The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-22

not made by the general body OF the /
members of either house of Congress
THE tariff intimately concerns the
farmer of this country. 1t makes
great deal of difference to you that
Mr.. Taft the other day vetoed tne
steel bill. 1t makes difference "
you in the cost of practically every
tool that you use upon the farm, anu
1t is very significant or ought TO De
very significant to you that a Demo
cratic House of Representatives has
Just passed the steel tariff reduction
bill over the Presidents veto, thing
am informed, unprecedented In tne
history of the country, that a House
should have passed two tariff meas
ures, the wool measure and the steel
measure, over the veto Of the Presl-
dent. Why? Because these gentle
men now know that they are pushing
this thing forward against some of
the most powerful combined inter-
ests of the country and that they are
under bonds to represent the people
of the United States and not the
special parties in it.
Tariff measures are not measures
for the merchant merely and the
manufacturer. The farmer pays just
as big a proportion of the tariti
duties as anybody else. Indeed some
times when we are challenged to say
who the consumer is as contrasted
with the producer, so far as the tar
riff is concerned I am tempted tc
answer the farmer" because he does
not produce any of the things thai
get any material benefit from the tar
riff and he consumes all the things
which are taxed under the tariff sys
tenn.
The Trouble With Business.
1.-THE trouble with the business o
the United States under the tariff II
that men think they cant maxi
money without the assistance o
the Government. And as long a.
you allow them to think that, ever,
mothers son of US is tied to tn
apron strings of the old grandmothe
sitting in the Capitol at Washington
Now, for my part, I am free and q
and don't want any assistance Q
the Government to enable me
make a living.
But l want at very turn of ever
argument that I make of this natur
to say that the legitimate bushes
enterprises of the country have al
solutely nothing to fear provided the
will stand on their own bottoms; bi
they have everything to fear II
they have under them is the prop
a tax which everybody is obliged
pay in order that they may be ao
to conduct their business-and D
lieve that this is the just princip
of Government"
I He talked about the three lines
the Democratic platform in which u
party declares it is to be the duty
devote such funds of the nation
> Government as may constitutional
be devoted for such purposes TO q
promotion of industrial agricultui
" and vocational education. He d
cussed legislation for the extendi
:, of scientific training to the farme
/ and farmers boys who could not
{ to school. He added to this vo'
tional training generally
= Protective Tariff Dam.
o. The Governor said the farmer W
N interested in foreign markets and
G. must have them. He said:
he "If prosperity is not checked in Z
d. country we must broaden our b
,g ders and make conquest of the m
he kets of the world. And that is a
n. the reason why America is so mt
interested in breaking down, VIII
re ever it is possible to break II do'
st that dam against which all tides
n. our prosperity have banked up, t
It great dam which runs around all
". coasts and which we call the prot
ut ton tariff.
ed 81 would refer to call it the
ut strictive tariff. l would refer to
IN it the tariff that holds us back.
is should refer to call it the tariff t
re hens us in, the tariff that chokes
of the tariff that smothers us, beca
the great unmatched energy OF Am
If, ca is now waiting for a field grea
to than America itself in which to pr
of taht Americans can take care
themselves"