The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-06-10

| for domestic products. II IL has any
other result In even the slightest de.
| gree il is not tariff bill for revenue
only.
A potent factor In keeping down i'm.
| portations during 1914 was the selling
Of American made manufactures at or
| below cost, in a wild scramble to keep
plants open at least part time, and
there was Il total absence Of fun time
factory operations, which produce in
| good times, surplus stocks that we
can afford to dump" abroad at con.
cessions in price.
! There is another reason why imports
| have fallen Off which think should
| be manifest to most speakers and
writer's The report from which you
quote shows for instance that during
December, 1913, we imported $2,500,.
| 0O0 from Russia, while during the
same month OF 1914 we imported
| $1,000. am surprised that you should
| give the Underwood bill credit for the
inevitable effects Of the great Europ
| can war.
You seem to make some point, and
claim some credit for the Underwood
bill because of our increased exports
OF woolen goods, and you ask where
they went This is not difficult to an.
swer. They were used to ClOthc bell.
gerants in the trenches in Europe.
The United tSatcs mas sent many
many million dollars worth of pro.
ducts abroad for that purpose. In
fact, the only semblance of business
activity which we now have is because
| Of peculiar and unusual demands
created by the European war. But
this is both uncertain and confined to
few industries. But for this unfortu.
nate conflict In Europe, we would be
in a worse condition than under the
Wilson-Gorman bill.
The Underwood bill probably is tie
worst tariff bill that a Democratic
congress ever enacted, and it has
passed several bad ones. and always
with the same disastrous results His.
torp supports the statement, my dear
Mr.. Editor, that the Democratic party
has never before surrendered control
of the country when ii was in as good
condition as when Grover Cleveland
escorted William Mckinley to the
| White House, and it never will sur.
render the country when it as well
off as il was then Unless the Euro
pean war continues we will surely see
greater suffering in the next year or
two than ever in our history.
You ask me what rule the Republic.
an party proposes to follow in revis-
Ing the schedules, II it gets the
chance. Don't worry about It getting
the chance. That is absolutely Ger.
tain. suppose 1t will adopt the rule
Of protection. ! hope it will return
to the policy Of protection that pro-
tects, and here let me quote as fur.
ther answer that part Of my remarks
at the February meeting, which
brought about your open letter;
This great, rich, new country re-
| Quircs a protective tariff, n reason
able one, something that will at once
measure the difference in cost of pro-
| duCtOn at home and abroad. Less
than that means low prices, low wages
and un-Amercan living for the arti-
san. More than that would be unfair
| to consumers.
| am a firm believer in expansion;
| expansion in home life, in a social
way, in church matters, and in bust
ness; likewise in the affairs of the
nation. There is no such thing as
standing still We must progress or
rctrograde and it seems clear that the
United States should now take firm.
er hold and stronger place in world.
wide matters and in the affairs Of ma.
tiOns.
We should as a national necessity,
forthwith-rlght now-improye our
nayicable rivers, Canalize them whcro
necessary, connect them where pos.
sible with the great lakes, and with
each other and by every artificial
means encourage the use of water.
ways as economic freight carriers.
Such action Is not necessarily antag.
onistic to the railroads, but such q
system would simply augment and rs.
sist the present carriers, and We will
soon have more business than all
| combined can take care Of"
A manufacturer and an employer
of labor in Jackson County, Missouri,
for the past thirty years. voting and
participating in public affairs during
all of that time. and conducting n bust.
ness ranging over a wide area, both
domestic and foreign, have had am
pie opportunity to feel and know the
reviving influences of a return to a
protective tariff after a spell of tariff
for revenue only; witness the election
Of Mr.. Mckinley in 1896.
As youth in Canada, where was
born Of an Ulster Scot father from
Belfast, and a mother whose furbears
came in the Mayilower and tough, in
the Revolution, | had opportunity to
note the exhllarating effect OF the
adoption of the first high protective
tariff in that country
Here let mo quote again from my
st. Louis address:
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