Show Jl THE TARIFF if Speaking of the hearings now being held in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington by subcommittee sub of I a the ways and means S I committee the Nation of New York says Of the business who have men thus far addressed the cornS comI com com- S I 5 fr a small minority is willing to have lower I duties Most i of tho the others not content with present conditions want the rates Raised Their arguments are a striking exhibition of the greed greed which produces a tariff and in turn nourishes it We do not know who the present editor of the Nation is but we do know that he Ile is vastly more English than American in thought He possesses that peculiar obliviousness to facts which is a characteristic of one great class of Englishmen who when once they have formed an opinion never change it no matter what proofs may maybe maybe maybe be supplied to show that the belief is a fallacy Thoro Thorois is no tariff protected product in the United St States tes that is not sold cheaper than it ever was before the tariff was put on Moreover when it is bought the money remains at home whereas when there thero was no tariff the country was forever drained of money Some tariff schedules are too high and should be lowered lowered lowered low low- ered but the man who believes our country should adopt free trade is unconsciously an enemy of the country S I |