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Show If INFANT INDUSTRIES Protective Tariff Has - Served Its Purpose, j I Says Northrup Chicago. Nov. 17. There is no patriotism pa-triotism iu party politics, and there be no real tariff region until It 1-. doue- by :ui Impartial tariff com-nission, com-nission, accordinK to Dr. Cvrus -nrth. :up, president of the University of Mln-i Mln-i esctu, who addressed tin, "National rounders association at its annual banquet hore last night "The great trouble with the Amor-lean Amor-lean people," he said, "Is ihat they divide Into two great parties and then ftfeht one another. When a good measure meas-ure Is proposed by one party, the other party does not frankly approve the measure, and help pass the laws neces-cary neces-cary for the adoption of t;iu measure. On the contrary, it tries to sidetrack it on some technicality, admitting that It is good in Intent, but not correct in form all because they are afraid that the party proving the measure will gn too much credit for It If the law-Is law-Is adopted. "That Is politics, but not patriotism patriot-ism Take the tariff, for example. Unlike a majority uf college officials, (specially college political economists. econom-ists. always have been in favor of protection and opposed to freo trade. 1 always believed in and believe now that our country has done well to protect pro-tect its inlant Industries. ; "But when our Industrial enterprises I become as strong as many of them now are. It is absurd to talk longer 1 fbout the protection of Infant Indus- tries so far as these aro concerned. We all know perfectly well that the duties on a good many thligs might bo reduced without any dinger to American Am-erican industrial prosperity, but we are not In a position to frankly vav so and help got tho duties reduced because be-cause somebody also 13 working a hard as possible to keep t.he duties , that affect his luterrst as high as they I are now. We cannot afford to have I protection taken from us and let It re- i i mln on other people. Aud so the flght goes on. everybody resisting a , lowering of tho tariff, a? far as It would affect their business " i |