The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29

for.
A Marked Change.
If Republican reciprocity on Feb.
%, 1904" said Mr. Clark, THE day in
which the gentleman from Pennsyl-
Vania made his speech. was what he
declared it TO be, then a vast change
had come over the Republican dream
since those two Republican presidents
sent those treaties to the senate
The Democratic position on reciproc-
ity, Mr.. Clark stated, had been set
forth by Mr.. Williams, the minority
leader. 1T is" he said. IAN authOri-
tative statement upon which we are
willing to stand in the pending cam
paign and hereafter. 1t is the Demo-
cratic party believes that when on any
articles that go to Cuba or any other
people on the face of the earth you get
an agreement to reduce the burdens
OF their consumers by reducing the du
ties in their markets, you have con-
ferred a benefit upon their consumers
and also on the American producer.
because you enable the consumer in
cuba or elsewhere in any country en-
tering into these reciprocal relations,
10 get the product at a cheaper price.
That enables those who have been
buying il to buy more and enables
those who have hitherto not been able
to buy any to buy some. and that in
cTeases the volume of the consumption
of American products and benefits the
American producer by enabling him to
sell more goods at the old profit, and
thus both parties to the trade are ben
Gifted
The |'Stand Patters."
The stand pat'policy, Mr.. Clark at
tributed 10 General GrosvenOr. who,
he said was interviewed shortly after
the election in Ohio in November, 1901
and I'm exuberance of spirit, said re
garding the election: 1T means that
there is no more prospect of the Ding
ley tariff rates being tinkered with
than there is of the ten command
ments."
Mr.. Clark spoke Of the Iowa idea
as eXpOunded by Governor Cummins
and said:
by advocating the Iowa idea Gov
eTnor Cummins has become the bette
noir of the stand patters and they
would exc0mmunicate him from the
Republican church without deal and
without ceremony were they not afraid
that, like Samson. he would pull down
the temple upon their heads as well
as upon his own"
The recent efforts of the American
Publishers association, convened in
New York to enforce the antitrust law
against the paper trust and declaring
itself in favor of removing tariff duties
on pulp and white paper. was dis
cussed by Mr.. Clark. This association.
said he, was largely Republican in
membership. when consumers of the
articles controlled by trusts in general
have raised a howl. these same Repub-
lican editors who now split the welkin
with their protests against eXtortions
OF the paper trust have looked on with
a sardonic grin on their faces and have
about as much sympathy for the vic
Tins as the old woman had for the
cells squirming in her hot skillet. In
three congresses. / have introduced
bills to place wood pulp, white paper
and all the ingredients into the COM
position on the free list-one Of the
preparations now urged by the Pub
fishers association as a remedy for
trusts. Did the Republican members
thereof aid me any? Not that anybody
heard OF. Now the iron enters their
, souls and / am glad of it.
Tariff For Revenue Only.
"The other day. in the committee on
ways and means. l called up my bill
TO place wood pulp. white paper and
the ingredients thereof on the free list.
Every Democrat in the committee vot-
ed for the bill and every Republican
voted against it. They being in the
majority il was defeated
Mr.. Clark declared that there is no
free trade party in the United States
and quoted at length the Democratic
position as outlined by Mr.. Williams,
the minority leader, in magazine ar
| ticle. the position taken being that
tariff for revenue only" was the doc
trine of the party.