The daily sentinel., 1913-04-08

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AHxv ..rEaSxga aid upon the party in power the
x& ~ ES1l elections which it ought perform
ESS# AM promptly, order that the burden carried
W 9@-s4sI by the people under existing law may be
40 ~x&WM3& Ighened as soon possible, and in order
EA> u f4 also that the business interests of the
MsxA & E&W try may be kept long in suspense
&&3@&M to what the fiscal changes be
which they will be required to adjust them
1t is clear to the whole country that
the tariff duties must be altered They must be changed 70
the radical craton the conditions of economic
life which the coy has witnessed within the last generation
While the whole ace and method of industrial and
merca life being changed beyond recognon the tariff
schedules have remained what they before the change
began have moved the direction they given when
large circumstance OF industrial development what
it today, Our ask square them with the actual
The that done the shall escape from
ferng from the CS and the of business will
be free to thrive N the law OF (the of free bust
nes instead of BY the law of legislation and artificial arrange
We have seer tariff legislation wander very far aed in
day-very far indeed from the field in which pros
pery might have had normal growth and stimulation No
who looks the facts sqarey the face knows anything
chat lies beneath the surface of action fail perceive the
principles upon which tariff legislation has been based
We long ago passed beyond the modest notion of protecting
the industries of the and moved boldly forward the
idea that they entitled the direct patronage the gov
ernment For long tlme-a time so long that the
active public policy hardly remember the conditions that pre-
cedcd tive have sought tariff schedules give each
group of manufacturers producers what they themselves
thought that they needed in order maintain practically
exclusive marx die OF world Consciously
unconsciousy have built up of privileges and en-
emptions competition behind which it was easy by any,
the forms of combination organize monopoly;
until last nothing normal nothing obliged to stand the
of efcency economy our world big business
but everything thves by concerted arrangement Only
principles of action will from final hard crystazaton
of monopoly and complete loss of the influences that quicken
enterprise and keep independent energy alive.
Must Abofsh Privilege.
1t is phin what those principles be We abol-
ish everything that bears the sembance of privilege of
any kind Of aca advantage and put business and
producers under the stimulation of constant necessity be
efficient economical and enerprsng masters of competitive
supremacy better workers and merchants than the world
which
probably produce therefore and the duties laid upon
xures and merely for the sake of the revenues they Weld the
object of the Tariff duties henceorth laid be effective
ccmpetcn the wheng of American wits by with the
wits of the Of the world
1t would be unwise toward this end headlong,
with reckless haste with strokes that at the of
what has grown up amongst by long process and
invitation. does alter thing to upset and break
and deprive OF chance change 1t destroys it. We
make changes in fiscal laws fiscal system whose
object is DEVELOPMENT free and wholesome develop
men not revolution or upset or confusion we must build
up trade especially foreign trade We need the outlet and
We build up industry WELL and adopt freedom
in the place of artificial stimulation only far will build
pull down In dealing with the tariff the method by which
this may be done will be matter Of ud gment exercised item
by To accustomed to the exctements and
sponsbites Of greater freedom methods may in some
respects and points heroc but remedies may be
heroic and yet be remedies. business make
that they genuine remedies Our object is clear If
motive above Just challenge and only occasional of
Judgment is chargeabe against shall be fortunate
Revision Should Be Thorough.
We called upon render the great service
methods should be thorough thorough moderate
and well considered based upon the facts they and
worked if beginners We IDEAL with the
facts OF our day. with the facts of other and
laws which square with those facts 1t best, indeed is
necessary to begin with the tariff will urge nothing upon
you at the opening of session which obscure that
first object divert energies from that clearly defined
duty At later time may take the liberty of calling your
reforms which should press close upon the heels of
the tariff changes if not accompany hem of which chief
the reform of banking and currency laws but
refrain For the present put these matters side and
fiscal
which may best open the free channels
of prosperity great people whom would the
and throughout both rank and file.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House April s, 1913.