The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-10-21
FOR REAL PROTECTION
HUGHES ADVOCATES THIS As AN
AMERICAN DOCTRINE.
Tariff for Which He Is Fighting viii
Preserve Nations Economic In
dependence After the War
10 Ended.

MIR. hughes advocates protective
tariff rs an American doctrine. 1t
has been the persistent policy of the
Republican party in the past and he
believes Ii must be the permanent
policy OF the American people In the
future. He preached the doctrine
from coast to coast upon his first
swing around the circle and he Will
repeat II again in every state he visits
upon his second campaign trip, which
will end the Saturday before election
day with great mass meeting ut
New York city.
When he says that he stands for
protection he uses the word In COM
prehensive sense. 1t embraces all that
Is needed to foster and promote Amer
lean enterprise and to better the con-
dltions under which the men and
women OF the nation live and work.
an essential safeguard for the eco
nomlc independence Of the nation
when peace Is restored in Europe, q
tariff framed In accordance with the
principle Of protection honestly APP
piled and affordlng protection, not
merely TO American employers, but to
American employees. He calls for a
tariff which will protect the American
wage Garner from the underpaid Ia
Dor from Europe, and American enter
prise generally from cut-throat COM
petition with the enterprises of the
old world, where the standard Of liv-
ing has been lower than our own,
and will so even lower when the war
Is over and the burden of its cost will
have to be shouldered.
Mr.. Hughes regulates the theory
that the Democratic party can be
counted upon to deny lis ancient faith,
and In the twinkling Of IN eye Ee-
come the sincere and competent adj
vocate and agent Of protective tariff.
The Baltimore platform offers proof
In plenty of the correctness Of his
contention. The platform there adopt
ed, upon which Mr.. Wilson was elected
four years ago, declared that 1t was
"a fundamental principle of the Dem
ocratic party that the federal govern
ment under the Constitution had no
right >or power To impose or collect
tariff duties except for the purpose
Of a revenue" The war in Europe Is
creating conditions which require the
restoration of u protective tariff If the
American standard of living Is to be
maintained. But the war in Europe,
ms Mr.. Hughes has more than once
reminded the Democrats. has not
changed the Constitution of the Unit
ed States.
One Of the first nets of destruction
in the record of the Democratic party's
accession to power was the wiping out
of the tariff commission of the last
Republican administration. Now Mr..
Wilson has passed through congress
II law authorizing the appointment Of
"A new tariff commission and the Dem
ocratic campaign managers are seek
Ing to allny the growing apprehension
In this country by intimating that the
new tariff commission can be relied
upon to take care Of nil the COMPETE
tlon which America must face ut the
close Of the European war. What
can Democratic tariff commission
do? It has no power to amend the
Constitution of the United States. And
yet Mr., Wilson insists that his admin
istration Is loyal to the platform
pledges proclaimed MT Baltimore and
will remain true to them as long as he
is president.
Mr.. Hughes stands for n protective
tariff scientifically erected and thor.
oughly protective In purpose and eff
feet. He promises as one of the first
acts of his presidency the restoration
of the protective principle to our tar
iff schedules. He promises that the
abuses which crept into tariff-making
In the past shall be kept out In the fu-
ture. He promises that the principle
of protection shall be honestly and
intelligently applied In the reconstruc-
ton Of the tariff. He promises tar
iff revision as an American measure
for American defense. He promises
protective tariff that will square with
the doctrine "equal rights at home and
all our rights everywhere" Where
does Mr.. Wilson stand on. the tariff
What will he do to the tariff If he is
re-elected2 Mr.. Wilson has thus far
refused to answer these questions. Mr.
Hughes will do well to repeat them
every day that remains of the CAM
pnign. Mr.. Hughes says what he
thinks about the tariff and means
what he says.
The tariff cut n big figure In the
Maine election. The people of that
barometer state believe that pro-
tcctive tariff is more urgently needed
now than ever before I'm the history
of the country. 1t will cut no less n
figure IN the campaign in other states
whose citizens, for the most part, are
similarly minded.