Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-13
Gov. Cummins Prepares For
Publishers an Historical
Statement of Subject
HOSTILITY OF THE DEMOCRATS
Disastrous Results Of System Which
They Advocate, Strongly Emphasized
- Senator HeaIy, of Fort Dodge,
Securing Data for His Speech at
ST. Louis on Iowa Day.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines June 13.-Goy. A. B.
Cummins prepared and sent to the pub
fishers OF the New American Cyclope-
dia in New York an article, as request
ed by the editor, upon the subject OF
pare the same as a historical statement
of the subject. He delved into the his
tory of the policy. and gave vast
amount Of Information on the subject
which has either never been known to
the public or has escaped memory. He
has gone back to the beginning OF the
policy and has given quotations from
official documents and from party plat
forms and the utterances OF great lead
ers, showing how the policy was devel-
oped and ripened into great principle
supplementing that of protection some
twenty years ago The literature of
the subject is more extensive than most
persons suppose. 1t is found in numer-
GUS state documents and recommends
tions and proposals and in laws and
amendments to laws and in all sorts OF
official reports. The matter of a few
treaties Is but small item in the
whole In flct, as the subject is studied
historically it Is found that treaty
making Is but an incident Of the policy,
and it concerns no< one country, but all
countries There is no doubt that Gov
ernor Cunmins is now regarded as
foremost among those who are students
of the tariff question, and his opinions
are regarded as of prime Importance
among all the ieaaGfs. Governor Cum
Minis shows the intense and answering
hostility OF the democrats to the policy
of reciprocity and how President
Cleveland put obstacles In the way of
it's acceptance at time when it prom
ised so much for good. He points out
how the democratic policy-that of
tariff for revenue on n-competitive
products chiefly-admits of no thought
Of reciprocity. These join with the re-
publicans who believe that protective
tariffs can not be too high or higher
than necessary and both oppose reci-
procity. If the two prevail it will only
be matter of time until the tariff will
be revised along the democratic lines of
horizontal reductions, a system which
has proven disastrous in the past.
Senator Thomas D Healy. of Fort
Dodge who is to be the orator on Iowa
day at ST Louis. spent several days re-
Gently at the state capitol and in the
state historical building, gathering
e.. ~; T., 1,xy Il Il
at st. Louis or refreshing his memory
on historical matters that he may be
the more accurate. 1t Is probable that
the address he will give on that occa-
sion will be one full of good material.
1t is certain to be finished oratorical
product, but 1t will be historical pro-
duction we'll worthy of the occasion.
The efforts which have been put forth
to attract attention to Iowa day are
bearing fruit, and 1t is pretty certain
there will be big crowd on that day.
In fact the movement has already COM
menced and the trains to st. Louis have
been crowded. Governor Cummins'
proclamation called attention to the
day better than anything else could
have done. He will be present on Fri
day with his military staff and at
taches and large crowd OF state off1-
cials. The program is an excellent one,
aside from the oratorical promise; but
above all else there will be the oppor-
tunity to make display for Iowa that
will be of great value To the state. The
Ames and Simpson cadets have already
gone to st. Louis, and will camp there
more than a week. The Simpson ca
dets went with seventy boys and thirty
in the band and this is probably one of
the finest cadet organizations in the
state Captain Robinson. the retired
officer who has drilled the students at
Indianola has just received commits
sion as a major He is q veteran who
commenced service in the Seminole
war, fought the Indians and was lying
in a hospital wounded by an Apache
bullet when the rebellion broke out. The
Ames cadets We're drilled by the vet
erau General Lincoln. Iowa Is sure to
make fine display in the parade with
these two cadet companies The parade
will also have the Filipino constabulary
and military force and the Filipino
band
The state auditor in his annual re-
port Oh llle iilSui ttiiNS Joo. NoiHl'ietN
and soon to be ready for distribution
states that so far as he is advised
there is not any of the so-called gold
bond investment" contract business
being sold in the state of Iowa, and
he believes that it could not be legally
sold in the state under the present
laws 1t is certain there is not now
any company in Iowa organized as lr
insurance company that Is engaged n
their nefarious business. There were
six of these companies doing business
in the state a few years ago. -Four
of them have been either driven from
the state or We're absorbed into other
companies that did disappear from the
state, and two that We're engaged in
writing limited number of such coll
tracts stopped the business entirely