The Republican journal., 1914-02-12
A Chance for Patriotism and
Craftsmanship.


,rominent business men in Philadelphia
,..t month. He said he saw no reason
40 fear that the new tariff law would
york injury to business, unless cowardly,
oossimistic business men should set up
tbe old cry of wolf" and stampede other
towards, as they are very apt to DO when
onvthing occurs to cut down some OF
.bsir unreasonable profits. l see some
# our narrow minded congressman CEN
snrs Wanamaker for evidencing patri-
otism that can extend beyond the dollar
mark. The tariff law and banking law
ore now on the statute book, and they
mist stay there four years at least, and
ooy business man who does not sine erely
nv TO make his business conform to the
,ew constitution is not fit to be an
american citizen. And l cannot see as
there has been any great change after
all
We are paying as much or more for
Goods as we ever have, and was conf
4ent this would be SO. did not believe
chat "a reasonable reduction of the tariff
would largely affect the retail price of
,-oarls And | told Congressman Payne
TX years ago that if he did not see to 1t
that the tariff was reduced to meet the
,aasonable demands of the people that
Nh. party would be put out OF power,
and think he believed so himself; but
bs could not control the interests"
snj think every candid man now thinks
that if we had passed this same tariff
LAW in 1908 that we haye now with the
exception of free wooD there would
never have been all this cry of hard
times threatened that we hear now. And
as Wanamaker says, if we will let our
PATRIOTISM rise above our partlsansh1p all
will be we'll. Instead of laying back and
winning because they cannot make as
h-g Profits as before let our manufact-
urers study to run their shops with more
efficiency and greater economy and all
w be we'll with them.
senator Aldrich declared that our gov
arflnent could save $500, 900, 900 a year
street business efficiency. Brandels
Shows how the railroads can save 81, 0oO,-
aI lay by the most approved methods,
Ell. Hurd and others have made it plain
that American manufacturers are IN
--v respects far behind their foreign
-gitors in efficiency because condl-
taas nave assured them large profits
.,e. bv old methods, when if they had
sept in the advance they might have
.shed their products at less cost to
.- reople and still made good profits. l
-. the report of the hearings before
--. Underwood Committee last winter,
consisting of several thousand pages, and
from the evidence presented l saw no
ass9n to fear that the new tariff law
would work harm in any way save few
.1ps Of business. The wooden manufac-
.--rs admitted that a reduction of 81
-r aent would not hurt them; the lead
NY steel men said it would not inJure
them, and common sense would teach
aa. one that if we can export $50. 0O0,-
noe worth of boots and shoes year and
lnport less than 81, 100000 worth in the
same time that the reduction of 10 or Is
Der cent duty conld not hurt them very
much; and we now have the prospect OF
lgrer shoes, with shoes on the free list.
zndeavored to show by articles in The
rnaI when the Reciprocity Treaty
Was under discussion that it would not
lre Maine farmers, for we were SELL
" The Canadians several times as much
1--r produce as they sold us and paid
duties, which were about the same
0- Jurs; and surely we could hold our
if they were taken off on both sides.
treasurer of one Of theslargest pulp
10 New England said IN the house
,re Of my friends last year: eff the
should be taken off of pulp our
ness would be ruined" | said: "The
- must either be big liar or big
' for the duty was taken off of pulp
The Reciprocity Treaty Is months ago
he does not seem to know it, or If he
soes know it he is trying to fool US, but
Se are not so ignorant as he thinks we
sre,
senator Burleigh told me soon after
tos treaty was passed by US that he
doubted if it would have any great in
furious effect on our commerce. There
ls as much demand for our goods as ever.
so our manufacturers can find no fault
with the prices they are getting, and
hey will not have any cause to if all do
as did, in buying suit of clothes. The
ealer brought out suit and said: "This
's an imported suit" replied, II do
aoJ care for it, believe in patronizing
mY home industries"
The new tariff law leaves a duty of
len tents bushel on Canadian wheat as
'ong as she places duty on American
wheat Canada does not seem inclined
lc remove her duty. If she would, wheat
-04l7 come in here free of duty. Can
d will sell 100000 bushels of her