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Show Telling Tariff Points Let those telling points 'on tariff nnil protection In the speech by Clinrles Kvnns Hughes, the Hopuhll-enn Hopuhll-enn cundldnte for President, dullvnrvil In the Suit Luke Tuberniicle, bo llxed permanently In jour mlnil mid lueinory during tho reintilnder of the campaign: We lire desirous of having strong und sure the foundations of our national na-tional grentness In this pursuit of competition among the nations which Is sure to follow the cessation of the present struggle. ' I presume tlmt the Itcpubllcnn pnrty as the national jNirty, according to the constitution of the United Stutes, within the national sphere, nlinll proceed pro-ceed wherever It Is practicable, to build up and foster and encourage American enterprise, and open the doors wide for honest American achlevcmenL Then came the Underwood tariff bill Itself. What was the result? Un-terprlsc Un-terprlsc halted und there was .n contraction con-traction of trude throughout the land, und America, Instead of going abend, stopped. Thut Is what happened. Three hundred thousand were unemployed unem-ployed In the City of Newv York. There was uot n city In this hind where' the Jobless mnn anxious and able to work did not walk the street. They were fed by our charitable organizations, or-ganizations, which were tuxed to the utmost limit to provide for those foe whom American enterprise could no longer mitUe prolsliu. It was u mid spectacle. Americans have not forgotten for-gotten It. It Is not forgotten hero or anywhere. It cannot he forgotten. It Is too recent. If on ure going to havo the IiiibIs for pnwp'Tlty In this country i' If'yuu are going to protect the American wage scale; If ou ure going to luivo American enterprise able to meet the competition which will follow thu ending end-ing of this war, you limit have un hone.stly devised, wisely framed turilt law to protect American Industry. No, tho Democratic party will not be feuved by the Kuropcun wur. if you would know what our condition will be when the war ends, think of what our condition wns before that war began, If jou think these tuitions nro so Impoverished thai they ciinnot again tin n to work. Thnso millions of men now lighting are better able to work thiin ever before In their lives. Their factories nro there; their plants are there; they know themselves better than cut before. be-fore. They nro better disciplined, more alert, keener, stronger, better physically than ever before. In the main, and they aro remly to turn great nutliiuul energies Into the pursuits pur-suits of pence to pay their wur bills, to produce tit) to the limit, to semi their goods throughout tho world. I propose that we shall btiiily this out, applying n principle that we believe be-lieve In, and secure Intelligently and honestly udeiltliite protection to American Am-erican Industries In every part of tills land. |