The Calumet news., 1912-08-07

WnOle people once more INTO lidy. We
need no revolution: we need no eXcit
ed change: we need only a new poirt
of view ard new method and spirit
cf counsel
Tariff n System of Favors.
"The tariff question. as dealt with in
our time at any rate has not beer
business. II mas been politics. Tariff
schedules have been made up for the
purpose of keeping as large a number
as pos sible of the rich and influential
manufacturers of the country In good
humor with the Republican party
which desired their constant financial
support The tariff has become a sys-
TEN of favors, which the phraseoloSy
Of the schedule was often deliberately
contrived TO conceal. who when yOI
come down to the hard facts of the
matter have been represented IN recent
years when our tarif. schedules were
being discussed and determind, not or
the floor of Congress. for that is not
where they have been determined, but
i'm the committee roOms and confer
enccsc That is the heart of the whole
affair. VIII YOU, can you, bring the
whole people into the partnership or
not?
Uraes Caution in Revision.
we do not ignore the fact that the
business of a country like ours rs eX-
ccedingly sensitive to changes in leg
lslation of this kind. 1t has been built
fII.Itrf-aHlX tdIin
schedules written i'm the way ! have
Indicated. and its foundations must not
be too radically or too suddenly dis-
turbed When we act we should act
with cuution and prudence, Ike men
who know what they are about. ami
nor like those i'm love WITH a theory.
II is obvious that the changes we
make should he made only az such
rate and IN such a way as VIII least
interfere with the normal and health
ful course of commerce aud mauntac-
lures. But we shall not on that ac-
count act with tiniidity. as if we did
not know our own minds, for we are
certain of our ground and OF our OBJ
iect. There should he an immediate
revision and it snould be downward
unhesitatiEgly and steadily downward
"The nation as nation has grown
immensely rich. She Is justly proud
of her industries aud of the genious
Of her men of affairs. They can mas
ter ANYTHING they set their minds to
and we have been greatly st'muldteh
under their leadership and command
Their laurels are many and very
green We must accord them tue
great honors that are their due ana
400 must preserve what they have
built M for MS.
Cost OF Living Too High.
But what of tho other side of the
picttre? II is not as easy Tor 10 10
live as It used To he. our money WIZ
not bhy as much High wages, even
when we can get them, yield us no
y,ont comfort. We used to oe better
on with less. because dollar oottld
huv much more. The majority OF us
have beer disturbed 70 find ourselves
Growing poorer. even though our earn
ings we're slowly Increasing fr'oes
climb faster than We can push ou'
earnings up. Nc know that thcy are
not fixed by the competitions OF the
market. or by the ancient Jaw OF sup
plv and demand which is 10 be found
stated in all the primers of economies
but by private arrangements with re-
yard to what the supply should be
and agreements among the producers
themselves Those who buy are not
even represented by counsel. the
high cost of living is arranged by
private understanding
1--WE mutually ask ourselves how
did these gentlemen get control OF
these thinss7 Who handed our econ
omic nws over TO them for lesisla-
tive and contractual aterauonY wei