Show SHALL THE TARIFF BE REVISED Some of tho the leading papers of the country aro are speaking rather plainly in favor of a reduction of the tariff r rates on certain cert articles at the coming session of congress It is pointed out that many articles manufactured In America can be bought abroad and and shipped back hack to the United States and and delivered at a price below what AmerIcans Americana must pay PY for them in this country And the logic of that condition con diLlon argues for the readjustment of or the tho schedules as to those articles There is little ground for the argument argue ment of Infant ant industries no now That argument was of value in the earlier days das of this era of advancement ad which camo came to tho the country with the control b by the Republican party art But a bigger bigger big big- ger reason son than that ha has grown with the advancement u of manufactures here The They arc aro no longer infant industries industries in in- but the policy which gave them opportunity an an opportunity which was improved Improved has has been of such va vast t benefit to the entire country that our people will make haste very slowly slow slow- ly 3 y in scaling down the tariff rates with the single notion that the tho policy of protection is no longer needed that it has ba served its purposed purpose and is out of date I i iI I It is not pretended by hy the strongest friends of protection that there are areno areno areno no faults in the tariff system as ap ap- ap- ap plied A work so extensive and so complicated would scarcely be perfect per per- feet since men must make it And it will Im be conceded that time does docs change conditions as to various ar ar- ar- ar tides So it Is quite likely that some of or the schedules should be lowered There is just a n. possibility that some or of them should be raised But there will bo be a general assent to the statement statement state ment that the total change would be bea a n. reduction in the tho tariff tax tax- borne by bythe bytho bytho tho the people of ot the United Stat States But will it be wise at it a time timo of c commercial pause at a time when capital cap ital is already hesitating or halting to 10 rush angrily to the shattering of ofa I a system which is Oo DO o intimately connected con conS with every sort of ot business and BO so so greatly affects every interest in an tho nation We believe that tho the greatest care will be bC given to this subject and that where changes may be made without peril to business or damage to the of or tho the United States that chango will follow Tariff schedules are by no means sacred But the tarIff tark tar tar- h k- k I Iff II question is 15 serious It will not be bewell 1 well weIl for the nation if radical and exI extreme extreme ex ex- I councils prevail pre in this matter The Republican party will do what is fa wisest and best |