Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-08-26
Mr.. STUART AND THE TARIFF

Mr.. Stuart's utterances on the tar
ifr in his address here on Monday
were forceful and to any fairminded
thinker, clear and wise. 1t is Diff
cult to understand how such an adj
dress as he made can be viewed in
any other light than the utteranccs
of clear headed, conservative STATES
man. And yet his address has been
characterized rs illogical, "vuI-
nerable' destructive, etc. old
time WON, political epithets with
which the public has become gener-
ally familiar, Below We give Mr..
Stuart's exact language, rs to his
own, individual position, and the
readers of this paper can Judge for
themselves as to its clearness. wis
dom and reasonableness. In stating
his own IDEAS of what tariff
R@ONiN AAANA NNASs III Sdlu
81 would be ashamed TO condemn
the work Of the Republican partv
and the record of my opponen: with
out definite statement of my own
views. Speaking for myself after OBJ
serving labor conditions i'm the old
World, / cannot commit myself to n
tariff policy which would leave
wholly out OF view the difference of
cost in production here and abroad.
Il know there are some important
American products in which owing
TO our natural situation and superior
facilities the unit cost OF labor is
smaller than in the foreign product.
but that Is the exception as be.
lleve, and not the rule. Hence. I
would favor only such tariff rs
would distinctly guard the wages of
the workingmen and one which
would Justify AT least, the present
standard OF wages in this country.
But | would like 10 be sure that the
laborer would get the protection so
provided for him and that all his
higher wages would not be snatcbed
from him 10y unnecessary high prices
Furthermore, | would yield all pre-
Judice for or against the trick
phrases Of party platforms. would
unite with moderate and censerva-
live men OF any party who honestly
ana SInpnrnlNr -,
tial relief TO the masses ofthe people
and who 10 that end would agree ON
tariff policy which would limit
duties on all foreign articles compet-
ing with American products to such
hgures rs would cover the difference
between the cost of production here
and abroad, honestly ascertained bv
men who represent the people and
not the trusts; by men who believe
That the tariff should be revised moi
by Its friends and benehciaries. bur
by the friends Of the American peo-
pie. If all men who favor tariff re-
form viii agree 10 tariff which
covers the difference between cost
mere and abroad, and will vote for
representatives who honestly believe
In That doctrine and who will hon
estly execute it TO the best of their
ability, ii will be far better for the
masses than that lifetime should
be spent in the higgelling Of poliIi -
clans over the phraseology and in
depreciation of party platforms. -
Such results, Mr.. Stuart said
could not be expected from represen.
tatiVes, who on account Of political
bargains or subserviency to the DOW
er and influence of great party lead
ers, are deaf to the voice of the peo-
pie or who are bound hand and foot
by the obligations imposed by The
distribution Of patronage, making
them place their party obligations
higher than their obligations to their
constituents, the servants Of party
rather than servants of the peopJe.