The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-04-02
TARIFF REVISION
CHAMP CLARK OUTLINES THE
COMING CAMPAIGN.
Democrats Will Go Forth to Battle
With Tariff Reduction and Gen.
uine Reciprocity" Inscribed Up
on Its Banner---Iine of Demarca-
ton Between Parties.

Washington, March 29.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill was before the
house during the day, but the debate
took a wide range. Probably the
speecth of most interest was that of
Champ Clark, of Missouri on the tariff
in which he declared unequivocally in
favor of the tariff program of the Dem
ocratic party as outlined by Mr.. Will
Jams, the floor leader of the minority.
Mr.. Clark said in part:
ave 60 forth to battle with tariff
reduction and genuine reciprocity in
scribed upon our banner"
He then drew line of demarcation
between the tariff ideas of the two par
tiesand dwelt at length on the stand
pat" declaration of the Republicans.
He called attention to the dissenting
element of that party, who, he said,
marched under the banner of the
Iowa idea," and inferentially classed
this element as Democrats. He con-
ceded that President Roosevelt would
be renominated and that the stand
paters" would make the platform, but
that the Iowa" element would sup
port it under protest.
The Democratic position on reci-
procity, Mr.. Clark stated, had been
set forth by Mr. Williams, the minor
ity laeder.
ut is" he stated, IAN authorita-
tive statement upon which we are will
ing to stand in the pending campaign
and hereafter. 1t is the Democratic
party believes that when on any arti-
cles that 60 to Cuba or any other peo-
pie on the afce of the earth you get an
agreement to reduce the burdens to
their consumers by reducing the duties
in their markets, you have conferred a
benefit upon their consumers and also
ON the American producer, because you
enable the consumer in Cuba or else
where in any country entering into
these reciprocal relations, to get the
product at cheaper price
''That enables those who have been
buying it to buy more and enables
those who have hitherto not been able
to buy any, to buy some, and that in
creases the volume of 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"
Talks of Iowa Idea"
Mr.. Clark spoke ofthe "Iowa idea,
as expounded by Governor Cummins,
and said: "By advocating the Iowa
idea Governor Cummins has become
the bette noir of the stand patters, and
they would excommunicate him from
the Republican church without delay
and without ceremony were they not
afraid that, like Saruson, he would pull
down the temple upon their heads as
we'll as upon his own"
The recent efforts of the American
Publishers Association convened in
New York for the purpose of enforcing
the antitrust law against the paper
trust and declaring itself in favor of
removing the tariff on pulp and white
paper, was discussed by Mr.. Clark.
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 a magazine ar
ticle, the position taken being that
tariff for revenue only" was the doc
trine Of the party.