| Show ix L' THE TIlE OHIO I PLATFORM Congratulations arc are due duc to the committee com corn on resolutions of the Ohio Republican Re publican convention at Dayton Sept 12 for tor tho the admirable tariff plank submitted sub sub- milled to and adopted by the tho convention convention conven conven- tion Hon as follows The Republican policy of protection must be sacredly maintained It Is the foundation of our gratifying and unparalleled prosperity and commercial commercial commer commer- cial eminence Eventual correction of schedules along protective lines must bo be made b by the Republican party whose devotion to tho the policy of American Ameri Amen can markets for American Industry Is the guarantee of the confidence of or the tho manufacturing world Add to this the heart hearty approval and Indorsement of President Roosevelt and his administration of public affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs and the hearty and unreserved approval and Indorsement of or Senators Foraker and Dick and we wo have a platform upon which every loyal Re Re- publican In tho the state o of Ohio can stand No Republican advocate of ot tariff revision can fairly demur to tho thu pledge of ot eventual correction of schedules f alon along protective lines Of course courso the tariff will require revision some time Nobody disputes that The question when can safely be left to tho people of or the country as a whole It is too grave a SL question to be left to the tho decision of oC nn any one man or group of ot men When rhen revision comes it will Wili not nol b bo be because o of Individual notions concerning concern concern- In log ing the tho reduction or removal of this or 01 that dut duty Tariffs aro not made that hat way an and cannot safely fely be changed that way It will sill nut not do to plunge the tho country Into the tho vortex of oC tariff uncertainty uncertainty un un- un- un certainty for fOl a period lagUn lasting the greater great great- or er part of a year yar and possibly longer merely because somebody would like to bu bli buy some particular thing tiling cheaper than thai ho 10 can now buy it The Thc people who ilio mako make this thing on which the tariff has been reduced are Vel very certain certain tam tain to Insist upon their right to bu buy some somo other things cheaper and to as ask asic aska I a reduction of the tariff on those things This In turn brings into inlo action action ac ac- ac- ac tion another set of or people who will demand that yet et other tariff rates be bc reduced When the tile process was wag finally completed wo we should havo have tariff reduction that would woul bo be satisfactory satis factory to nobody The Thc Ohio plan Is the right one When revision comes as ru eventually It must It should como caine through h the tile party which has won wn the confidence of the world of production and business business busi busl- ness ress by consistent adherence to the thc policy of protection There need be bo no hurr hurry about It Revision can enn wait waiL No o interest now suffers because of tho the existing schedules that would not suffer suf suf- for fer more If the thc tariff were to be ripped open to please special Interests That sort of revision would bo be chaotic and destructive A tariff revised on such lines would prove tho the very elY worst tho the country has ever had The Tile patience and moderation that are aro so clearly advised In iii the Ohio platform will vIll In Inthe inthe inthe the long run prove best for every ely In int In- In t terest crest |
