Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-05
WANTS TARIFF REVISED
Grover Cleveland Makes An
other Speech In Behalf OF
Parker's Candidacy
TALKS OF TARIFF AND TRUSTS
Says Revision of Tariff Should Not be
Left to Its Friends Because They
Won't Revise It Also Declares
Protection is the Parent of Trusts
big Audience Hears Him.

Bio Audience Hears Him.
Newark, N. j., Nov. B. - Fornaer
President Grover Cleveland in this city
last night delivered his second speech
OF the present campaign.
He waited ten minutes for the ces-
aatton of the cheering and noise that
his appearance brought forth, and Tor
thirty-flve minutes after he began his
address 5000 persons crowded togeth-
or on the tanbark Of a riding academy
aud alternately listened and cheered.
The occasion was the closing demo-
cratic rally Of the campaign, rally
under the auspices Of club Of first
voters.
Mr.. Cleveland's argument in his
speech was that the revision of tariff
should not be left to it's friends be-
cause in that event the tariff would not
be revised. He recalled one sentence
from q speech he made twenty years
ago In Newark when he was canol-
date for the presidency. On the occa-
sion he said:
1.-THE right of the government to ex-
act tribute from the citizen is Limited
by its actual necessities ana every
cent taken from the people beyond that
required for their protection py the
government is robbery"
Mr.. Cleveland said he could repeat
that sentence with equal force today.
The speaker then told how in 1857
a republican commission had recon-
mended tariff reduction and how these
recommendations had been disregard
ed and the tariff rates increased.
ct was, under the operation Of this
Aisgra ceful outcome Of a delustve show
Of tariff reformation by Its friends" he
continued, ''that the battle of 1884 was
fought. The average rate of duty on
imports then prevailing was something
over As per cent, and, this rate the
people by their verdict at the polls
condemned as unnecessary and unjust
and denounced its exactions as no bet
ter than robbery.
II have ventured to remind you OF
these incidents for an especial purpose.
] desire to direct your attention to the
fact that in the contest Of twenty years
ago the tariff then existing was con-
demned because in and Of itself, with
out accomplices or vicious associates,
It was guilty of despoiling our people
in their homes.
s"Trusts and combinations did not
then appear as its confederates. If
they existed at all they were infant
Industries too few and too young to be
mentioned in the platform of either of
the great political parties, and too
newly born to be the companions of
such infant industries as, tho still I'M
weaned, had actually grown gray at
the breasts of sinfully indulgent tariff
protection.
ssThe multiplication of this new race
Of infant industries soon grew to be
wonderfully in excess of all other birth
rate records. In 1883 they had attrac-
ted attention enough to be denounced
In both party platforms. The precoc-
fly of these infant prodigies ran far
ahead of the most exaggerated mag
ination of parental pride. Before they
We're a day old they recognized in the
policy of high protection the way to
grow in strength and wealth"
The former president said that these
trusts and combinations knew that
their growth and prosperity was pro-
portional ito the height Of the tariff
wall around them which kept out for
oign competition.
Home competition, he said, they dis
posed of by combinations and social
ed economy Of administration"
II have said" he went on, "that the
higher the wall of protection was rails
ed the larger was the scope for the
of these trusts and conn
binations.
s'Under the, stimulus Of increased
protection afforded by the Mckinley
tariff they began to multiply. The
statement has been made that under
this tariff or prior to the passage of
the Dingley law in 1897, only eighty Of |
formed. 1t must be noted, however,
that during about three years immed-
lately before that date, the Wilson tar
ocrattc measure which repealed the
enactment and lowered du-
ties.
What Dingley Law Did.
1.-THE Dingley tariff bill Of 1897 rails
ed the average Of import duties to
something over so per cent and made
Lle HiSH water marx In our COuntry'S
tariff legislation. It's fond parents
have placed upon the family record
contained in their Bible, entitled Re
publican Campaign Text Book, 1904
the following mention Of the child's
birth and its lovely traits:
"'Went into effect July "a. 1897
known as the Dingley act-thoroughly
protective and stated in it's title that
Its purpose was to provide revenue for
the government and to encourage the
of the United States
Elm the month of March, 1903, a dis
tinguished republican member of con-
gress on the floor Of the house of rep
presented carefully pre-
pared list of Industrial combinations
existing on the LIST day of January in
that year. They numbered 45S, more
than four-f1fths Of them apparently
organized within six months under the
protective Dingley act"
SUCCESSFUL AIRsHIP.
Benbow Balloon Demonstrates Ito
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