The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-09
THE ONLY SHIELD


II h. significant that the Denver
Post. a Democratic newspaper. should
give conspicuous place 10 a coinmu-
nication from a writer who contends
ior the necessity Of better protection
for The working people Of the country
through a revised iarin Of higher du-
iier than nov imposed By the present
Democratic measure. The contritu.
Tor. who signs himself ~ ". W." H.
evidently a well informed observer OF
economic facts His hrst premise.
that the great war in Europe was the
only thins that saved this country
from serious commercial disaster. has
become proved verify. On this
point he argues intelligently and con
Nineinsly when be says.
How many OF our people think %
Nnst the commercial. manufacturing
and Industrial situation IN the United
not for the war ThouEhtfui and seri-
ous-mindcd men believe that the panic
times % 1924 20 1891 would not be a
a believe that every riEht-minded
person Eriescs because % the war. and
over. but that only proves the adage
mat IL u an ~ wind that blows no
one good The war created barrier
higher than any tarin law that ever
existed and shut out the hood OF i'm
portaions that was pouring into the
country.
AS soon a. u H. over and the coun-
tries at war settle down 20 rchabilitate
,hemssive- and their Industries. Il will
viii again be shipping their chcap-labor-
msnS pro9uct- To our shores In com
1t - | take "a. the very last thing de-
sired by The American people that the
labor % this country be brought into
peuper labor Of Europe. or that ouf
laboring people shall he brought down
20 we same level Of living ana life or
those or foreign countries"
He calls the lowered rates and the
extended free list OF the Underwood
bill an objectionable error" and that
this benevolent aid TO foreign inter.
ests was the beginning OF the undoing
OF our domestic affairs, which the
war interposed TO alleviate to some
extent Ills contentious in favor OF
protective tariff rates are not new
but they are ever impressive 10 the
receptive. Maintaining that every
collars worth Of merchandise brought
into this country made or produced by
the cheap labor OF foreign country.
makes just so much less employment
Ter labor in the United States. the
natural conclusion follows that less
labor and less earnings because there
OF means just so much less ability Of
our people TO purchase the commodi-
tee needed or USED in their support
and enjoyment of life. Hence We do
not want imported into this country
the things that can be reasonably pro
duced In this country. The commodi-
ties that can be manufactured or pro
duoed here should be made or grown
here. and upon them we believe that
there should be an impost only Just
SUFFICIENT 20 keep 10 our people the
benefit Of the labor and earnings de
rived from the manufacture Of these
commodities
Judging the future by the past and
present Of the Democratic party. Il
seems 10 be an impossibiity to drive
this into the uneconomic mind OF the
party. whose obstinacy would have
brought immeasureblc disaster 10 the
country had II not been for the inter
venng hand Of conflict abroad. That
war is TO terminate some time. prob
ably soon. and the old conditions viii
return. aggravated many fold by the
rush Of the impoverished countries 10
rccuperate and foreign labor willing
70 take anything to provide The ueces-
fary bread and butter Protection is
he only shield for our own salvation.
and the Republican party only offers
g.