The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-08-02

Ms afnnunce fhe present tariff
iefd paH uoaflE tour thousand ar.
fIrfe as masterpiece OF injustice
lne.iHaIs ana false pretense. il has
aIefIahei many Industries 10 sub
NidFe feN f prohibits imports that
miNat purchase the products OF Amer
lean labor Is bias degraded American
fummpnUe from The first 10 an infe-
user auk upon the high seas. il mas
CO. dnan the values OF American
manufacture a home and abroad: il
has depleted ihe returns OF American
agriculture. an Industry followed by
bali our people 10 costs the people
zee times more than Il produces to
tha reaaHfY ohsfructs the process of
production and wastes the fruits OF
abor promotes fraud. fosters
snuEsllnR eurlches dishonest offi-
Nlais and hankrupts honest mer-
shaHfa We demand that all custom
hnHar taxa' .on shsll be only for rev.
euue National Democratic Plat
lurm - 1850
Ihe ack ol continuity in thought
und fhe absence Of definite purpose,
baf8is less than lnexactitude of state
usa bas reduced the newspaper of
the period from a trustworthy vehicle
81 aets aud opinions-not to say a
taa8er of politics to be the merest
sammon.csrrier Of sensations and i'm
pressons
Tire Nee York World. if not the
latest and greatest. Is the most con-
Hpeuous offender Newly setting it.
sslf a. democratic oracle. the World
e. arguing tec,h.and.nail in favor of
Tom platrs old scheme for abolish
lng home rule in the metropolis and
establishing in It's place a state sys-
tenn of pollce-as II the republicans
az Albany we're likely TO do any bet
fef han the democrats in New York
and NOT content with this hetero-
doxy o has the hardihood-we will
uot say the Ineptitude-to insist upon
a. mending the democratic national
platform just adopted at Baltimore
thar ts tariff plank shall become but
an echo OF the sort of semi-republi-
canIsm vaguely outlined by Theodore
Roosevelt for the Bull Moose party.
Here Is how. discussing the imper-
'lons OF the platform, the World
puts lbs misconception of the para.
mount issue of the campaign before
az
The tariff plank. sound in other
respects. opens with this denial of
manifest truth We declare it is to be
q fundamental principle of the demo-
cratic party that the federal govern
ment under the constitution has no
riNhi or power TO impose or collect
tariff duties except for the purpose Of
revenue This is absolutely false
The democratic party has no such
fundamental principle and never did
have n never has been a free trade
party al OF its tariff bills, includ-
ms hose vetoed last year, and those
uoN pending have recognized the
theory ot protection.
This would seem 10 have been writ
ten hy a very Young person. Obvi-
ousb c was written by one not only
unadtised OF democratic history bur
Indifferent 10 democratic doctrine.
Only some bright but raw boy out of
ihc army OF newly-arrived editorial
recruits from the city editors staff
of clever reporters. knowing little but
what has passed before their own
eyes but cocksure OF everything,
could say as this novice proceeds to
say Al a time when the country is
In revolt against the abuses of the
tariff IFS prostitution TO greedy in
terests. the known extortions of it's
benefciaries and the sore oppression
at the people in its schedules affect
ing he cost of food and clothing, it
Is something worse than a blunder
60 fix upon the one party from which
relief may be expected a purpose
which IL does not entertain"
Here We have at once a confusion
Of thought and a perversion of his
tory As an economic statement it is
topsy-turyy What can the writer
think he thinks?
Going back to the old debates be-
tween the wings and democrats, the
whigs stood for protection. the dem
ocrats for revenue The wings were
very moderate protectionists-alm
a. moderate as the World would have
the modern democrats-their plea in
allowance being our infant indus
tries The Walker tariff. by pro
fesslou intention and effect was
revenue 'ari6 II worked so we'll that
osers body Vas satisfied until the ext
renee. ~ war required a vast in
crease ct income and therefore of du-
fies when the high protectionists got
m Hasr work Bur the first demo
c declaration OF principles after
the tar rbat embodied the considera-
lion domestic economies quoted
above demanded that all custom