The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-08

thing. That II why American bust
ness is upset every few years by un
necessary tariff upheavals and Il
weakened by uncertainty in the peri
DDS between. The greatest need o.
business is certainty; but the only
thing certain about our tariff IL I'M
certainty.
What, then, shall we do to make
our tariff changes strengthen business
| instead of weakening business? Riva!
protective tariff nations have an
swered that question. Common sense
has answered it. Next to our need
to make the Sherman law modern, ur,,
derstandable and just, our greatest
fiscal need is genuine, permanent
non-partisan tariff commission.
Spoilers Threatened.
The tariff in politics is the excuse
for those sham political battles which
give the spoilers their opportunity.
The tariff in politics is one of the In.
visible governments methods OF
wringing tribute from the people
Through the tariff in politics the hene
ficiaries of tariff excuses are cared
for, no matter which party Is 'revis
ing"
A tariff high enough to give Ameri
can producers the American market
when they make honest goods and
sell them at honest prices but low
enough that when they Sell dishonest
goods at dishonest prices, foreign
competition can correct both evils; a
tariff high enough to enable Ameri
can producers to pay our workingmer
American wages and so arranged
than the workingmen will get such
wages; business tariff whose
changes will be so made as to reas
sure business instead of disturbing l,
this Is the tariff and the method O,
its making In which the Progressive
party believes, for which 1t does bat
tie and which It proposes to write In
to the laws Of the land.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff laws mus
be revised Immediately in accordance
to these principles. At the same tint
a genuine, permanent, non-partisa1
tariff commission must be fixed IL
the law as firmly as the interstate
commerce commission. Neither Of
the old parties can do this work. Fol
neither Of the old parties believes II
such tariff: and, what Is more serf
Gus, special privilege is too thoroughly
woven into the fiber of both old par
ties to allow them to make such
tariff. The Progressive party only IL
free from these influences. The Pro
gressive party only believes In the
sincere enactment of sound tariff
policy. The Progressive party only
can change the tariff as it must be
changed.
The Progressive party believes that
the Constitution is a living thing,
growing with the peoples growth,
Strengthening with the peoples
strength, aiding the people in their
struggle for life, liberty and the pur.
suit of happiness. permitting the PEG.
pie to meet all their needs as condi.
tons change. The opposition believes
that the Constitution is dead form,
holding back the peoples growth,
Stacking the peoples strength but
giving free hand to malign powers
that prey upon the people. The first
words of the Constitution are 1--WE
are the people" and they declare that
the CONSTITUTIONS purpose is ''to form
a perfect Union and to promote the
general welfare" To do just that is
the very heart of the progressive
cause.
From certain sources we hear
preachments about the danger of our
reforms to American institutions.
What is the purpose of American in
stitutions? Why was this Republic
established? What does the flag
stand for? What do these things
mean?
They mean that the people shall
be free to correct human abuses
They mean that men, women and
children shall not be denied the OPP
portunity to grow stronger and noblcr
They mean that the people shall
have the power to make our land
each day better place to live in.
They meaon the realities of liberty
and not the academies of theory.
For Actual Progress.
They mean the realities of liberty
the race in tangible items of daily
living and not the theoretics of bar
rem disputation.
If they do not mean these things
they are as a sounding brass and
tinllling cymbal.
a nation of strong, upright men and
women. nation of wholesome
homes, realizing the best ideals; a
nation whose power is glorified by it's
justice and whose justice Is the con.
science of scores Of millions of God
fearing people-that Is the nation the
people need and want. And that is
the nation they shall have.
For never doubt that we American
will make good the real meaning of
our institutions. Never doubt that
we will solve, in righteousness and
wisdom, every vexing problem. Ney-
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