Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

1ONernOT OumuinS Opcucu Inc re-
publican campaign in Iowa on Satur-
day evening. September 26th. at Des
Noines. His speech, which sounds
the keynote of the campaign, follows:
Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentle
men. [ appreciate beyond expression
the generous welcome of this meeting
Under the influence of It's unbounded
enthusiasm | enter the campaign be-
fore me with new inspiration for the
work | am to do and profounder
faith in the principles | am to main
tain. | defer until another occasion
the consideration of matters pertain
lug to state affairs and pass directly
to the issues of national concern.
The Tariff.
lt was obvious for months before the
democratic convention convened that,
In their anxiety to find some plank up
on which they could stand together,
with a measure of harmony, as they
float upon the rather turbulent sea
over which they are sailing, they
would repeat the assault so often
made upon the protective system OF
import duties established and main
tdined by the republican party. When
the convention came together i'm
PEELED, assume, by the newborn zeal
Tor unity, 1t declared for free trade as
clearly and as unreservedly as 1t had
formerly declared for free silver. In
order that we may have before us the
precise phraseology employed, beg
to read the announcement OF the con-
Sention upon this subject:
CAS- the most alarming features OF
our present conditions are the evils
which come from trusts, and as these
"evils are made possible by legislation
favcring one class and against another
by transportation privileges and by
monopoly Of original sources OF sup
"ply of natural products, therefore, to
"the end that the evils connected with
"the growth of trusts may be elimi-
mated. we call for the removal Of the
"tarin from all trust-made goods, and
I'VE demand that all tariff schedules be
adjusted with view to tariff for
revenue only"
With this challenge before It, the re-
publican convention met, and 1t gives
me unqualified pleasure to read the
candid statement and glowing eulogy
upon the fundamental economic policy
Of the republican party, announced In
our most recent platform:
I'VE reiterate our faith In the his
"toric policy of protection. Under its
Influence our country. foremost in the
"bounties Of nature. has become fore
most In production. 1t has enabled
labor to secure good wages, and has
induced capital to engage In produc-
"tion with reasonable hope of fair re-
ward. Its vindication Is found In the
history OF its successes and the rapid
~ utff WI ff.h r,rv- satt xoI
"hare been developed, and we heartily
renew our pledge to maintain It."
There Is not republican In the
State Of Iowa whose eye does not
CLEAN with pride and whose heart does
not warm with enthusiasm as he takes
this bold and uncompromising oath of
allegiance to the party of protection;
and the knights of ancient times never
rushed into the lists with higher cour-
age than the republicans of 1908 ad-
vance to meet the enemy who deny
this triumphant doctrine.
I have used the words free trade"
advisedly, because in the terminology
of economics "a tariff for revenue
only" and free trade" are synonym
Gus terms. Although the subject with
which am dealing Is one which has
engaged the attention OF the American
people more than any other during the
last century. and although I despair of
adding anything valuable to the litera-
ture of the discussion. I beg your indul-
gence while | put the opposing policies
In the plainest possible speech. I'm
port duties, adjusted upon the protec-
tive plan, are laid upon those things
which we do or can produce, and they
IAt - .
their production in our own country.
They are so laid with the express de-
sign of preventing the free and unlim-
tied competition Of the producers of
the world In our markets. They arc
so laid. believing that the competition
among our own producers will hold
our production to a fair American
price and that we can better afford to
pay the fair American price than we
can afford to have our markets monop-
olized by foreign productions. The
end sought by the protective system OF
> duties is to supply. so far as possible,
every need OF our own people with
their own work. Upon the other hand.
tariff for revenue is system of
duties SO adjusted as to occasion the
least possible interference with free
CD'iitICc anu TtSlTlCt dS llttic AZ pos
sible the free competition of the world
In our markets. 1t is a system
which. primarily. lays its duties upon
those things which we do not and can.
not produce. and IL such duties be In
sufficient secondarily, upon those
things which we do rot and cannot
produce in the quantities we need.
This Is a tariff for revenue only, and
this is free trade. In the presence of
an ard.ence so intelligent and so famil
ir with the writings of political econ.
oinlsts, ! feel that it would be an i'm.
position to sustain my definition OF a
tariff for revenue and It's identity with
free trade by reference to the acknowl.
edged authorities upon such subjects
n. however. this identity Is doubted by
any inGuiring democrat. I am quite
re7dy TO show him the avenues leading
to further information. am inclined
10 think however. that when my demo
cratic friends ponder upon the utter
ances Of my distinguished opponent
they will not doubt what | say. In a
sneech delivered by Mr.. Sullivan In
Ch.c'go, shortly after his nomination
he Sid:
The protective policy OF the repub
''lic'n party Is doomed. Yet II will
'm~"u before its last vestlge Is
"sir CT en- from the statute books Of