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Show A Fajjjample The logical conclusion to bo drawn from 'the C per cent discount blunder Is well stated by tho Philadelphia Press: There can bo nothing pla'ner than what this cuso proves a? to the Incapacity In-capacity nf the Dcmoiretlc party to frame legislation. It Is not capable ovon of doing what It wishes to do. It Is not ablo to write a very Important Import-ant section of a Tariff law In words that express its meaning and Intent. It Is a fair sample of the legislative blundering from which tho country must suffer whllo Domocracy Is in control at Washington. It Is nn exhibition ex-hibition of Incompetency and obstinacy obstin-acy In Democratic law making circles that Is alike a financial Injury to both iltlzen and government, and a humiliation humil-iation to the nation Itself. Twice in tho past fifty years tho deficiency of brains In the party ot 1TfaA Trn iIa linn Knnn ilAtitialrotiil Free Trade has been demonstrated to tho hoavy cost and the Borrow of tho people ot this country. In 1894, the Wilson Gorman Tariff and ngaln, In 1913, the Underwood Tariff, oconomlo Both wero the product ot falso doc-trlno doc-trlno coupled with Ignoranco and In-capacity In-capacity In handling tho details of Tariff legislation. In theso .respects tho Underwood Tariff surpassed all low Tariff records, It Is positively the worst tariff law ovor enacted. Tho t per cent feature Is only ono among Its many bad elements. Sumo day tho American peoplo will loarn better than to Intrust tariff making to Froo Trado schoolmasters and ono horse polltlc'nns. Present indications aro that tho dawn of Hint wisdom on tho part of American voters will como with sunrlso on tho morning of tho first Tuesday after tho first Monday of November, 191C American Economist. |