Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-30

products on the United states and our
high-biown bubble will be prioked. So |
much IL conceded even BY Mr.. Redfieid.
who says that this inevitable predicament
will be met from an ethical standpoint
and not from an economic standpoint AT
| ALL To increase the tariff he says,
might seem 20 be the simplest and
easiest way But who ever heard OF
democrat taking the easy and simple way
Of a protective tariff. demonstrated by
history 20 be the sure and effective way.
when there was a theory 10 be exploited
We have. he thinks, all the machinery
and a goodly number Of laws 20 handle
the situation on an ethical basis entirely.
lie says
Could Check shipments.
| For instance, II after the war In over
! Il n seen that a movement is under way
1 20 ship foreign goods TO this country ln
| great quantities and sell them al price
below which we can produce them that
| movement can be checked.
| Al the present time no goods con De
shipped TO this country from any TOT Iors
eign country without manifest hgneo
| by our consular agent In that country
approving the cargo n t0teifh & en- eoon ooIintry
at a greatly reduced price our consular
agents could demand the right 20 invesu-
gate the means Of producing the com.
| modify to see ~ the manufacturer was
selling at lower price than he shouId
! II the agents were refused tne Hknt
20 make such an investigauon the AIneI n,si,,
the manifests and the products could
never leave the ports for tho United
There would DO a chance. Of course,
that some goods might get ~ me
American agents. To meet this situation
congress could pass a l1w ,n ms bs'hIhI ITnI,,es
states 20 buy OF sell goods shippea into into
this country In an effort TO underseh
American manufacturers
THE washington correspondent who
sent this dispatch purports to have
transcribed Mr.. RedfIeld's exact words,
! otherwise I would swear the secretary
had been mlsauoted. Gaze at the propo-
} siton. ponder the beauty Of It, note and
: inwardly digest the logic OF I'll
: To Help Foreigners.
THE sole object OF lowering tariffs is
10 enable foreign manufacturers TO sen
their goods in America In competition
with our own manufacturers. isn't III
What other possible object could there
, bel But Mr.. Redneld says no will not
: permit this object 20 be accomplished.
lie will add to the duties OF our consular
: agents the function of a Paul Pry. who
will investigate the private business az
fairs OF foreign manufacturers. their
means OF production. the cost price TO
. them and their selling price TO US. IL
y Il is found difficult 10 engage a consular
agent who II willing to have his nose
tweaked or his vertebrae telescoped as q
regular concommitant OF his activities
then Mr.. RedfieId will make Il a Btatu-
tory crime for any American TO pur'
chase an imported commodity at a lowel
price than ought 90 be charged for III Il
the George. jr.. Republic should promul
a gate a governmental policy as nRivell
u ridiculous as Mr.. Redfield's we woul'
call them children, indeed. But here thi
= twaddle emRnates from q Bo-callod states
T. man, an exponent OF the administration
and ia therefore supposed 70 merit a re
y spectful consideration which no adult ca
vt possibly accord to It.
!, Democrats spell Failure.
'"But enough of the domestic side o
re- our imbroglio. challenge anyone (
10 name single positive. affirmative. oris
~ inal act or proposal OF this ADMINISTERS
ton that has been. or could be. OF an
ia possible benefit to the people of tn
United States. In that bright lexico
pc there Is only ono word-failure.
en- "Ahl but there is Mr.. Wilson's foreig
policy Has not his masterful statesmai
ship kept us out OF war7
mol The most that can be elaine
on this score Is that he has not. by son
superhuman blunder plunged us into W,
"a distinction with difference
Y I'm the Mexican affair, he. who wou
II now pose as a sticSler for the nice o1
servance Of international law. disregard,
every sanction of international law. ar
- actually engaged our country In warfar
no We ESCAPED from Mexico with no gre
=. loss OF life to be sure. and throughout Il
a' trying ordeal our president was perfect
ly cool-partieulariy his extremities But v
AT should never have invaded Mexico In Il
~ first place, Having dono so as the ou
no come of a superfluous threat made by o
ne president. we should have made good 4
'ur threat and stopped the fight In his
ire legged policy OF watchful waiting Mr.. w
OF son has been like an hour glAss--t
- longer he waits the less sand no seems
do have. What have we 10 show for o
,ii- Mexican fiasco but the bodies OF a sec
Ind OF murdered boys, whose blood cr
leo shame upon usl II in the whole of o
as national life there has been a more fat
his Gus. chapfallen. humiliating episode IN
ger mF. NilbonB DEALINGS with MeLico,
mn Wilson's History OF the American Peop
the fails 90 record It.
nth Duty 20 Ourselves.
hey 1T is true that ell Europe Is m a q
the fiagration. but that fact only emphasil
ID our own duty TO ourselves. Europe
lied day. with the madness OF insanity. is
ter stroying what II has taken Il centuries
Is create. Was there ever time WI
America could less afford to experim
with its own great creative faoulties9
o,r War or no war. believe that the pr
- ent administration. having gained so
-. little knowledge OF the world, must cit
- recede from its oloistral. speculative D
49,. cies for the good OF the republic. or {
- - In due time Il must be supplanted by
administration 90 whom experience rat
than theories. however plausible,
hopes. however sanguine. shall be a Ia
mao 10 the feet and lodestar to the mi
anu What this country really needs. and
IN ways needs. Is republican adminisi
hA- ton OF It's affairs. The man whom
ad- republicans shall nominate for presid
YER In 1915 h not % important as the pc
me- principles that stand back OF hiea.
say Vided always he 10 a man upon whom
we're | publican factiona if thov stiil eziat