The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-07-04
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The sympathy Of every well.
meaning citizen goes out u the s~r.
wants Of the people in the United
States senate for their terrible strug.
Gle over that awful tariff bill. The
theory Of protection IL . beautiful
thing Of course America for
Americans. and the devil helps the
Others; hut A. q matter II fact.
should not our benefits be for the
mass Of rs and not for the class Of
as. And being for the mass. how
about the people who have 10 buy
the things they uses Does protec.
,ion protect. or do we just think il
protectsl For forty years now we
have had some doubts about the
real amount Of protection that came
from the tariff. and whether our in
FAINT industries would not have been
better off without Il.
Naturally any one who attacks
the King Bogey is in for his share
Of vituperation and censuSe. but
better men have been drawn and
auartered for lesser oifenses. Our
tariff advocates have been drilling
the rank and file for the past cen.
tury with the doctrine that " the
tariff were removed from wool. our
sheep would cease to bleat on the
h;llsides and the wool industry
would 20 plunk. England has no
protective tariff and when we want
really good sheep or fine suit OF
clothes we send to England and
pay the price because they have
them. Australia has no protective
tariff and yet that land below the
equator is the greatest sheep coun-
try on earth. II is not only the
heaviest industry of that great
continent but they are oil getting
rich at II.
Now some brother protectionist
will say. Remember 1890
and we would suggest while we are
about il that we should also remeul
Der 1893 and 1907. We are learn
ing things we did not know Q while
back. We know. for instance, that
a panic can be manufactured over
night and we are learning to pu,
the blame where il belongs which
is not on the tariff or the lack 81 it.
Ten years ago we were told that II
we just kept the duty on sugar. in
a little while our western factories
would be turning out the ettire
supply from the beets We grew md
50 some Of Us began to study beets
with the idea of raising an acre or
SO one season. and having our
years supply Of sugar in the barrel.
We studied and waited. and q We
are real good walters, we are wait.
ing yet. We have the barrels
ready but empty. for sugar Is high
er than il ever was for we have TO
pay the freight both ways. With
Z duty on sugar where do the CON.
mon people come in on il with any
saving to themselves while the
sugar swine have soaked away ten
million dollars in undivided divi-
dends.
We set up . tariff to keep out
cheaper products and hold the door
open for the same class Of men to
come in and produce the raw
material for the good to sell for
higher figures to the direct profit
of the manufacturer. Where does
lust the common or garden variety
Of citizen come in on this deali
The trouble with us Is that we have
gotten SO accustomed to being fool.
ed that we do not get excited over
it and rather like Il but the worm
il beginning to turn. We have
been pampering lot Of tarif.pro-
tected millionaires and facilitating
ourselves on our shrewdness and
wisdom while wearing second. hand
patches on our own overalls and
the jig Is up.-Denver Field and
Farm.