Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-17
HIS FURTHER REASONS.

HIS FURTHER REASONS.
Henderson Gives Out Statement EN-
bodying His Political Views.
Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque. Sept. 17.-Speaker Hender-
son gave out an address ITO the re-
publican voters OF the Third Iowa dis
trict" in which he says, being repub-
lican, he is protecuonist, and II he
ever entertained doubt as to the Wis
dom Of protective policy a hasty com
.parison between the present and the
past would blot out such doubt. He
then speaks with satisfaction of the
tariff blanks of the last two national
platforms, and continues:
For three years have advocated
giving control OF trusts TO congress
In my Judgment, proper supervision can
never be had until congress has power
to treat with them.
II am glad to see from speeches
made by our fearless and upright chief
executive that he is advocating federal
control over these corporations. and
while in some quarters they may sneer
at 1t I have not seen any proposition
yet, except this, that seems at all like
ly to bring relief. No proposition has
ever been made by the democracy ex-
lcepting to put everything on the free
list and to give the country free trade
In other words, they propose to XIII
the child in order to cure it.
.They propose to slaughter every In
terest in she United States, whether
capital or labor. in a wild and blind
effort to provide remedy for trusts.
In my opinion, IL combinations could
be regulated and controlled we would
have little demand for changes in the
tariff laws. 10 show how strongly the
republican party feels upon this sub
.je,ct, in its state platform this year 1T
declares in favor Of any modification OF
the tariff that may be required to pre-
vent affording shelter to monopoly.
Our democratic friends treat this
as moving into free trade grounds. 1t
is nothing of the sort. 1t Is bold dec
laration that ii notifications OF the
tariff are required to prevent monopoly
from sheltering itself under the wings
OF protection, then the tariff shall be
modified to prevent that condition. For
.ny part, If any great interest in this
country is prospering thru protectiv.
policies or any other legislation and
is using its advantages, growth, and
prosperity to plunder the American
people, I, for one, am ready to strike
1t by whatever legal means we may
lie able to adopt, provided that in so
doing we do not hurt innocent inter
scsts.
II am not prepared to say would
he willing to strike down and destroy
American combinations and let foreign
low.gram; ;pmion mtfaocm htraocmaoo
but would like to control our own
corporations so that there could be
fair play among the American peo-
pie.
Il have been more amused than hurt
at the suggestions that I have been
against any changes in the tariff. While
I have been against general revision,
recognizing the wisdom of President
Roosevelt in his first message to con-
gress, in which he advised against 1t,
have never been opposed to making
needed changes, and am not now.
must say, and say emphatically, that
do not believe that a single schedule of
the Dingley tariff law can be so amend
ed as to relieve the people from the op-
preston of trusts or combinations of
capital, however named, and that such
action may involve the retarding of our
expanding commerce and getting and
holding Of foreign markets. Indeed,
believe such plan to be fraught with
grave dangers to the people.
81 am a firm believer in reciprocity.
I worked with untiring zeal to secure
reciprocal arrangements between Cuba
and this country, and 1 was successful
in passing it thru the house. The SEN
ate did not act on the BILL because con-
sideration of it would have permitted
the opening up of the whole question of
tariff revision.
"The house has nothing to say about
the ratification of treaties, but the re-
ciprocal relations upon which it legis-
lated in respect to Cuba We're not in the
nature of treaties. They were recipro-
cal agreements in which l think our
country would have the best of the bar
gain, altho doubtless they would have
been of great advantage to Cuba.
While I can not speak for the pros
poets of favorable action upon bills sent
to the senate, / still hope and believe
that by a treaty the same result may be
accomplished, and have no doubt that
President Roosevelt is now working on
the question of a treaty with Cuba, to
give that struggling, young republic
needed help, help, too, in which,
while they will be gamers, we will not
be losers.
"And now let me say, and let there be
no misunderstanding as to my position:
Il believe in protection that will pro-
tect the hand of labor, the wheels of In
dustry, every farmer and miner, and
am against wicked corporations that
would trample on the right Of the peo-
pie to fair play and to the fruits OF