Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-16

terday expressed himself as opposed
to handsoff policy rs regards treatment
of tariff schedules, and reiterated his
loyalty to the doctrine of reciprocity
His address is the sensation of the
hour, and is taken as an open declara-
tion to the opponents of the iowa
idea" as represented by Governor
Cummins, that he will endeavor to
have the tariff plank of the republican
state platform incorporated in the ma
tional platform. 1t was a speech of
national, as well as statewide signifi-
cance, and was widely discussed.
Republicans, those who are allied
with the Cummins interests, and those
who are not, took it as the throwing
down of the gauntlet, and they do not
see how fight for the control of the
delegation to the national convention
can be avoided.
"The struggle said Senator Garst
'is seemingly unavoidable.
Mentions "Stand Pat"
In mis- address, Governor Cummins
stated with great emphasis that in the
economy of the universe there was
no such thing as "stand pat" He ex.
" CooCu LID GdliC6lduSO III tAoLs NlCW
point which thought well of the pres
ent but believed more in the future
He disclaimed any allegiance to that
principle embodied in the phrase, "Let
well enough alone" and spoke with
sarcasm of those who discouraged the
planting of a profane foot within the
sacred precincts of the tariff sched
ules."
In his advocacy of reciprocity, he
became definite. He advocated a
treaty with Canada, asserting that the
advantages Of such a treaty would be
in excess Of the loss of trade. He
made the startling statement that the
failure to have such a treaty with
Canada had resulted in the transfer ol
$100, 100000 of capital across the Ca
madam border. 1t was an appeal tc
the farmers and he told them they had
nothing to fear from the Introduction
of Canadian products into America.
Characteristic Utterances.
Characteristic utterances from Gov
ernor Cummins' inaugural address fol
low:
There is no such thing as rest ir
such thing as stand pat in the orde,
of the living world. The dead may
heed the Injunction. no others cam
II have never been disciple of the
doctrine expressed In a phrase thai
has now become falnous-sLet wei
enough alone Abstractly viewed the
| maxim is beyond criticism. but its ia.
| tai weakness lies in the fact that there
never was, nor never will be, day
in which it was or will be, we'll enough
with any community, with any state
or with any nation"
TT has been possible to make, ant
in my Judgment it is still possible tc
make a treaty with Canada, which
would, for years to come, make US
practically masters of the imports in.
to that dominion. In the last ter
| years American manufacturers have
| expended one hundred millions of dol.
| lars In the establishment of plants ii
Canada, which would have been kep1
at home, with all the labor that it i'm.
plies, if there had been fair and
| permanent relation existing between
the two countries"
I'VE can make treaties with Cen
| trail and South America, with France
Germany Spain and Italy that will
| immensely increase our exports OF
manufactures to those countries, so
| that for every man deprived of en-
| ployment here we can put ten to work
You ought to have chance to feed
| these added nine men. and why is IL
not given you? Simply because Of the
| inertia which seems to prohibit the
profane foot from planting itself with
in. the sacred precincts of the tariff
schedules"