Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-24
JUDGE GEORGE R, CRAIG
DELIVERS f0RCEFUL SPEECH
ON PROTECTIVE TARIFF
Meeting at Republican Headquarters Hears Carefully Pre-
pared Discussion OF Relation OF High Duties on Imports
to Prosperity OF American People and Growth Of Country


ives and ihirty-two senators and is
mainly important as preliminary Ia
me great battle for the return OF
nrosperlty to be fought ont in 1916.
The grand cid republican party
the marty OF The great Lincoln. the
Immortal Garfield and the lovable
Mckinley. martyrs TO the cause of hu-
man freedom ana happiness. has writ.
zen the brightest pages Of American
hlstor, for more than sixty years. II
,s the premier political party of the
American people. dedicated to hu-
man Justice and the happiness OF
mankind. the party of progress and
and enlightenment II is the party OF
onr fathers, the party that we all love
so well and its eternal principles
must be- forever maintained and It's
hammer forever held aloof by all true
republicans
The republican party, In its forma-
tive period adopted tue great prip-
ciple Of protection for American in
dustries and American labor. and has
been the sole champion of this great
principle for more than fifty years.
on the other, hand, the democratic
party has been The ssitter. mrelent-
ing foe of protection. and on the oc-
casion of Mr.. Cleveland's second term
as president. lSgs-lS97, the first time
the democrats had been in complete
control of the government during the
life Of the republican party, they
adopted what was known as the VIII
SON. GOlman low tariff bin and coup-
try-wide disaster speedily followed.
There are few here who need TO be
told of the sorrowfu plight of the
American people during the years Of
this unfortunate democratic admins
tration.
Again in 1912, the democratic party
was successful in electing president
and majority Of both houses of con-
gross, thereby gaining complete con-
troll of the government. Mr. Wilson
is a minority president, his election
having been due to the split in the
republican party at the Chicago con-
yenton. The combined vote of Mr..
l.
Of Mr., Wilson by nearly 100000
votes,
However, taking his election as an
endorsement by the people Of the
democratic tTrfff poiioy, 1 Rerpresftient
on his induction into office, March 4
1913, Immediately assembled congress
in extraordinary session and the Tn
derwood tariff law was passed by
practically the unanimous vote of the
democratic members of both houses
Of congress- This law was declared
to be a tariff for revenue only-law,
and possesses no element for protec-
ton for American industries or for
American labor. the president deciar-
ing that those engaged in the Ameri-
can industries and American labor
must match wits with those engaged
IN European industries and European
labor. And this, Notwithstanding the
difference in the wages received and
the standard Of living of the laboring
man of the two countries. In the
practical working of such law the
price in Europe must go up or the
price of labor in America must go
down The atriff barrier has been
destroyed and all are competing in
Tie TO q level in the two countries.
AS had occurred under the Cleveland
administration depression followed
the ascendaney of the democratic
party and the passage of the Under
wood tariff law. and this, despite the
heroic efforts Of the entire country
to maintain at least normal condi-
tons.
Complaints Of the depressed busi- !
ness conditions of the country reached !
the White House and when they be- /
came so persistent that they could not /!
be longer ignored, the president de- !
clared that panic workers were |
abroad in the land and threatened |
lhem with dire punishment If they did |
not cease their labors. Later when
the complaints became more insistent.
Ihe secretary of the treasury, Mr.. Nc
Ndoo, threatened the financial insti
Lutions of the country because they
n credits. And later. when COM
paints from the whole country were
pouring in on the White House the
president in his carefully prepared
interview stated that the country was
prosperous and the people were hap \
y and chat the depression of which I
he had heard so much was psyche
ogical and not real Notwithstanding
nat at the very time this declaration I
vas made factories were closed all
development in the country was I
topped, the traffic of the railroads (
Il the country had materially de- !
reased and their side tracks were |
nd hundreds of thousands of men {
'ere going over the country seeking
mployment. When the laboring ]
lan's pay check is reduced from one
undred dollars month to sixty dol
ars. or from eighty dollars to forty,
from sixty to thirty, it is most diff I
cult to convince him that the pres 4
nj depressed condition of the bust
ess Of the country is psychological {
nd not real.
However much some men may I
ave doubted the wisdom Of the re- .
ubilcan principle of protection to /
merican industries, which really Y
Ieans the protection of American Ia r
or, since the beginning of this great y
uropean war conditions have arisen b
hich make doubling longer impos- b
BILE $
In addition to the harm wrought t
the country ana the people by the o
wering and removal of tariff duties p
AT had been levied, we now suffer I