Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1908 — PROTECTION FOR LAZINESS. [ARTICLE]

PROTECTION FOR LAZINESS.

Guaranteeing of “Reasonable Profile” Versus Hustling. It has long been apparent that one phase of the endless demand for “protection" is due to business inertiasheer laziness some might call it—the part of captains of industry, who want Uncle Sam to guarantee them “reasonable profits” instead of hustling for profits themselves. The New York Evening Post sets off this Class with a truly artistic touch as follows: “This reliance upon the tariff is especially characteristic, of the men of the second generation who have inherited their business, who are perhaps interested more in automoblllng and other sports than in the dull routine of the shop aud* who look to a paternal government to make up their own deficiencies in intelligence and enterprise. They would revive trade not by making wares that are good enough and cheap enough to command the' market; but by excluding the foreign competitor. To meet the foreign competitor requires a large outlay of ingenuity and energy. To secure protection has been far simpler and easier—the taere drawing of a check of appropriate size for the Republican campaign fund. Hitherto the rule has been: Drop a contribution in the slot and get a tariff schedule—at the expense, of course' of the great body of consumers who cannot afford to pay for political favors.”