The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-10
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 sountry and moved boldly for rd to the idea that they were en- ed to the direct patronage of the ,prnment. For a long time-a ,e so long that men now active |nublic policy hardly remember conditions that preceded tive te sought in our tariff schedules ZIG each group of manufacturers
 uroducers what they themselves .l,eht that they needed in order
 I1aintain a practically exclusive fket as against the rest of the r]d. Consciously or unconsclously,
 Have built up a set of privileges n exemptions from competition Ind which it was easy by any, .n the crudest forms of comblna- x to organize monopoly; until at I nothing is normal, nothing is ieed to stand the tests of etli- fey and economy in our world
 bg business, but everything
 ses by concerted arrangement. N new principles of action will z Us from a final hard crystali- ion of monopoly and a complete s of the influences that quicken erprise and keep independent |fey alive.
 Il $ plain what those principles
 St be. We must abolish every ne that bears even the sem nce of privilege or of any kind Arlilicial advantage, and put our incs> men and producers under II stimulation of a constant ne- kity to be efficient, economical Il enterprising, masters of com ltNe supremacy, better workers I merchants than any in the fld. Aside from the duties laid pn articles which we do not, and
 babiy cannot produce, therefore, the duties laid upon luNurles merely for the sake of the fnues they yield, the object of tariff duties henceforth laid bt be effective competition, the ftting of American wits by con- with the wits of the rest of the fld.
 gt would be unwise to move to- rd this end headlong, with reck- haste, or with strokes that cut Ihe very roots of what has grown |amongst us by long process and Eur own invitation. It does not er a thing to upset it and break Rnd deprive it of a chance to ange. It destroys 1t. We must |ke changes in our fiscal laws, in Il fiscal system, whose object IS felopment, more free and |pleSome development, not reNo- Ion or upset or confusion. We lst build up trade, especially for Eh trade. We need the outlet and enlarged field of energy more An we ever did before. We must ild up industry as well, and must ppt freedom in the place of artl- lal stimulation only so far as 1t Il build, not pull down. In deal with the tariff the method by lich this may be done will be liter of judgment, exercised item item To some not accustomed Ithe excitement and responslblll- E of greater freedom our meth k may in some respects and al lne points seem heroic, but reme- fs may be heroic and yet be reme- es. It is our business to make F. that they are genuine reme- fS. Our object is clear. If oul ptlNe Is above just challenge anC Iy an occasion effort of judg- ent Is chargeable against Us, we HIl be fortunate.
 rWe are called upon to render F country a great service in moro htters than one. Our responslblll- should be met and our methods |ould be thorough, as thorough a' pderate and well considered, based Pon the facts as they are, and no prked out as if we were beginners |e are to deal with the facts O RI own day, with the facts of n' |her, and to make laws whicl 7uaFe with those facts. It is best 'ueed, 1t Is necessary, to begin witt r. tariff. l will urge nothing upol pu noW at the opening of your ses Ph which can obscure that frs pJect or divert our energies iron PaI clearly defined duty. At a la n tlme l may take the liberty o pliillg your attention to reform |hieh should press close upon tn FeiS or the tariff changes. if no 'ooilpany them, of which the chic the reform of our banking an
 rrehcy laws; but just now I re Io,n' II For the present I put thes Hd'terS on one side and think onl | thls one thing-of the change ! our hseal system which may bes HINe to open once more the ire
 laIlhels of prosperity to a grea rope whom we would serve to tn
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