The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-12-02
THE PARAMOUNT
|SSUE--,TAR|FF
There Will Be More Tariff
Tinkering
IF REPUBLICANS SHOULD WIN
All the Present Tariff Needs
Is a Very Thorough
Trying Out.
ALREADY AGiTATING MATTER
by Savoyard.)

puE mean leaders are all agreed that
the tarfff question must be para
mount in 1916. that the Underwood
law is Il failure. that the Wilson ad-
ministration is disappointment and
mistake. that the Democratic party
is incapable of wise statecraft
Therefore. We are told. the Repub-
leans must be called in to undo
what the Democratic administration
has done and set another dish of
Aldrichism before the American
people
Here is what the New York Sun
suggests:
I'VE want a sensible, honest rea-
sOnable tariff. in the making of
which neither impractical free trade
theorists nor greedy capitalists have
II hand"
And again the Sun advises after
this fashion:
"A reasonable and proper mean
between the two tariff extremes
is what is wanted, tariff that will
provide the Government with sutii-
cient revenue, without resort to a
bothersome income tax in times of
peace; tariff so arranged as really
to protect our industries from the
cheap labor OF Europe; that will al
low, for instance, aniline dye stulfs
to be produced in the United States
in such quantities that our manufac-
turers will not be wholly dependent
upon a foreign country for this inn
ply of dyes entirely cut OFF when
that foreign country is engaged in
war"
The Sun reminds one of the late
Nelson Dingley, who used to wiring
his hands and eXclaim in despair,
"Oh, If the trusts would only put
up with a moderate dividend"
II the Republicans succeed in re-
gaining power in both branches OF
the National Legislature in 1916,
and shall elect Il President that
year. the job of making Il tariff will
be handed over to Boise Penrose. of
Pennsylvania. the successor of Mel
son W. Aldrich as head of the Re
publican contingent of the Finance
Committee of the United States Sen
ate. The Progressive" Republic
ans like La Toilette. Cummins. Bo-
rah, Clapp, Norris and so on, are
thoroughly disciplined. In the pres
ent Congress they put themselves
under the lead of Jacob II. CALM
ger, Lodge, Weeks, Dillingham;, Wads-
TO the standpatters, though two
years earlier they were very active
and very vociferous.
What the New York sun calls "a
Boss Penrose and Senators CALM
ger, odge. Weeks, Dillingham;. Wads-
worth and the other standpatters in
the Senate would call rank free
trade. They would as soon hand the
making of the tarif over To Theo-
dore Roosevelt's "non-partisan COM
mission" Did the New York sun
ever hear of "A protective tariff that
the greedy capitalist did not
sshaVa =. handH I'm tho n,akinup Ean
the sun imagine such tarin? Can
the American manufacturer compete
with the foreign manufacturer in
neutral markets. ii he is taxed ON
his raw materials while his foreign
rival enjoys free raw materials? Is
there Republican in the land who
fayors free raw materials? II there
is, the only thing for him To do Is TO
make tracks for the Democratic par
~ that believes in free raw mate
rials-wool coal. iron ore. pig iron,
lumber cotton, hemp and the 9th
ers. No Republican Congress will
ever put raw materials ON the free
list until the q. q. T. changes its
politics on the tariff question. and II
we are to have "A protective tariff We
must surrender foreign markets UNI
less We dump our products and sell
abroad al one-half or less the price
demanded at home. which is the