Show TARIFF AND THE COLONIES The tariff policy of the administration in relation to the colonies taken and afterwards purchased from Spain is a rather ludicrous attempt to harmonize Republican protective ideas with terrItorial terrI-torial expansion Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee hailed everywhere as the great apostle of protection tries to explain what is meant ly an open door which is virtually closed The policy of the party in power acc rding to Mr Dingley is to continue the tariff on imports from the islands as it has been to prohibit foreign ships from taking Dart In our co trade The open door also means that imports from all countries are to be admitted on the same terms as imports from the mother country As applied to thE > I I Philippines it would mea that imports i I from Great Britain and all other foreign for-eign countries are to be admitted at the same rates of duty as imports from the United States Will Mr Dingley be kind enough to I explain how it is proposed to govern the I new territorIes They contain millions I of people thousands of taxpayers and during the next few years the population 1 popula-tion will increase at a wonderful ratio These people will be governed taxed I I subjected to rederal legislation Are I they to have no representation no i recognition as fellow citizens no standing stand-ing in the Union of which they are certainly a part If it is not the purpose pur-pose of this government to im1bse taxation without representation how can the policy of the open door as I defined by Mr Dingle be carried out outThe The constitution expressly provides that the duties shall be uniform within the United States Then how can absolute ab-solute free trade between different parts of this republic as contemplated in the constitution be maintained if duties are to be imposed and trade restricted re-stricted to certain carriers Protectionists are in close quarters just now trying to evade the constitution I constitu-tion in otder to have it 1upear that they are protecting the laborer of the I states against the couPe of he islands I |