Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-10-14

tion Of what constitute fair and
just tax with respect to both pro-
ducers and consumers. The
speaker then proceeded to show
the fallacy Of the various argu-
ments in favor of ar extremely
high protective tariff that had been
made in years past taking them up
in order. and showing that the old
arguments of nursing infant
industfies.' that the foreigner
pays the tax" of home competi-
tion Keeping prices down" and that
the tariff is a benefit to labor"
had allsbeen proved fallacious and
worn threadbare and abandoned.
The speaker made specific illustra-
ton Of the workers in the wooden
and cotton mills and the, steel
industry. showing that by the
official government reports by COM
mittees of congress composed of
both democrats and republicans, it
has been proved beyond doubt
from the actual figures that the
highest protected industries pay
the poorest wages. The speaker
then showed that, having been
forced to abandon all the old
arguments for tariff wall. around
the. United States. absolutely
prohibiting the importation of any
articles of commerce except those
not produced in this country at all,
that the republican party was
forced to find new argument. and
so, four years ago, solemnly and
seriously propounded that the true
principle Of tariff making was to
have a protective tariff equal to
the difference in the cost of pro-
duction at home and abroad and q
reasonable profit. The speaker
then showed the absolute fallacy
and Righteousness of this PROPOSE
tion, eyen though four years ago
President Taft and the stand
Datteas made it stick and were re.
elected on that proposition.
The speaker then stated that two
years ago the voters of the nation
spoke in language unmistakble f0l
reduction IN the tariff, and showed
how the democratic members of
congress and the real progressive
republicans had been true to their
trust and had honestly. fairly and
pomptly passed through both houses
of congress q group of tariff bills
affording millions of relief to the
people of this country without
injuring. the just rights or interests
of any industry in the country OF
of any section of the country; he
called attention to the veto Of these
measures by the president because
they proceeded the report of the
Tariff Board, and then showed how,
after the tariff board had reported
and the bills were passed second
time, President Taft and the stand.
patters, for the purpose of giving
the protected, privileged industries
a new lease of life for year or two
longer, had arbitrarily get himself
up against the demands of the
whole people of this country, anC
arbitrarily vetoed the bills that he
must have known were just an6
fair and right, and actually sub,
stantially in harmony WITH the
report of the tariff board which he
had awaited.
DISCLOSING of the tariff question,
the speaker then briefly referred
to the matter of the trusts, show.
ing how the supreme court ha6
actually vetoed law of congress
in its decision on the Standard Oil
case, and. how the republicar
methods Of enforcing the Sherman
Antitrust law were absolutely
fruitlsss. He then showed the
attit0ae and position of the demo.
cratic party on this question
Therebpon he took up the bull
moose platform nm the oueat,on n,