Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-18
Looking Forward to 1916
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Z 1916 must be told again the story Of American
protection. It will not now fall on needless ears
Experience has taught the time-honored expensive
lesson of democratic victory II will not be forgotten
unlearned by listening TO strange tales Of tartft
reformers Missionaries riding their theories into In
dustria The protective periods OF the republican
party write the chapter Of the countrys prosperity
Industrial activity, living wages and prices with
steady employment and constant markets naturally
follow republican administration
President Wilson in his message TO congress April
8, 1918. speaking for the democratic party, said;
THE object OF the tariff duties henceforth laid
be effective competition. the whettng OF Amer
lean wits by contest with the wits of the rest of
the world"
The American people have now had two years Of
effective competition" So effective has It been
has escaped its devastation Dstrust was substi-
tuted for confidence Enterprise halted The paralysis
of ldeness fell the industry OF the country Tho
rising increased imports and decrease Of ex
ports lost home market and denied, until miti-
gated by the temporary calamity OF war, an expan-
sion of trade abroad. y
whettlng our wits against the wits Of the world
became contest OF American wages against foreign
wages and standards OF living It is an unequal con-
test II pits last the American home its and
children, against the conditions and wage struggles
Of the old world Success under the demo-
cratic plan Of whetting wits only by the debasement
Of our labor and consequent inpoverishment Of all
dependent H. IL Is not the first tariff operation the
democratic party has tried the productive indus
tries OF the country The offense has been committed
often to merit long term sentence in 1916 under
the habitual criminal section OF economic laws
Il n the mission of the republican party. among
other high duties Of government TO the indus
tries OF the country the misfortune caused by
the mistakes Of the democracy IL will restore indus
try business and give work TO the idle. The
time lost 10 the wage return An idle
day be redeemed
On October 8, 1913 when the president signed tho
present tariff act Mr.. Underwood, then chairman Of
the house ways and means committee stated
81 am absolutely confident that this law will reduce
the cost Of living in the United States and It will
vide ample revenue for the government"
The high cost Of living per cent higher in
September. 1884, than In 1913
The only relieving feature of the prophecies of
abundant revenue IL that few believed them when
made and nobody believes them The observant
long ago discovered treasury deficit
normal symptom Of democratic administration and
logical result of ts tariff legislation. II has been
fortified by a European war tax. by an income tax
and corporation tax. and sti the deficit The
democracy has tried everything but economy in ITS
efforts 10 keep even This would be tried II it were
not their 1919 platform Treasury reports advertise
a constantly decreasing net balance The months Of
July and August 1915. present the government with
deficit OF SSoe0oOO the ample OF Speaker
Clark and Chairman Underwood. Free trade prophe-
cies again yield TO mathematics. The fiscal decisions
OF democratic statesmen require treatment by repuh
cans who are able to distinguish between surplus
and deficit.
The great interior region between the Areghanies
and the Rocky mountains Is known as the middla
In territory and agriculture is the great body
OF the North American republic. II Is washed by
tdewater and It's southern borders blend where both
and cotton II contains the nations
Without It's generous yield would depend on for
eign markets to support people. II numbers among
Its cities the second largest In the western hemisphere
and OF the most cosmopolitan cities in the world
Manufactures. mining. railways and agriculture,
mcrce and banking have sprung from It's fertile
sources since the Civil
When peace returns 20 n troubled world face
the nations who must turn their surplus to
kets They must sell their Their highly per-
fected organizations for purposes win be diverted
20 peaceful pursuits vast production must result
The temporary protection given markets by
will end The free lists OF the democratic tariff will
flood markets in unprecedented volume. The
crippled and the manned must live. Their handiwork
will help swell the flood until people feel the
strain Wage scale adjustments alone cannot meet
ohandise produced under such conditions.
Subject to the essential principle OF protection
reciprocal advantage must be sought In return from
other nations that surplus may reach foreign
markets constructive policy. not an exclusive and
destructive course. is required.