The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-28

JuSting tariff duties to changed con- | 2
dtions. The friends of the policy q
ought to be most anxious to do so. p
But in doing our work nothing Is n
more important than to preserve the 1
principle Of protection, to give our a
people the advantage Of the difference C
between the cost of production here r
and elsewhere. If we should, in Grad l
icatlng It's abuses. destroy the whole t
system there would be three million
workmen in the streets asking for :
work within six months. The mildew I
of stagnatiOn would whiten the indus
trial life of the country and while
prices would be lower there would
be no consolation in that fact to |
! the workmen who would have nothing
with which to buy Let it be under
! stood that those of us who favor the
| making of such changes as new con-
/ ditions demand, still believe in the
! great economic system which has
helped to make US rich and power
! full nation, a doctrine now accepted by
every great nation save one and 1t
| gives evidence that it will accept 1t
/ before another decade.
/ agree entirely with those who
! think the last tariff bill was not al
! together what it should have been and
that many duties were left too high.
have no doubt 1t was the best pos
/ sible bill to be had at that session
and that 1t was much better than the |
tariff bill which it supplanted. Many
who voted for the bill did so because
it was a step in the right direction /
and all that could be had. But little |
can be gained now by reverting to !
that matter. 1t Is rather our duty to |
get the facts which we did not at that |
time have and could not get and to, I
as scientifically as we can, adjust the
schedules in accordance with the facts
and in accordance with the rules an
nounced in our platform.
. Government and Corporations.
The most important question of this
hour, the one upon which turns very
? largely the future of the republic, Is
7 the relation of our government to
combined and centralized wealth
. those powerful and Indispensable
2 agencies of industry created by the
= State-the corporations. 1t is well to
f understand in the beginning that this
E problem can not be solved by denun-
citation There is no possible room
J. here for the demagogue. The whole
\ | business world is involved, the wages
j | of millions of workmen, the savings
n of tens of thousands of people Of or
= binary means are involved. The far
I reaching results for good to De at
= tanned through wise action ana the
}. fearful results, the misery to follow
n from unwise action ought to SOBER ali
n men into a determination 10 De )llSL,
Il to be tolerant, to be above all things
u courageous. courageous not only 10
i do the right but courageous . pre-
- vent the wrong. .
IS There seems to be class of honest
It we'll meaning men who start all dis
/ cussiOn upon this subject by denounc-
n ing property and assaiIng properly
e rfghts-by seeking to array what they
l. choose to call the rights OF men
ID against the rights of property. There
l. is no such issue in this controversy
81 There have been no rights OF men
al worthy of the name, no rights otner
than tormenting decisions Wnere
1-nT6
r property rights worthless. The gull-
s. iotfne follows in quick succession the
re destruction of all title deeds. A gov
Ia eminent which does not furnish pro-
be lection for the honest gatherings y!
IN frugalitv and industry, which does not
gs safeguard the accommodations of hones'
ch roll would be a miserable deluslon
IL There can be no rights under sucn
ne government save the rights which res
IN in superior physical stretlgth. w
a rights of a savage. The weak WouLC
Al he the miserable playthings OF th'
ps strong There is no man in this lanf
n so humble but is interested IN tn
elr stability of our property rightS JUS
lot the same as the man who directs Sn
lot operations of a great railway system
e eSe Remedy Is at Hand.
it's Equally mfsled are those VIII
+binIE that it is first of all necessar
rtv 70 change or ignore the fundamenta
al principles of our government ana &
ri our institutions. We do not neeu
to change nearly so much as we nee
ule the faithful and fnte!llgen5 use ~ "a
est powers we have. The OLD cnarte[
or Government is to me a sacred lnstru
not Tnent. 1 would only touch II TOT
my change when necessity should aOse
but IutelV command and when changea
nj would do it in the manner polhI5
of o,T+ nv the instrument itself. Wout
our neither invoke unnatural coElsI[uc ~
I'D, nor ignore its plain terms. Inc III
the mortal Washington said: .,
rty 'If in the opinion OF tne Peoptte' ~ -
ing distribution or modification OF u
of Constitutional powers be in any pa
og- ticuIar wrong, let it be corrected
: is an amendment in the way IN Mht :
'or, fine constitution designates. BUT i
ers there be no change by usur :,
md though this in one instance may
ust the instrument of good, 1t Is the Gu
lids tnn,ary weapon by which free govern
lct- Tants are destroyed. The precede
to must always greatly overoalance
nermanent evil any partial or ira
sient benefit which the use a. -
,ro- time can yield" ,....
oil That is as sound piece OIL pottS ,,r
es- philosophy as ever came from IRON. nu''N
lem ifps concerning free institutions
can is the gospel of orderly liberty al
riff wfttingly or unwittingly he is the pc
of pies foe who does not walk III
the light. ,,z o7r,iris+ar II
to believe II we couIu ~C~.cisi,
it government in Iuli id4IL' -
left the powers which are ours, dong :;
lean things with reVerent res p pc 80 -.
fher -raafest governmental instrument eE
$ to Conceived by the wit Of man
was would be the happiest, the most PR
$ to porous. the best governed people
i'm the face of the earth ana We "o %
tive have the most stable anu oS ~ ms
nre- powerful government hho"', - -,
lace All discussions OF tLsSS GEi.,-
that therefore, should nave oe7 +fr-t+S
that a profound respect for those rlsn MS,
tion property upon which rests liz 1850, -
in for the great charter under which
law have grown to greatness, d - -,
hich reverence for those institutions {n16aSs S'
been ated by the genius Of the f2 9bat o.
5 in a profound conNlCIIoyn r,.,tC
cog through legal ana oLuStS ,lish
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