Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-13
CAMPAIGN IS OPENED
Continued from Page one.)

First. We all holland I am now
speaking of all the members of the re-
publican party-steadfastly to the pol
icy of protection. There is no issue
here.
Second. We all holland l am still
speaking of all the members of the
party--that to commit the tariff to an
organization pledged to reduce 1t to a
purely revenue basis. would be a crime
against the welfare of our country.
There is no issue here.
Third. We who advocate revision
believe that many of the duties in the
present schedules are too high, and
that they should be reduced. not only
to save our own people from unjust
exactions and excessive prices, but,
thru reciprocity, to preserve and ex-
tend our trade with foreign nations.
Those republicans who have. rather
boastfully, segregated themselves un-
der the name of "standpatters.' be-
lieve, or say they believe, that the du
ties are as well adjusted as they can
be. and therefore none of them should
be reduced; that if any of them be too
high, the excess is so trit1ing that it
results in no harm to our own people,
and that the injury that would be done
by an attempt to change any of the
schedules would be greater than any
possible good that could come from
the change They believe. or say they
believe, that reciprocity is beautiful
theory but practical absurdity, and
that at the most it can be applied only
in competitive commodities.
uoro oopt1ornnp ia tho icc,,a and If
have not stated it fairly I trust that
1t is with us to stay until it is settled,
settled right.
Birds Of Feather.
1t is not my purpose this evening to
| take up other questions which gather
around this vital point, altho they lend
a mighty strength to the contest we
are carrying on. Never WAS there a
truer saying than that birds of a
feather flock together" We are dis
putting the right of the railways to
determine when and where and how
the business Of the country shall be
done. We are challenging the increas-
| ing power of trusts, combinations, and
| monopolies. We are insisting that
there shall be more direct appeal to
| the voters in the nomination of candi-
dates for office We are doing what
we can in every direction to restrict
and minimize the influence of the cor
poration in public affairs. / am not the
less earnest for these reforms because
/ have chosen to devote this evening
to the tariff and reciprocity. 1t may
| he said with almost absolute accuracy
that every revisionist is standing firm
for all these things. Among the lead
ers of the standpatters there are few
who courageously advocate reform IN
other fields, but by far the greater
number are at heart opposed to any
material amendment in any law which
would disturb the existing situation. I
confidently predict that as time unfolds
the mysteries OF campaigns it will be
discovered that these several reforms
will he sustained by substantially the
same men, and will be opposed by like
forces.
What Is RepubIieanism?
Inasmuch as we who favor lower du-
ties are constantly assailed with the
charge that we are traitors to protec-
ton, mugwumps, democrats, and the
like, / propose to devote myself Tor a
little tine to an inquiry into the policy
Of protection for the purpose OF as
pertaining what it is, and what is re-
uuired at our hands in order to be good
republicans.
I have been voting for the repub-
llican candidates for president and tax
| ing a somewhat active part in repup-
| lican campaigns since 1917, ana II
| seems to me that ought to know what
republicanism is quite as we'll as those
editors who apparently think tnat no
man Is a genuine republican unless
the Burlington stamp Is upon MIN, at
| tested by the keeper of the seals-noW
unfortunately absent upon a TOUT
around the world.
| I take a very common commodity,
one often mentioned as an illustration.
The duty on steel rails is 1884 per
ton. Tell me, If you will, why con-
gress, when it enacted the Dingley
law in 1897. did not fix the duty on
steel rails at 500 per ton instead OF
1884? There must have been some
theoretic standard recognized by con-
gress and which determined the duty.
1 would like these gentlemen who are
50 sure that they know what repub-
licanism is, to answer the question
that / have propounded.
The answer will be found in the
definition Of a protective tariff, as 1t
has been understood from the earliest
days. and would also like these guar
dams of pure republican doctrine to
state in terms the definition Of protec-
ton. am quite willing to hazard a
suggestion in advance Of anything that
they may feel impelled to say about it.
To protect the producer Of any given
article of American manufacture, the
duty must be one that will enable him
to produce it and sell it in our own
markets with fair profit. The def
milton can be put in many different
forms. A protective duty is one which
eoualizes the conditions Of production,
and gives the home producer a fair
chance to meet his foreign competitor
in the domestic markets. The same
thought may be expressed in this way:
1t Is q duty which measures the DIFF
| ference between the cost of produc-
ton here and abroad. It has often
been expressed thus: A duty which
will enable the home producer to pay
! the scale Of wages prevalent in this
| country, and still sell his commodity
to our own people at a fair profit as
| cheaply as the imported commodity
can be sold. 1t has come to be duty
that will protect labor and enable the
producer to Justly compensate the
workingman.
All +boSo dahnitfons mean the same