Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-04
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1912.
BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS
The sheep growers OF the country,
and the wool men, do not want Con-
gress to touch Schedule X OF the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Yet from
all parts Of the nation there hra
people clamoring for reduction OF
the tariff on this staple, and the tariff
board. appointed few months ago,
which made it's report to congress
when the latter convened prior to the
holidays. has recommended that the
duties be lowered. 1t is hard to salts.
fy everyone.
In a nation composed, as is the
United States, of so cosmopolitan a
class of citizens, it is difficult to per-
ceive what is best for the general
welfare The interests of the differ.
ent sections of the land are so varied,
that which is favorable in one divi-
sion having exactly the opposite ef.
feet upon the business of another,
that the problem of ameliorating con.
dit;ons is one most formidable. Els.
pecially has this been demonstrated
in regard to the tariff. The South
clamors for one reduction. the East
clamors for another, the West says
hands off, and the northern section Of
the nation has ideas of its own. The
responsibility which devolves upon the
chief executive and the legislative
bodies is an unenviable one.
There promises to be some orator.
ical efforts during this present session
which will create i'll feeling Repre-
sentatives will uphold those measures
which will be of benefit to their com.
munities alone. Out of all the STRIFE
and general tangle of affairs some
clear head must deduce a plan which
will enhance, not sectional success,
but the prosperity of the whole nation.
10 one is in better position to judge
what is best for the country at large
than the president, Mr.. Taft.
There IS one good thing about the
presidents methods. He is con.
:scientious worker. 1t makes no diff.
ference to him what the average per.
son thinks. If he is convinced in his
own mind that certain measures will
be better for the country's veal
those are the measures he will recon-
mend and work for. His are not
hasty convictions, however. Mr.. Taft
makes no decision until he knows
whereof he speaks. He is conserva.
tive in his methods. 1t pays to take
tive in his methods. 1t pays to make
haste slowly when an entire continent
is to be effected by an action Yet
there are men-intelligent men-who
condemn him for failing to expedite
legislation in which they are inter.
ested
.I0es the country want radical
leader to guide it's destinies? Such a
man would hearken to the impatient
pleadings of one section of the land,
act hastily, and overlook the resultant
effect upon the remainder of the coun-
try. Is that best for maintaining the
proper equilibrium which is so es-
sential to nations business? A few
calamity howlers may sit back and
bay at the moon. but that is no indi-
cation that the whole country is going
to the dogs. Radical speakers may
berate the present government from
platform and stump. but no matter
how entrancingly they tt,.", or how
powerful a mind they possess, they
can do naught but create a general
unrest, which is more harmful than
good
1t is perfectly proper to saw that
changes are needed. Everyone is
cognizant of the fact. Mr.. Taft was
aware of the same need long before
he took the oath of office But the vi.
tai question is, what we are to change
to. Alterations of present laws must
promise absolute and certain anchor
alton Of those conditions which are
deplored at present. Radicalspeakers
would lead the country to 60 of on
tangent and in the end there would
be greater dissatisfaction than exists
today. ~
Mr.. Taft is considering conditions
in a thoughtful and conservative way.
and the nation must rest assured that