The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-07
|G0V. MARSHALL ON TARIFF.

49,
President Evolves Plan *
Make the Foreigner Pay t1e
Tax-RepubIicans and Progress
sIves Alike Condemned.
A Portland, Maine, despatch date6
Aug. ~ says:
d Governor Thomas R. Marshall
Democratic vice presidential nominee
continued his speech making tour Of
the state today after having made an
unusual impression in his address
here, in which he declared that the
blame was on the people for not get
] ting their rights under the tariff and
urged that laws be enacted that
would compel the protected manufac-
turer to sell his surplus at home. and
! ! his product abroad, thus making the
foreigner nay the tax.
In the course Of his speech he said:
| Does anyone doubt that for seven
and one-half years the leader Of the
progressive party was in power in
this country? Can anyone put his
finger upon a single effort made by
him to curb the monopolistic tenden-
| cy which was then rampant? Does
anyone believe that his new platform,
which stands both for socialism and
for a system of licensing and curb
ing, is anything more than a bid
for votes?
If there are laws to eliminate spe-
cial privilege, the Republicans did
not enforce them; if there are no
effective laws, they failed to enact
effective ones; if conditions are such
as to prevent proper control, they
became SO under their responsibility.
i do not address myself to the man
who is satisfied with the statement
that we are the richest people in the
world. # he means to say there are
more rich men in America than in
any other country, he is correct; but
if he implies that the natural ana
acquired wealth Of America has
been fairly and honestly distributed
among the people, he is altogether
wrong.
IF it is unequally distributed a freeE
people have the power to correct the
evils which permit or cause unequal
distribution. It they do not correct
them they ought to cease growing
about them.
Il have lived long enough to fol-
low the changing reasons advanced
for the high protective tariff. have
found them all to be shifty, uncer-
tain and dishonorable.
First it was to pay off the war
debt by compelling the foreign man
lfacturer to contribute to the United
States treasury; later it was to fos-
,er our infant industries, then to
protect American labor against the
9auper labor of Europe, and finally
n the last campaign to egualize the
;ost of production at home and
sbroad.
AT last the frank statement was
made that the government proposed
0 take its manufacturers into part
lership with it, and that this partner
hip was proposing to sell to the con-
umers of this country all the neces-
tiles of life except those grown up
u the farm, not for the benefit of
he government, but for the benefit
the manufacturer.
4, myself, have never been able to
etermine what system of business or
thics should induce a government
, form partnership with the man
no made the cloth that is in my
pat while totally refusing to form
partnership with me, who buys
lie coat and wears it.
The relentless cruelty to the con-
inner is shown by the fact that the
.oducts are sold at less price to the
eople abroad than to the people at
ome. Surplus products, it is ex-
aimed, but it is not explained why
en- go on from year to year making I
'oducts in vaster quantities than are q
eeded only to sell the surplus at
SIS. I am in favor Of a system Of
xation which will compel the pro-
cted manufacturer to sell the sur
us at home and the product abroad.
MS VIII for the first time in his
~ compel the foreigner to pay the
K.
We would like chance to figure i
your next order of printing.