The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-11-19
REPUBLICAN
TARIFF
REFORM
Revenue Policy to be
One of Caution
May Cost the Next House and
the Next Presidency,
Senate Prepared to Search
ingly ScrHtinize Any Leg
iSlatiOn From the House.

Washington special to the New York World,
With the determination OF Chairman
Payne Of the House Ways and Means
Committee to prepare a measure restor'
ing internal revenue taxation to rates
existing before the Spanish-Anerican
war, or putting them to an even lower
schedule, begins contest that may
bring about the election OF Democratic
House next November, and possibly
means the loss of the Presidency TO the
Republicans i'm 1904
The Fifty.seventh Congress, which
convenes next month, will see a tariff.
revision reciprocity war. tax. reduction
struggle that will be bitter, protracted, ,
and that will divide the Republican
party into warning factions for the time,
at least. The East will be arrayed
against the middle West. The fight is
shaping now.
Representative Bahcock will certainly
re-introduce his bill to remove duties on
steel products manufactured by truste.
In addition to Mr. Babcock's demand
Tor reduction Of duties on trust-protect-
ed steel products, his associates from the
middle west will insist on tariff revision
and reciprocity.
Minnesota, Montana and other border
,tatss te3k reciprocity with Canada,
Other states in the northwest desire tar
III revision. Republican leaders will try
to eonfne this request for tariff revision
to the old proposition
Republican Tariff Revision
l To reduce duties on all articles man
ufactured in the United States aud sold
abroad at a less price than at home.
2 To reduce duties on all goods import
ed from abroad which are not manuiac.
tured in the United States.
3. II the second proposition cannot
be accomplished by tariff revision, to
such reciprocity treaties as will give tn,
United States access to foreign markets
for farm products and manufactured
goods in exchange for the free admis-
sion into this country OF commodities
not made here.
The high protection Senators and Rep
resentatiyes have reached this cit.
ahead of the Western CONT ,gent. Thos
here emphatically talk against "taril
tinkering," and bring forward the re
duction of internal revenue taxation a
counter irritant.
Legislators from the Middle Wes
will begin arriving soon, and will hay
an inning, There may be many bin
introduced besides that OF Mr.. Bah
cocks.
In the mean time PresideRt RoosC
welt has announced his intention q
adopting the policy outlined by MI
Mckinley in his Buffalo speech, whioi
was to advocate reciprocity and mol
crate tariii revision.
lie must, in visw Of the declaration
lreoommend both reciprocity and mod
crate rev n of tariff.
Aldrich VIII Seek Delay.
Aldrioh, the tactical leader OF th
Senate, and his close associates will q
once seek to secure delay in maxim
either recommendation effective. The
will assume that the suggestions are bu
forward from sense Of duty and b'
cause the platform adopted by the Phi
adelphia convention is pledged to the,
propositions. They will strive to avoi
action on the pending reciprocity trei
ties and ito prevent any changes in HI
tariff.
The Ways and Means Committee he
already rushed into the breach with