Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-02-16

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DERIVING, fundamental principles and
policies of government upon which all
Republicans in substance agree, and
these are broad enough and stable
enough to afford safe standing room
| for all of us, with ample opportunity
for differences of opinion upon policies
concerning which a common belief is
not only impossible but oftentimes un-
fortunate.
The miserable failure of the present
administration in managing our do
nestle affairs and it's shameful wesk.
ness in dealing with our foreign rela-
lions have so angered the people of
the country that it has become not
only the imperative duty but the deep
est desire of all good citizens to drive
it out of power, and reinstate as
! speedily as the laws of the land will
permit, a government that will re-
store the confidence and rekindle the
pride which every patriot ought to
feel in the strength and justice of his
nation. The one paramount duty be-
fore us is the retirement of Woodrow
Wilson and his followers in the house
and senate. When we win, as we will,
some of us may not get all we want;
but we are bound to get something
better than we have now, for the
mind cannot conceive anything worse.
The president and congress began
their assault upon our institutions by
the enactment of tariff law, which
taking it all together is the complet-
est compound of ignorance and indif-
ference ever composed by legisla-
tive body. 1t neither gives protection
to our home markets nor yields reve-
eminent. It defies every principle Of
economics ever advanced by the prin-
ciples of any school of scientific
thought. Had it not been for the
hideous war which has paralyzed the
industries of Europe, it would have
put this country into bankruptcy
with no prospect of a dividend to
creditors.
Tariff Hostile to Farmers.
This tariff law has no redeeming
that I may say in passing was of Re-
publican origin, but it's browning folly
and unspeakable injustice lie in the
palpable and indefensible discrimina-
ton against the farmers of the coun-
try. 1t gives the manufacturers of
the East some protection, inadequate
it is true, and therefore ineffective;
| h1,f al tho
cultural producers in the great West
to the unrestrained invasion of the
whole world It must be swept away,
and in it's stead there must be SUBJ
stituted a fair, reasonable and ade=
quate tariff for the protection OF
| American industries, a tariff which
will enable home producers to hold
their own markets in decent pros
perity against all corners. The Demo
Gratis themselves are beginning to see
the hopelessness of their law and are
twisting and turning in every direc-
ton to avoid some of the disastrous
results which are so obvious that they
cannot be longer hidden. For in
stance, the ways and means commit
We VI lilo uOuSo lS " 1CCO11A-
mend full and sufficient duty on
dyestuffs. Why? Simply because we
need them, and we cannot get them
from abroad, and our capital will not
invest in the business unless assured
of protection against foreign rivals
when the war comes to an end.
Again, the energetic but elusive sec
rotary of commerce is insisting that
we must enact an anti-dumping pro
vision. provision which recognizes
the necessity of protective duties, but
which our Democratic friends hope
may be so obscured that the people
generally will not perceive the admis
sion of past folly which it clearly i'm
plies.
Why Tariff Commission?
Again, the president and his lead
ers in congress are now proposing the
establishment of tariff commission
Why? For this reason and no other
they are praying that through the
work of such commission some O.
the disasters which their tariff law
necessarily inflicts may be avoided
without frank avowal that they have
imposed upon the country a policy ST
destructive that they dare not NEE
it's logical outcome. The tariff com
mission has been for years a Repub
: lican proposal, desirable because WI
: want to know, from time to time, tn
: difference between the cost of pro
: duction at home and abroad. w
want tariff commission in order t
: fix duties that will protect our hom
: markets against unfair competition
: but why does believer in the ruin
: Gus doctrine of free trade or tarif
: for revenue only want commission
!, 1t is not possible within the tim
J which I may properly consume to re
!. view all the fragrant mistakes record
ed in the history of this administra
ton. It has simply been one blunde
after another, repeated with such ur
. varying regularity that the peopl