Show TAFT AND THE Says the Kansas City one of the greater Republican papers of the Middle believes that if the tariff could be revised along the lines noted by Taft the revision would be all that could reasonably be at this time and would satisfy the It that with the very best that can be made of the pending hill the result will not be all that the President desires or that the people have been led to As the President each schedule should he governed by questions of fact not by local or political Even from a strict protectionist standpoint as shown in the Chicago there is absolutely no reason to make a duty higher than the difference between the cost of production at home and plus a reasonable profit to the American manufacturer or The President simply asks Congress and the country to go back to the fundamental purpose of protection the purpose to shelter a developing industry against foreign competition until it shall be able to stand The principle of this was if an industry can be naturalized that be made profitable in this country in competition with European industries such an industry in be beneficial to the country at large as well as to its But this principle implies that the further an industry the longer it the better able it should be to exist without even in the it is not able to stand without any protection The Star that the reverse condition is shown in our tariff The older in spite of better in spite of improved in spite of superior in spite of the abundance of raw have continuously demanded more and more Instead of giving the consumers the benefit of lower cost in the consumers have been by means of tariff-protected more and more to enhance the abnormal profits of the It is becoming we believe 10 a large majority of the thinking people of all parties that the tariff should be revised now on the lines laid down by Taft not alone with reference to iron oil and but also with reference to iron and lumber and other building minerals and mineral products in every item on the entire |