Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-09

,ortun;tv In a peculiar degree of aid
ing the industries of this state; IN
fact. when the Payne bill was passed
think it was admitted generally tnat
there was not an industry In Penn,
sylyania which had not been allorueo
full opportunity to be considered, anu
had not been adequately provided for.
AS the greater part of the industries
of the United States are represented
in Pennsylvania, the magnitude OF thls
task can be understood.
'This protective system has been
abandoned temporarily by the Amerl-
can government. The results of DEM
ocratic legislation on the industries OIL
Pennsylvania are daily becoming more
apparent to all men, and we canhoI
expect a revival of industrial and ousl-
ness activity so long as cond1tions re-
main as they are at Washington.
with the knowledge and expert
ence gained by so many years OF &C
tive participation in tariff Legislation,
I feel / have a duty to perform IN
doing what ! can to aid in bringing
about a restoration of the protective
system.
81 might refer to other national
issues at this time, but shall reserve
q fuller statement of my views con-
cerning them until later in the cam
the tariff law, l ought not to omit
calling attention to the needlessly ha-
RAISING and complicated provisions IN
the law relating to the income tax.
mo one objects to the income tax
in principle or theory, and 1t may be
conceded that this tax in some form
has come to stay as permanent part
of our fiscal system. But the methods
of collection and the lack of scientinc
l,,,tv, t-t tyD NtT1
Treasury Department have caused anx-
iety. distress and annoyance not only
among the people who are subject to
the tax and entirely willing to pay it,
but to that much larger number OF
persons who are exempted from the
payment of the tax, but who had to
prove such exemption and were dis
tressed by the unnecessarily harsh
methods Of collection at the source.
Without desiring in any way to cur
tail the efficiency of collection, we
should at the earliest opportunity en-
deavor to eliminate these unnecessar-
iIy harsh provisions of the law.
Scores Wilson's Mexican Policy
IT have been strongly opposed to
the so-called policy of watchful wait
ing" on the part of the present ad-
ministration in connection with the af-
fairs of Mexico. I cannot detect in
this policy any element DuL lSHOrdHCc
of diplomacy and Incompetence In the
administration of international affairs.
In its supine course the administra-
ton has been callous to the appeals
of American citizens and has exhibited
even a lack of patriotism which has
brought our diplomacy into contempt
in the eyes of Mexico and of the
world. I expressed my views on this
matter many months ago, but have
avoided pressing them In my official
capacity, because / recognize the JUS
tice of the contention that all Ameri-
cans should stand behind their gov
ernment in international dealings. But
a time comes when remonstrance and
action are inevitable, and certainly
discussion IL proper and pertinent as
a campaign approaches when the ques-
ton will be whether the present ad-
ministration is worthy to be sustained
in its policies.
American interests Ignored
American citizens-men and wo-
men-have been murdered and as
saulted and millions of dollars of
American property have been destroy
ed. Americans have been notified by
the State Department with brutal in
difference that they should abandon
the country where they had spent
their lives, leaving unprotected their
families and their property. I have
never advocated political Intervention