The state herald., 1913-04-11
lstTS
1f MESSAGE
Fpent Tells Purpose Of
Pl 2dtra Session
TARIFF DUTIES

,
!, With the Actual
Of industrial and
Commercial Life.
April 9. - President
ally sass. read today to the
kouse at the beginning Of
pssion. was = brisf, point
setting forth in general
:, Man Dngress IL expected to DO
% b Of tariff revision. The
~ III" ~ follows:
is a tin % and House of Repre-
ly. TIL "a the congress together
sixte mary session because q
pncv d lid upon the party now In
.,.oh e recent elections which 1t
= :. INFORM promptly. in order
70 SUI y carried by the people
interest," Flaw may be lightened
Re is gre( ible and In order. also,
bu may rea hess interests of the
hst Turks ot be kept too long in
5 a few ye what the fiscal changes
lost her 4 which they will be re-
fter bav;/ 6st themselves. 1t is clear
~ No, he country that the tariff
w st be altered. They must
WV ID to meet the radical altera-
10. e conditions Of our economic
moro the country has witnessed
comes last generation.
except whole face and method Of
cular valu and commercial life
EEK World changed beyond recogni-
10 feats tAriff schedules have re-
[ets = that they were before the
i. :, Van, or have moved in the
rr- ey were given when no
stance Of our industrial
|crp'ioh y was what 1t is today.
this pays to square them with the
Ivnearlxcts. The sooner that is done
sooner we shall escape from suf-
ring from the facts and the sooner
r men Of business will be free to
rive by the law Of nature (the na.
re Of free business) instead Of by
% law OF legislation and artificial ar
|ngement.
Business Not Normal.
We have seen tariff legislation
ander very far afield in our day
|ry far indeed from the field in which
lr prosperity might have had nor
Al growth and stimulation. No one
ho looks the facts sQuarely In the
ce or knows anything that lies be-
bath the surface Of action can fail to
lrceive the principles upon which
)cent tariff legislation has been
Used. We long ago passed beyond
e modest notion OF protecting" the
bdustries Of the country and moved
bldly forward to the idea that they
|ere entitled to the direct patronage
the government. For long time
time SO long that the men now active
public policy hardly remember the
bnditions that preceded tive have
bught In our tariff schedules to give
ach group OF manufacturers or pro-
ucers what they themselves thought
hat they needed In order to
practically exclusive
market as against the rest OF the
'orid. Consciously or unconsciously.
re have built up a set OF privileges
nd exemptions from competition be-
Ind which II was easy by any, even
he crudest. forms OF combination TO
rganire monopoly; until at last moth
ng 10 normal. nothing is Obliged TO
tnnd the tests Of efficiency and econ
my. In our world Of big business. but
vcrything thrives by concerted a.
Only new principles Of
ction will save US from = fnai hard
EQUALIZATION OF monopoly and a
omplets loss OF the influences that
uicken enterprise and keep indie
sndent energy alive.
II 10 plain what those principles
must be. We must abolish everything
hat bears even tho semblance OF priv
IeEs or OF any kind Of artificial ad.
antAge. and put our business men
nd producers under the stimulation
{ . constant necessity TO be cficicnt.
and entcrprisinE. masters
Z competitive supremacy. bcttor
rorkcrs and merchants than any In
he world. Aside from the duties laid
pom articles which We do not. and
cannot. produce. therefore.
nd the duties laid upon luxurics and
merely for tho sake Of tho revenues
hey yield. the object OF the tarin du-
les hcncoforth laid must bc effective
the whcttinE Of Ameri
an wits by contest with the wits OF
he rest Of tho world.
Development, Not Rsvoiution.
Il would be unwiss TO move toward
his end headions. with reckless