Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-27
Editorial Page of The Daily Capital Journal

of the people to be taxed forever for the benefit OF
few favored industries Starting as war tax to meet
emergency expenditures of government it has hung on
for half century, and its beneficaries have waXed
opuent and formed combines in restraint of trade which
have defed government control and fixed prices to the
1 American consumer at their own sweet will Sewing
machines farm implements. railroad locomotives steel
rails products of American mills and factories are being
sold much cheaper in foreign countries after paying
freight the ocean, than to the buyer at home and
all because high tariff kept out the foreign product and
gave the American manufacturer monopoly of home
markets.
to these things because it has harped upon them for
years-except during political campaigns The founder
OF that paper free trader going further in
that direction than the tariff democrats
of the present time. He saw in advance what every
discriminating American realizes in the present crisis
when greatest need ships to carry our products to
the waiting markets of the word-that the true great
and wealth Of the United States must be founded
upon free and unrestricted commerce. which has been
the foundation upon which all great nations have built
since the beginning OF the world The United States
with an abundance of material ron copper lumber
WOOL cotton and cereals surpassed all rival nations in
the opportunity to conquer the world commercially and
yet has allowed England, GERMANY Italy Belgium
and other countries to buy these raw materials and out
strip us In the markets of the world in the sale of
products OF the mill and factory and the principal reason
for 1t was the Chinese wall of high protection serving
notice the world at large that we were afraid to
we have pursued policy akin to that of Oregon as a
state at the present time in selling its raw lumber at the
mills, and allowing other sections of the country to reap
the greater profit by selling the manufactured product
IN the shape of furniture and other modern necessities
Had broad and liberal policy of free and fair exchange
with other nations been adopted our own ag would have
been flying today from hundreds of vessels and we
should not have been compelled to purchase ships in this
CRISIS to carry our foodStus markets We are paving
the penalty of high protection also in the fattened trusts
and combines that secure in their lack of competition
nave taken more interest in putting up prices on the
home consumer than in going outside to acouirp the
commerce of the world.
AS to whether nOnpartiSan newspapers of Oreoon
ever support any other than democratic candidates that
is Tor each editor to answer for himself The editor of
the Capital journal has, and probably will in the futrn
Six years ago he supported Mr. Fulton for nracticav
the same reasons he thinks Senator Chamberlain should
oe reelected now, ylz experience in the national leois
latre and faithful service to his constituents He has
supported many other republican candidates In fact
we nave no great interest in this campaign except To-
90 our part IN trying to hold the Oregonan tn the facts
and little more steady in its logic We candidv tbnI
tha the new trai should be given an honest fouryear
ta Tor the good OF the country since large majority
Oh the people have wanted such test and so
themselves by their votes Time must be given for the
necessary adjustment of business conditions affectinp
many lines OF trade and the handling of certain nroc
fact which really big newspapers like the Oragonis
shoud recognize 10 do otherwise is to stamp a news
paper as placing parzanshp above patriotism the oood
Oh the party above the welfare of the country
And when such trial has been given the tariff for
IeVelue-ony policy the Capital Journal will ioin with
the Oregonian in demanding the restoration of b;rb
tariff schedules if in the meantime our nrod1cerO d
manufacturers have been injured and the prospertv Of
the nation halted. u
Wlll the very statistical Oregonian please answer