Evening journal., 1915-01-26
TUESDAY JAN. 90, 1915
SENATOR duP0NT,s TIMELY UTTERANCE.

SENATOR duP0NI,S TIMELY UTTERANCE
CENArOR duPONr's utteranccs with respect to the
- effect Of the Underwood tariff law upon the
people Of the United States and the Democratic party
viii make strong appeal to the mind of the Amer-
public lie is unQuestionably right when he
serts that the Democratic tarn law of 1913 the
leading factor in swinging Delaware back into the
Republican column in the election of 1914 As the
Senator suggests other features Of the general policy
of the Wilson administration unquestionabiy influenced
groups of voters against the administration It was,
however. the Underwood tariff and the distress
panyng its operation that caused the political upheaval
in this State thar defeated Franklin Brockson the
Democratic Representative in Congress who
ming for yindication and reelection, and elected
Secretary OF State Thomas W. Miller. the Republican
candidate, by the Significant plurality 224i
Withstandng Representative Brockson had been
elected two years previously by plurality OF 5741
'They have heard voters at the recent cleo
zion, and they will hear from them again and much
more omphatically. in 1916" Senator dupont says
in his admirable presentation of the case which we
reprinted yesterday from the American Economist
That is, admitted by many prominent Demo
Gratis They know that the great American electorate
which has suffered. is suffering, and will continue TO
suffer so much injury at the hands of the national
Democracy is eagerly awaiting opportunity pass
judgment upon President Wilson and those who have
assisted him in puitins such blight upon economic
conditions in this country.
lost persons VIII approve Senator duPonts criticism
Of the Democratic administration for having rejected
unworthy or serious consideration the mass OF m
formation that had been obtained by non-partisan
tarin board that appointed under the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff act
Had the tariff board been allowed to conclude its
labors Senator DUPONT says all disputed questions
Of fact in regard to costs of production would have
been determined, and the friends Of protection would
have been in position correct intelgenty and sat
isactoriiy defects in the legislation which they
enacted"
The Senator's assertion that in the Underwood tariff
law the Democrats went as far as they dared to so
toward free trade is that cannot be successfully
controverted Quite properly he calls attention to the
fact that the Democratic administration cut down the
duties on all manufactured articles which compete
with those made in the United States and after
subiecting industries to that injury added to il
by Increasing old duties imposing new ones on
raw materials used by American manufacturers Call
ing public attention TO the fact that the administration
by its acts nullifed that part Of the Baltimore plat
form declaring for tariff for revenue, also was a
timely act by the senior Senator from Delaware Nor
will his criticism Of the Wilson administration for hav-
ing levied income tax, in time OF peace to assist
in meeting financial deficiencies due 10 the Underwood
tariff, and the subsequent levying of direct tax in
further attempt TO correct its legislative and admin
istrative blundering, fail to find many sympathetic
readers.
senior Senator in his declaration that the
tons show clearly that the Democratic party
has oyershot the mark
"The grateful appreciation Of the masses has not
manifested ITSELF for the simple reason that the great
bulk of population, especially Of our Industrial
population, not particularly interested in abstract
theories Of taxation, but mainly solictous as to
whether they have steady employment; as to whether
their wages are reduced. either directly by partial
stoppage Of work; and. finally TO whether the
cost Of living is increased diminished the Senator
says, and we doubt that any intelligent and fair
minded American will attempt to refute an assertion
so admirably and cogently expressed.
Lack Of work and wages and steady-ncreasing cost
Of living are being doed to American citizens by
the Wilson administration substitutes for the pros
perity and reduced living that we're promised
10 the people by the President and his associates in
the campaign Of 1912 and since. Hundreds of thou
sands of American men, and women who had work ant
wages under Republican rule have been reduced I,
dleness and penury under Democratic rule Man,
Of them have become, unwillingly and complainingy
The objects Of charity. Many others are prompted b,
pride to suffer in silence The worst thing about 1
all is that relief is in sight because a Democratic
President and Democratic Congress, while recog
nizng the ruinous conditions that prevail as resul
Of their acts. would rather the people suffer tw,
three years longer than admit that Democratic
principles and policies have broken down beneatl
The test Of their practical application to governmental
affairs
Frankness should impel Colonel Roosevelt 70 ad
nit unreservedy that he made a mistake when h,
turned against President Taft and assisted in electns