Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1908 — Republican Inconsistency. [ARTICLE]

Republican Inconsistency.

It is now the stand pat claim that the tariff should guarantee “reasonable profits” to protected manufacturers. Yet they object to the “guaranteeing” of the safe return of the bank depositor’s savings. It makes a difference who is to be “guaranteed.” The guaranteeing of reasonable (indefinite) profits would seem to be a bigger job than the guaranteeing of actual (definite) deposits and much more liable to abuse.