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I have listened hundreds of times to cynical 

 admissions of beneficiaries of Government pro- 

 moted graft, as they expressed contempt for the 

 intelligence of the people. A great manufac- 

 turer was conducting me over his mills as he 

 spoke with startling frankness, giving full details 

 of the cost to himself of keeping Washington 

 straight on the tariff. 



"But there will come an end to all that," I ex- 

 claimed. " 'You can't fool all the people all the 

 time.' " 



"Can't we?" said he. "I will stand by you 

 while you talk to my people and tell them what 

 you and I know to be true and when you are 

 through I'll undo all you have said with a smile 

 and a shake of my head." 



During more than a score of years I have 

 fought the financial fallacies of the day with pen 

 and tongue. For many months I contributed to 

 a widely circulated journal a weekly column de- 

 voted to denunciation of the tariff and kindred 

 iniquities. The only thing I am sure of having 

 accomplished by my work is securing the scorn- 



