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THE OLD STRUGGLE
Sir Allen Aylesworth, in tho recent Canadian
campaign, said: "It is tho world-old conflict
between the privileged classes and the masses
of the people. Knowing Clifford Sifton as I do,
X understand his attitude. Mr. Sifton, tho
millionaire and capitalist, stands now for the
privileges, for the very interests that in the
United States made huge trusts and combines
which would havo been impossible but for high
protection. I understand Clifford Sifton. I
know him well enough to know that he never
acts without having a reason, and nine times
out of ten if not ten times out of ten that
reason is the interests of Clifford Sifton. Of my
own personal knowledge I tell you he was no
true liberal years ago.
"Clifford Sifton is another example of tho
individual often prevalent in Old England, the
liberal who enters tho house of lords and be
comes the hottest and wildest advocate of class
privileges, of taxing tho many for the benefit of
the few. I quite understand that -Mr. Sifton is
content with things as they are so long as the
dividends keep up, so long as ho remains in the
privileged class and continues to swell the
already bursting pockets of the millionaire.
"It may be that the struggle the world old
struggle has to come in our country. If so,
when it comes I shall be found where I was
born, with the people, ready to do my part,
however humble it may be, in fighting tho
battles of tho people against the oppression of
the few." (Prolonged applause.)
A STRONG INDICTMENT
The Auburn (Neb.) Granger, an independent
newspaper, says: "The trouble with the demo
cratic party is that it has most always been
undemocratic."
It is a great compliment to a party to say that
no serious faults may be found with Its prin
ciples. It is a strong indictment against the
party to say that its inclination is to be false to
Its principles.
Democrats ought at least to be willing to bend
their energies to the end that such an indict
ment may not fairly be brought in the future.
The campaign of 1912 will offer democrats a1
good opportunity for this patriotic demonstration.
Americans should not feel sore because
Canada rejected reciprocity Canada acted en
tirely within her rights, but Canada's action
should TEACH the American people to reduce
the tariff for their own benefit without waiting
tor Canada to help her people.
Gillson Gardner, Washington correspondent
for the Los Angeles Record, sends an interest
ing story about the personnel of the tariff board
for whoso report Mr. Taft says wo should wait.
Mr. Gillson's story follows:
"Washington, Sept. 6. 'Wait for the tariff
report!' That was the excuse for Taft's veto
of tho wool bill, tho cotton, iron, steel and
chemical bill, and the farmers' free list bill.
"What is this tariff board whose word is big
enough to stop reductions of duties universally
recognized as outrageous?
"Who are its members, and where did it
come from? Here is the answer:
"Henry Crosby Emery, chairman Professor
of political economy at Yale; rock-ribbed re
publican from Maine; ultra protectionist; bache
lor; home, New Haven; age, thirty-nine.
"James Burton Reynolds Editor-politician;
born, Saratoga, N. Y.; graduate of Dartmouth
college; state house reporter at Albany in days
of Piatt; Washington correspondent for Boston
Advertiser and Record (Tory) ; editorial writer
on New York Press, leading high tariff paper of
the country; secretary Massachusetts republican
state committee under Lodge bossism; assistant
secretary treasury under Shaw; home, Boston;
politics, standpat republican; bachelor; age,
forty-one.
"Alvin Howard Sanders Lawyer-editor from
Iowa; educated at Cornell; practiced law in Chi
cago; reporter on Breeders' Gazette, Chicago,
organ of livestock interests demanding high
tariff; proprietor Breeders' Gazette;t former
secretary National Cattle Growers' association;
former chairman American reciprocal tariff
league; former president International Live
stock association; politics, standpat republican;
home, Chicago; age, fifty-one.
"William Marcellus Howard Congressman
from Georgia, 1897-1911; born, Berwick City
La.; one of twenty-three democrats who saved'
Uncle Joe in 1909; beaten by constituents for
betrayal of party and given tariff boaTd berth
as lame-duck by appreciative administration;
politics, standpat democrat; home, Lexington
Ga.; age, fifty-four. '
"Thomas Walker Page Member aristocratic
old Page family of Virginia; born, Cobham, Va.;
former dean of college of commerce, University
of California; former professor of economics,
University of Texas; former professor of history
and economics, University of California; pro
fessor of economics, University of Virginia;
writer on economics; member council Ameri
can Economic society; member American his
torical society; politics, democrat; home, Char
lottesville, Va.; age, forty-four.
"There they are the men for whose 'facts'
the whole country must wait.
"They have their being by virtue of the will
of congress. Insurgent republicans and a few
progressive democrats proposed a permanent
commission in the special tariff session of 1909.
They wanted a non-partisan board, with un
limited authority and facilities to make a real,
exhaustive tariff investigation.
"Standpat republicans and standpat demo
crats prevented the creation of such a commis
sion. Instead they inserted in the tariff bill a
paragraph authorizing the president to name a
board with curtailed powers and facilities.
Taft named Emery, Sanders and Reynolds. Con
gress gave them $75,000 to spend.
"In the next two sessions Insurgents of both
parties sought to strengthen the power of the
board and broaden its scope. The standpatters
were forced to yield a little more. The board's
power was increased and a total appropriation
of $475,000 was made. This was where Page
and Howard got their jobs."
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