The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-28
Where II VIII End.

erosion AQVeruSer. where Will II
all end? Where are the people of the
United States going to find them
selves? Will the living that the work
ing classes of this country are to be
satisfied with be such as the workers
of foreign countries are forced to &C.
cept? The signs OF the times point IN
that direction. There seems to be de-
/ termination on the part of many in
| the congress to completely turn
around and head another way. In
other words there seems to be de-
cision reached to make change In
our tariff policy and to put the coun-
try again on Free Trade basis.
La Toilette and Cummins and a
number of other senators, who were
elected by Republican legislatures, are
! forgetting the fact that they are sup
posed to be Republicans and are al
lying themselves with the political
enemy. The cardinal principle of the
Democratic party has been Free Trade
and today it's greatest leaders are for
such policy. There can be no ques-
ton of the fact that if the Democracy
was in complete control of the nat
ional administration that we would
soon go back to Free Trade policy.
We have tried this Free Trade before.
1t has been found wanting as policy
which would bring commercial and
industrial prosperity and peace and
happiness to the people. The days
of the Wilson-Gorman law were not
SO long ago that many can remember
the closed up factory, the idle
men and the farm and business stag
nation. They are not days to be
longed for again and how any man
or men can so forget the people as
to support measure or measures
which if approved means return to
Free Trade is quite mystifying espec
ially is this true when these men
have been continually telling the peo
pie the great love they bear the PEG
pie and that they are anxious to dc
everything to promote their interests
i Supposing the protective tariff does
make it possible for the mill and fac
tory owner to make little more
money? 1t also makes it possible fol
the workman to find employment anc
at good wages. 1t gives the man wht
must toll an opportunity to do fo
self and family 1t is a great dea
better to let the capitalist earn lit
tie more with his capital than to stag
. nate business and throw labor out o
employment. The man who ha
, means will not feel the effect of har
times. His family will eat regularly
they will have plenty of raiment an
: they will have comfortable, well fuI
J nished homes and their children vii
be sent to school. Will the workman
: enjoy these things If Free Trade be
comes the settled policy of the go1
> eminent? Will he have renumerativ
! wage, good clothing for self and chi
. dren, and will he be able to find SAT
/ shelter for his family and give nj
f children the education they need
g Such a condition will not exist il tn
i Free Trade policy is adopted. W
! have tried such policy before an
S we know its effect If the worke
v has employment at all it will not b
continuous and the wage will be sma
and he will he forced by law to plac
himself on the low level occupied 3
O the workers of foreign lands.
e Free Trade means death to tn
a prosperity we now enjoy. We do nj
n want Free Trade, but all signs poll
d to the fact that we are drifting tn;
IS way. Will the men who are shapir
!: the policies of the government rea
IS ize the enormity of the crime the
" will commit against the people If tt
n Free Trade policy is adopted and r
a fuse, before it is too late, to annif
=. late the Good Times" that all class
i in this country are enjoying.