Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-26
EUR0PESW ARPROVEs
PROTECTION IS RIGHT
Elihn Root Shows That the Re-
publican Party's Cardinal
Principle Has Won the
Only Decisive Battle
Of the Contest.
WE PROSPER BECAUSE THE
HOME MARKET IS OUR OWN

We PROSPER BECAUSE THE
HOME MARKET IS OUR OWN
When Peace Comes and Foreign Com.
msreIal Considerations Look Hun.
orily Toward America, We Shall
Deserve What Happens to Us II
Provision 10 Not Made Against Dis.
astsr by Tariff Quite Different
From the Underwood Folly.
There is one particular subject with
which the United States must deal
In order to meet the reyulsiOn In pro-
ductiOn aud trade which will uccOm
pany the close Of the great war. That
IL. the Tariff. ! think there Is very
general agreement upon that. When
the demand for supplies to the armies
in the field. has ended great numbers
Of men will return to productive en-
pl0yment In Europe and great num-
bers of operatives viii be thrown out
Of employment here and will have to
find other work. Europe will have
little money and be heavily in debt.
She will be under strong cOmpulsi0n
to pay her debts by making and sell
ing goods. She will be on a basis Of
strict economy and high organization
and she can make and sell cheaply.
The United States Will have an album
dance Of money and vast purchasing
power. Our market has always been
attractive to European producers. 1t
will be far more attractive after the
war. 1t Is highly probable that even
England will resort to q protective
tariff, so that II production will meet
protective barriers In all foreign mar.
kets. What are we going to do then?
We must do something. We must pro-
tect ourselves or we shall become the
dumping ground of the world and Il
workmen will beg In the streets.
Even the Democrats have seen
that something must be done. for they
have provided a tariff board to ascer-
tain and report the true facts to which
a tariff law Is to he applied. in Mr..
Taft's administration the Republicans
provided for a tariff board to report
to the President and 1t was appointed
and doing excellent work. When the
Democratic House elected In 1910
came In they starved 1t out of exist
tnce by refusing appropriations. In
<ka Lost y,,Sfn, ne thu Q1ct Tnpuraos
the Republicans passed through both
Houses a new bill for a tariff board to
report to Congress-. There were some
slight differences of detail In the two
Houses which were agreed upon In
conference. but the Democrats filibus.
tered against the final conference re-
port and so killed the bill. So the
tariff board was dead-slain by the
Democratic party. 1t has now been
resurrected by that party because they
see that something must be done
about the tariff when the war closes.
Now, we can all understand that II the
country wants a tnriff for revenue only
they may put the making OF 1t in the
hands OF the Democratic party. But,
can any sane man contemplate TINT
party making IL protective tariff? In
the first place they can't do 1t honestly.
They don't believe in 1t. They were
horn and bred In n different faith
They have been crying so long that
protection is an abuse of power and an
abomination that they can't reconcile
themselves to u protective tariff, mud
they regnrd the Underwood tariff as Il
model. That Is what we are to have
II the Democrats go back. The Under
wood turiff still, with perhaps here
and there II slight modification regard
ing dye stuffs and some other articles
which ran he shown to gentlemen
from Missouri and elsewhere. Well,
If there ever was II clumsy, III conceiy-
ed misilt law, ii Is the tariff which
bears Mr.. Underw0Od's name. We had
alrendy discovered what Its effect was
when the war In Europe began.
Many mills and factories were
closed or running but a part of the
time. Great plumbers Of lnborers were
thrown nut of employment and the
market for American products was
still further reduced by the destrlc-
ti0n of their purchasing power. En-
terprise halted, discouraged and appre-
henstve of the future. New enter
prises were no longer attempted. OLD
plants were no longer enlarged. The
Underwood tariff had already failed
when the war In Europe began. That
wnr furnished and continues to fur
nisl to American production the most
absolute protection becauseit has to 40
great u degree stopped production IN
Europe. So long rs the war lasts u
Producers have practically no compe-
tition In our home market, for Europe
does mol, make the goods to sell here.
At the same time, while the war lasts
II producers have an enormous mar.
ket In Europe for the things that Eu-
rope can't produce In sufficient guam.
titles. When the war is over that con.
dition will cease, and we shall deserve
what happens to us II we do not pro.
vide against that time by a tariff quite
different from the Underwood tarih
and made by men who do not consider
n tariff for revenue only an article
Of religious faith.-From the speech Of
Elihu Root delivered at Carnegie Hail.
New York City, October s, 1915.