The Washington herald., 1912-06-26
CALLS CHICAGO
CONVENTION AN
INDECENT BRAWL
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the pound Of flesh nominated in the bond,
And II was yielded. Congress passed
and the President signed the Payne
Aldrich bill.
''Ons outcome Of this breach Of faith
was a Democratic House, which has act
ed so wisely and courageously as 70
arouse the enthusiasm of the people, and
inspire the Democratic party with tusti-
fable hope OF early opportunity to render
service sorely needed.
Under sagacious and intrepid Demo
Garlic leadership special bills have been
passed having for their purpose a revi-
sion Of the tariff downward, ultimately 70
a revenue basis. These bills are known
as free list, wool, cotton. metals, chemi-
Gals, sugar. and excise The Presidents S
use Of the veto power has postponed.
however, the hour when the people shall
enter into the enjoyment OF the relief
proposed. until after the Inauguration of
the next President.
The temporary failure, owing to the
action OF the electorate of Canada, Of
the effort TO effectuate reciprocity with
that country is regrettable. The agree
PEOPLE OF both countries.
Touches on Reciprocity.
"AT honor to the Democratic House.
which stood for the good OF the nation
as a whole and prevented the repeal Of
the reciprocity act, thus leaving the door
open to Canada II her people shall later
elect TO accept our proposal.
For the Ills that flow from that tariff
increase from an average Of % per cent
to 80 per cent, the Republican party is
responsible. For the continuance Of that
rate against the efforts Of a Democratic
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blame. It is evident. therefore, that re-
lief can come only through the election of
a Democratic President and Congress.
During all these years Of enforced
levies upon the many for the benefit Of
the few, Il has been abundantly demon
strated that the tariI is. as accurately
described by trust magnate, the fruit
full mother OF trusts
''Mr Taft said in a speech in 1895 that
during the preceding ten years nine
tenths OF the combination TO restrain
trade had come into existence. During
nearly all Of that time the Republican
party was in control OF every Northern,
Eastern. and Western State, as well as
Of the Federal government.
The Ounce of Prevention.
Little was done by the party in power
to retard the weedy growth and that
ton is worth a pound OF cure was never
so forcibly illustrated. The prevention
of combinations would have protected all
the people and harmed none. The process
Of destruction Furnishes the innocent In
vestors, as well as the guilty organizers
The reason for the encouraging in
activity Of the Republican officials is
plain. Tariff beneficiaries were and for
many years had been contributors to
campaign funds Of the party, which in
turn protected the special privileges en-
joyed by the donors. But competition
prevented. in some instances. the col
lection from the people OF the full sum
stipulated in the tariff. To secure IL all.
tempted the cupidity and stimulated the
ingenuity Of the benehciartes But one
way could be Characterization to con-
troll the price up to the point where the
statute let in foreign competition. The
same party which shut out foreign COM
petition was found willing to permit the
formation Of combinations which ef
fectually banished home competition
The common law on the subject and the