New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-24

S. Sherman tonight contributed d
statement to the Republican cam
,paign, in which he dwelt upon TWO
issues before the country--constitu-
tional liberty and industrial oppor-
tunity.
This statement by Mr.. Sherman
(which is addressed to the American
people, is practically his only contriou-
sion 10 the prediction work OF MS
marty. the Vice Presidents health nav
snS made it impossible for him TO take
IAN active part in the campaign Inc
statement follows; -.
u has heen q matter Of keen reSret
that | have not been aole 10 an rrbe
jartive mart in the present campaign n n
lSSostrsint has been the more irksoile 90
n have realized that we are paSLS 5yo
Through a national crisis suCh as Nc Nc n
mot experienced since the CNu M'ioolyar
us hard, indeed, to be only an ErnnSiIsd
~ such a time, and ! am almost NM ,,,sS
sfo disobey the doctors orders a.H 90
Ento the conflict but / muSt i've n.y. for
9have private and puDhc hseoI,b still
(which / must conserve my heaitt' Few
N cannot refrain from sending OutsHfdeTs.
sentences for which ] ask the
dion Of all my fellow cltlzehs. =. Ali.
! There are two great issues !" ~.
iosmnaion which stand out alone Ohe'
o,,r eonstitutional liberty; the other, IN
dustrial opportunity. realize fuiIy tne
enirit Of unrest that has been arousea
DURING the last few years by muck
rakers and demagogues. ! appreeiate
y,ost thorouuhIy and join most nearby
in the desire for so called social better
iyoent. am in full sympathy WIN
every we'll directed effort TO elevate
sill further our already high STANDARD
of livinq, TO eradicate injustice snI
iniouitous conditions IN our soeiai ano
Industrial life. but ! ask IN all serious
ness is any evils that nave crep. IL
our national affairs can be eliminates
nv breakinu down our Constitution, oy
attacking the courts or increasing the
povUer Of the mob2 Happily ! believe
his threatening danger which seemed
70 menace our institutions has been
aVerted.
Great Menace to Country
But a great menace remains; We can.
not improve the present soCi 1a.fa anu ,ndnq-
Situation by tearing down existing mus
trial conditions and abandoning oppoE-
unity for individual and national prog
ress. ...,o,. 60 bepE
&c NOT interested in banking laws; the man
Who is without means to travel Is hot
interested in railway rates: the man VIZ
lacks a surplus is not interested III ~, 80
diCial procedure or legislative enactment;;
The Democratic platform OF lSlZ, as uIu
the Democratic platform OF lSyZ, declares
unconstitutional the imposition ana cor
lecting OF tariff duties except lot Ie'e WI
. The Democratic candidate, Or. WIZ
son, has declared that he would nepeai
ali protective duties. The present Demo.
cratic House Of Representatives mas put
itself on record in favor or the loWest
nossibIe import rates. So we may assume
that in the event of Democratic success
we shall have tariff for revenue only;
True, the Democratic platform ana the
Democratic candidate declare that tme
that il is to be brought about gradudliy'
and no American industry IL TO be m
iured But James X. Polk IN 1914 anu
Grover Cleveland, in 1882, sald the same
thing while their election was followed
by free trade and disaster. ,.,u..
We are to-day enjoying a large degree
Of prosperity, a greater Yoiudne Od en- en-
pIoyment and higher individual and col
Elective wages than ever before IN our
history. No man can be idle VINO can
or will work The newspapers IN thelT
. 'help wanted" than situations wanted
advertisements Our farmers have mar
vested the most valuable crop ever
known, our railroads facilities are taxed
10 their utmost to handle 1t.
/ our merchants were never so busy ana
our banks are bursting with surplus
funds We are buying more abroad thdn
ever before, and we are selilhg larssiy
more than we buy, insurinS a favorable
balance of trade to meet our foreign Cd.
LEGATIONS Every year under the present
tariff law we have had a substantial
treasury surplus We are as contehteu,
prosperous and happy as an ambitious
ueOple can be- who are ever seeking 10
improve present conditions and TO IN
crease constantly growing income.
THE issue then is whether we shall go
"A ygh
and 1894, under low tarlns, We shai 30
backward.
Low Tariff Means Low Wages.
Eagerly, indeed. ate the manufacturers
and producers Of Europe and elsewhere
looking for an entrance into and then
.poeseSsion of our markets GTeedily IN
deed are they enyying fifteen billions OF
bank deposits, over four bilhon uoiats OF
which are the savings Of the working
classes A tariff sufficiently low Tor
sufficient revenue without protection TO
our labor and industries means an nm
portatiOn of billions of dollars worth OF
foreign goods to take the place OF our
home products, with resultant ldleness
or a reduction OF American wages to
the foreign level.
truth IL Is history 1t is experience
Every Industrial nation but one Is
strengthening it's protective tarlns, ana
Great Britain will return to protectlOh
abandon our policy? Shall we open our
ports and give up our markets to the
eager. greedy artisans abroad who would
instantly flood us with their wares?
An idle impoverished, weak people
cannot make progress, either social or
Industrial The United States has become
the foremost nation because our people
have done their own work, have built
up and maintained their own market and
have become to a large degree lndepend-
cnt Of the rest of the world. We have
,nade progress because we have worked
for IT, We have taken advantage OF our
natural resources and built up n nation
that outranks all others In wealth and
mode OF living and In every human en-
gressive people of al; history, and this
has come under Republican legislation
and administration.
No Individual or band OF Individuals
can appropriate the word progressive.
Pretence Is not progress, promise not
progress, only performance brings real
progress. and the attainnents OF the He-
tional progress which to-day is the envy
and admiration Of the civilized world
Republicans True Prosressives,
From it's very inception the Repub'
Iican party has been a progressive
party. Every decade, every admins
ration, every Congress, every year has
brouaht substantial progress since the
INAUGURATION Of Lincoln to the present
time with the exception Of the two
wars whom the Democratic party had
h,U possession Of the government
then our progress was checked, our
finances were snntten, our industries