The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-04-10

10 10 be to which they will be reauir-
a to adjust themselves. 1t is clear
b the whole country that the tariff
duties must be altered. They uHst be
changed to meet the radical alteration
b the conditions Of our economic life
which the country has witnessed with
b the last generation. While the
whole face and method of our indus
trial and commercial life were being
changed beyond recognition the tariff
schedules have remained what they
were before the change began or have
moved in the direction they were Civ
q when no large circumstance of our
Industrial development was what it is
today. Our task Is to square them
With the actual facts. The sooner that
b done the sooner we shall escape
nom suffering from the facts and the
sooner our men of business will be
ffee to thrive by the law of nature
THE nature of free business instead
q BY the law Of legislation and arti
6cial arrangement.
How Tariff Has Grown.
We have seen tariff legislation wan
der very far aheId in our day very far
indeed from the field in which our
prosperity might have had normal
growth and stimulation No one who
looks the facts squarely in the face or
mows anything that lies beneath the
surface Of action can fail to perceive
NJ principles upon which recent tariff
sghlaton has been based. We long
20 passed beyond the modest notion
q protecting the industries of the
country and moved boldly forward to
" Idea that they were entitled to the
elFect patronage of the government.
s@ q long time-a time so long that
@e men now active in public policy
mluIy remember the conditions that
weeeoed tive have sought in our
"nu schedules to give each group OF
nanulacturers or producers what they
asmselves thought that they needed
oiuer to maintain practically ex.
eus've market as against the rest OF
~ world. Consciously or unconscious.
We have built up a set of privileges
10 exemptions from competition be.
mo which it was easy by any. even
crudest. forms of combination to
saolze monopoly. until at last moth
y normal. nothing is obliged to
A'o tne tests Of efficiency and econo.
~, u our world Of big business. but
"''"ing thrives by concerted ar.
aasement. Only new principles Of
ou Will save US from final hard
~ Of monopoly and a com
s'~ loss OF the Influences that quick.
y enterprise and keep independent en-.
efu alive. "
Must Abolish Privilege.
% pain what those principles must
we must abolish everything that
even the semblance of privilege
a.. " any kind Of artificial advantage
cr su put our business men and pro
~ s.. under the stimulation of a con.
~, =. -. Necessity to be efficient, econom.
pet,t,r" euterprising. masters of COM
n.,os supremacy, better workers and
Ala. 40 tnan any in the world
81. . ,.v@ the duties laid upon arti-
sn ~. which We do not and probably
6ut;.. produce, therefore, and the
Tor ~. 'a'o upon Injuries and merely
d. a os, .ate Of the revenues they Weld.
for,h ; OF the tariff duties hence.
Ion ~ .'o must be effective competi.
sont. .ee '' w'hetting of American WIS bv
vor,s with the wits of the rest Of tho
- end headons with 10 r %E1s toward ward
100. ~" !, strokes that cut at the verv
= ), ~ NV what has grown 81 up s's among sens
vihtion s process and at our own in.
uu,s sO !. II does not alter a thing f. to
4 eh.nos AUG break it and deprive if Of
hs.4 y make changes in our II fiscal al
jset !, a our fiscal system. whose oh.
p"ent, more free and