Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1906 — TARIFF TRUST PROTECTION. [ARTICLE]

TARIFF TRUST PROTECTION.

Republicans Admit the Trusts Sell Cheaper Abroad Than Here. As Senator Aldrich and Congressman Dalzell have both admitted In speeches they have made In congress that the trusts are selling cheaper to foreigners than to our own people, there should be no longer any objection to so revising the tariff as to cut off protection to such trusts. Yet we are officially informed that the campaign for congress by the Republican congressional committee is to advocate standing pat on the tariff, and President Roosevelt approves the stand pat proposition. This will be a great disappointment to thousands of Republicans who had been led to believe that their party would revise the tariff "after election.” What are these independent Republican voters going to do about it? Will they be willing to continue to see for eigners buying the products of the trusts for much less than they themselves have to pay, especially when this protection j>olicy is shown by Dun’s Index figures to have advanced the cost of living 48 per cent since the present tariff bill was enacted in 1897? It hardly needs the evidence of figures to prove to the home provider that the cost of living has Increased, for the fact that the outlay for food and clothing and rent, which, by the way is not included In the Dun figures, has largely Increased is too Surely in evidence by increased expenditures. If salaries and wages had advanced in like proportion there would be more Justice in continuing the Republican policy of letting well enough alone, but unfortunately wages have only increased on the average about 14 per cent. The attempt to prosecute trusts tor restraint of trade does not touch the root of the evil, which can only be ac complished by cutting away the ground from under them and undermining their monopoly privileges that the tariff protects them in. To stand pat and allow the protected trusts to still plun der the toiling millions is monstrous, and to encourage them in selling cheaper abroad than at home Is not protection, but robbery of our own people. Oeesns of Pina. The largest pin factory in the world is that in Birmingham, England, where 37,000,000 pins are manufactured every working day. An Honest Confession. I’m fond of nice atorien of giants and witches Who live all alone by themselves, Of gnomes underground who are guarding their riches, And dragons and goblins and elves; I love tales of wizards with stern, bearded faces And wands and long robes of deep red. But I wish there were not so many dark places To be passed when I’m going to bed!