The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-12

 nnd here We are with the much talked ,f democratic low tariff and with the same old high prices that prevailed under the higher tariff of the repuh- ucan party.
 Many people may not think about this matter at all Many people may not care about it one way or another. and some people are so intensely re ralli.m or s" partisanly democratic tt:. they cannot take an impartjal| uI lhc case and will go on be- lie ing that the republican platform Nl,h it's high tariff is right or that thc 3'mocratic platform with it's low tariff is right regardless of the prices of imported or domestic articles
 That is nothing in the world but narrow minded party prejudice and st me day the people of this countrv| will become big enough to disregard party lines and the party prayerbooli and think things out for themselves.
 When that time comes 1t will be n" disgrace for man to change his party to meet his changed knowledge (: the changed conditions. A man mo> be 4 republican at one election ald :. democrat at auolhrr without svtfcrug under tho stigma of t changrling when the day comes that n.r mass "r the people thinks for u-,f and votes as il reasons without regard to hereditary party lines
 l'ut to go back to the tariff and the rlur"nr failure of the democratic ".H to accomplish what it WAS de- @.Gucd to accomplish, a reduction i1' 'hc cost of living. It must Ice dd- milt"d that living has not been rcduc- ,i. and by living is meant the ability. |" pnrchasr all articles required br rh- ordinary person in the course of 'nv, daill existence
 That this is so is already being sd again~t the drm"Grltic party and it wIil be used more and more as the time goes on towards another na- riona election. and yet, IS il the fault - the party theories or the failure If the party measures"
 Tn" idea in reducing the rariff onI mr"rtrd articles Was tu get them on th' market of this country at a lower cost [" the consumer and to force the protected" Amercan products to come d wn in price to meet the foreign competition The idea was good and [ should have worked out. Rut.
 Right there is the whole trouble. lut" liui the foreign manufacturers aid not play fair with the democraticI tariff.
 Jrsr"ad If shipping to America and. ,,'',u@ at the reduced price made pos sltir tn" lower tariff they shipped q" .\m, rica as before and just because hel were wise little merchants they ,'t 'l"t give the difference bctwreu iir. 'lI eud the new tariff rates to| lh, Au,rct'n people as the democratic !.IN II l'tru they should, but they very s"ns'hlv put it in their own pockets
 1tc taif: is reduced. surely. That ie n excellent thing. but it is only lr excellent thing for the foreign !. rrufacturcr. He takes the perccn- tagc which formerly went in paying duty and his price remains the same t. thr consumer.
 This happy solution of the difficulty trIrr just where he was and the Am- orican purchaser just where he was
 IL is not the fault of the democrat | ic party. The theory was all right "l ly it did not work ont in practice 1 And that is just where the party fo,l d' wn on the tariff the same as il may rnd itself falling down on other ma tcrs of equal importance if it does rot get awaA from theory and come down to cold facts.
 The tariff was all right if the for o.pu manufacturers and shippers had moi put their oar in and spoiled il aiI 1 hN taking tn" profits themselves and certain other theories of the ruling party may be all right just as bong a- s' me foreign nation or nations iu not ! lI!t their oar iI