Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-03
TARIFF ISSUES
Discussed by Sec. Shaw
At Richmond, Va,
May Have to Be Amended, but
Never Removed.
The Secretary the Principal Speaker al
Opening Republican Meeting.

Richmond. Va, Oct. 2.-Secretary Vi
the Treasury Shaw in speech at d
renuhlican mass meeting the in Acad-
e,nv Of AIusic. tonight. discussed tar
If ieeues Secretary Shaw spoke in part
as follows:
..You must bear in mind there was
never a tariff law enacted that was
perfect or that anyone CLAIMED was
pcrfect. No two congresses Would ever
enact the same bill. Every tarln law
Is al aggregation of compromises. All
The republican party ever claims Tor
,oy tarift law is that its principle IS
n,,f.ct The rate will be too high
here and too low there. but protection
Niu BE- found in its every feature.
Tile opposition party never clam
that their tariff measmes are perfect
They only claim that the principle of
FREE. trade on which they profess I"
to construct their tariff laws. is the
,oIIect principle They clam 70
eliminate every clement of protection
from their tariff laws as England
thmin:ttes protection from her tarlf
laws. England provides tdrlH Tor
the sole purpose of revenue ana ihe
Democratic party profess I" q" me
same. They have openly ana itrealed-
ly denounced protection rs ""hpcfy
they strike III the principle
While the Republican party never
cIairn,e for any tariff law that it was
perfect ana never promises 10 enact Il
perfect tariff law, il Goes claim that
ali its tariff laws are builded on the
1, l-1.l.
sacrificed one industry Tor the sake Of
building un another and never Will
neither will il prejudice one locality IN
the interest of another. 1t VIII be
national and not provincial. 1t viii
protect the South as well as The North;
the East as well as the West. and thc
West rs we'll as the East
Sec'y Shaw declared that the rtpubi-
tariff laws are 50 constructed rs L"
protect every man and tv"ry industry
Further on he said:
The wool schedule of the Dinghy
bill may not be perfect. II may y"
too high. o. it may he too low, or the
diffxrcnti2ls may have b,en incorrect
" worked out. 1t is constructed on the
protection principle. however, and un-
ana their sheep ut for better prices
than during Mr.. Clevelands last ad-
niniSt.atiun when the duty was placed
50 low on both sheep and on wool that
;hiH Industry was ruined.
The secretary gave some figures
BEARING on the wool schedule and con-
,inltc,l:
THUS the schedule is arranged to
give protection 10 the wool growers ana
to every wool operator, skilled and un-
Skillet. Wooden cloth. for instance
Worth over seventy cents per pound.
pays u specific duty Of forty four cents
Ter pound ana fifty five per cent. al
lalorrm. The duty on velvet carpets
Is sixty cents per square yard ANA
forts per cent. ad valorem. | repeat
that it Is not AN easy task to construct
e. tariff Law ANA work out these diff
ftlcm,iale All the Republican party
claims is that it constructs its tariff
laws on principle. What would You
think of a wool manufacturer who
would claim to be a free trader as APP
Ilicd 10 wool and IA protectionist as APP
pIieG t" WOODEN manufactures.
II made an informal talk the other
day before the Board of Trade of Jack
sonyjlle. Fla. OF course | made no re
fcrenocS to the tariff or any other
political subject. Following me an eX-
governor Of the state was called upon
and before he closed he expressed the
opinion that great and wonderful pros
perity would come to this country II
we could once get rid of the ubiquitous
tariff as he called it. When he sat
down arose and said that while | did
not wish to discuss political questions
nt a nom rtisan meeting. neverthe-
less, if the Board Of Trade of Jackson
Will would ask it. and the people of
California would join in the request l
would do my best to get the ubiquitous
! tariff removed from citrus fruits.
Democrats as we'll as well as Republic
cans cheered to the echo. They then
called upon Il man said to be the lead
ing lawyer of the state, Democrat,
i who declared that practically all the
men present We're protectionists. 4"
! this there was no voice of dissent. lie
said they We're prOtectioniStS ana
sound money men, but that they all
voted the Democratic ticket. he theh
told his associates that if they demand
ed protection on their citrus fruits they
must grant protection to other indus
! tries.
"AIl the Republican party claims for
the Dingley tariff law is that ii Is
l.uilt on right principles and that it
protects all interests ana all com
nunities.
II will be amended in due time. but
the principle will never be amended
under Republican administration
| Here and there Il rate may be higher
than necessary. Here and there one
one may b" too low. but the principle
| is correct and so wisely have the diff
ferentals been worked out that The
limited states, today. is more prosper
lous than ever in its history