Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-17

revision of the tariff he urged that the rep
resentatives to Congress be impressed with
the fact that their election would be doubt
full unless they honestly and diligently rep
resent the wishes of their constituents in
the matter of tariff revision.
Harris on Four Sided Reciprocity.
Ex-senator William A. Harris of Kansas
said:
1.-THE prosperity of this great country
must be four-sided before 1t can be perma-
nent Agriculture and mining are two sides
Of the great temple of justice, manufac-
turing and commerce constitute the other
two sides We talk about stimulating COM
merce by injecting with a syringe subsidy
provisions to stimulate the building of
steamships. This is an absolute quack pre-
scription. What we want to do is to make
it profitable for other nations, and then
vessels will be found without number sail
ing under the American flag in every sea.
Mr.. Mckinley said the period OF exclu-
sveness Is past" he continued. "One ma
ton cannot expect another to continue to
buy of 1t unless the opposite processes are
resorted to. Why, even the gentlemen who
are standing pat the hardest In the Senate
today, and l know them very WELL one of
them Mr.. Adrich, in 1897, at the extra
session when the Dingley bill was under
consideration. said: We desire to give the
country a method of reciprocity which will
not require additional legislation, which
can be put in force by the legislature
I'VE now and here call upon Mr.. Aldrich
to redeem that pledge. tApplause)
Word From Idaho
F. ]. Hagenbarth of Idaho, representing
the National Live Stock Association, gave
a brief history of the attempt of the wool
growers to secure a hearing before the Sen
ate committee In 1893, and stated that the
failure of that committee to secure a hear
ing and a gradual reduction of the tariff
on wool, had resulted in the total destruc
- lid, rt~vy No
must steer between Scylia and Charybdi
the two rocks on which we are liable to
split he said. Every interest is entitled
to a hearing and taking from one and giv-
ing to another Is not going to help the gen.
eral good in any way
S. H. Cowan Of Texas declared that If
the gentlemen of the convention were not
willing to surrender politics in the interests
of business, they might better have stayed
away.
Mr.. Soborne Howers of Massachusetts,
commended the unselhshness OF the Live
Stock Raisers OF the west, stating that in
all the history of the country the western
men and cattle raisers had never gotten a
cent out of the tariff.
Permanent Officers Elected.
On the opening of the afternoon session
permanent officers for the conference were
chosen follows: Permanent chairman
8. B. Packard. Iowa: first vice chairman,
William c. Maybury. Michigan: second vice
chairman, I. T. Prior, Texas; third vice
chairman, Andrew G. Webster, Massa-
chusetts; secretary, William A. Corwine,
New York: assistant secretary; Frederick
Larribea. Iowa.
In assuming the gavel as permanent
chairman. Mr.. Packard said:
THE farmers of this country have no
sympathy for the tariff war as the means
Of forcing concessions In foreign markets
Heretofore when tariff laws have been made
the various trusts have all been alert
enough to send their 1OhbieS n Wa nrto
to assist in the writing of the schedules that
interested them most. The farmer, unor-
ganized has not been represented, SO now,
when he finds the outlet for his surplus In
danger. he demands that some Of those high
margins put into the Dingley schedules for
trading purposes be used for the purposes
intended. He Is not going to tolerate the
suggestion of any more tariff war than we
have already had.
ut seems expedient that Congress pass
new tariff law providing for maximum and
minimum rates. which may be used by the
President In extending our markets abroad.
We can set about selecting House of Rep
resentatfves that will pass such a law, and
we will have at least the advantage In the
Senate of a possible majority instead of an
impossible two-thirds. If our President to-
day had the power under a maximum and
minimum tariff law he would do some Yam
kee dickering with foreign countries.
Mr.. Foss' Address.
Eugene N. Foss of Boston spoke of "Reci-
procity as Political ISSUE He said in
part:
Granted that the day Of new policies has