Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-17
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Against Tinkering With the
Tariff.
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH
THE MICHIGAN REPRESENTA-
TIVE GIVES REASONS.
Message is Completed and the Presi-
dent is Engaged In Reading
the Proof.

| Representative William Alden Smith OF
| Michigan. who walked to the White House
| today with Secretary Taft, Is not at all Inn
pressed by the demand of the shoe men for
| free raw hides and the general talk Of tariff
! revision that is going round. He says that
| if~there Is any tariff revision it will have to
| be done without his support, and he is In no
| way frightened at the thought that his con-
stituents will punish him for his views.
! II was elected to Congress to succeed a
| democrat from great agricultural and
manufacturing district" he said. THAT was
twelve years ago. and my election like that
of many other republicans at the same
| time, was a protest against the WILSON,
German tariff bill. Then years ago l as
sisted in the passage of the present tarin
law. 1t has brought the country great pros
| perity. If there is to be tariff revision IL
will have to be done by others. as do not
sympathiZe with any effort in that direc-
ton at this time. l am opposed to 1t, and
will resist 1t in every way.
Yes notice there Is q demand for free
| raw hides. Why not demand for free
wool, and demand for free other things
The trouble is that 1t will be impossible TO
safely enter upon partial revision or the
tariff. There are no doubt some changes
that would be satisfactory, but once start
in the change and 1t will go all along the
line. Rather than do that l prefer to let
| the law stand just as 1t Is. l remember
member of Congress from my state VINO
told John Dalzel one day that it was time
| to reduce the duty on steel. The same
| thing is true about iron ore. them was
Dalzelfs answer, and that put stop 10
| the talk about steel, my state does not
| want the duty reduced on iron ore. So
| it is all the way down the line. What one
man may want another does not want
| Speaking of the German tariff Mr.. Smith
20 liz off a
| friendly toward our government. We have
no better friend than Emperor William
| Any trade arrangement that can be made
| with Germany consistent with the most
| favored nation clause of our treaties with
| other countries ought to be made, but we
| should be very careful that We don't lose
| more trade than we get in return. There
| should not be hasty sentimental conces-
sons.'
Tinsley to Have Another Term.
| fight has been going on in Kentucky
over the United States attorneyship for the
| eastern district of that state. 1t had been
| in progress for several months. James H.
| Tinsley has served four years and desired
| reappointment. He was backed by Mr.. Ed
| wards, the newly elected representative of
the district that contributes the immense
republican majorities, the eleventh. The
other republican leaders of the state, in
| Guiding Representative Bennett, State
Chairman Ernst and ]. W. Yerkes, favored
| the appointment of w. G. Dearing. The
President stated to those favoring bearing
| that there was no good reason, so far as
| he knew, to turn Tinsley out, but that if
| they could present reasons for doing SO he
would acquiesce They did not do So and
| it is stated that the appointment of Tins
| ley for another term Is a practical
! tainty. Representative Edwards defeated
| w. Godfrey Hunter for the republican NOM
! nation for Congress from the eleventh dis
| trict. He is said to be strong man.
The Message Completed.
| President Roosevelt, as already stated in
| The Star. has completed his message to
| Congress and has been engaged for sew
| eral days in reading the proofs submitted
| to him by the government printing office.
| That work is about complete and the
| tire message will be finished from the
| printing office in a short time. 1t will then
| be distributed to the newspa pers Of the
| country. to be held in confidence until the
| day 1t is submitted to Congress. The mes
| sage is considerably longer than last year
| and deals in characteristic fashion with the
| leading questions before the country. Rail-
| road rate legislation, federal supervision of
| insurance, the Panama canal, foreign rela-
| lions. introduction of business methods in
| the departments, the affairs of the Dis
trict and the jamestown exposition are all
among the things to be touched upon The
| President will recommend that Congress
| take up the unsettled matters pertaining to
! the Panama canal and give them as early
| consideration as possible
Appropriations Are Exhausted.
| The old Spooner act under which the
work on the canal has been proceeding
| appropriated s1OOO0OOO In cash for the
| work and then provided for an issue of
| $135. 0O0,O in per cent bonds for further
| construction. The S10,000,O0O cash appro-
| priation Will all be gone by January l and
money will have to be raised in some shape
| There is probably law enough to permit
| placing the bonds on the market, but un-
| der the Spooner act, they could not be sold
Hat satisfactory price, possibly under par
h'he per cent bonds now in existence are
made attractive the basis for national
bank circulation by provision that circu-
| lation issued upon them shall pay less
| taxation than circulation upon other bonds
| The Spooner act did not make this pro-
! vision for the canal bonds and they might
not be desired by national banks at all
With favorable conditions as to national
bank circulation. though, they would bring
| the same as the per cents now on the
market There is no likelihood that the
entire issue will be put the market at
| one time. They will probably be sold in
patches suitable TO market conditions, with
the object of bringing the best prices.