The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-12-14
That the Tariff Question Is One Of the Most Misundsr
stood Before the People of the Nation cangOt Hs
Denied
FOUR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE
QUESTION BEFORE THE PEOPLE

/ though the bin passed by the last rou
| gr"s,, aud which be approved. did not
! bv any means conform 70 his doctrine.
/ President Garfield while member Of
congress, said ~ q speech delivered by
him thar an tatih Legislation ought 70
\ be laid With reference 10 ultimate Tree
trade. The natural right OF every man
d 20 sell where he can sell highest. aud
buy where he can buy the cheapest; bur
'his natural right bas from time i'm.
memorial been made subordinate 10 the
commercial right 10 lew tribute or Gus.
t"ms ou the importer ~ foreign goods.
The savior, discussing this matter with
hi disciples. said "a one Of them.
Simon. of whom 10 the people gather
tribute aud Peter answered. from
strangers, - then, said the Savior
'the children are free. - The very tsrm
customs signifies the age Of tbis
character Of taI
The commercial conditions have chang.
eel very materially since the time ~
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o. book o. pbamplet, or something Of
the Kind on the question, what would
Christ do IL be we're 10 come 10 Chi.
cago'' II might with equal proprietv
aud equal reverence be asked whether
Il be were here he would be q stand.
pattet CT ''iusurgeni. or what ticket
he would have voted in tue fecsnf
New Mexico election
II j. impossible 10 Justify any theory
or practice rather. 90 the ground OF it,
age What i good for one country nav
not b- good for another country, OF
another section Of the same country.
what may be proper policy 10 one
age may be . very bad policy 10 be par
sued in another age Conditions change,
and with them change also principles
Of right government The purToAs q
our fathers 10 inauguTatiug fbs doe.
trines Of protection was to make the
manufacturer Of home goods uot pTo6t.
able hat possible II was TO give in,
faut indusirie. au opportunity 20 de-
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Clay i often referred 10 a. the rather
OF the protective policy, hat be wGs not.
, lie il Wa who dr.t gave TO IL the name
Of the " American policy, and became
cue Of IT, greatest champions But In
the exercise Of the gifted prophecy
which he exhibited be never copteu.
plated that il would be carried 70 the
, extent which We have carried L..
Ills policy began and ended In the
protection OF infant industries. IL
p never occurred 10 him that bis fayorite
! American system would be invoked to
shield immense monOpolies against. not
only foreign hut home industries.
p |, was the infant. - not the " gaHt "
that he desired TO protect, Il 10 fra.
quentiv affirmed that q protective tsrif
= j. the father of trusts. This doctrine h
, correct only IN part. II il not the faith
: er of trust, but the grandfather. This
j. the genealogy Of the trust high
tariff encourages home manufacture by
raising the price Of the articles manu-.
A
number OF plants. the increase IN the
u number of plants begets competition;
= which in turn reduces prices 10 the ex.
: tent Of rrdsring the manufacture of the
" article Improbable; whereupoa the wss.
lutacturer, themselves realize the aecss.
% ,ity uf entering into some eOmbiD ati0R
) TO keep up prices--tbis l. tbe trust. The
trust i NOT within itself sinful, nor
commercially wrong II bslf dozen
. merchants 10 the city Of Roswell enter
- into q combination VI agreement that
= 'Lev will not sell certain articles below
{ an agreed price they have = perfee,
= rgh; 20 do 80. J,'Sr 50 LONG A.
THEY 10 Nor SESE TO INTEP
II rERE WITH THE BUSINESS OF
4 OTHER MERCHANTS WHO REFUSE
. TO ENTER THE COMBINE.
& Trusts have existed from time In,
4 memorial, and will always exist tlon
r the day OF Edward the Sixth 10 Csorg,
- the Third, England tried in sa'a 10 suI
p press trusts in all rheir forms; bat CAV,
" ~ w " FF'1A'hk ah aoNlsAfWHN ltMtt
lation. and turpol the trusts loose =
= fight each other, aud has never troubles
~ with the matter since.
IL 80 long as commercial trusts conan
Il themselves TO tue purpose Of pEomOtin
II the interests o. their own members; :
'e lcng ~ the labor trusts eonine thea
lc selves 10 he rrcsnOtiOn Of the interest
IN 81 their owU weuibers, without unde
NJ taking 10 interfere with the rights
Ne others who do aot desire 10 eater To-
H. their combines; 90 lons ought they
an be allowed 20 work out their CWn pol
oles. whea, however, the semmercil
~ or labor trusts ?Sss beyond that, sl
he seek to take ebsrss Of the husinsss
he ether people, o. - deRy 0i,e. soplc d
J equSi protection of the Law. taey escoa
a.. e''minsls, and phould b aeait vi