New-York tribune., 1912-01-13
HARMON TALKS ON TARIFF
sjohs "Oh, for an Hour OF An
drew JaCksOn!"
SAYS TAFT IS FACILITATING
Ohio Governor States He Himself
Cleared the Way for Enforce
ment of Anti. Trust Law.

East St. Louis. Ill., Jan. l2.-"Oh. for
an hour OF Andrew Jackson Ills slo-
gan Gguratiyely wish fer the resurTe'-
ton of tho tariff and economy policies OF
President Jackson, summsrizcd the views
OF Governor JudsOn Harmon of ONO IN
speech tonight before the democratic
club here. The occasion was colobfa"
Of the l06th anniversary Of tho battlc ot
New Orleans i'm tho War OF lsi2.
jackson urged a gradual reduction ~
tariff taxes" said tho Governor "cspcciai-
~ on uoccs saries. ~ a tim" when ihry
were levied mainly ior revenue. When 70
Gently Wc saw a President loi, against rs
just inclina ation, to sign aud praise a tar't
bill which broke his own and bis paril 8
promise Of reform, and then, jn tho rae
of his express admissions veto bills f'r
reductions passed bv Congress under d
rect command of the voters ~ tho cntue
country. men everywhere exclaimed. as
they did I'm tho days of the vacila;ins
Buchanan: oh, for one hour OF Andre"
Jackson"
The Governor attacked the financial pol.
icy Of the three last Republican admins
trations as having increased the federal
outlay from S1.0O00fO.O00 every two years
10 more than 81, ,Oo0OO,OO0 each year. fie
devoted most attention. however TO what
he described as zone Of the worst abuses
known IN history arranging tarif taxes
so as 10 enable favored manufacturers T.
collec. from the public much larger sum
than sl,O0O, coo for their own heneht.
The Governor said, In part:
According TO reliable estimates, for every
dollar the government receives on articles
imported the favored manufactures coHect'
s. above the normal Of prices OF Ike ar
ticles from American consumers. TINS Is
in effect farming out the taxing power.
Now We find the business Of the entire
country disturbed and halting because this
wretched system of favor taxes has bronSnt
was stimulated by these and then sup
pressed by the formation of trusts ana
combinations, in order that DIVIDENDS hhSmI
not cease on stock which was the captain
Zation Of this special advantage. Instead OF
cutting off the source by reforming the
tariff IL was sought TO control the stream
by forbidding these trusts ana compl'''-
II is significant that the Sherman anti
trust law and the Mckinley tariff la" were
under consideration at the same tlnlS % anu
passed at the same session. That tarin law
went far beyond earlier laws in the bestoW-
al Of special favors There was PLAIN warn
ing OF its evil effect. and the Leaders dld
not dare face the country on II without 4
law 10 prevent sitting the competition from
which great benefits were promised TO the
people. .-.l 49,,
antitrust law II was I'm a proceeding Dy
the government against the Trans missouri
Freight Association. Soon after II dIg ln"
same I'm two other cases, against tbe JOiHl
Traffic Association and the .AddySton hlu
other pipe companies. BY these cases lnr
Democratic Attorney General once; Wnl.n
| had the honor to occupy. cleared the Way
for the general enforcement OF the law,
for the government had lost IN the caSes
which preceded these. There were diso
nending at the expiration OF my term IN
vestigaflons of the beef trust and others.
Though persistent misstatements respect
ing my course i'm those matters would JUS
tifv it, this reference would not pc Hldp'
N IL had a personal bearing only. But IN"
Democratic party Is concerned WITH the
conduct OF oflcials chosen through Us
agency And IL restores ones taith IN the
fairness OF men that former Attorney DeI-
eral and Justice Moody has, IN puuilc
speeches, given credit where credit was
due. H., -
Rut II appeared not to be the policy or
the succeeding administration TO proceed
further against such concerns. 30 t.eS
grew and multiplied until one was reminoe9
OF the pictures where primitive man moNeh
fearfuliv among monsters. And the coun-
trv was made to believe for a time that TINS
state of things was prosperity. IL Is SalH
that an ounce OF prevention Is WoTth -
Mound Of cure, in this instance II wouIu
have been worth ton, FOR the SheiIiia"
law was distinctly preventive thedsu'''
THE first step, surely" the Governor
concluded. must be to redeem the tarlu
from, its peryerted use and restore 1t 10 Us
nrnnar nlace as a revenue measure DN graz
nal reductions, so that all concelheu W.
have time TO prepare for the cnanSe WIN
,ha chief cause OF the trouble thus reHOEErn
| believe we shall make our "a! ''
hack to normal conditions