New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-17
HENDERSON WITHDRAWS.
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excepting to put everything on the free list ana
10 give the country free trade. In other words.
they propose 10 kill the child dead in order to
cure il.
They propose to slaughter every interest in
the United States, whether capital or labor, in a
wild and blind effort to provide a remedy for
trusrs In NV opinion. if combinations could be
regulated and controlled we would have very
little demand for changes in the tariff laws. To
show how strongly the Republican party feels
upon the subject in its State platform this year
it declares in favor of any modification OF the
tariff that may be required to prevent AFFORD
ing shelter to monopoly.
our Democratic friends treat this as moving
into free trade grounds 1t is nothing of the
sort 1t is a bold declaration that if modihca-
tons of the tariff are required to prevent mo-
nopoIy from sheltering itself under the wings
of protection, the tariff shall be modified to
prevent that condition. For my part II any
great interest in this country is prosperlng
through protective policies any other leglsla-
ton and is using its advantages. growth ana
prosperity to plumber the American people, l.
for one, ready to strike it by whatever
legal means we may be able to adopt pro
Vided that III doing do not hurt innocent
interests. I am not prepared to say would ne
willing to strike down and destroy American
combinations and let foreign combinations come
in and do the work, but l would like to cohtrol
our corporations so that there could pS
fair play among the American people .
/ have been more amused than hurt at 'he
suggestions that l have been against any
changes in the tariff. While have been against
a general revision recognizing the wisdom OF
President Roosevelt in his first message 10 Con
eress in which he advised against It, l nave
never been opposed to making needed chdhsts'
and 7 am not now must say, and emphat-
cally that | do not believe that single scneuule
of the Dingley tariff law can be SO amended as
to relieve the people from the oppression Oh
trusts or combinations of capital however
nan7ed and that such action may involve the re
tarding of our expanding commerce ana Settlts
and holding of foreign markets indeed peile
such a plan to be fraught with grave dangers 10
the people
ADVOCATES RECIPROCITY.
&c. 11io,.ar in reciprocity. I worked
vi+t 1Intirinr zeal to secure reciprocal arrange
nents between Cuba and TINS country anu L
was successful in passing it through the Iiouse'
rt c,,,e+ 70 ala NOT act on the bill because con-
sideration Of it would have permitted the open i
ing UP of the whole question OF tait
The House has nothing TO say abouI the rain
cation of treaties but the reciprocal feiauohS
mon which it legislated in respect TO Cuoa were
NOT in the nature of treaties, Dut tney were &c
i NJ ~ arreer1ents in which think, our coun-
try would have had the best or the bargain, al
though doubtless they Woulo nave Deen VI e'e''
aV VIII cannot speak for the prospects Of
favorable action upon bills sent TO the Sehdte,
s+in hone and believe that by a treaty the same
res,,1+ may be accomplished. and nave no
douht that President Roosevelt is now WORKING
on the question of treaty Wlth ouna b he
heIp. too. in which. while they Will be gamers
we will not he loses. II,
And now. let me say. and let there pe no ms =
understanding as TO my position, / believe IN
protection that will protect the hands OF laooL'
the wheels of industry every farmer anu nj
and I am against wicked corporations ina
would trample the right OF the people 70 lsII
NAV and to the fruits Of honest eIorl' an ~
aagainst unnecessary legislation that "oui4
tbrov, NV country into panic and bring pack
~ borrors heoueathed to us by the last Demo-
cratic administration
THE IOWA PLATFORM.
Sneaker Henderson had already entered lhlo
the Congress campaign. and it is SAID that GOV
arnor Cun1mins and Senator Doiver who favor
tariff revision. were to have stumped his district
for him The Iowa Republican State Convention
hold in the latter part OF July. took strong
grounds on the question of reduction of the tarit
on goods whose production in this country IS
controlled by trusts. making the following dec
laration on that subject:
We favor any notifications OF me
+arff schedules that may. be required TO prevent
their affording shelter to monopoly.
There was a great deal Of opposition to this |
statement. but it was finally adopted by the con-