Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — POLIIS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

POLIIS OF THE DAY.

’ Colonial Coat and Cplo«ldF|rade. J %he report thlt. Adjutant -General CoYbiA This tTeueHO Chaffee for a reduction of the army mated that expenses for this branch of the Sfinrtee. may be decreased tjO ppF edit tta a review of the cost of-, Fur wgf? width indlcatee' lhat v re had better stick to its huinanUuyj*nlmport (uni ignore ft us a cash «iiJ«#tiou. / . r)}< ' tjfptuanteftauco ‘vf ourwfiny .caliieto about SC>U,OOO,OO(j annually, riMi gs tjto navy*lnk*bQU]i Tg»j/tal .fcr | y r!W|ot j ftiur year eildijtg —. t<y*‘tlyH ttscal'yeaF just Hose^^anlcLiiwMf'-tOQP 1 *p,tbe oris InJne dither.' <tsUttbe the, army djuripc ttrat period lp.flSCt atw| ht the tft'j-*'&&,lWfM. The exrees§')ettjjjhj» &&& to tlfci>. $02&,006, W>«ff-fas 6b#n ta’Eiifi Trdiir Tbe ircttoK; America ft .p«FpT&>4jy taxation.. \ z - ■ •>_ ■ -b ~ dfeaE -math rooueJrYna'nniii wtßu we have acquired is sovereignty not property. ''The them as of old, and their property ftohtg remain as of old. If We-wish to rfiiftf a njdiMpj ItftMerial gain* t£« shall nave th turd (o fWe quest ioh of trade and commerce, and even then no man can tell what the commercial gain might have been -without sovereignty, since there ts no absolute mtlo affecting politics and commerce. \Ve exported ns much or nearly as much to Cuba in the year ending with June, 1893, as we did during the last fiscal year, when the island was under our control. Looking, however, to the places that haTC been to permanent postesaions we discover 1 that there l|4s bee'll an increase of American experts to them which may properly be attributed to a politically stlmuiated market for American commodities. The figures for the year Juat closed, which are much larger than those for tho previous year, are some $3,000,000 greater for Porto Rico than they were before the war and not quite $4,000,000 greater for the Philippines. But there are two things to note in this connection for the special bearing which they have on the meaning of the figures. Part of the gain in the Philippines is chargeable as an expense to the American people as a whole, since they paid for supplies sent to the islnnds for the maintenance of their army, and, more important still, the gain in Porto Rico was distinctly a gain from tariff concessions. Trade follows low tariffs. But continued large expenditures ou military account would far more than offset all possible gains, even if tariffs were abolished and it were permissible to balance a government debit with* a trade credit. For the ratio of military cost to exports is now about ns 9 to 1, and the latter cannot have any very great expansion because the- im?W>rtJug pappje axe not a people of highly cultivated wants. enltlvoted wants.—ltecoril Herald, Re publican. »] *, That Tariff Wa|». When Republicans gather for the purpose of “pointing with pride” tbefe must be pronouncement favoring the , continuance of the, scheme of protect tiou of our manufacturers. In the gathering of Ohio Repnblleans this feature WoH lidt lacking. i» And now the organs rise to a demonstration of the great benefits flowing from ; tbp Republican ‘policy bis protecting tht» inline Market. The convention declared In favor of _ “lariff-; schedules which will *rotect XmMcair labor nwrfmtSi tll6 wages paid foreign labor.” And the faithful tncrease of ifinfls of manufactured goods as of the; fjalue of the tariff , w»H: It is to protect the laborers of “this country agaiust the low wages paid abroad. j NotV if this is so simple a thing why wHI not borne of tliese organs explain In whni manner a tariff against imports of Iron and steel can boueflt the American laborerc while we are constantly adding to the amount of our Commodities? It Is net j to iFassuuicd that foreigners buy our manufactured because they are hlfher In esat than those made by j! the foreign labor to which lower wages are paid. That is too palpable an absurdity even for a Republican organ. If tvex-en ship our products to England «ud sell them, freight paid, in eompeti tlon wph goods manufactured by English labor Working for‘n less wage, what kind of a tariff is needed to make It Impossible for the English manufactufcr tprajita) hla mrhdlets tjt» t£l» •country, pay tbs frdlgnt and attendant expense and sell them in competition with our goods which are driving the Englishman out Of his own market? And when a sneer Is pointed at whnt 4s termed the academic phrnse of “Chinese wall,” because In spite of the alleged wall we have conquered the foreign market for our goods, it creates a •desire for information as■■to the renl ■effect of thesd Chinese walls. It 18 well known that t Imre watt' * strictly '•Chinese wall” around tba city of Pekin. It Is a matter of recent hlstbry that Americana entered Pekin against the

entered and carried in his hand the American flag. Commenting on this UrclffOTf TH'fOS SpIFirSTS Republican convention, it would be claimed that the Chinese wall had been scaled! and on Amertctw bThOMy 1 and thab .ihwefore. tfr tyal} AVas «At ah obstacle, but rathe! of the wall the valiant ’ ; \<tosi to fame he might ‘nolF i l %t4b nve pchleved. it; Cfeuld not bave pwn, pealed. Therefore, ib was clearly the Chinese wall that Created the vfiior of tho A Mexican jsailn to* / Xf is a-stodge:s6rtu< I»glb. Iti jiot be •aqeeptedr.ijl Ike cjraty jlßpbgf-a jasjyfiF right wk Repiul)ii- f IF 1 thC Ipurjpjr of^Figh-t'arifrwrgau.—Jqlms-i t f j >i «*», V , i the was pa^sed^ifa^l in 1 - 1 mads to enforeq it tor, a year or mord; ‘frieri Mr. TTbrasofi’s Attorney General .woke up,with a start and,hastily wrotea lettw to - United At-; lapectlng, them H anti trust law and “lay it alongside” of any'<ioiublhe that canao handy and see whether it w fit. The rcsplt was great activity against trusts, bbt it was mostly confined to the news aud editorial columns tis the administration newspapers. Soane alleged combines which were not tariff protected were attacked, and one insignificant little trust which was tariff protected was hit pretty hard. After election the activity subsided. Tl*e only important application of the Shhman’ law was te a railroad combine which was not tariff protected in any degree or manner, and that application was In uo wise due to Republican effort. Now that the discovery has been made that Representative Babcock speaks for great numbers of Republicans in the West, that be cannot be turned down aud that trouble for the party is brewing, it is perceived that something must be done or the Republican party will be in a desperately bad way long before the next Presidential election. If the big combines are de-. prived of protection there will be revolt in New England and Pennsylvania. If they are not deprived of protection there will lie rebellion in the West. In this dilemma the administration, we are told by its organs, has resolved that a searching investigation shall be set on foot to find out “whether certain great corporate combinations are operating in contravention of the Sherman anti-trust law.” In fact, it is asserted that the department of justice, presided over by a great corporation lawyer, is already secretly carrying on this investigation. If tfie, department finds something ! ‘tHe triist question then will resolve itself into a paramount legal issue and be fought to a finish. Against the Federal government will be arrayed vast aggregations of capital,” etc. Just so. This battle royal is to be put up to amuse the people of the West and prevent them from joining Mr. Bibcock lu demanding tbat combines whlch-ean sell in all the markets of the world without protection shall be deprived bf rtiriY' p&tver t&'exfwt higher prices from Americans than they are glad J.O ,get frym foreigners. - r „ The admifiistratfoti grtm'e 18‘tb fool Western people by making a tremeud'oqs bJn»tc/ oyerjtkej e»sqrcemenrt of a law which has been proved wortfiless by more than ten years of experience, it remains to tne'seen whether Western Republicans can be fooled again by a legal sham battle.— Chicago' UUfbnlde. {; V A 4 *' Brief Comment. *“ The Republicans of Kentucky are sayhig nasty tilings abaut each other. Of course t lie row Is a I amt the Federal patronage. They are all patriots there and Want uu office. Perry Heath's hank, the Seventh National of New York, that failed recently will, after the stockholders have been assessed 100 per cent, only pay 80 per cent on the dollar to depositors. Banks with a iiolitical ptifi don't seem to be, desirable lu vestments. The American Protective Tariff League (s threatening to smoke out Speaker Hendewon on the tariff question. Tfeo League will for once be dot lug good work if it will show up how the trusts, through the Republican Speaker and majority of Congress, make or bulk legislation to suit theniselses... I » A x J There would Isoem to lie nnother factional fight in progress among the Republicans about the future of Cuba and the tariff ou her productions. One side represented by the New York Press would repel und Impoverish Culm; the other side, of which the Chicago Inter Ocean is the spokesman, would pave the way for “manifest destiny,” which, lu this case, means annexation. The beet sugar -and totmoco combines may yet disrupt the Republican party, and if they do they will be blessings In the disguise of cormorants. - '"i ' <0