Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-01

our streets were filled with the un-
employed. 1t was estimated that IN \
the city OF New York over 3OO,0N
were out of work. Throughout the
country the jobless demanded relief
The labor commissioners of many
states and our municipal admins
trations devoted themselves to the
problem of unemployment, while the
resources of our voluntary charitable
organizations were most severely
taxed. What ground is there for ex-
pecting better conditions when the
unhealthy stimulus Of the war has
spent its force and our industries and
workingmen are exposed to the com
petition of an energized Europe
! Must Have Protective Policies.
ut is plain that we must have pro
tective. upbuilding policies 1t is idle
to look for relief to the democratic
party which as late as 1912 declared
in its platform that it was a funda-
mental principle of the democratic
party that the federal government
under the constitution, had no right
or power to impose or collect tariff
duties except for the purpose Of rev
enue' We are told in its present
platform that there have been mo
menous changes in the last two years,
and hence, repudiating its former atti
tude, the democratic party now de-
clares for 'non-partisian tariff COM
mission But have the momentous
changes incident to the European
war changed the constitution of the.
United States? Is it proposed to use
tariff commission to frame a tariff
for revenue only? Is the opposing
party ready to confess that for gen
erations it has misread the constitu-
ton? Is that party now prepared to
accept the protective principle? Rath
er, so far as the tariff is concerned.
it would appear to be without princi-
pie. Witness its action in connection
with the sugar duties, its reafhrma
tion of the doctrine of revenue
tariff its dyestuffs proposal, and its
formulation in lieu of protective
duties of an 'anti-dumping' provision,
the terms of which are sufficient to
show its ineffective character!
"The republican party stands for
the principle of protection. We must
apply that principle fairly, without
abuses in as scientific a manner as
possible; and congress should be aid
ed by the investigations Of an expert
body. We stand for the safeguarding
of our economic independence, for
the development of American in
dustry, for the maintenance Of Ameri-
can standards of living. We propose
that in the competitive struggle that
is about to come the American work
ingman shall not suffer.
Not a Party of Sections.
"The republican party is not sec
tional party. 1t thinks and plans ns<l
ticnally. Its policies are for the pro-
motion of the prosperity Of every part
of he~country, south, east, north and
west. 1t is not simply question of
wise adjustment Of the tariff in &C
cordance with sound principle. but
there is also the need in other re-
spects for stable conditions for COM
mercial and industrial progress. If
we are to meet effectively the condi-
ton which will arise after the war
is over, we must put our house in
order. Let it be understood that the
public right is to be maintained with
out fear or favor. But let us show
that we can do this without impairing
the essential agencies Of progress.
There is no forward movement, no
endeavor to promote social justice,
which in the last analysis does not
rest upon the condition that there
shall be stable basis for honest en-
terprise. This subject has several i'm
portant phases to which at this time
I can allude only briefly.
Treatment Of Transportation.
1--WE should place our transportation
system on a sure footing. We should
be able wisely to adjust our regulative
powers so that the fundamental OBJ
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