Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-03-26

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party is better than any government that
could possibly be administered by any other
political organization known to the Ameri-
can people. With these preliminary sug
gestions, let me recur again to the tariff.
We are all profound believers in the
policy of protection. Notwithstanding the
statement of an eminent republican. re-
Gently made, | venture to say that protec,
theoretically sound. 1t is not only vindi-
Gated by the experience of our people. but
can be defended by the highest and most
exact process OF abstract reason. This
policy has written the brightest and most
glowing pages In the history Of the repub-
lie. 1t has contributed more to the honor
and renown of the American nation than
any other policy known to our institutions.
God made US foremost In natural resources
protection has made ms also foremost in
actual production. 1t has enabled Us to pay
American wages, reward capital with an
American profit, and still occupy our own
markets.
The man who says that the followers ct
the Iowa platform have abated one iot OF
little of their belief In the policy o, pro
lection Is the only enemy that protection
has In the ranks of the republican party.
The schedules which now carry this policy
into effect were adopted In 1897. | have
no criticism for them. They were adopted
when the country was 10 the depths OF com
mercial distress, created AMI pcrpetuated
by the weakness and fallacies of q demo.
cratic administration and democratic doe
trines. | doubt not that some of these
schedules were prepared uader the exDec-
would he lowered through the operation OF
reciprocal treaties. | believe that these
schedules were the potent factors In the
commercial and industrial rescue Of the
Mckinley administration. and the prosper
confidence which the people have always
felt In government through the agency Of
the republican party Six years have
passed--the most wonderful not only In the
United States but throughout the whole
world They have seen an awakening and
a readjustment among the nations OF the
earth. industrialIy and commercially, with
out parallel In recorded time. In our own
country changes In the methods and pro-
cess OF Industry have occurred which could
only be described in volumes devoted to
that purpose. and of which the intelligent
people of this country are instinctively
conscious.
Under these circumstances the question
propounded by the Iowa platform Is wheth-
er the time has come to make corresponding
changes In our important duties.
III ! understand the real purport OF WHAT
we SAID last year, Is that tine repuon
cans OF Iowa, and IN this respect they are
Joined by the republicans OF nearly every
state IN the Union. believed that the Time
had come In which the subject should De
again examined. nor necessarily IN tne way
OF general revision OF all the schedules
but that some OF them and notably the iron
and steel schedules. should be taken up for
the purpose OF determining whether the
used, not for the purpose OF protection
clone, but for the purpose OF unduly en-
HANGING the prices OF the various commo
dities manufactured from iron ore. There
are some other things which have also AT
tracted public attention. but which can
not at this time mention.
for one and believe that In this res
pect speak the sentiment OF the great
a
believe that some Of these duties are too
high, and that they are capable of being
used for an unlawful object We ali know
the principle upon which protective duties
are laid They are intended to eaualize
the difference between the cost OF protec-
ton In this country as compared with com
peting countries. a difference in cost that
il attributable wholly to the higher wages
paid to our worklngmen. difference, how.
ever which Is partially compensated for
by the superior efficiency of our men and
the superior character OF our machinery.
Mighty Concentrations have occurred
since the Dingley law was passed and it
Ia claimed and is unIouhteiiv nartia,iy
,true. that these concentrations were made
in order 10 introdnce economies into mann.
fucture III these economies have beey at
tained by the Concentration To whiab
have referred n IL nalnahia that the cen.
eral cost Of nroductlon has heen s,imin,sSed
All that wo ins,st nnor i. thst nratastinr
shall NOT he made the instrpment ~ mia ~.
ful gain. that n shali NOT he taken from
its bIob nlace and Inwared 70 ths sa,esh
nIane ~ IiIacit,mats nrost We nnderstand
perfectly that when the subject is taken nm
by congress there will arise diaerences Of
oninion. INT u,a assnrna that thasa ave.
epees viii he comnosaS Franz n,tr,o,ic
effort precIsely AZ thev have heen adjusted
in the mast There arc men GOOD rennhli
cans too, who believe thar some things
which are now on the dutiable LIST should
he upon the fraa list Wban the Dingia,
law was adopted articles which com.
prise more than one half in yalne of Mi
the articles Imported into the United States
were placed upon the free LIST
There were differences then unon tho
be differences still; but II NAV be that the
changes of the last six or seven Years. the
combinations which have In some instances
substantially monopolized raw material
will indicate that under the princinle ~
protection as Il has always been under.
stood, some things that were then made
dutiable should now be made free, not for
the purpose of taking away the work that
Is now done within, the limits Of the repub.
lie, but for the purpose OF adding to the
labor which may be here expended The
conclusion Is that the platform of 1902, In
so far as direct changes in the tariff are
concerned, does this and nothing more: IL
declares to the republicans throughout the
United States that the republicans Of Iowa
believe that there are some Of the schedules
that should be changed to meet the new con
hu0 congress should under
take the investigation OF the subject. guild
ed by the principle OF protection, with the
same fearless determination that has al.
ways characterized the work OF a republl.
can body.
The platform to which I have referred
also declares for reciprocity. This is
subject concerning which there has always
been much ambiguity In expression and
much difference OF real opinion. The ma.
tional platform of 1896 seems to declare
for reciprocity In all commodities concern
ing which favorable provision can be made.
The Dinglay tariff law of 1897 mazda az.
press provision for such reciprocal treaties.
The national platform Of 1900 seems, how
ever, 60 favor reeiprocity only In non,eom-
impurnins The motives Of Sny man Who
differs from me respecting this very scrl,
GUS subject, believe that the whole mat.
yer siS. nov open ~, hor sne tam ana eareiu'
/ believe that / can favor a reciprocal
treaty In competitive things. strictly with.