from his old position by
the toiling masses. It is curious to note that every new social,
political, and ethical idea hatches in the same mind and is developed
by the same crowd that contrives the machinery and builds the cities,
railroads, farms, mines, etc.

The politicians, except where labor has compelled them to march
forward, stand where Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson put them when
the Constitution was adopted. Of course there were some steep places in
our governmental structure, and where labor has not buoyed up the
politician, he has occasionally slid back to the rules of King George
the III. As King George had one tax for England at home, and another
for the Colonies, so with us, of late, we have one tax for ourselves
and another for our possessions. (We should, however, give the
politician, due credit for the way he spells colonies.) English style
is to commence with a "C." Our modern style necessitates commencing
with a "P." Then, the pronunciation is different; in England it is
"Colonies," in America, "Possessions." Yet all over the world they mean
the same, to-wit, the strong taxing the weak without allowing
representation.

It is literally true that Henry, Jefferson, Washington, and the Adams
argued the slavery question. As long as we retain the Philippine
Islands, that question still faces us, for their advent to our
possession brought slavery for us to foster, and we are fostering it.

The money question was argued one hundred years ago, and it is still up
for argument.

Politicians still are turning on both wings of the tariff. Republicans
hold to the argument that the European manufacturers, because of the
low wages paid their workingmen, would undersell our home manufacturers
if free trade was adopted by the United States. Democrats contend that
Free Trade will work to benefit 99 per cent of our people, where, as
they claim, protection benefits only 1 per cent, to the injury of the
masses. According to the Chicago Tribune of July 19th, 1902, Europe is
afraid that, unless a high tariff law protects it, American
manufactures will flood their markets, thus hindering their home
industry.

Strange, indeed, that in America we should fear free trade with Europe,
because they pay low wages, and Europe fears free trade with us,
because we pay higher wages.

Another peculiar thing is shown in the Tribune article, when it
mentions that there is not much fear that European nations will agree
on a ge