The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-01
WHAT EDITORS SAY OF WILSON
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TO follow its own right laws.
what are the business men of the
country? Are not the farmers bust
ness men? Are not the small traders
business men? Is not the sub-contrac
tor business man as well as the con
itractor-in-chief; the man who Is build
ing up enterprise as well as the man
who has built ii up? Is not the man
whose credit is small and on the
make business man as well as the
man whose credit is unlimited ard es-
tablished? Is not every employer OF
labor. every purchaser of material and
every master Of any enterprise, big or
little, and every man in profession,
business man?
These smaller men, who constitute
the body of the nation, SO far as husi-
ness is concerned. do not want to be
let alone They want to be set free of
artificial trammels, of high prices, and
of the restricted opportunities that
have been created by oud tariff-walled
system of privilege"
"What is to be the greatest issue of
the coming campaign?" There was no
hesitation in Governor Wilson's an
swer:
"The tariff, of course. 1t must be so
lby its very nature No frank mind can
doubt that the great systems of special
privilege and monopolistics advantage
that have been built up have been
built up upon the foundation of the
Itariff. The tariff question is at the
heart of every other economic question
we have to deal with, and until We
have dealt with that properly We can
deal with nothing in a way that Will
be satisfactory and lasting
Governor Wilson is for tariff for
revenue only" first, last and all the
time. He believes that tariff revision
is the most pressing need of the coun-
try, and that the people are right IN
their determination to settle this ques-
ton unequiyocally at the coming cleo
ton.
"We have under our federal system
great many governments to support.
Direct taxes must, for the most part, be
left to the individual states The gov
ernment at Washington must depend
chiefly on indirect taxes.
"But great system Of industry has,
as matter of fact, been built up on
the basis of protective tariff, and the
question OF craftsmanship ahead of us
is one of fairness and good judgment
1T is question of expediency in the
large sense of that word Where shall
we bring our tariff duties to revenue
basis at once? Where must we go
slowly and ease the process off by we'll
considered, gradual measures of redue-
tion
with regard to some schedules it is
already abundantly evident what it is
just and necessary to do congress IN
the special session showed that is un-
derstood which they were and how
they ought to be dealt with. The pres
ident did not seem to understad either
the spirit and purpose of congress or
the temper and opinion of the coun-
try
But, governor. it is being urged
that the interests of the east and west
are divergent as to the tariff Do you
think that is So"
NO; the interests of the east and
west do not seem to me to be diver
gent in any important matter of ma
tional policy
what effect has the tariff had on
wages?" Governor Wilson was next
asked
Very little, directly When wages
have risen they have generally risen
more in response to the demand of or
ganized labor than from any other