. It's maximum and mini mum give us for the first time equality of opportunity with other nations in our foreign trade.
 In providing, upon the suggestion of President Taft for a tariff board, 1t af- lords the means of still more accurately determining the difference in cost of pro- duction at home and abroad
 A republican Congress is necessary to provide needed appropriations for this board and to assure business and labor that changes in rates will be made only to equalize the difference in cost of pro- duction, and not to reduce rates to the free trade or purely revenue basis fa- vored by the democratic party.
 To avoid disturbance of business, we urge the adoption by the Congress of a joint rule of the two houses recom- mended by the President and leaders in Congress by which the two houses could consider a single schedule or single par agraph of the tariff without the neces- sity for amendment, which would lead to general revision. Advances in the COSI OI IVlIlB diG Oniy tiic tOSoi iSh'SN ton of tendency that is world wide and cannot be truthfully said to be due to the present tariff.
 The Congress
 The Congress has responded to recom- mendations of the President by enacting measures of far-reaching importance to the people. including valuable amend ments to the interstate commerce law, postal savings bank law, law pro- viding for the publicity of campaign ex- penses, the creation of bureau or mines with view to the better protec- ton of mine workers, laws extending the regulation of safety appliances and the law providing a method by which he surface of coal lands and other min sral lands is made available for agricul- tural use while conserving the minerals under the surface for the public benefit.
 The right of the President to withdraw public lands for conservation purposes has been set at rest by legislation, and the completion of irrigation projects Is assured by the authorization of $20,000000 bonds.
 The Courts
 The test of civilization Is an orderly and efficient government of the essen- tiais of which Is a judiciary of upright, able, industrious, courageous men, promptly administering justice to the poor 
 and protecting the individual in his rights and liberties against the injustice of the mob as well as against the greed of the powerful We count 1t fortunate that the President has secured as mem Der of our highest tribunal a man with the great intellectual power and the splendid legal attainments of Charles E. Hughes.
 Governor Hughes' Administration
 We congratulate the people on the not able progress of the state under the four years administration of Governor Hughes which has been conspicuous Tor the nigh est standards of efficiency.
 Hc has appealed to the conscience and injustice of the people and champion legislation demanded by the moral sense of the community. Through his wise and the efficient action of a republican legislture all the pub lie service corporations In the state of New York has been successfully taken out of politics.
 Labor and Capital
 The record of republican legislation during the past IS years conserving the public interest by improving the condi- ton of labor, is unequaled in our his- tory. One hundred and sixty such amend nents were written in our statutes, GOV sring the whole range of labors interests In the workshops, factories. mines and 1uarries and upon all forms of public work. We are proud to record that New York has been the first American state to by law for the compulsory com pensation of employees sustaining personal injury while following extra hazardous and also to legalize volun- .ary agreements as to compensation be- tween employers and employees in all other occupations.