Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-10-25
APPEAL To BUSINESS
MEN MADE BY NJ COMBS

william 3 McC0mbs has made pub
Ic the foIloWine appeal addressed
10 the tgsines. r.el O., America The
appeal Is a-a,t ay Cleveland H..
Dodge. Or, dent o. The national
league of Business Nen Tor Wilson
and MARSHALL
lu uaA. 'AA address go a4s.-
ness d. W america. Chairman Mo-
Combs said ..af b was prepared 10
der ne direction o. .1e .0mmlttes
b. c hundred @ 'ae most prom'-
aea, men .n the business world o.
Sea- I0rs
Io roc Business b.gu O. America
The Independent business men o,
tae country reeardless OF party, are
100. vide awake 20 the fayofltism.
me el'ort.on and the high prices
which have resulted from the re-
publican policy OF nigh protection
and u AN me ANIMALS Of tariff de-
bate tHc l.sle has never been more
clearly stated than IN these striking
paragraphs from Governor Wilson
perch o. acceptance
IT." tariff question, as dealt
WITHIN our time az any rate, has not
been business II has been politics
Tariff schedules have been made up
for the purpose OF keeping as large
number as possible OF the rich
land Influential manufacturers OF the
country Zoo good hImor with 'a.
republican party. which desired their
constant financial support The tar
iH aa. become a system OF fayors,
which Do. Hhraseoloss OF the sche-
du'D Nas often deliberately contriy-
Cd 20 conceal Who. when YOU come
down 20 'ho hard facts Of the mat
.ttr. ldH. been represented iu recent
years 2hou our tariff schedules were
being discussed and determined. not
ou 'hy floor OF Congress. for that Is
.H0, .rrr, 'hey have been do'ormIr
ed bnt 90 'nc committee rooms and
conferences That is the heart OF
. 'ho whole affair
We deu0uuco the Payne-Aldrich
|urff at' ag tho most conspicuous eX-
ample ever afforded the country Of
Itho special facors and monopolistic
advantage which the leaders OF the
Republican party have so often shown
themselves willing TO extend 70 those
TO whom they looked for campaign
contributions
When We act, We should act
with caution and prudence. like men
who Know what they are about. and
lgo, ike those in love with a theory
IIt Is obvious that the changes We
make should be made only at such
Ia rate and in such way as will
east interfere with the normal and
healthful action Of commerce and
manufacture. But we shall not on
THAI account act with timidity. as i
We did not know our own minds. for
We are certain OF our ground and oil
our object There should be an Inn
mediate revision. and IL should be
downward unhesitatingly and stea-
Idly downward.
II should begin with the sched-
Jules which have been most obviously
rsed 10 Kill competition and 10 raise
prices In the United States. arbitrar-
.ily and without regard 10 the prices
pertaining elsewhere In the markets
.of the world and II should, before
f' lg finished or iutermitted. be OK
tended 10 every item iH every SEIZED
F., which rgords any opportunity 20.
o0opol, Gov snecial advantage 70
mlfsd groups OF heue'icarIos. or for
h..di1ed control OF any kind in
he markets Of the enterprises OF
fH, country when We shall have
done that. We shall then be partners
With all the business men OF the
country. and a day of froer. NOR,
stable prosperity shall have dawned.
The purposes OF this League are
Ithreefold
"i To unite In an organization
the business men OF the country. IT.
respective OF party affiliations. upon
me broad sentiments set forth here
o.. as distinguished from the mar
-oW. class influence OF stand-pat pro-
'e.tion. IN other words TO make
common cause with he oonsuming
masses. from whom an income and
profit are derived
'2 To promote 'he election "a
Woodrow Wilson as 'he only truly
conservative candidate. the only one
Who shows O proper appreciation OF
the condition and vital needs % Tho
people and OF business who while
re.ogni1ine The failur. OF cxis'Inr
policies. shows no inclination 20 rush
20 experimental or radical panaceas
Hg- rather % calmly. Systematically
and unilinch.ngly use remedies that
are already agreed on generally as
fhe obvious ones. namely a gradual
hgf material reduction OF tariff du-
ties
And above all h. proposes O.
study tho question. and take counsel
|of independent business men and the
. people themselves instead OF actinr
'0n preconceptions and counseling
with commercially interested par.
ties.
q To nrnmofe The arflKa coon.