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Show . LOCAL REPUBLICANS ADVO- Th'. llepubliouu platform passed ,, CATC TARIFF REVISION- upon nt the'eounty ratillcutlon meet- mW iuk t!l other 'da the local llepub- B. 4lioa& advocated n "revision of the tariff." It is after the ocder of the ' tiati'oual llepublican platform which authorizes "a revision of the tariff , by u social session o! congress to bo held immediately following the iu-H. iu-H. MUguration of the uu.xt President," ltuvUtotl ilow not necessarily mean reduction. In fact, Secretary Taft himself said that he thought some of the schedule! were too high uud others too low, There ts nothing in the HE Itopublican platform to glvo any assurance that the average tariff will HH -ot be higher after revision than before, Au attempt is made to lay down tlio principle upon which tho l-evision will be conducted, but the W. principle i not a new ono it is merely a restatement of the principle upon which the present high duties were established, When has the Republican party uaked for more than "the differeuoa between the cost B of production at homo and abroad?" That is all It has asked for for HH, ten or fifteen years, and yet while it only asked for that, tt has built Up prohibitory duties, Tho new platform not only asks for a tariff sufli-dent sufli-dent to recover the 'cost of production, tho Itepublicaus make it high HHb vnough tu wver the entire cost of labor twico over, how much more will Hlf they add to satisfy this now demand for "a reasonable profit to American Rn .industries?" Tho trouble is that they start out With the proposition that BF we must have a protective tariff and then thoy ask the manufacturers how much they need uud as tho manufacturers accompany the answer , with a campaign contribution, the ordinary taxpayer gets little consider-' consider-' ation, The government has beou. made u private asset by tho protected EIj iotertuta, and thoy have capitalized their ability to control tho law-mak-log power, The fat has been fried out of the beneficiaries of the high HBlk tirld and the beneficiaries have then been given u chance to recoup them-, them-, We out of the pockets of the people. Public opinion has been corrupt-KflJ" corrupt-KflJ" td by tbe studious circulation of the idea that the taxing power can be Hnt . fri Wt to a comparatively small fraction of the population, and that HK tflJ ryrt of the population amut pay constant tribute to the fowi Tlif eus advocated by the local dUdplea of the elephant la one BgipY tint, thair uaUowii party leadwe will steer clear of because by a genuine HI riflf raruioa the Knpubhcan imrty will Iom the support of the truets HgL uy yoww that giy liW this animal of wrruption, BHk. id Bfiiili nlnJ? 1 3Wfl i HHHH& " 1 M,ii' " " " - |