The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-11-01
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
~ DEMOCRATIC TARIFF BILLS
HAD NOT BEEN VETOED.
FACTORIES WOULD BE CLOSED
The Disaster Which Threatened one
County In Connecticut Would
Have Been Experienced In
Almost Every County In
the United Statea

49, "f. ~ tHN'' R|"N' NA' ~
resents Fairfield county. Connecticut.
In congress, and he has recently pub.
lished "a startling document IN which
no shows the erect the Democratic
tariff bills passed during the recent
session OF congress and vetoed By
President Taft would have had upon
these industries n enacted into a law
He lists the factories in alphabetical
order and shows IN connection with
each one Just the percentage " re-.
duction IN the duty upon the article
which II manufactures The showing
nils iour pages OF a newspaper and Il
has not only awakened Connecticut TO
a shuddering realization OF the dan.
ger II has escaped. but n has aroused
all New England n The menace % "a
Democratic victory
Mr. Hill shows beyond question that
II these Democratic bills had passed
practically every industry IN hts dis
trict and In the entire state OF con.
necticut would have been put upon
a free trade basis and "A worry large
proportion OF them would have been
obliged 70 close their doors Manu-.
facturete from all over the country
who have seen this exhibit are writ.
ing TO Mr.. Hin 10 thank him for ma.
king II and 10 tell him that they had
no idea how near 70 extinction they
a been. They had not realized the
deadly menace 20 their industries
which was hidden IN the Democrats
tariff bills and they had not realized
the immeasurable debt thCy owe 70
President Taft for v~etolng II One
correspondent from Delaware writes
that Congressman Hill's disclosures
had "set the state on fire" and that
Is hardly too strong n term 10 use 70
describe the intense interest aroused
Another article which has recently
appeared and which has produced al
most as startling an effect upon those
10 whom II was Immediately address
ed as that OF Congressman Hin. Ia an
editorial In the American Sheep
Breeder" This editorial calls atten
ton 10 the fact that neither Colonel
Roosevelt nor Professor Wilson made
any reply whatever when asked what
their attitude would bn on me 0ucs
ton OF protection 10 tho wool indus
try, while President Tar, answered 10y
wire, calling attention 20 his veto OF
tho wool bin ard the expression OF
opinion which he gave In that veto.
The editorial very properly draws
the inference from the silence OF the
Bull Moose and Democratic candidates
that the wool industry need not hope
for any consideration ~ their hands
and II quotes tho message of President
Taft 20 show that he realizes the abb
solute necessity Of protection In order
that the industry may prosper, and
that no long az he Is In the White
House no free wool bill can become q
law
Ths american Sheep Breeder"
goes 10 many thousand men engaged
In the sheep industry and II is not In
eny sense a political newspaper. II
is devoted 20 the interests OF the
sheep industry, however. and It's ex.
preston OF editorial opinion that
President Taft and the Republican
party alone can be trusted 10 safe
guard that industry. can hardly fail
TO concentrate upon the Republican
ticket the vote OF all those vitality In
tsrested IN that industry.
The Democratic managers realize
the deep-seated dIstrust toward their
party which exists on account OF it,
attitude on the tarir question and are
trying desperately 70 make II appear
that the tariff plank IN their platform
does not really mean so very much
they plead that the Democratic pro
gram would be to reduce the tarft
gradually 30 as not 20 disturb bust
ness, with the idea that ultimately
the country could reach a free trade
basis by easy stagcR-which ls like
the old story about gradually reduc-
ing the feed which is given 70 your
horse until by dint OF habit ne learns
10 do without any feed at all.
But the country will not be deceiv.
ed. The country knows perfectly well
that Democratic victory would mean
a long period Of tarin agitation with
nothing certain except that In the end
bills would be passed under which
there would inevitably be enormous
importations or foreign products with
corresponding contraction and stagnA-
ton OF domestic trade and manufac.
ture. The country did not fail to take
note Of the tariff revision bills passed
by the present Democratic congress
under the boast that they did not con.
tain a line OF protection. The coun.
try knows that but for the courage.
Gus vetoes Of President Taft these
ruinous Democratic measures would
now be on the statute books and In
all probability the Industries affected
by them would be languishing and
thousands OF men out OF work.
II 10 the knowledge OF these facts
that Is responsible for the strong and
steady drift toward TAFT that is re-
ported from all sections OF the u
try and that II the forecast OF a
swe>9 ping Republican victory,