New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-06


officeseeker appeal to the sentimentality
Of the public by an account of a self
made mans rise from poverty. His father
and grandfather were educated men,
I prominent in their communities and COM
fortably well of financially, not rich. but
/ able to give an aspiring young scholar
all the education he needed. 1t was not
toward scholarship, however, that his
earliest ambitions led him. While he was
| in college he resolved to become public
man. To that end he studied law and
hung out his shingIe. But law didn't
| flourish. and after eighteen months OF II
he gave it up and with IT, for years 10
come, his desire for office.
The scholar in Politics"
Mr.. Wilson has often been referred to
as the scholar in politics" Many years
devoted TO teaching and writing on vari-
Gus topics of government have given him
philosophic turn of mind. He has not,
as a rule, ventured to express definite
opinion on any subject without careful
study.
! An instance is told Of how he replied to
an interviewer who asked his idea OF
| Roosevelt. II am told" said Mr. WILSON,
that he is a man who talks as soon as
he thinks"
| During his campaigns for the Governor
| ship and the Presidential nomination Mr..
| Wilson gave a very fair idea of how he
tions. Upon the general outlook for the
future he said early in the year:
The question OF how we should wisely
deal with the present difficulties and con-
| fusions of policy is a very comprehensive
one indeed No man knows enough 10
! answer IT, OF course. But one thing is
| plain, and that is that we must begin by
/ Diminishing from our minds the idea that
! there is any one general specific or cure
all that will clear the situation. we must
| 20 step by step, under the guidance Oh
! Judgment and good sense. We must
move, moreover, by common counsel No
one group of men, no one class OF men,
can wisely determine the policy OF
nation. The conclusions OF the stuoeh'
must be corrected by the experiences OIL
the politician and the man OF aHairs'
There is no one programme OF pohucs
that will suit the whole country.
Fortunately. we can no longer spear
| of sections in this country or OF Sec
tionaI divisions OF interest and sentiment
| hut there has not ceased TO be grea'
diversity OF conditions both In pohucs aho
economic development, and we ought e
| congratulate ourselves that we have ou'
flexible system of state and federal gov
! ernr,ent nv which we can adapt our poll
! cies TO the places where they are 10 o'
! tried out, and so conform TO the sc'o"
| diversity Of circumstance.
| Mr.. Wilson believes that the taflh ~
| the greatest issue before the people. Nc
| frank mind can doubt" he SAID recehug
! that the great systems OF special PRIV
! lege and monopolistic advantage ina
have been built up have been bullt VI
from the foundation Of the tarin'
1.-THE tariff question" he went on is d.
tho heart of every other economic ques
tion we have to deal with, and until W.
| have dealt with that properly we car
deal with nothing In a way tha' VIII "
satisfactory and lasting.
How TO Deal with TarItf.
When asked how this great question
should be dealt with, Mr. wilson on''
said: ,u,,
| with common sense and Judgment Inv
the rest. The Democratic leaders III Co'
gross have already shown that they hhoN
Sow IN deal with it, schedule by schedule
citing where the facts and interests al
too,sd are known and the occasion io'
deduction plain and admitted.
"There are no separate and distinguish
ab,a business interests In a matter hh'
I, tbIs" continued Mr. Wilson, "or IN an.
- matter of general economic policy
~ ,,noIe country depends upon It's ousi
-. where will you draw the line De
-, chose who are business men an'
| - ohio are not, between those "noH
NE ,9,ss Effects and those whom 1t doe
not affect .,o u,o,fara q
.,a country as a whole can oVerlooA "
a. ., Intentional disservice 10 us ousl
| .. MON for they are, In sense All y
"''' Tna process of tariff revision INK
,Li,e else we have TO unoertahe
80 De process Of readjustment' no
s,,,,rorary. but carried caretuiiy tor
,vard upon definite principle Ihat pfin
c,nIe is a tariff for revenue Inc ".' 81
II S arrangement Of the taxes Levied uii
snu % must be determined. as all taNe
oe a,,d he, by the economic interests o
,ba whole community.
In Mr.. wilson's opinion great oea, =
- :, solying the tariff problem nhisn
ne-p from the Tariff Board. but ne De
uayed the members Of the board were oi
a false quest. +, cos
.orbev are seeking differences IN cos
90 production upon the fatuous prihcipi'
30 the last Republican PLATFORM sai'
NJ Wilson. Differences between whoH
patween the manufacturers of this cohh
try and the manufacturers Of foreign
countries! Which of our Manufactured r
Gro IN be taken as the standard II
mere the same cost of production for TN
mos, efficient Of them and the least EN-
cent in any line of industry? Is there
On. same cost of production for any on
-, them at different times? Are the IN
oe,cient TO be protected along with th'
eficIent? II not where is the line 10 d
drawn? Who shall be left out IN .n'
. CLAP And are the most effcient as EN-