The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-30
M'KINLEY'S MEMORY
HON0RED BY TAR
IF SPEECH
Secretary Shaw Makes a
Speech in Which No Men
ton Is Made of Mckinley,
but We Are Told of Pro
tection's Glories.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The memory
OF William Mckinley was celebrated
tonight at the annual dinner of the
West Side Republican club at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, more than 600 Republic
ans joining in the tributes voiced by
the speakers.
The president of the club, Richard
I. Greene, presided, with Secretary of
the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw at his
right and Postmaster General Henry c..
Payne at his left. Among the speakers
was Mayor Seth Low.
When President Greene proposed the
health of President Roosevelt all arose
and the band played America"
Rev. Frank M. Bristol, of Washing
ton, was the first speaker. His tribute
to the late president evoked applause
Or. Bristol characterized Mckinley as
the ideal American" and the audience
rose and cheered for over minute.
Secretary Shaw was cheered when
he rose to speak and he said:
Talks on Tariff Only.
II am aware that most of the text
free trade and admit that free trade is
| theoretically correct. / am also aware
that nearly every statesman whose wis
dom has contributed to the advancement
OF industrial prosperity in the United
states during the last century has taught
protection, and 1 insist that, practically
speaking, protection is correct. think
both Of these propositions can be demon
Strated with mathematical accuracy and
at the same time concede that correct
theory Is always in harmony with prac-
tice:
1.-The difficulty with the schoolmaster is
he thinks of the human race as unit
The schoolmaster is correct If it be sought
to equalize wages and standards of living
correct SO long as he has in mind the ad-
vancement or economic conditions pecu-
llar to ourselves. Unless we propose to
crop our standard Of living to the average
OF the world, we must protect our people
from competition with the product of
cheap foreign labor and from the presence
year was the most prosperous ever expe-
r1enced, yet during that same year we
actually consumed more foreign products
than ever in our history. Our unprece-
denied prosperity created a market be-
yond our ability to supply.
First Some One Should SqueaI.
but. this does not imply that the
schedules of any tariff law are perfect or
mat they ever were perfect, or ever will
be perfect or that they should never be
revised 1t does imply. however that
they should not be revised simply be-
cause they are imperfect. Some one some
noustry, some interest ought to show an
actual hardship before present conditions
are disturbed"
After. reviewing the opposition to high
prices IN 1882 resulting in the election of
There are indications that another
campaign Is to be Waged against high
prices. 1t is again urged that American
kets cheaper than at home I Suppose
this Is true in some Instances. But this
Is not the outgrowth of protection. If
morrow to the office of the board Of gen
eral appraisers, promise to show YOU a
c nundred a articles that are regularly sold
cneaaper IN the United States than where.
u, YI010
France. in Holland and IN Russia e inn =.
ported charged with a duty Of 81 cents
per IV0 and sold in this city at less than
cents. This is not only true of sugar
and chocolate and macaroni and of steel
ceinlnaWare, glassware and many other ar,
Minds Change After Six Years.
No one presumes to say that existing
conditions might not be improved bU
revision OF tariff schedules and no one
uare insure against their being made
n morsei +When the present tariff law was
passed, 1t was said in convention, on the
pIatiorm and through the press that II
would remain undisturbed for twenty-five
and some n Is nHw ,a nearly six years old
malnas' 1 am not prepared to say pre-
c1seiy, but before I join the chorus
w Mo4 ia nKe Ike TO have the director announce
changes he proposed to have made and r.
elv ..g SPECIFIC reasons therefor.
me only free trade argument that an
R,eais 10 me as sound is the one favorine
the cheapest possible material for o W 1,Is
lectures designed for export The answar
70 TINS argument is the Republican draw.
eaon 4Poilcy evolved in the interest Of the
liberal as possible There are three er as
dde 5,4lL for demand for the refund of
a aoty Nv First a the duties must have been
fer;a I1i, ro,I pald. Second, the imported ma
is sh product with the aid of Americ car
be eEno Third the finished product must
conceded that the government ID does -
not desire to profit at the expense of the
Shp''iS tnen every possible faciIitv
s sy obstruction, hindrance or U' de1sv
thrown in his way" oelay