Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-07
VIEWS ARE MODIFIED
Presidents Speech at Buffalo
Looks Like a New Depart
ure on Tariff.
MAKES COMMENT AT THE CAPITAL
Couple of Extracts Mat Contain the
Significant Part of the
Discourse.

Washington. Sept. President Nc
Einley's tariff and reciprocity address
at Buffalo bears out many of the things
that have been said of late about his
broadening attitude on those questions,
and will greatly encourage those men,
bers of the Republican party who are
in favor of adapting the tariff to new
conditions In the eastern press the
address is very generally and favor
ably commented upon. 1t is the edi-
torial leader in practically every news
paper i'm New York. Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington. Not one of
them but cordially indOrses it. To
Washington politicians. aware of the
strenuous attitude of the New England
Tariff League and kindred OrganiZa
tions. the address comes somewhat in
the nature of surprise. They did
not think that the president would
speak so frankly. They were not even
sure that his extreme views of eleven
years ago had underground change.
Does Not Go into Details.
Already they are making predic--
tions as to what his message 10 con-
greSs will contain. If in his public
address to the country he is willing to
go on record aS he did Thursday at
Buffalo. what. they ask. will lie not
say when il comes TO officially advis-
ing the legislative branch of the gov
eminent? The president does not dis
cusS details. These changes will work
out But by his inference he throws
the enormous weight of the executive
influence into the scale in favor of an
elastic tariff which will adapt itself to
the changing needs of the country and
in 70 n rnninInE-lfU frP1TlpS
which the senate treated so cavalierly
in the Fifty-SiXth congress.
Passage That Is Significant.
One of the significant passages in
the presidents address is the follow
ing: 1--WE must not repOSe in fancied
security that we can forever sell
everything and buy little or nothing
If such a thing were possible it would
not be best for us or for those with
whom we deal. We should take from
our customers such of their products
as we can use without harm to our in
dustries and labor. Reciprocity is the
natural outgrOwth of our wonderful
industrial development under the do
mestic policy now firmly established.
What we produce beyond our domeS-
tic consumption must have a vent
abroad The excess must be relieved
through foreign outlet, and we should
sell everywhere we can and buy wher-
ever the buying will enlarge our sales
and productions and thereby make a
greater demand for home labor"
His Remarks About the Tariff.
Then i'm another part of his speech
he said: 'The period of eXclusiveIess
is past The expansion of our trade
and commerce is the pressing problem.
Commercial wars are Improbable. y
policy of good will and friendly trade
relations will prevent reprisals. Reel
prOcity treaties are in harmony with
the spirit of the times; measures of re-
taliatiOn are not. If. perchance. some
of our tariffs are no longer needed for
revenue or to encourage and protect
our industries at home. why should
they not be employed to extend and
promote our markets abroadI'