Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-18
BABCOCK REPUDIATES PLAN
Not Father Of Idea Of Putting TruIt-M Made
GSodI On Free List.
SCHEME FATHEREO BY THE DEMOCRATS
Points Out DIstinct Difference He
tween the Iowa Platform and
the Democratic Idea of
Tarin Hsylsions
CFrom a stan correspondent

1890
WASHINGTON, Sept. I7.-(speclal Tele-
gram.)LThe attention Of Chairman Babcock
OF the republican congressional committee
was today called to the published report Of
the conference at oyster Bay in which 1t
was stated that The Baboock plan Of put
ting trust-made goods on the free list was
not mentioned" Mr.. Babcock dictated the
following statements:
81 have never advocated putting trust
made goods on the free list simply because
they were manufactured by q combination or
trust, nor do l know Of any republican who
has. We have always antagonizea ,his prop
o sition, which is OF denoeratic origin, and
| want to call attention to an authorized in
terview on the Iowa platform which fully
explains my position on this subject, as pub
lished in the New York Tribune August 1, In
which l said The tariff plank is in harmony
with the republican national platform Of
1895. which says I'VE are not pledged to any
particular schedule. The question Of rates
is a practical question 70 be governed by
the conditions OF time and production" The
result Of the election Of 1896 enabled the re-
publican party to repeal the obnoxious VIII
son. law and enact In its place the pingley
tariff, and as ] understand the Iowa plat
form, 1t means Just what the national plat
lOEu VI 1850 shgbs ludL NhCh NhdhBto ~
come necessary by condition Of time and
production such changes should be made
in harmony with the republican policy Of
protection The republican party has ever
been ready to meet new conditions and l
believe It will handle this question cour-
ageously and in time with the republican
platform Of 1896, under which the Dingley
tariff law was enacted.
Not Democratic Doctrine.
The Iowa platform and the democratic
idea of tariff reform are as far apart as the
heavens are from the earth. Any changes
that the republican party would make would
be stricly upon protective lines, while the
democratic idea would be a tariff for rev.
enue only. which means free trade. The
democratic proposition to put all trust-made
articles on the free list would be the worst
blow that could be struck at labor in this
country. 1t is not a question of who man
ufactures articles for export, whether an
individual OF a combination Of industries,
but the question is the comparative cost Of
manufacture of such articles in. this coun-
try with the costs of similar articles in for
eign countries. In this question the wages
Of labor is an ~all-important factor. The
democratic idea II enacted into law would
mean the closing of factories, followed by
idleness very much like the condition that
existed under the Wilson tsriff law"
Orders in Departments.
The comptroller of the currency has ap-
proved the Iowa National bank Of Des
Moines as reserve agent for the First Ma
tional bank OF Prescott, la.
The postofice at Lyman, Cass county, Ia,
has been ordered discontinued.
CIauanOno Graham has haan ann0infpd
clerk and Mary T. Desmond appointed sub
stitute clerk in the ~postofnce at Newton,
Ia, and Fred ]. Sheer at Nebraska City,
Neb.
Charles w. Eddy Of Milbank and Will
T. Hurst Of Deadwood, S. D.. have been
| appointed railway mail clerks.
The postmaster general has sent out ad-
vertisements for proposals for carrying the
United States mail between the postofice
and depots for terms from July /, 1908, to
June 30. 1907. in the following Iowa cities
Burlington Cedar Rapids, Council BLUFFS,
Des Moines, Dubuque. Fort Dodge, Keokuk,
ottumwa, Oskaloosa; also advertisement
for carrying mail throughout the state on
star routes.
w. A. Farnish Of Cambria, wyo., has
been appointed a blacksmith at Fort Har-
rison, Mont.
william Baker OF Boston. Mass. has been
appointed a clerk at the headquarters of
the Department of the Missouri in Omaha.
NJ. X. Jones has been appointed postmas-
ter at Ishawioa. Big Horn county. Wyo.,
vice Martin L. Jones, resigned.
Additional rural delivery service will be
established on October 10 at Janseville,
Beemer county. Ia; area covered. twenty
one square miles; population, ATS.
r. McConaughy and wife Of York and
Mrs. Edward Hayden and two daughters OF
Omaha are at the Raleigh.