The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-01-08
WILL MACK Be A
DEMOCRATIC MOSES
His Protectionism II Approved
Might Save The
Party.

Work must be furnished to every
worker in this country. and every
worker who comes to these shores.
To give employment TO all we must
have the industries by which employ
ment is created"
For once the Democrats have a
Moses If they will only follow him.
Norman f. Mack, Democratic Nation
al Committeeman from New York,
and a war horse in the Democratic
party, comes outstrongly in favor of
revision of the Underwood Tariff,
a speedy revision and an upward re-
vision. He strikes the keynote of
| the trouble with the present DEM
ocratic Underwood Tariff when he
calls attention to the fact that il
has affected the wage earners almost
exclusively. and adversely. The in
duStries by which employment is
! created, using Mr.. Mack's own word
ing, have simply ceased to exist under
The Underwood Tariff. Instead of
reducing the cost of living ii has in
creased il simply because il has
thrown the laborer out of employ
ment and he must fall back upon So
ciety for the means of existence. The
Underwood Tariff is vicious in this
respect.
The operators of mines and fac
tories and in fact of all our indus
tries, cannot and will not operate at
a loss. When the cost of production
is greater that the returns from the
sales of the finished product they cam
not exist, and when the sale price is
reduced to the level of or lower than
the cost of production the result is
the same. This the Democratic Con-
gress seemed not to take into con-
sideration. They went on the the
DRY that the industries would con-
tinue to operate and employ labor
even though the money realized from
the sale of the finished product was
less than the cost of production. They
were astounded when Oregon and
Washington's lumber mills shut down
because they could not pay American
wages to American workingmen and
sell their lumber in competition with
duty-free Canadian product. The
Democrats Immediately charged the
mill owners and timbermen with a
conspiracy to cast discredit upon the
administration and thereby bring the
Tariff into disfavor. They never for
a moment gave just consideration or
thought to the actual facts and con-
ditions.
But conditions continued to grow
more serious, and with the opening
of hostilities in Europe and the ami
hilation of the foreign markets the
leaders of the Free-Trade band be-
gan to mark time. Here is the great
est opportunity American manufac-
turers and industries ever had for
the corralling of the South American
trade, but the home industrial condi-
ton is too shaky to warrant any ex-
penditures along this line. Not only
has established industry been paraly-
zed through the vicious effects of the
Underwood Tariff. but infant industry
has died a-borning."
Mr. Mack conclusively points out
the i'll effects of such a Tariff. To
provide work for the American work
ingmen we must have industrial pros
perity, and no difference what the
method is, anything that stimulates
industry is legitimate and right, and
whether it is a Democratic policy or
a suffragette policy, if it delivers the
goods it will speedily be assimilated
and become an all-American policy.
The rich can evade the effect of a
Tariff aimed at them, but the poor
cannot. Hence the decrease in the
importation. of diamonds since the
Underwood Tariff went into effect is
not half so important as the decrease
i'm the employment of American work
ingmen. 1t matters not to the man
digging in the ditch whether the Am
erican millionaire pays hundred per
cent duty on his diamond or pays
nothing at all. but it does matter to
him whether or not the mills and
factories run or stand idle.
II the Democrats would only quit
worshipping this idol of Free-Trade
and grasp the opportunity now ex-
tended them they would win a place
in the hearts of the American people
which would carry them through
many years of popularity. Otherwise.
there is no question but the Demo
Gratis are doomed to defeat. for this