Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-14
HOT SHOT
His Speech on Reciprocity
Treaties in Seuate Starts
Tariff Talk
ANTl-REvlsloNlsTs IN PANIC
lowan's Speech Likely to Bring the
Question of Revising the Tariff to a
Focus The Speech Is Attracting
Much Attention All Over the coun-
try-General News.

try-General News.
special to Record Herald, Jan. 13--Dol-
/ liver OF Iowa threw bombshell into
| the camp of the high protectionists of
the senate today He bluntly declared
that it was true that the late Mr.. Ding
! ley, as chairman of the ways and means
! committee, which had prepared the tar
/ iff law of 1897, did put up certain du-
ties for the express purpose of having
them brought down by the reciprocity
he ought to know the facts in this case,
as he had served as member OF the
ways and means committee, and also
had been member of the sub-commit-
tee which had direct charge Of the re-
/ ciprocity clauses and arrangements. he
denounced the high protectionists OF
7 the east for their concerted and sue
cessful opposition to all the reciprocity
treaties negotiated by President Nc
Kinley under the Dingley law.
Mr.. Delivers speech caused a genu-
inc sensation in the senate and thruout
the capitol. Senators and representa-
| uyes came in hot haste from all parts
| of the big building to hear the eloquent
champion of western ideas on the tariff
and reciprocity question. Mr.. Aldrich
and the other eastern senators who
| have constituted themselves the keep
ers of the sacred white elephant of pro-
lection We're thrown into something re-
sembling state of panic. Here was
testimony from republican senator,
who had helped frame the Dingley law,
that certain rates were put high for the
purpose of trading them off in recip-
rocity treaties, and denunciation from a
republican senator of the greedy policy
of the protected interests in holding
fast to those high rates and in refusing
to permit them or any of them to be re-
duced by means of reciprocity treaties
This imposition upon the consumers
has frequently been exposed in Wash
ington dispatches to the Record Her
aid, and the people of the west fully
understand the situation.
Now that q republican senator has
had the courage and nanliness to come
forward and expose tire plot, it is be-
lieved the high protection leaders will
not dare continue their selfish opposi-
ton to all the demands of the west for
a little relief from the oppression of
the high tariff. Senator Delivers ut
terances were listened to with the
greatest interest by large attendance
of senators, and many of his western
colleagues were much delighted with
the manner in which he COMPOUNDED the
protectionist leaders. Senator Aldrich
attempted to reply, but it was apparent
that he was struggling amid embarras-
sing circumstances. He acted good
deal like a man who had just received
a solar plexus blow. 1t was blow.
too, which had come from his own side
usually so ready OF speech. staggered
painfully under it. The best he could
do was to declare II was not true Mr..
Dingley had purposely put rates high
to be traded upon, a declaration which
caused a smile to appear upon the
faces of many Of the grave and rever-
end senators who had just heard such
convincing testimony to the contrary.
Mr.. Aldrich sneered at the Iowa idea,
and then plucked UP enough courage
to say that. as for the pending recip-
rocity treaties. 1T would rebound to
the credit of the senate to pass them
over in silence and never act on them"
Mr.. Delivers bold speech and Mr..
Aldrich's reply are taken as additional
evidence of the cleavage of the republic
can party on the tariff and the recip-
roc1ty question. Western republicans
say the people of their section are in
earnest in their demand for relief from
excessive tariff duties, and that If the
east will not listen ard heed. something
must happen. Mr.. Aldrich privately
boasts that he has every reciprocity
treaty killed. and this is probably true,
for as the senate is now organized it
is impossible to get anything thru to
which small number of senator's OBJ
ject. But the country will be heard
from sooner or later. A western SEN
ator said today:
The people of the west should know
why Aldrich blocks the pending treat
les. Take the French treaty, for ex-
ample. If 1t were ratified, western
farmers would gain decided advantages
in the French market. But 1t can't
be ratified because Mr.. Aldrich stands
in the way. And why does Mr.. Aldrich
stand in the way? Simply because the
New England manufacturers of cotton
knit goods and cheap imitation iewelry
ask him to do so. And how much of
their protection do these manufacture
ers stand to lose under the treaty with
France?. On knit goods the present
protection is GO per cent, and the treaty
cuts that down to so per cent With 81
per cent protection, they refuse to make
any concessions to western interests.
On imitation jewelry the duty prior to,
the Mckinley law was 25 per cent Nc
kinley put it up to SO per cent. The
Wilson bill cut it down to 35 per cent.
Dingley boosted it to 60 per cent, prob
ably for the express purpose of having
a margin TO trade on with France.
The treaty proposes to take per cent
off, leaving the protection at 81 per
cent ad valorem, and the manufactur-
ers won't stand it, but demand that
the whole treaty be pigeonholed, and
pigeonholed it is. / wonder how much
longer the west will stand this sort of
thing"
Mr.. Delivers speech has started a
flood of tariff talk In WASHINGTON and