The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-14
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MIR. BABCOCK ON TARIFF.
He Declares the Republican Party
Must Take Up This Issue.

Reductions ON Many Manufactured
Articles. the Wisconsin Reprc-ca-
tutiVc Asserts, Can BE Made With
| out Detriment TO Protection.
! Representative Joseph VI. Babcock. the
/ chairman Of the House District Commit
| tee in the last Congress. and who win
| doubtless occupy a similar position IN the
! ifty-scyeuth Congress, is registered at
I The RaleiEh. Mr. Ba5ccck said that he
| knew Of no specific legislation for the
District which wouIc be taken up az the
| coming session OF Congress. He thought
] whatever the people % the District want
/ ed, within reason. they would obtain from
/ Congress. The last two Congresses. he
said, had been quite liberal, and he saw
( TO reason why there should De any re-
/ trenehment IN the expenses 10r the needs
/ Of the District
AIr- Babcock declared that the general
prosperity Of the country would Justify
Congress in being very liberal I'm its ap-
prorriatious FOR improvements in Wash
ington- and that while there would be no
! uunecessary eItravagance everything
that was required would be provided.
I'm making improvements in Washing
tom said NJ. Babcock. Il believe not
only iu considering the present. but in
buiidius and improving. having in rniad
what Washington viii be fifty years from
now Consequently what Congress does
VIII be done 20 this end.
''Nashinstor is the Capital Of the great
est nation Of the world. and there is no
reason why it should not be the most mag
nifcert Capital find that the people
throughout the country are interested in
improving and beautifying Washiugtca.
The District viii be well cared for
Mr. Babcock seems more determined
than ever in his attack upon existing
tariff schedules lie Instiga-ed the move
ment So FAR as the Republican party lS
concerned for removing The tariff on GER
tain steel products His efforts At raodf-
fcat0u OF the existing schedules hon
eFe-. win not De confined 10 thIs Industry
alone. but viii be broadened 90 o5her ar-
tcles projected by the tariff nut which
AFFORD no revenue 70 the Government
certainly I shah renew the feht-r' said
Ar Haacock today The movement may
DE defeated in this Congress. but il VII
then come Up in the next I would not be
surprised If j. were not successful this
time, but It is n policy which the R-pub-
Hean PARTY must adopt sooner or later
thc sooner the better The Darrv 7n7-e-
come tp this view Of the matter. ] am
H't a lte- trader; l am not what is called
q tarin refcrmer. I believe in the old
taeory and policy OF protection. bur th-ra
IS no reason I'm the world why certain ar
ucles should be manufactured in this
country and sold abroad cheaper than orr
own people are obliged 10 pay for them
The policy OF protection is not Injured
hy removing the tarid from such goods
II We can manufacture these goods
mere cheaper than they can be uarufac-
tured in any other country. they need mo-
protection and our own people should be-
enabled 90 receive this benefit These
goods included in the schedules have
reference 10 afford no revenue 20 the Gov
ernment SO that the Treasury receirfs-
would in no way be injured by removing
the tariff and placing them on me rra.
list Again there are other schedule
which ought 10 De materially lowered.
These are schedules euated To s77ir ,.--
utlols and circumstance fifteen ana
twenty years ago, where the rnauu.arrur-
CTS OF "a certain class Of goods needed u
tarin Of 80 per cent then. that should De
changed because the manufacturers do nor
need more than % per cent now. we may
say in order 10 enable them to successfully
compete with foreign made goods. For
instance. IL a certain article can be- made
for 81 abroad and for SIS here. am III
favor of q tariff Of 50 per cent upon that
article which would make its p-ic- q Ea
instead of its rate OF 156 pcl-gent. Thst.
would AFFORD protection just the sarre
and would ensure us cheaper ,ricaS
The demand for these reductions 10
growing and the Republican party must
take cDElizaUce of IT, At the ias- session
OF Congress Z was in Sav0r OF taking OH
th= war revenue tax. but the project WAS
defeated Now f s,e they are coming
around 10 thar proposition. and ir rbs
same way they viii have Co take ND tn,
tariff proposition, which is entirely aurr-
tra IN preventing an accumulation rT me.
surplus A reduction IN the schedules
propose would not il any way affect rre
revenues gT The Government
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