The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24

SIN I'm, ~ me il!hes- Dispatch:
Cole, of stearns, Va. apprmre l.,
recent issue 1t IL nigh tine ,hn,'' In.
%, ~, puli their ridiculous ,a!k
ttc'' II they ever expect TO win ~
o'nSr preHl"cnt!ai caGnpai=n
nils Lbs country has tho greatest homa
Time Is one or the su.aIes, ..Wf,orf,-r.
OF manufactured goods
.r,, IN Slch an Immense home market
"rouhu WhICh TO build {; certain sIar,d
arr grade OF merchandise for the other
people .! the world. here is WIN; ,,,a
Imported Into this country dl!rjn. ioiN
IRON i,,,. tne three foremost Inanuiactur.
,England.-Free, $4,000. 600; dut!abje
sll1.I55.ooo. Total, s239.s25 900 90 - wy
900 fots sScS3 sa 9g SGo du'iabie
france--Free, ss6.5ll. 900; dutiabIa
S'S;s2l 900. Total. si3a 1000
>, near In mind thn, the above cnor-
chnnd!se brought in. Observation-Disclosures
protective tariffs. ranging from 10 a.
90 per cent :"
,r II 5hese immense sums can be
"hat would happen II the low tariff
ai!u tnrliL Tor revenue only conditions
Tho writer remembers ,hat bcfo-a
inc era OF tho protective tariff, only
q rev years ago. mind you, that prdc-
t.c!iS every pearl button, every yard
lace curtains. every pair Of hosiery.
except tho coarsest and commoncst
ErHncs, every yard OF lace and en-
PROS br"iH9eriee. every KID glove. and hun
s3hal and household use, We're ali mude
huFGad not dollars worth being
produced here.
To-day. With cotton in sight OF nun
dreds or Southern mills We are shin
ping our raw cotton to Europc 10 the
eN,ent OF several million bales. 10 30
fsnt BACK 70 us In The form OF manu-
ihs sta noes. by our mill operatives
ne reason: We have been growing
iasi. but Is fast as we have been
growing we have not ovcrtakcn lilo
enormous consumption OF our HON,
market, so IS II not the height of folly
% tear down what wc hive accom-
piishcd In the past twenty years and
turn back 10 the. unproductivc. pront-
less years preceding the reign OF th,.
protective tarin?
and has go far voted with the Demo,
cratic party on the tariff question Our
opportunities are wonderfully bright
lor an ovcrwhciming success at tho
polls this fan provided we stop talking
,arin Tor revenue only and free trade,
ana tell the American public that tho
beinocFatic party stands for a lowered
tariff commensurate with the actual
needs of the manufacturers of thia
country. that 1t stands for the up
bniiding OF mighty manufacturing
80 t''ii' not DE an inulSCfl1ni mate demo-
lltion OF tariff walls hut ny careful
revision, by careful pruning, by care
Iul fostering and aiding new enter
priscs with protective duties, and by
stopping the bloated. bcsotted manu-
facturer who has construed protection
70 mean license, and who by fair and
tonl means has become drunk with his
own Importance. and forgcts that tho
same people who gave protection and
raised his humble onc-loom factory to
its present wonderful growth, cover
ing acres. can stop every turn of r.
spindle overnight
Tho Republican party has been falso
to the doctrine of protection as pro-
claimed by their great leader. WILL
liam Mckinlcy--thc puny, struggling
infant industries Of his creation, hav-
ing lost their creator have been fol-
lowing their selfish. Erve,,v impulses;
have fattened into lusty staggering.
insulting brats, and by cajolery, threats
and unparalleled use OF money filchcd
from others pockets. have bullied the
great Republican party Into carrying
out their selfish ends
Yes, the tariff needs lowering, and
lowering in a great many places, and
the country is whiting for the Demo-
cratic party to do the work, but the
country Is welded to a protective tariff.
and the Democratic party will lose It's
greatest opportunity II it fails 10
grasp what every business man knows
That what VIC need IL tariff revision
downward step by step. Gnd not wild
talk OF free trade or the mearinelcss
other twin brothcr-tariff for revenue
only. a. b. b.