The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-02

EaBy their fruits We shall know
Efem." Judged by this test the Roose-
feit royal orchard is producing apples
pf Sodom The honest believer in
pepular government, in corporate con-
Er3l, in the abolition of special privi-
2eses, in the protection of the indi-
Nidual, has seen in Roosevelt a Sir
Galahad, whose bright sword flashed
h&behalf of the lowly and the meek.
Tins faith has not been dimmed great
~, though the reforming Colonel had
seven years in power. seven years of
aatness and opportunity, and all that
the public got was a panic and lean
ness.
& Never In the history of this country
ntd the trusts and the predatory cor
porations thrive and prosper as be-
1Neen 1901 and 1909. Yet, despite his
EHlnderings, Mr.. Roosevelt could find
nR real remedy to offer. Making bad
kiees as a method OF military warfare
has been abandoned by the Chinese,
and its efficiency even under the dlrec-
lion of the nero of Kettle Hill may
be doubted.
But to return, Mr.. Roosevelt set out
in New York to protect the plain peo-
pie and to crush the bosses. 1t was
famous victory, but the plain people
will reap small fruits therefrom The
man In the street knows in his heart
of hearts that to-day the prime evil
OF this country is the tariff Poor
president Taft went West and tried to
support the lniquity of the Payne AID
TiGh bill. All that he did was to come
back shorn and dscredited. Apparent
~ Mr.. Roosevelt is a bourbon in that.
DE too can learn nothing. In Ohio
the reactionaries under the leader
eMp of Geo. B. Cox, the boss of Gin
Sinnati, and incidentally the friend and
tapporter of Mr.. Roosevelts son-in-
Iasy, forced through tariff plank
aaich praised the Payne-Aldrich bill
IA the skies. In New York, Mr.. Roose-
Nslt was on the side of the progressive.
aMen, If ever, could the public have
nSSked for q clarion call rallying all
l9od men against the great defeat of
aaft's administration and the chief
cause of present discomfort Yet, here
asl what Mr.. Roosevelts tariff plank
said:
& The Payne tariff law reduced the
average rate of all duties IL per cent.
By increasing the duties on some
luXuries and articles not of ordinary
ma n tyr op4
9Fy common food product it turned
nSnational deficit into a surplus. Under
Its first year of operation the value
sbd imports free of duty was the great
1st in our history by s1O9,00o,000, and
HE average rate of duty was less than
lWder the Wilson law. ;. Unlike that
democratic law. Its great reductions
.hf duty have not stopped industry norI
ttieprived lapoI Of any part of its hire
~ gives free Trade aEith the PhilippineI
5slands and It establishes customs
!court. It's maximum rates give us for
the first time equality of opportunity
with other nations in foreign trade.
I, When a man sets uprthe claim of
Rpmniscience he should not. overlook
$50 small thing as the defects of all
;turif law. Even the ordinary citizen
matters with every political leader in
gfinerica and every crowned head of
tnJhrope knows that the Payne-Ald-
Erich tariff law is farce. a sham, an
spntrage That is how Senator Dolliver,
himself a, Republican, denounced this
glaw; that is how Senator Beveridge,
EnIso q Republican. characterized and
suilloried this bill last Tuesday In IN
.Iianapolis.
sSWhere then does insurgency come
an? What is all{2the row about? III
sthe great leader OF the insurgents i'll
Che great praphet Of new natlonalism,
scan find no better pap than; this, for
sthe gaping mouths. of his humble fol
bowers, where Is the difference betweenS
SEannon, Aldplch and, Payne and Rnose-
sNelt? Clearly theres@is none and
sinore clearly still. there was none
sduring all the years that Mr.. Roose-
ssRlt smothered his resentment against
stbe moral iniquity of the tariff framed
40 protect and benefit private Interests
Jet the expense of the unprotected pub
1ic Here vas cause. One that lay
NEAR TO the hearts of the people,
ytere, if ever. Mr.. Roosevelt had a
Echanoe to sound a keynote; but the
JFnmpet gave forth no sound; none
Prepared themselves for battle, and 1t
3Wls only one more cause betrayed,
gIf there was any Issue that was
Final. bitter and decisive between the
stesses and Governor Hughes 1t was the
EFriHaayy law for New York. That was
spne issue in which the public was>in-
aerested; that was one law that the
plain citizens. fearing the corrupt
domination OF corrupt bosses, desired
Ne see enacted. Here, surely. Mr.,
3sposevelt would have set up his ban
sher and advanced the cause OF those
Syho blindly believed ana followed him
Read now the declaration of MI
9boseyelt in regard u. this plan which
Ifis his own beloved idea:
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