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VOL. XI 
May 2, 1913 No. 18 
THe DEBATES ON THE ‘T'ARIF¥. 
With all the hemming and hawing 
of tariff experts and economists to- 
gether with the continued tariff debate 
in Congress, the genearl public does 
not seem to be quite as generally work- 
ed up as are those interests which 
have attemped to have placed in the 
tariff measures clauses favorable to 
them. The mass of the American peo- 
ple remain unmoved; they are going 
to reserve their opinion until they see 
the results of the tariff butchering. 
Immense amounts of tariff literature 
distributed by the manufacturers hit 
by. tariff reform have gone unread by 
the general public. The manufacturers 
are plainly disappointed because none 
of their number has been able to but- 
tonhole Mr. Underwood and _ the 
other framers of the tariff and 
to have inserted .clauses advantageous 
to themselves. The manufacturers do 
not seem to be the least bit “on the in- 
side” in the present tariff controversy 
and for that reason they are not back- 
ward in condemning various schedules 
in the tariff. 
Although in the next few years this 
country will probably see a new epoch 
as far as raising federal revenue is 
concerned, there never will be a really 
“scientific” revision of the tariff. The 
most expert and nonpartisan commis- 
sion could never please all the states in 
drawing up a so-called ideal tariff. 
There is, after all, such a confliction 
of political and class interests that the 
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whole questionnarrowsidown to the su- 
premacy of the party in political pow- 
er. Brute political force will reign 
triumphant and the spoils will go as 
usual to the victorius political power. 
Meanwhile, the people are patiently 
waiting for results. 
PUBLICITY AND THE RAILROADS 
The strong light of full publicity 
is being thrown on railroad affairs in 
New England. To those who are in- 
terested in the local railroad situation 
the hearing before the interstate com- 
‘mission is intensely interesting, not 
only because it is baring the intricate 
methods of running the business of 
the New Haven and Boston & Maine 
roads, but because it demonstrates to 
many that if President Mellen were 
left alone in his operations he might 
be signally successful in his attempt 
to build up the property which is un- 
der his care. 
As soon as Mr. Mellen entered upon 
his duties an era of enlargement has 
been the aim of the railroads and sev- 
veral ambitious projects have demon- 
strated this fact. The apparent aim of 
the company to control the railroad 
situation in New England has been 
quite successful and as considerable 
capital has been involved and the ob- 
ligations of the company have been 
increasing accordingly it may not be 
surprising to see the commission in- 
vestigating the methods of the growth 
of the system. ‘The transactions have 
been of considerable magnitude, both 
legally and in the economic results 
possible and their corresponding in- 
tricacy may have prompted the in- 
vestigation. 
The public does not seem willing to 
allow Mr. Mellen to work out his plans 
of development, some think that he 
has chosen too great a task. Whether 
the business of New England will ex- 
pand in accordance with the expansion 
of the New Haven system is a ques- 
tion too great to solve at this time. 
These problems and the heavy finan- 
cial burdens assumed by the road are 
some of the things that the public, 
through the interstate commerce com- 
mission, seems interested in. 
THIs SENATOR IS TOO RADICAL 
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon 
does not believe in half-way measures 
so far as free tolls are concerned for 
American ships passing through the 
Panama Canal. Rather than have the 
agitation continue on the part of Great 
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Britain, that the American nation is 
about to violate the Hay-Pauncefote 
treaty in absorbing the tolls on ships 
flying the flag of the United States, 
the senior senator from Oregon has 
introduced a bill abrogating the treaty 
as the easiest way out of the difficulty. 
Senator Borah of Idaho, who is a 
member of the foreign Relations Com- 
mittee of the Senate, is not convinced 
that the Chamberlain bill is necessary 
on the ground that the Hay-Paunce- 
fote treaty contemplated the building 
of the canal on foreign soil, whereas 
we have acquired the strip of territory 
through which the “big ditch” passes 
and the canal, by the very nature of 
things, is on American soil and there- 
fore the treaty in no way applies. 
In any event the question is very 
much alive and is one of the perplex- 
ing problems which the administra- 
tion has to solve in the very near fu- 
ture, as the new Ambassador to the 
United States from Great Britain, it 
is understood, is bringing with him the 
last word on the toll question from the 
English point of view. 
The house has done its part in fav- 
oring the bill prohibiting the carrying 
of the red flag in parades and now a 
further amendment is proposed mak- 
ing it possible for the police to arrest 
offenders without a warrant. ‘This 
suggestion comes from the Boston 
commissioner of police and as a sug- 
gestion from this individual is usually 
a good one there is but little doubt 
that the measure in its entirety will 
pass the Senate. Those of us who 
believe that the Stars and Stripes is 
good enough for any group of men to 
carry in their demonstrations in this 
country will approve the action of 
our lawmakers in prohibiting the use 
of the red flag. 
Just as the usual nonintercourse of 
the Jap and the Chinaman with na- 
tives of this country brings up a feel- 
ing of inferiority and superiority be- 
tween the parties, the California case 
shows that the drawing of racial lines 
has been confused in just such a way. 
It is rather hard for California to do 
anything just at present without mak- 
ing the entire affair look like gross 
discrimination, for the bars have been 
let down and it is a late hour to at- 
tempt to replace them. Too much 
stress should not be placed on the pros- 
pect of offending Japan and having 
strained relations with that country. 
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