Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-28
THE REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT.

,rnor cummins in Des Moines Satur-
aay evening. As the issues had been
previously outlined distinctly by the
address of the opposition candidate,
Mr.. Sullivan, Mr.. Cunmtns devoted
himself largely to the tariff question.
The sneech in printed form fills twelve
columns Of a newspaper and we are
told that three columns more dealing
with state issues were cut out to be
presented at a later occasion. Despite
Its length the address VIII prove inter
esting reading to all who will attempt
II and will not tire n in the least, al
Tho IT is strikingly noticeable to those
Who have studied public problems
closely in the past hat neither the
Cummins nor the Sullivan ADDRESS
contributes anything new to the dis
enssion. Two able lawyers have taken
the evidence and done the best they
could with it in their arguments. cum
minis having most all the testimony OF
experience, much the stronger case ana
40 lack of argumentattve ability, mas
clearly won his case with any fair
minded. clear-headed man.
Thu governor has divided his discus
,ion into clearly defined departments.
dealing ~consecItively with protection
as a national policy, with protective
schedules as they should be revised ac-
cording to the Iowa idea, with protec-
ton as 1t affects the wage-worker, as
1. affects the farmer, with reciprocity,
.rnsts and lastly with the currency
question. Experience n the newspa-
per business has taught the manage
n,ent OF ire T.-R. that Il will be use
iass "a axaect the general reader to
wade thru two solid pages OF fine type
sayoted to one speech aud no effort Will
he made in this Office 10 present the
rpm,nins address in full at one issue.
CHE T.-R. will, however, lake up the
various subdivisions during the Week.
one AT a time. and endeavor to present
to its busy readers eaoa day, In the
hr,efest form. Just what the republican
~oyernor has said upon each phase of
The issue.
For today suffice 1t to say that Gov
ernor Cummins is a protectionist theo-
retically as well as practically. He be-
leves tina. it is as much the duty OF
governments to protect iheirhone mar
kets from invasion by foreign manu-
sacturers as IL is their duty to protect
their lands from invasion by foreign
armies. He can see nothing morally
wrong about a protective tarin n
opo,es the fiures OF our prosperity and
marvellous progress to prove Its practi-
cal success.
He quotes the Iowa platform and ex-
plains the Iowa idea as to the tari1
10 be a revision of schedules no longer
needed to enable home producers to
make and sell goods in The home mar
kets at a fair profit ana TO cut down
schedules so as to admit the competi-
ton of the world wherever any indus
try passes into such monopoiistic con-
Fl troll OF a giant trade combination that
the consuming public Is at its mercy
and is deprived of the 0 mpetition Of
nome producers. He reiterates his
statement that the consuming public
d has the first right to competition in in
] ,dustry. the producer a secondary righi
to reasonable protection from foreign
competition so long as the public Is as
eured of healthy competition among
producers at home.
Replying to Sullivan's specious APP
peal to the w~age-wosker Cufnnains
shows ~convincingly that protective
laws that foster industries in this
country create work for the laborer and
sy increasing the demand for his COM
modify, his labor, enable him to get a
Ybetter price. which is said by q specia!
= British commission to be so per cent
1 greater on the average than IS enjoyed
s&essy wage-workers in free-trade En-
81 f.and.
Again replying to Su'aivan's appeal
0 farmers Cummins explains that
that the farmers need Is a large, pros
erous population In this country not
ngaged In farming, but able to buy
nd ready to eat the food-stuffs raised
n the farms: that protection in build
,g up great manufacturing cities in
lis country creates nearby and new
.aEkets for the farmers produce. He
limits frankly, however. that since this
ice of farm products IS regulated by
q free competition OF the world in
" reign markets many a protective tar
schedule falls to materially influence
.e price Of farm goods.
Reciprocity the governor believes ir
mna IL considers 1t commercial
saaAe, Q swing of trade advantages in
smeknarhsas and a taking OF trade
rsnsAees n fireien markets. that ii
leo + get the ms we must give ths
~