Rock Island Argus., 1913-04-08

to-day Our task is to square them
with the actual facts The sooner that
is done the sooner we shall escape
from suffering from the facts and the
snorer our men of business will be
free ~ thrive BY the law OF nature
,the nature OF free business, instead
Of hv the law OF legislation and ard-
fetal arrangement
HOW TARIFF HAS GROWN.
we nave seen tariff legislation wan
der very far afeld IN our dAy-yery far
indeed from the field in which our
prosperity might have had a normal
growth and stimulation No one who
looks the facts squareiy in the face or
knows anything that lies beneath the
surface OF action can fail TO pereeivs
the principles upon which recent tartn
legislation has been based. We long
ago passed beyond the modest notion
nj protecting" the Industries Of the
country and moved boldly forward TO
the idea that they were entitled TO the
direct patronage OF the government
FOR a long ume-a time so long that
the men now active in public policy
hardly remember the conditions that
preceded five have sought in our
tariff schedules to give each group on
manufacturers or producers what they
themselves thought that they needed
in order to maintain a practically ex-
clusive market as against the rest Of
the world. Consciously or unconscious
~ we have built up set OF privileges
and exemptions from competition be-
hind which II was easy by any. even
the crudest. forms OF combination 70
organize monopoly. until at last moth
| ing Is normal. nothing is obliged to
stand the tests OF efficiency and econO-
my. In uur world Of big business. but
everything ThriveR by concerted ar
rHngemeut Only new principles OF
action will save us from a final hard
capitalization of monopoly and q com
pletp loss or the influences that quick
on enterprise and keep Independent en-
ergv aliv"
MUST ABOLISH PRIVILEGE.
n is plain what those principles mus1
no We must abolish everything that
beurs even IN" semblance OF privilege
or Of any kind Of artificial sdvanta &c
gnf mn pur business men and pro
ducerS under the stimulation OF con
st.tnt necessity TO he efficient econom
ical and erterprising. masters OF com
petitivP supremacy. better workers ant
merchants Than any in the world
Aside from tie duties laid upon arti
Giles which we do not and prUbubl,
cannot produce. therefore. and tn
duties laid unpn luxuries and merel,
Tor the sake. of the revenues they yield
the object OF the tariff duties hence
forth iHid must be- effective competi
uun. the wdettiuE of American wits b,
cunteS, With the wits Of the rest Of tn
world
II would hp unwise to move toward
this end hr:dluuG. with reckless hastt
or with STRIKES that cut at the YER
roots OF what has grown ~ amOnt
us 10y long process and at our own III
vitutiuu lt does not alter thing L
upset il and break il and deprive II .
Il chaucr tu change. II destroys ii
"" must make changes in our ESca
laws In our fiscal system. whose OU
icct is Development. more free Hnt
wholesome development. not revolution
or upset uT confusion We must buiiO
up trade. especially foreign trade w
need the, outlet and the enlarged teIt
of energy more than we ever did be
fore We must build up industry a
well and must adopt freedom In TN
lea. A.
far rs II will build. not pull down. Ii