Show TARIFF tARIFF COSTS LIVES The Kansas K City Star discussing the tariff makes this thia this unusual but not il U illogical logical argument The protective tariff is responsible for many railroad accidents If I the manufacture of ot steel ste l rails rUs were sub f to competition each manufacturer urr I would strive to ti command trade by the excellence of ot his products But the steel trust has eliminated domestic and the tariff prevents foreign competition There is a temptation tion ton therefore to put on the market inferior quality because haying h vIng the all al to Itself the trust knows that the railroads must take Its is rails good or bad And bad rails rais have been the ause cause of ot mazy many maty railway accidents Not ohly only that th t the railroads oj of b this country are ar obliged to pay about abo t 33 13 per cent more for the trusts rails ris than Canadian roads pay for the same products This excess cost cst has a direct bearing on constructive and maintenance policies It I offers oter an In Inducement inducement inducement to use lighter rails ris in new construction and to use old rails rais long longer longI er I r than it i is safe to retain them The operations or of the steel stel trust are ate often oren held up as an example of tariff injustice It I should not be possible for American steel ste l makers to fo sell seH their theira a products In foreign lands cheaper than at home and any law that makes maes it possible Is a bad law and should be repealed The enormous profits of the steel trust are made at the expense expense of the whole American people They may rot Tot pay pa with wih their lives exactly but they do pay with wih their money mOley for Cor the railroads must base bas their freight and passenger charges on the cost cst of rails ris and equipment But the steel tariff Is not the only one that should be modified or repealed rep aled altogether There Js is the watch trust that sells sell S watches abroad thanks tanks to the benefi beneficent cent nt operations of the tariff more cheaply than at home The sewing ma machine mahine chine hine trust does the same kame kane thing Arid And Ard even cen so gentle genUe kind and considerate x 1 corporation as the Standard Oil 01 monopoly sells s ls JIs certain grades gd s of oil 01 abroad more cheaply than at home The Te strong and growing demand d mand for tariff revision not riot only in the Demo Democratic Demort cratic rt but b t in the Republican party pary as aswell aswell well 1 is one of the hopeful signs of the times times The paramount issue In the next presidential campaign will wI almost almo t surely be b the tariff issue and our oui Republican friends will wi be sorely pushed pu hEd in defending it |