The Detroit times., 1914-05-26

Queer anu consumer anu every uOQy
else pounded the president for his
Panama canal policy and mildly crit.
iCised his course In the Mexican sit
uation. There was evidence or the
soft pedal here. however. the speaker
declaring the country must stand by
and see him through whatever dim
culties must be encountered. He
declared the G. q. p. reverses In 1872
were due to the attempt TO elect two
presidents. and predicted victory II
the party would unite His address
In part follows:
1.-THE Republican party has been
out OF power but a little more than
year--long enough however, To dem
onstrate that the sooner II is restored
10 power the better IL will be for our
domestic affairs and also for our
standing among the nations OF the
world. In single year the business
OF the country has been halted and
domestic production has seriously
fallen OFF. The most favorable thing
that can be said Of our present indus.
trial situation, Is that the business
men OF the country, emulating the ex.
ample set by the president himself.
oAN HNA q POliNg VI NdNtLl VI
waiting. And so far as our foreign
relations are concerned. all the world
realizes the difference between the
colorless diplomacy OF Bryan and the
redIblooded statesmanship OF Knox
and Root and Sherman and Blaine
and Seward.
The first act OF the new admins
tration was directed against the doc.
trine OF protection TO American labor
and American capital--a doctrine
which has led our country up out OF
the lowlands in the last 90 years 10
a position OF commercial supremacy
among the nations OF the earth. 10
me the doctrine OF protection Is so
simple, so natural. so just, and so wise.
for a nation that desires to- maintain
itself upon the very highest plane OF
civilization, that | have always mar
yelled at the opposition IL mas en-
eountered.
Good Chance For Tryout.
When the Democratic party came
into power year ago, conditions
could not have been better for trying
out its economic policies and putting
70 the test its theories OF govern.
ment, The business OF the country
was standing firmly upon its feet
Our factories were all running full
time, Labor was fully employed and
receiving the highest wages paid in
all the history of the republic The
farmer had ready market for every
thing he had TO sell at prices higher
than he had ever received before In
times OF peace.
But some people complained that
the cost OF living was too high. Our
Democratic friends. always quick TO
promise, agreed that they would re-
duce the cost of living. They prom
Used the consumer that the prices
which he had TO pay would be lower
They then turned around and prom.
ised the producer that his prices
would be maintained. Unmindful OF
the fact that labor is the chief ele
ment In the cost of any article, they
promised TO maintain the price Of
labor and at the same time reduce the
cost OF the output OF labor. In short
they promised higher prices for every.
thing the people haG TO sell and lower
prices for everything they had TO buy.
This was all to be accomplished
through the medium of Democratic
tariff.
Underwood's Tariff Theories.
AT the opening of the special SEES.
sion. Mr.. Underwood and his commit.
tee brought In the Underwood tariff
bill. Mr.. Underwood explained the
theory upon which the bill was drawn.
He frankly stated that IL was not
drawn with any idea of building UP
or fostering or protecting or encour.
aging any American industry. He
said that tariff built along such
lines would be protective tariff and
in harmony with Republican doc.
trine.
Mr., Underwood said that they had
proceeded TO lower the duties in every
such case 10 a point where in their
judgment the foreign competitor
could sell in the American market at
a profit.
IF this law accomplishes the pur.
pose for which IL was framed, II
means that the circle OF competition
has been widened so as TO bring the
products OF every country in the
world within reach OF the American
market. II means that an invitation
has been extended to all our competi-
tors. wherever located and regardless
OF the conditions under which they
may be doing business, to organize
selling agencies in the United States
and come in here and scramble for
the American trade.
How is such a policy going to help
the people OF the United States? Hos
is IL going TO help the workingman
of America TO have part OF the work
formerly done under our flag trans
ferred TO other lands 10 be performed
by laboring men elsewhere? How is
1t going TO make more Jobs for Amer
lean labor to surrender some of those
we now have?
Says Farmers Are Hit.
While this new tariff bill has
struck a heavy blow at the cities of
the country, the American farmer has
been made the goat completely IL
they could find with a telescope or a
microscope anything that a farmer
produced. they put II on the free list.
A couple OF years ago our farmers
were terribly exercised and very in.
dignant about the proposed reciprocity
with Canada negotiated by President
Taft. That arrangement was TO be In
the nature OF a trade We were going
TO let Canadian farm products into the
United States free and in exchange
they were going TO let our farm pro
ducts into Canada free. But under
the new tariff law. Canadian farmers
can sell I'm ours markets. but we can't