The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-09-24
RADICAL,
!. BUT AMERICAN
Nh. Hearst Cables Criticism Of
s. Governor Wilson
10 q Protectionist and Believes Ameri-
can Prosperity Due to That Policy.
Objects to the Governors Attack on
American Business Men.

10 Proteetionist and Believes Aneri.
can Prosperity Due to That Policy
Objects to the Governors Attack OF
American Business Men.
Mr.. w. r. Hearst is growing up and
one by one is abjuring the radical fads
Of his immaturity. 1t is a pity that q
man Of his energy and brilliaEce should
have had the power to inculcate SC
many dangerous doctrines before he
grew to realization Of what they meant
Many years Of strife will be necessary
before the crop of armed men that
came from the dragons teeth he has
sown will be destroyed.
However, the signs of repentance
are welcome In a recent cable dis
patch from London he indicates that
he is much disturbed over the speeches
Of Governor Wilson, whom he has
been supporting. Parts of his dispatch
follow:
81 am supporting the Democracy In
this campaign, but do not approve OF
Mr.. Wilson's policy Of tariff for rev
snue only, nor do I think that he i'm
proves his position when he declares
in support of a gradual reduction OF
the tariff A gradual reduction of the
tariff means a continual reduction OF
the tariff, and the continual disturb
ance of the tariff means continual dis
turbance of business.
at would be much better for the
Democrats to adopt very definite
tariff program, and then, If elected
carry out exactly that tariff program
and thereafter allow business to pro
coed in confidence and security and
with a thorough knowledge of estab-
lished conditions.
'T believe In proper tariff for pro-
lection, and l believe that the growth
OF the unexampled prosperity Of Amer
Lea has been largely stimulated by the
principle of protection.
''Mr. Wilson says that we have
grown to such point of production
that we overflow our own markets and
that we must extend our markets and
open up foreign markets to our pro.
duce.
'sThis is quite true, but one reason
that we fill and overflow our own mar
kets is because legitimate protection
has prevented the product of foreign
manufacturers and foreign cheap labor
from invading our markets and crowd
ing our own manufactures and our
own laborers out of business.
"If we have had such splendidly
prosperous business conditions al
home 1t would not be well or wise to
alter too rapidly or too radically the
system under which these splendidly
prosperous business conditions have
been developed. Furthermore, we can
not secure the markets of foreign ma
lions merely by reducing our OWL
tariff wall. We must reduce the tariff
wall of foreign nations.
"By demolishing our own tariff fence
we may get out of our own pasture
but we cannot get into the pasture OF
foreign nations until we have demol-
ished their tariff fence.
Al We SdCfluCc our pEOLcN0fc pOAiSt
we sacrifice our one opportunity tc
lower the tariff bars Of foreign coun-
tries. 1t Is only by reciprocity that
the tariff bars of foreign countries car
be lowered.
eff we maintain our protective fence
we can say to foreign countries, we
win lower our bars to your products II
you will lower your bars to our pro
ducts But If we have no tariff
fences we can make no such beneficial
bargain.
"Mr. Wilson must not be like the
dog in Aesop's fables who let go the
bone that he actually had In order tc
grasp at the reflection In the water
II we sacrifice any advantage that we
actually have we must be sure that we
are going to get a corresponding ad
vantage in return, and If we should
sacrifice injudiciously our protective
policy we should find our markets open
TO the products of all the nations OF
the world and their markets still clos
cd 30 the products of our own nation.
"Mr. Wilson also disproves Of Ameri.
can business men and considers them
ignorant and provincial l am al
most disposed irritably to contradict
this statement of MI. Wilson