Show TILE THE S OP THE llIE 1111 I BUP One of or the commonest arguments of or tho Limo free traders is that a tariff im iman Is Isan Isan an Immoral thing Their ground seems to be that ever every law the pu pu- pose ot or which contemplates betterment betterment better better- ment of or the financial condition of oC all any part of ot the people Is Immoral that tha nothing is I permissible In legislation In but poetry and rhetoric It will not be d denied by friends of or orthe the tariff and friends of oC protection that the purpose Qt of their laws is distinctly distinctly dis dis- to help In the tIme mat material condition condition condi condi- tion of or tho the citizen And we do not see seeh why h their motive should bo be called an immoral one There has never ne be been n a n time line In the history of or civilization cl when laws directed to lightening the tho financial burden lurden were not advocated nd and en enacted enacted enacted en- en acted b by the people There may a have havo been principle behind man many of oC the revolutionary rc act acts But Bui after all It I Is the time material condition of men which intelligent state statesmanship man has sought ought to Improve e Out Our fathers protested a against taxation tax la- allan atlon without representation The principle may sound like the farthest farthest Carth- Carth est remove from the time sordid moneymaking moneymaking money money- making or 01 money But tho those e thrifty thrift fathers tather wore were at nt heart hArt a as much concerned d for the time as for tor th the he here re representation prese ii taLl aim Before their 11 day a men protested pro tested tested and and effectively f effectively against l against payIng pay may Ing hag ship mane money There was a n principle prin prin- ciple at stake to be sure Burt Maybe Maybn lab the tho mono money would be applied to time thEe cha chase chato o and the manning of ot ships with which the time nation was to be defended I and maybe mabe It would not But what troubled thorn them won will that th the they want to Ila pay maY that tax It le lessened ened their fortunes In America the purpose of oC many laws lies hot been to make life lite ea easier ler to tn relieve relle the time citizen ot at unjust and un unnecessary unnecessary un- un necessary 1 monetary burdt burdens ns to InCI In In- CI cruise lSe his him opportunity for earning and saving to provide a n home for tr or him and n a competence If It ItIs Itis itis is Immoral to d do that then the time of ot alt all civilization c is Immoral The Tho fundamental Idea In prot protection tion Is that It benefits the people In La H a financial v wat wa ay It insures a stead steady income for tur the time man who work fur for a living that it r f him from Crom room time the competition of foreign pauper conditions that it enables lIh 8 him im i to enjo enjoy an income which gives him himan himan t an no opportunity to educate his children chil dren and provide pro a competence f frt fur fr r t his own old age Conditions In the time United States State t Un under ET the lime policy of ot protection pro proc the tho soundness of or the plan In n fl n country countr I is labor so well vell paid or s so 51 em employed In no placeS place'S place S 'S are the time children of or workingmen so o owell well educated so generally I or OLe so 80 equipped with time the meats mear L of ot And because labor has ha hasS S been heen constantly employed and ll wo wall wallS S paid the bl big majority of or Americans American have been able to bu buy both sarles 1119 and luxuries That mean prosperity for tor the time merchant I and fo or orthe the time manufacturer It means profit profi I for Cor the thc transportation companies 1 It itI I means betterment In a cm material wu way for or ever every class of ot American we a 0 4 Look ul ut the If Jt It be Immoral Im lam- mora moral amoral to enact laws Jaws that conserve conser th the material estate of or the citizen then thea i it must be moral to pass laws law whirl which will I I make mitake prosperity Lv I lIu Impossible mu bi o. o And If Ir that be the test testY then enemies of the Republican party part must be he cle credited with a most dangerous mor mor- aIRy for Cor they would If Ir permUted permitted their theira a way ivay spread financial ruin uHl material desolation In ever every count county o othe ef t the time nation |