Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-22
cess,ons In price

5 There is another reason why imports
!. have fallen off. which think should
. be manifest 10 most speakers and
writer's. The report from which you
| quote shows for instance that during
!, December, 1918. we imported $500,
600 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.
fou seem to make some point, and
claim some credit for the Underwood
bill because of our Increased exports
OF wooden goods, and you ask where
they went. This is not difficult TO an.
swer. They were used to clothe belt.
serants in the trenches in Europe.
The United tSates has sem 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 the
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 it 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 il as well
off as II was then. Unless the Euro
pean war continues We will surely see
greater suffering in the next year or
two than ever in IL history.
You ask me what rule the Republic.
an party proposes to follow In revis-
Ing the schedules, II Il gets the
chance. Don't worry about it getting
the chance. That is absolutely Ger.
tain. l suppose it will adopt the rule
Of protection. ! hope 1t will return
to the policy OF protection that pro.
tects, and here let mt quote as fur.
Their answer that part Of my remarks
at the February meeting, which
brought about your open letter:
This great, rich, new country re-
quires a protective tariff. a reason.
able one, something that will at once
measure the difference in cost of pro-
duction at home and abroad. Less
than that means low prices, low wages
and un-American living for the arti-
san. More than that would be unfair
to consumers.
I 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
retrograde, and 1t seem clear that the
United States should now take a firm.
er hold and a stronger place in world
wide matters and in the affairs of n a.
lions.
We should as a national necessity,
forthwith-right now-improve our
navigable rivers, ~canalize them where
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 a
system would simply augment and as.
sist The present carriers, and We will
soon have more business than all
can take car 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 a 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
revenue only; witness the election
Of Mr.. Mckinley In 1895.
AS a youth In Canada, where | was
born OF an Ulster Scot father from
Belfast, and a mother whose forbears
came in the Mayflower and fought In
the Revolution, | had opportunity to-
note the exhilarating effect OF the
adoption of the first high protective
tariff In that country.
Here let me quote again from my [
St. Louis address,: s
"A majority of the people OF the
United States are again convinced =
hat experimenting In free trade IL '
to our people. II Is appar. I
INT that with our magnificent area, ,
climatic condition, rich :
of soil, natural resources, and
optimistic citizenship that we -.
,est conserve our own interests when /
make the fullest use of these ad.
and use the raw material,
and labor at hand, TO pro-
luce by far the greatest portion OF d
Iur requirement. l.
The voters of the United States will
old the Democratic party responsible o
or the widespread prevailing business $
depression, and lack Of remunerative /,
Employment"
There may be some difference of .
about some OF the policies of :
great German Empire, but there
no difference Of opinion regarding
business policies and bust.
ess practices. On the contrary, her
sure expansion of trade and
has attracted tho attention