Political P2cononiy and the Land 



tion, but this is not a necessary sequence ; many 

 of the continental countries are quite free from 

 that evil, and the existence of trusts in America 

 must be put down to other causes than tariff. 



Reference has been made to various fallacies 

 put forward by Free Traders, but even with- 

 in the Tariff Reform camp there are some 

 enthusiasts who in their very eagerness for the 

 cause make public statements as to what 

 Tariff Reform will do — statements that I fear it 

 would be hard to substantiate. This is regret- 

 table, because the cause for Tariff Reform is so 

 strong that it is unnecessary to strain a single 

 point. 



First there are those men who say that 

 Tariff Reform will cure everything,. Now for 

 farmers to think that Tariff Reform will bring 

 in an agricultural millennium, without organisa- 

 tion and effort on their own part, is worse than 

 folly. No universal panacea for evils has yet 

 been found, and even superficial study of the 

 problems before us is sufficient to show that 

 fiscal reform can only be fully successful, 

 even in its own sphere, if it be wisely married 

 to other much needed reforms, such as land 

 reform, improved education, improved housing 

 of the poor, etc. And even from the point 

 of view of party tactics, many wavering voters 

 would support a tariff if they knew that they 

 were also voting for other reforms dear to 



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