Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-07

Senate which believd that the Senate
Finance Committee should hold gen
cral hearings, even this consideration
was denied and every possible effort
made by the administration forces TO
compel speedy action, whether speed
meant injustice OF not; and this is
the way in which we brought about
changes AT such a rate and in such
q way as to least interfere with the
normal and healthfnl course of bus
mess" This is only another evidence
Of the attempts to carry on govern.
ment by rhetoric"
Here are the figures that record
the unsteady gait of the New Free
dom as it wends its way to the land
of political nowhere.
For the period of five months, DC.
tober-February:
Imports of raw materials, $253,OOO,.
600, as against $2S0,0O0, 900 for the
corresponding period one year ago.
Imports of manufactures for fur
Their use in manufacturing, $122,50O,.
900 against. $149, 100000
Imports Of manufactured products
$1Ss, 100000 against $685. o 900.
NExports of finished manufactures
1926, 800, 900 against $315, 10000.
Exports of manufacturers for man.
~ufacturing purposes $149,O00,O 900
against $l62, 100000.
Exports of iron and steel manufac-
lures SOL 100000 against 1925, O0O,:
900.
The changes made in the Wilson,
Underwood Tariff bill were predicat-
ed on the theory that reductions in
the Tariff would produce correspond
ing reductions in the cost of living.
Has the cost of living been reduced?
II SO, in what particular respects?
Take the different commodities that
enter into the daily consumption OF
the family and see if, instead of re.
auctions having taken place, there
has not been an average Increase,
The great difficulty OF the Demo.
cratic position is this-that it either
knew, when it was claiming it could
reduce the cost of living to Tariff
changes, that it could not do any,
thing OF the kind, or it was so utter
ly ignorant of the real causes that
have brought about an advance in the
cost of living that 1t did not under
stand exactly. what it was claiming.
IN either event its culpability IS
manifest and the punishment to be
visited upon such culpability should
ne swift and certain. e.
After this review of the most far
reaching acts and policies of the
present administration are we not
justified in concluding that the effect
OF these acts and the continuation
OF these policies are, and will con.
tinue TO be, prejudicial to the inter-
ests of the American people? But we
must not forget that in order to &C.
complish a victory in the congress.
sional elections of next fall and in
the Presidential campaign of two
years hence, those who would discs.
tablish the Democratic supremacy
must work under one banner.
We are not unmindful of the diff.
cu'tie; that oeset a program of this
kind XII but We are also confident that
no matter how complicated may be
the conditions with which We are
called upon to deal at this time, there
are none of them which, under the
influence of a truly patriotic spirit,
cannot be resolved into relations of
concord. If it is possible through
the. influence of this gathering to &C.
complish a coalition Of those forces
in u politics which have been d..
vided during the past two years, then
this convention will. not only have
performed a great work in behalf
OF the party which has done so much
for the betterment of this great ma.
ton, but also have performed a most
laudable service to the country itself
The record of the Republican parry
during the last twelve years is an
impressive statement of its contribu-
ton, in a national sense, to the in,
terests of social justice, This record
shows the establishment Of depar;-
ments Of commerce and labor, the ex
tension of our forest reserve, a ma.
tlonal irrigation act, the improve
ment of waterways and reservation
OF water way sites, an employers LA
bllity act, safety appliance acts, reg.
ulation of railroad employees hours O.
labor. pure food and drugs act, fed
eral meat inspection, establishment
of a child labor law for the District