| Show I. I J r Wilson q and d the Tariff r R VII TILSON'S mandate from the people i iHo i- i tho ift Ho ITo was liS chosen President II e 3 but only onh- by a a. minority l d. d cUllo C chief 1 c. c executive on a n platform that con l f h. h among mong ot other leI planks plank on ono n approving a 1 tariff th the d. d division of the c. c protectionist protectionists 4 f U m t c d States into I I l VS to tc mo c contending faction I 1 supporting Pp hi rv rival y candidates enabled JUr Mr Ir Wilson p L his Th The Thc electors who o favor favora a- a tariff are unquestionably I a bl Y in th the 0 mahi maS ma ma- I hi J S d Ie e th they ey c cast case st fU nine fifty nine y-nine per cent of the thc t I. I v vote te 1 y are f entitled to consideration at the thc the he ci hands hanas of administration ion I S Should l Resident however vc decide to adhere I I to hi his iLs p policies o t cies with the same same- determination on heNI he ho would woula hn have 1 d had ad lie he been n a majority NI 1 I executive ve tha ry h has s at least the tho right t tt to I t that h he will do d so o in m In the tho light of his party pledges Thol l for upon which ho he was wag ch chosen sen senI t I denounces tl the e. e protective t r tariff tanH as unconstitutional and md favors th tho imposition of o ot only such duties as aswill t will mIl insure reve revenue sufficient nt to meet the tho expense expenses ex ex- II pense of g government Obviously that declaration not construed as a an n intention I I was to protect I Southern industries industries' a at the tho e expense en e o of tho the west cst but L that is the danger now confronts this section i of the United Stat States 3 The country had one disagreeable experience I 1 with a 4 Southern tariff measure suro and fears another The Wilson Gorman S passed during Mr Jr fr Cleveland's Cleve e lands land's administration a and permitted A. A to become n a law nw without his signature was signed and drawn I especially to cheapen pen as ag the thc South I consumed but did not produce and u e to protect those I that section produced for fot c consumption in In the North t 4 I and West The Southern men I U in Congress and ald in Mr Yr Wi Wilson's Wilsons ln cabinet inspires I the o apprehension that hist I a about out to repeat i O itself J I Democratic doctrine as interpreted d u b- b that I I party's national convention ri a 8 tariff for or orI ori I revenue only onh that party i is in power r vand ul the country country coun i try must perforce accept it But Buti there te s should bo ho bono bot hono t t no unfriendly v treatment of the wool 1091 ool industry I tl merely because it has no i and Bud protection of lead and sugar beca because lecause S Champ ChampI i 1 Clarks Clark's wants the former aided Democrats Dem Dem- I t of Lousiana desire desiro a e d ty y upon tl the tIle latter 1 J I tr r. r. r Wilson Vilson should frame a tariff th that Croats eats 11 1 all ll sections of the tho nation alike ho be Pr should should-preparo pa o Jt it t for the redemption of t tim tho e promise madel by his fi party and ni there ought to bo be no fa far r gJ n. n I 1 ests If the tariff on wool and anti lead and O is revised along the tho same samo sliding sc scale lc that will be I F cn enforced with reference to tho the cotton coHon of the tlC south f 1 tho lumber of the north and west tho the iron and coal p of gf the east enst and tho the fabricated steel of Chair Chai f man luau Underwood's ls own city of Birmingham we may I regret the erroneous principles that havo inspired inspired in in- inspired such action but we e cannot then complain of partiality or of sectional injustice f The ultimate result of the struggle in Washing Washington ton tOll is on the knees of whatever gods govern govert I I such m matters but if the tho President and his party part r f decide to take counsel of their sectional prejudice m I and pIneo Utah products on the free list wo we can car canI 1 I accept the result with as much equanimity as the Utah Democrats who are aro interested cd in lead lend and wool and sugar Some of the most prominent men men I in ii the tho state whose o e incomes depend altogether upon thOSe these industries are ore Democrats they worked I t energetically for the ticket and voted it they enI endeavored en en- I with unusual zeal to send two tar tariff f reformers re re- ro- ro formers to the tho lower house hom Should these mistaken mistaken mistaken mis mis- taken political economists get their just deserts their uncomfortable squirms will at least add a aI agleam I 1 gleam of amusement to o our i- i idRYS das davs of d despondency i j i 0 |
