Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-08-08
WILSON UhfO[D5
VIEWS ON ISSUES
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counsel 30 group ~ directors. eco
monte or political can speak cor o
people They have neither the point
% view nor the knoVie ledge Our dif-
flculty is not that wicked and de.
signing men have plotted against ne
but that our common affairs have
been determined upon TOO narrow a
view and by 700 private an initia-
tive Our task now % 70 effect a
great re-adlustmen' and get the
forces % The whole people once more
into play We need no revolution
ae need 900 excited change. We need
only neR point " leV and a new
method and spirit % counsel
The tariff question. az dealt
with 10 our time AZ any rate has not
been business n has been politics
Tariff schedules have been made up
for the purpose o. keeping as large
number as possible Of the rich and
influential manufacturer o. the
country in a good humOr with the
Republican party which desired their
constant financial support The tar
IN has become system ~ iayOrs.
which the phraseology Of the SEIZED
ule was often deliberately c0n'rlFed
20 conceal Who, ghen sou come
down 10 the hard facts OF the matter
have been represented IN recent
years when our tariff schedules were
being discussed and determined. not
on the floor % Congress. for that rs
not where they have been determin-
cd but In tho committee rooms and
conferences That is the heart o.
the whole affair Will you can you
bring the whole people into 'he par.
nershlp or not
We DO not ignore the fact that
he business OF country Ike our Is
exceedingly sensitive 20 changes DO
legislation % this kind u has been
built no. however ill-adyisedly. upon
tariff schedules written l1 the way
% have Indicated. and its foundations
must not be- TOO radically or too sud
denly disturbed when We act Ne
I should act with caution and prudence
like men who know what they are
about. and not like those In love
with the theory II is obvious that
the changes We make should be- made
only a. such a rate and In such a
way a. will least interfere with the
normal and healthful course OF com
mcrco and manufacture But We
shall not on that account act with
tlmidity. az II We did not know our
own minds. for We are certain OF our
ground and Of our object There
should be- an immediate revision, and
II should be- downward unhesitating-
Is and steadily downward
The nation as a nation has grown
immensely rich She Is Justly proud
of her Industries and OF me genius
of her men of affairs They can
master anything they seq their minds
90 and VI. have been greatly stimu-
lated under their leadership and
command Their laurcls are maus
and yory green We must accord
them th, great houors thar are their
due and We must preserve what they
have built for us But what OF the
other side of the picture o. ls not
as easy for us % live as 10 used to boz
Our none, viii not buy as much
meh wages. even when Re can -,'
'h,m. yield us mo- great comfort We
..I .a b.. better of With Jess bee
cause dollar could buy -o much
... T.. majority CD. us have been
disturbed q. fIud ourselves growing
.uo-. oven fhoggh our earnings are
loss. increasing Prices climb fast.
.r chan 0e can push our earnings up.
Wr know chat they are not fixed by
tH. competitions OF tho market or Boy
.N. ancient laV az supply and De-
uarI aH.la .s 20 boz found stated iu