The Columbus journal., 1910-09-28
that have been put upon the

The minority party in congress
always INDUCES in talk about economy.
but they vote for the largest appro-
priations. There are now in the
various committees of the house of
representatives, bills, introduced by
democrats alone, which would call for
appropriations amounting to nearly
$500, OOO, 900 more than was appro-
priated.
"The tariff contest today is just what
it has been for fifty years-a contest
between protection and free trade.
We now have in command of the dem.
ocrats in the house of representatives,
. man who has never attempted to
dodge or explain away the democratic
position. The honorable Champ Clark
announced himself . free trader from
the sole ofmy feet to the crown Of my
head,' as he expressed it, when he
came to congress, and he has been con-
sistent in that declaration throughout
his public service.
with Mr.. Clark as the democratic
leader of those who are dissatisfied
with the Payne tariff law, there ought
be no misunderstanding Is to what the
contest means. 1t is progressive only
toward free trade, it is reactionary rs
to all the progress We have made under
protection in the last half century.
The agitation for another tariff revi-
sion, or another attempted revolution
in our revenue policy, is just Is dan.
gerous to the welfare Of the whole peo-
pie q was that Of 1894, when the
Wilson tariff was enacted.
Il have no defense to make of the
Payne law, for it needs none. It is
the enactment of the pledges made by
the republican national convention of
1908. 1t is in keeping with the policy
of protection which the republican
party has maintained as the correct
revenue policy ever since the election
Of Abraham Lincoln; in fact, it is in
harmony with the very first revenue
legislation of the frst congress under
the administration of Washington.
That policy is tn protect the American
producer from the unequal competition
Of the foreign producer, in order that
We may keep our labor on . higher
plane than is the labor of Europe,
Asia and the islands of the sea.
"The credit Of nation can be ex-
hausted as is that Of an individual.
While talking about conservation,
would not it he we'll to zee that our
credit is conserved? We must pay a.
we go. Many talk of economy, but
they are general, not specific, in their
statements. We have got beyond the
speculative state of this question. 1t
is now intensely practical, OF will be
after the first of November if q con-
gress is elected. commissioned to 60
hack to the reactionary policy Of 1894,
with the business conditions of today.
II am not a jeremiah, for have
faith in the good sense of the people,
even when advised by those who are
peddling novelties in governmental pol
icies, tn keep abreast OF this age of pub
licity. My notion about congress 10 that
ii should be move forward, not loud
noise about the necessity for the move
ment, and not an extrsvaeant promise to
accelerate the movement Of given COO.
troll Of the machine. have seen men
who promised to get GO miles out Of an
engine that had been making only 30
miles an hour il they could only get
hold OF the lever. and have seen some
OF them in their ignorance. reverse the
engine. sending it and the whole train
backward.
II have met the man who claimed he
could extract gold from sea water; but I
have also seen John T. Raymond play
Col. Mulberry Ssllere. and heard him
get off that dramatic sentence. There's
million's in it, and have measured the
ser;ous pretensions OF the former with
the comedy OF Raymond ss he illustrated
the humor of Mark Twain. ! may be Q
little old-fashioned in such matters, but
prefer demonstration TO declaration
and Our friends. the enemy, who demand
tariff revision to bring into effect q
revenue tariff in place OF the protective
tariff Law, to me like reactionsries who
would reverse the engine snd 90 back
over this phenomenal progress to the old
order before the war"
HOW ruby" PLAYED.
Jud Brownin, when visiting New
York, goes to hear Rubinstein and
gives the following description of his
playing:
Well, sir, he had the blamdest. big.