New-York tribune., 1910-11-06

the future, bent upon solving present-day
problems in the spirit in which those who
went before us solved the problems of Lin
coins day, and even those in our ranks
who have Jagged behind are now march
ing in the right direction and can be de-
pended upon to catch up with the main
/ bulk of the army
There is room in the republican party
| for every honest and upright man who
really does face the future, who really is
| more concerned with the problems of the
! future than with the buried problems of
| erner and Westerner, who all stand to-
gether now and work with common pur-
pose for the common national welfare, for
the common good of all of us.
There is more than one leading Demo
crat whose position is such that he really
ought to be in our party, and not among
our opponents, because he is out of place
where he is and down at bottom he has
eIiaSty isS ~ our purposes ana principles. ana ana
the people. In the same way in our own
ranks men who have differed in the past
over methods rather than over principles
can now come together and work in spirit
OF the heartiest cooperation Here in Ohio,
for instance, ! call your attention to the
excellent speech of Congressman Long
worth, when he presided your state
/ convention. He then laid down doctrines to
which, in their substance all of us can
! subscribe just exactly | hold that all
good Republicans, without regard to their
differences as to the past, can heartily sub
ance in the future by my lamented friend,
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, whose death at
inns urne is real calamity TO all our
people.
The Tariff Issue.
| One of the great issues before US is the
tarlir- Here, my friend, your official party
leaders iG IN your state platform. like the Off
/ in my own state, distinctly Jagged behind
| the people; and the true Republican posi-
! uon is to be found in states like New
Hampshire and Massachusetts in the East.
IKE Indiana, Iowa, South Dakota and Kan
sas in the West Do not forget that the
differences among Republicans. have not
been with reference to the principle of pro
| lection, but with reference to the proper
method OF applying, that principle, East
and West, We are all agreed on the princ-
! pie laid down in the last national Republi-
| can platform, that there shall be a pro-
tectfve tariff with duties sufficiently high
! 10 equalize the cost of production here and
abroad. which means primarily to equalize
the difference in the cost of labor here and
TO the American workingman his superior
| standard of living, while, of course, there
| should also be provision for a reasonable
proht from the business. Experience has
now conclusively shown. however, that the
| methods hitherto in use, not only in maxi
ing the present tariff law. but in making all
its edeceSsors-Republican and Demo
cratic alike-are now ineffective and in
A., furious.
naiiy sufficient. but they have been conclu-
SlVely shown at present TO be inadequate
to prevent favoritism and injustice. Ac-
cordingly, the Republican party is now
the plan so heartily advocated by President
Tart and the execution of which has been
begun by him under the action of Congress,
although il is necessary that the law shall
go much further in the matter. This plan
! proVldeS for an independent, non bipartisan
tarln commission of experts. who shall
! proceed upon the assumption that the pro-
| tective system is to be a system of prin-
ciple and justice, and not to be permitted
| 10 degenerate into a jumble of favoritism
ana preference; who, above all, shall pro-
ceed upon the assumption that our prime
! n
give a Legitimate profit to the farmer and
the manufacturer. and not to give an ille-
climate and excessive profit to any one
This commission is to find out the facts by
! original investigation, not to accept the
SSay-so OF any man as TO his own interest
Then they are to report schedule by sched-
ule: each schedule has to be voted upon
separately by Congress, that each case
may be considered on its own merits there
by enabling US TO get rid of the system of
i1Og-rolling which has proved so fruitful a
source of scandal in the past and of the
business disturbance which has always ac-
in tariff rates.
In my own Judgment. there should be a
provision making it a duty of some board
or commission to find out by actual investi-
cation in any given case whether the labor
ing man, for whose benefit the tariff is pri-
marily arranged, actually does get the ben
eft.
Party Attitudes Contrasted.
You win see, therefore, that the Republi-
actly the right spirit. We have adhered to
the principle which was right we have
abandoned the method which was wrong
and have adopted the method which Is
right.
Our opponents have done precisely the re-
verse. They have announced that they will
abandon the principle which is right but
that they will cling to the method which
!, mas rorsS so T6nI Tc66ncusively been shown to be
10 adopt, Some of them are outright free
traders others are tariff reformers, others
are protectioniSts. They say they wish to
lower the duties, but they give no indica-
tion of how far they desire to lower them
or IN accordance with what principle As
a matter of fact, they would not lower
them in accordance with any principle
! whatever, but would lower some of them,
ana not others. as matters of individual
happened in my own state. Tammany Hall,
! through its boss, Mr. Murphy, has nomi-
mated Mr. Dix as candidate for Governor.
an, ana Mr.; Dix,s partner. Mr.. Huppuch. is
/ chairman of the Democratic State Commit
tee. Mr. Dix and his partner, Mr.. Hun
puch, are interested in the manufacture of
@ mar duties are too high, but eighteen
months ago; when the tariff was being
wrote to the committee engaged in making
/ the tariff urging that the duty on WALL
paper, that Is, the duty upon the products
m m MTh SfaTv ne ncreas ana Mr @ pix We're
| tude which Mr.. Huppuch and Mr.. Dix took
| privately may be sincere or the attitude
/
| cere OH
As matter of fact, this position taken
| by The democratic candidate for Governor
In the largest state OF the Union and by
the chairman of the Democratic commit
| tee in that state shows lust exactIv VIA
We would have 10 expect if they and their
| associates were put in power and under
| took a revision of the tariff 1t would he a
! revision downward on every schedule that
| could not bring sufficient pressure TO hear
and as regards all schedules on behalf OF
! winch the pressure was sufficient II wOuId
! De revision upward in direct correspond
ence with the extent of the pressure
! so. my friends, l think | have a right to
ask all men honestly interest ed in the cause
of tariff reform to stand with US. for let
! me repeat that in this matter we are stand
ing for principle which is right, and we
nave abandoned the methods which are
wrong, whereas our opponents have ahan-
doned the principle which is right and ara
cltnging TO the methods which have been
shown 10 be wrong
Here in Ohio the Democratic party is
frankly given over to a bourbon and reac-
is even worse. There we have a right r.
| demand not only that every sincere pro-
sressive stand with Us. but that every ma n
! who believes in the rudimentS of honesty
and morality stand with US, for there never
! has been seen in this country a more
naked alliance of big crooked business and
/ crooked politics than that against which we
are warning in New York State
An Appeal for Support
Throughout the nation as a whole. TAX.
ing all the states together, we Republicans
have shown and are showing that we car
and VIII clean our own house and set our
faces reSolutely toward the future Our ol-
Ronents have shown no such capacity