, 1903-03-31
WARREN
KEEPS IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH
THE TARIFF SENTIMENT
IN THE WEST.
Senator's Idea Of the spread
Of the "Iowa Plan"-Opposed to
Insidious Attacks Upon the Ding
ley Tarin-strensth Of West In
the Senate.

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the Senate.
Essentially a western product, the
Iowa idea" of tariff revision has
spread eastward, rather than toward
the Pacific, a y the Washington Post
of the 9th. Protection, which has its
stronghold in the senate, and particu-
larly with senators from the Atlantic
seaboard states. has some strong advo-
Gates also in the extreme west.
One of these is Senator Francis E.
Warren, of Wyoming, who has been
lingering at the capital to "tie up the
loose ends" of committee work and at
tend to a number of Wyoming matters
before leaving for his home in Chey-
enne. A prominent man in the senate
and the foremost of senators from the
newer states of the west, he keeps in
close touch with the sentiment of his
section.
The Rocky mountain country is
strongly protection said Senator War
rem yesterday. While it is true that
there are but comparatively few items
in which that part of the country Is a
beneficiary, yet you may set the peo-
pie of that country down as 'stand-pat-
ters' rather than followers of the new
idea, some times called the Iowa idea,t
That is, if we must choose between
those who stand pat for the Dingley
tariff, and those who believe that the
tariff is a breeder of trusts and that
the schedule should be overhauled at
all events, whether by friends or by
enemies, our people would prefer to
bear the slight ills they now have, rath-
er than to fly to those they know not
of,
Under the Dingley act our western
industries are in a satisfactory con-
dition. Western shep men, who are
talking of fifteen and twenty-cent wool
this year. were glad to get five to eight
cents just before the Dingley act pass
ed. Cattlmen who now get $50 to $50
a head for beeves marketed, had to
be satisfied with $40 to $35 a head un-
der the Wilson-Gorman act. Maybe
the Dingley act is not responsible for
the increase, but II not it is a coinci-
dence which W. desire to have cOntin-
|ued for a while yet. If it becomes
evident that any portion of the Ding
ley act should be modified,I have no
doubt such modification will follow.
But the work will be done by those
who constructed, or at least believed
in that bill, rather than by those who
sullenly accepted, but have never sin
cerely supported it."
What about the reciprocity trea-
ties?" IA asked.
We are opposed to insidious at
tacks upon the Dingley tariff under the
guise of reciprocity treaties which are
not reciprocal. instance the attempt
ed reciprocity treaty with Argentine
Republic. The promoters of that treae
ty would reduce by 20 per cent the duty
on woods imported into the United
States from Argentina, and thus e
ace by a dangerous foreign competi-
ton an industry which prevails in
nearly every state in the union, thus
vitality effecting agriculture; and in ex-
change We would get but q slight re-
duction of duty by Argentina upon ex-
ports of agricultural implements from
this country, benefting q dozen or so
manufacturing establishments. We
wish the manufacturing establish
ments well, but not at the expense of
the farmers.
THE peopfe-of the west are graft
fled by the prpmpeand earnest manner
with which the interior department,
through the geological survey. has
taken up the execution and admins
tration of the lei irrigation law. The
spirit of the law looking to an eQui-
table distribution of the reclamation
fund among western states has been
observed in the first selection of irri-
CATION projects for construction. We
look for energetic endeavor in the
building of the projects selected, SO
that the country may be given an early
practical demonstration Of the wisdom
of the legislation.
"The reclamation fund accumulated
since the law went into effect amounts
to $40, 600, 900 or more. This fact at
fords a rather potent illustration Of
what the far west has been doing for
the country in the past fifteen or twen-
ty transporting from $4,000. 900 to
Sc, 900, 900 annually into the general
treasury from the sales Of public lands.
The expenditure Of this money In irri-
cation work will bring back its amount
tenfold in general benefits to the coun-
try, as well as q direct return Of the
money to the treasury Of the United
Statese for water rights sold"
els there much interest In statehood
among your people!"
The statehood night Of the recent
session has been watched closely in the
west" replied Senator Warren, and
some Of the arguments against admis-
sion Of the territories made by those
lunnaktnr fnr certain uhaaea NJ oaatern