The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-10
ioWA's GOVERNOR ELuciDATEs
THE ATTITUDE OF THE RE.
PUBLicANs OF HIS STATE
INTIMATES THAT THE TARIFF
Is FAR FROM SACRED
Some of the Duties, He Says, Are Too
High and Should Be Lowered-The
Governor Bears Down Hard on Cor.
porations Whose Thriving the Pres
ent Schedules Help Along.

CHICAGO, Oct 9.-The thirty-first
anniversary of Chicago's big fire was
observed tonight by banquets, given
under the auspices of the Marquette
and Lake Side clubs. Speakers of ma
tfonal prominence were present at both
banquets. AT the Auditorium hotel
i've hundred members of the Marquette
club and their guests gathered in the
banquet hall. Secretary of the Navy
Moody responded to the toast, "The
Navy"
GOV. Cummins, of Iowa, responded to
the toast, "The Iowa Platform and the
Tariff" He said in part:
In all it's length and all it's breadth
we meant just what we said. We believe
that to the doctrine of protection more
imam to any other principle of government,
rs rs due the commanding position so bril-
tTnitegg g Snto and e; 50 firmly held by the
Inat changes would become necessary or
ADVISABLE no Republican has ever doubted
The platform was adopted under circ1Ino
stances that made it clear that the Re.
publ1cans of Iowa are deeply convinced
that the time has come through the prog
reSs OF our industries and their changing
relations to the commerce of the world
Wnen notifications of the tariff are i'm
peratively demanded, and if / do not mis-
interpret the signs of the times, this belief
IS shared by the Republicans of forty
-FOUR other states.
Duties Are Too High.
No intelligent observer can doubt that
upon some of the most important prod
ucts of the United States, the duties are
too high; and it is the mission of the Re-
R publ AN, party to reduce them so that
they Will again be in harmony with the
principle out of which they spring. In
doing this, the party simply pursues the
even tenor OF its way, condemning with
hand to make tariff duties an instrument
of unlawful profit and upon the other to
make max them the instrument for the mere
stand as a shield for honest labor and a
mine for lawful profits but IL shall not be
used as sword for Industrial piracy or
as q mint for illegal gain.
1--WE all know that no harm can come
TO any legitimate undertaking through re-
adjustment OF tariff schedules, made by
a Republican congress and approved by
tai, the protected producers of the coun-
try, can have but one thing to fear, and
they know it better than any of their fell
low men,. 1t is the supremacy of the
Democratic party with it's follies of free
silver and free trade, with its narrow
views and weak execution of the powers
will not imperil its rightful interest be-
cause 1t is asked to surrender its usury.
Remedy for Trusts.
''It has been said by illustrious leaders
OF the Republican party that a modifi-
cation OF the tariff is not remedy for
the trusts. 1 take this opportunity to
say for the Republicans of Iowa that
have not proposed to effectually repair
the wrongs that are perpetrated by I'M
lawful combinations by any readjustment
or abatement of the tariff schedules.
thinking hat 10 rcrn
corporations are absolutely, necessary to
carry on, with convenience and economy.
the growing business of the world, and
however great a corporation becomes, if
1t develops In natural way, through the
recognized laws of commerce and through
the energy and sagacity of its managers
against the competition of others en-
gagged in like business, it ought not to be
the object of disfavor or condemnati ton;
on the other hand, it should be the sub
ject of just pride, and mark the rising
tide of better civilization.
Bad Sort Of Combinations.
''The corporations or combinations to
which the Iowa platform refers are those
which have been brought together, not to
outstrip competition in a fair race, but to
destroy competition by the actual oblit-
and which accomplish their purposes by
purchase or piracy. They are invariably
accompanied by the issuance of vast
quantities of stocks which have no basis
serve two ends equally Objectionable:
First, to enrich beyond comprehension the
movers of the nefarious enterprises; and.
second to cloak the enormous profits
which may be extorted from their hapless
victims.
''There are but two forces that can be
trusted to fix prices competition and the
regulation of organized government. The
latter is totally inadmissable, and we
must preserve the former. 1t is there
fore the high and imperative duty of the
70 ri itIct laE no
will be the least possible motive for the
destruction of competition"