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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Af’erntton Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Entered as second-das'- matter at post,.(Tice at Atlanta, under act of March 3. U7>. Subscription Price —Delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week By mail. J5OO a year. Payable tn advance., IA Tariff Policy That Suits Americans i» r r They Do Not Propose to Poll Down Their Fences. They Do Intend to Protect American Labor and Industry. And They Are Fairly Well Satisfied With Results Thus Far. We ask our readers to read again with special attention some paragraphs from an interview given by W. R. Hearst to The London Dailv Express. The English are in a hopeful mood just now. They hope that we will let them manage what we built. They hope that we will accept seriously Professor Wilson’s program and make this a free trade country—which would bo very pleasant for free trade England. In a previous statement Mr. Hearst had pointed out the fad that the Americans propose to manage the American canal without English supervision. And in the statement quoted below he makes it quite clear that the people of this country remember the story of the fox that lost his tail and advised the other foxes to cut their tails off. as it is much nicer not to have any tail. The I’nited States finds the bushy tail of protection for in dustrv and labor quite useful and comfortable, and does not pro pose to chop it off simply because England is mutilated: We invite special attention of our readers again to some par agraphs in .Mr. Hearst’s latest statement—these paragraphs ex press clearly ami in condensed form the opinions of at least nine tenths of the citizens of this country. And it is well to have the English learn, and have politicians in this country learn, that the Americans will mH experiment with the free trade of Eng land. a free trade forced upon Great Britain by the fact that her own territory was incapable of feeding her own population. Mr. Hearst says: "There are some abuses in the tariff which need correction, but for my part I believe in a proper tariff for protection, ap<l 1 believe that the growth of the unexampled prosperity of America has been largely stimulated by the principle of ; •lection, in spite of certain abuses in the system." “Mr. Wilson s:i>» that «• have grown to such a point of production that we overflow our own market- and that we must extend our markets and open up foreign markets to our produce •This is quite true; but one reason that we fill and overflow our own markets is because legitimate protection has prevented the product of foreign manufacturer.- and foreign cheap labor from invading our markets and crowding our own manufacturers and our own laborers ollt of business.” "If we have had such splendidly prosperous business conditions at home, it would not be well or wise to alter too rapidly or too radically the system under which these splendidly prosperous business conditions have been de veloped Furthermore. we can not secure the markets of foreign nations merely by reducing out own tariff wall. We must reduce the tai iff wall of foreign nations. "By demolishing our own tariff fence we may get out of our own pas ture, but we can not get into the pasture of foreign nations until we have demolished their tariff fences. < "If we sacrifice our protective policy we sacrifice our one opportunity to lower the tariff bars of foreign countries. It Is only by reciprocity that the tai iff liars of foreign countries can be low ered. "If we maintain our piotectivc fence we can say to foreign countries: ’We will lower our bars Io your products if you will lower your bars to our products.' Hut if w. have no tai Iff fence? we can make no such beneficial bargain. Air. W ilson also di. approve s of American business men, and considers them 'ignorant' and 'provincial.' I un almost disposed irritably to contra dict this statement of Mr. Wilson. “American business men are the greatest business men in the world and have made \uurh.i tin greatest business nation in the world. They are ac cumu! t ng in America the wealth of the world, and they are employing their wealth In i wav which excites the admiration of the world. Some of our business men. like Rockefeller, ate endowing universities forth’ .uh atniineiit of learning and supporting institutions of medical and surgi il experini'nt fol the benefit of our ow n people and of all mankind. Others ..f out business men. like Carnegie, are endowing libraries for th* dis imin itiop of universal know ledge anil maintaining observatories and other scientific establishments for the extension of scientific research and the development of scientific pursuits. "Others again, like Morgan, are assembling in America the art and li brary treasures of tin world for the development of our tastes and percep tion- mil tor tin higher cultur, of our people In the refinements and intellec tual enjoyments of life 'Our business men have been able to do all this without Mr. Wilson's guidance, and in spite of his poor opinion of them it is Just possible that under the guidance of college professors these 'lgnorant' and 'provincial’ business men of ours might not have accomplished as much for them selves and their country as they did when loft to their own resources. .Mr Wilson's dogmatic and didactic declarations have all the positive ness "f the pedagogue who has theories on everything and experience in nothing. 11l - is tin- custom.ir\ attitude of the college professor who knows everything, having read it in books, w here it was written down by other col lege professois wit". * qirdlx infallible know ledge based on equally universal inexperience. "It is an Intel, ting thing t.. sei a college professor lecturing practical business men on , btems of business from the musty rooms of orte of tin college which thi practical success of these business men had enabled them to , rdow. I do not vondi'i that Eng! -hinen are interested in this phase of Ameri can polities, but I think that tin sound -ense of American citizens will pre vent any for ign country being unduly benefited at our expense by the hasty apple 'Hi''ii et 1 undig -ted th* ories of some of our well-meaning, but in exj"Tiem eii. state smell. ' The above exti.iels from Mr Hearst's statement to the newspaper, following the statement ol this country's determi nation to manage the canal that we built, express well the opinions of ih' niaj'i'il.. of the citizens of this country, ('an didates to; olliee who can not make themselves ao|- t q< with this analysts of the situation wal find it difficult to make voters agree with them. Ihis country proposes to protect thp I'nited States, its workers and its mamitact urm s ami that without permitting ' ' 'mMiiiei mo| i.iritis tor the benefit and protection of trusts I' ■ tlict would k'i tl" tariff absolutely m order, as they ’ ''' ’*"* ’''lists, simply play the part of the tame 111 d his HlHktf i - head with a rock m order to kill . >1- m.irt* I - IIOSI I The Atlanta Georgian ( \'V yj i /z/x K. Z I SBkaß ' 4 Tl . LA i world is better supplied | with tilings that tempt us to Spend money than with •suggestions to save money. Temptations to spend are right in front of us all the time, on both stiles of us, and, if we turn around, we find them behind us. And the price is always marked in plain figures. The suggestion to save money is not much advertised. It is a mat ter of reason rather than of temp tation, and most of us are less given to entertaining our Reason (which is supposed to be of divine origin) than we are to keeping company with those unnecessary things that put up the cost of liv ing. Here Are Four Machines. American schools arc a great In stitution. You get an education in them that is a good invesement. Well, with the education you have received figure out this problem: Here are four metal machines, all deaf, dumb and blind. The central point of each machine is a slot WHERE YOU CAN PUSH YOUR OWN MONEY OUT OF SIGHT AND REAIJH No. 1 belches out a piece of chocolate. No. 2 a stick of gum. No. 3 perfumes your handker chief, plays a little tune (Good bye. my penny, good-bye) and tells you how much you weigh. No. I pushes out n printed slip which gives you credit at the Way farers Savings bank for one cent, and advises you that when you get ten such tickets that you may come in and get a book with a total credit of one dime. Problem: Which machine will catch the fewest pennies" Note The fourth machine is imaginary. No savings bank president in ex istence ever hud the idea ent r bls bend that S'IMF. pennies could be caught In this wav Hut he mm wake up some day and try to make saving ns great u tempta tion .i» spending II y good many sc ring bunks will glv ii <lf|M>slti>< ii -mull metal bank with slots In II Thi- Is (o lie kept ill livliu und tilled by domestic Smashing the Straw Hat Bv HAL COFFMAN. Reducing the Living Cost Rank Suggestions TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1912. By THOM AS TAPPER. economy. The banker keeps the key, and when the machine is full you take it in and get credit for the,amount it contains. This is a good scheme. But it has one fault—perhaps more than one. 1. It is not advertised enough. 2. Hence the machines are not common enough Letters From the People SUPERSTITION. Editor The Georgian: I read your editorial. "How to Have Good EuCk.” with a great deal of interest, and I would like, In the inteiest of truth, to see some editorial writer go deeper Into the underlying causes of su perstition. Are -the educated classes less superstitious than the uneducated masses'! Or-do the ed ucated classes seek to spread dark ness and sufH-i'stition when "fairy tales" too numerous to describe are dished out as mental food to small children'.' Superstition is an effect and edu cation the cause. We do not ob tain all onr education in the class room, by any means. Education, in a* general sense, is the result of contact, association, and I con tend that the grownup will be .ab solutely free from superstition if the child could be guarded from contact with .-upertitious litera ture and tenehi •s. both in and out of the class room. Superstition is mental smallpox and the germs are absorbed by contact: then, at a futui'e date, wa have breaking nut of the'diseasc with more or less violerce in proportion to mental caliber. W. V JONES. Madison. G i CLIPS ARTICLES FOR REFERENCE Editor 'flu Georgian 1 fiM'l that 1 must compliment you on having Miss Hix on your editorial staff i only wish we had iiMiia broad-min<h'd women like her She is doing a great work in .1 field that has been neglected. I clip all of in r articles from the pap. r and file away for future ref ■r<tn ■ - - I think they me worth It W ALTON < LI I TUN 3.. Most people when they get home at night are too tired to save money. The time to catch them is dur ing the day when they feel rich, and the pennies are running through their fingers, yelling, Push me into something. Time to Catch Them. Then is the moment when the Wayfarer's Savings Bank slot ma chine w ijl catch its harvest. Better have three.i slots in your machine— one for pennies, one for nickels and one for dimes. You get credit at the bank for the printed slip. You can afford to put up a nice • machine —one constructed to squirt fine perfume on the depositor, or to play tunes. HI. Any device that checks the chan nels of waste, particularly little wastes, reduces the cost of living, by cutting out the cost of un necessary things. This does not exculpate the trusts for running up the price of meat, but it helps a man momentarily by prpsvrA’ing his resources. Few men are so foolish as to carry their money in a pocket with a hole in it. But let some other man make the hole surround it with printed directions, and there is si.iri’ely any' one too poor not to be tickled to death to try how it works. All of which means this: Money should not make us thoughtless, but thoughtful Money Equals Labor. Money is the equivalent of la bor, and it deserves the same re spect. Money that is wasted today would provide an old age pension in years to come. Money can tie spent to make div idends and benefits for you, or for the other man. Take your choice. The cost of Living is high, but. the cost of Foolishness is higher. An education ought to teach a man to guard his own earnings and to protect himself and his famllv in lb' f’ltur. Ta, ~f ~u r school books is legs than Twenty fivi Millions of Dollars |„. r annum, but the cost of wines, liquors, to bacco and cigars In' one y ear is about Eight Hiyidnd Millions \\v are certainly gnat spenders. THE HOME PAPE R W. R. Hearst on Free Trade Americans Won’t Permit It Wilson’s Views Theoretical LONDON, Sept. 16.—The London Daily Express, which pub lished the views of William R. Hearst on the Panama canal con troversy, prints the following: To the Editor of The Express: Sir—You ask me how the views of the various presidential candi dates in America on the Panama ipatter and other matters will af fect England's interests. I do not think there is any great difference of opinion entertained by the three leading candidates in regard to this canal question. I think I can say that the American people are practically a unit in support of President Taft’s attitude on this question. The newspapers which took a position in opposition to President Taft and in support of foreign claims and home corporations have been whipped into line with Presi dent Taft's attitude by the force of popular opinion. I do not think that either Mr. Wilson or Mr. Roosevelt would jeopardize his election by taking a position in opposition to Presi dent Taft's attitude. Abuses Need Correction. You people in England are ardent admirers of Mr. Wilson because of his free trade views and because they think that the policy of free trade on the part of the United States will benefit England. I do not think that a policy of free trade will be permitted by the American people. I am supporting the Democracy’ in this campaign, but politics in the United States is in such a transitional period that the word Democrat or Republican does not definitely fix any particular princi ples, and I reserve the right of my own opinion as to what consti tutes true Democratic tenets and proper progressive principles. I do not approve qfc Mr. Wilson’s .policy of a tariff for revenue only, nor do I think that he Improves his position when he declares in sup port of gradual reduction of the tariff. A gradual reduction of the tariff means a continual reduction of the tariff and the continual dis turbance of the tariff means con tinual disturbance of business. It would be much better for the Democrats to adopt a very definite tariff program, and then, if elect ed, carry out exactly that tariff program, and thereafter allow business to proceed in confidence and security and with a thorough know ledge of established condi tions. There are some abuses in the tariff which need correction, but for my part I believe in a proper tariff for protection, and I believe that the growth of the unexam pled prosperity of America has been largely stimulated b$- the principle of protection in spite of certain abuses in the system. Mr. ViMlson /lays that we have grown to such a point of produc tion that we overflow our own mar kets and that we must extend our markets and open up foreign mar kets to our produce. This Is quite true; but one reason that we fill and overflow our own markets is because legitimate pro tection has prevented the product of foreign manufacturers and for eign cheap labor from invading our markets and crowding our own manufacturers and our own labor ers out of business. If we have had such splendidly prosperous business conditions at home, it would not be well or wise to alter too rapidly or too radical ly the system undyr splendidly prosperous business con ditions have been developed. Fur thermore, we can not secure the markets of foreign nations merely by reducing our own tariff wall. We must reduce the tariff wall of foreign nations. Greatest In the World. Ry demolishing our own ta iff fence we may get out of our own pasture, but we van not get into the pasture of foreign nations until w. have demolished their tariff fences. If we .'III rltiei' mil pl'otei tiv,' pol le\ vi- sai • Hi. • oui one opportun ity to lower the tu iff bars of for eign countries. It is only by reel proelty that the tariff burs us for eign countries can be lowered If wi nuiitita n mil pr uei'tivi fvnvc wv cun say to foreign coun- Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian tries: "We will lower our bars to your products if you will lower your bars to our products.” But if we have no tariff fences, we can make no such beneficial bargain Mr. Wilson must not be like the dog in Aesop’s fables who let go the bone that he actually had in order to grasp at the reflection in the water. If we sacrifice any ad vantage that we actually have w s must be sure that we are going to get a corresponding advantage t n return, and if we should sacrifice injudiciously our protective policy, we should find our markets open t» the products of all the nations of the world and their markets still closed to the products of our own nation. Mr. R ilson also disapproves of American business men and consM ers them "ignorant” and "provfn cial.” I am almost disposed irrita bly to contradict this statement of Mr. Wilson. American business men are the greatest business men in the world and have made America the great est business nation in the world. They are accumulating In America the wealth of the world, and they are employing their wealth In a way which excites the admiration of the world. Some of our business men. like Rockefeller, are endowing universi ties for the advancement of learn ing and supporting institutions of medical and surgical experiment for the benefit of onr own people and of all mankind. Others of our business men. like • arnegie, are endowing libraries for the dissemination of unlv»rsai knowledge and maintaining observ atories and other scientific estab, lishments for the extension of sci entific research and the develop ment of scientific pursuits. Others again, like Morgan, are assembling in America the art and library treasures of the world for the development of our tastes and perceptions and for the higher cul ture of our people in the refine ments and intellectual enjovmenta of life. Lecturing Business Men. Our business men have been able to do all this without Mr. Wilson s guidance, and in spite of his poor opinion of them it is just possible that under the guidance of college professors these "ignorant” and piovincial” business men of ours might not have accomplished as much for themselves and their country as they did when left to their own resources. Mr. Wilson's dogmatic and di dactic declarations have all the positiveness of the pedagogue who has theories on every thing and ex perience in nothing. His is the cus tomary attitude of the college pro fessor who knows everything, hav ing read it in books, where it was written down by other college pro fessors with equally infallible knowledge based on equally uni versal inexperience. ' It is an interesting thing to see a college professor lecturing practi cal business men on the practical problems of business from the musty rooms of one of the colleges which the practical success of the-' business men had enabled them to endow. It must also be an interes ir" thing to Englishmen to note that America is considering the advis ability of embarking on a free tr.i'i 1 policy, which England is l onsiil'r ing the advisability of abandoning This paradoxical situation is due to the fact that England has had ’ ’ her sorrow some experience with a free trade policy, while American statesmen are educated in the books of theoretical English economists which were written before the free trade theory had opportunity of practical experiment and refuta tion. 1 do not wonder that Englis' men are interested in this phi- American polities, but I think n 1 the sound sense of American zens will prevent any foreign <o' lll ' try being unduly benefited at ' exp- nse by the hasty applieatum the undigested theories of sum oui well meaning but Inexprrirn statesmen. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARS*-