Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-12
BOSTON DEMOCRATS
General Charles Bartlett Nom-
 mated For Governor.
WHITNEY ASKS FOR TARIFF REFORM
Attacks Senator Lodge For Treason Cry-Bay State Handicapped by Present Duties on Raw
 Materials.

Cry--Bay State Handicapped by
 Present Duties on Raw
 Materials.
 BOSTON, Oct. 12-General Charles w. Bartlett and Henry M. Whitney, Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor respectively, were the principal speakers last night at a mass meeting held in Fremont temple to ratify the nominations for state of fees made at the recent Democratic state convention.
 W. T. A. Fitzgerald, president of the Democratic city committee, was chair man and in the opening address yoic- ed the belief that the party had both the candidates and the issues and would again place Democrat in the governors chair and would even go a step farther and elect a lieutenant gov ernor who stood for tariff revision and reciprocity.
 General Bartlett was loudly applaud ed when he arose to speak, being fore ed to stand several minutes while the people cheered and the band played the national anthem.
 Mir. Whitney received an unusually warm reception when introduced by the chairman.
 MT. Whitney devoted the first part of his address to criticism of Sena- tor Henry Cabot Lodge. Specifically he criticised the senator for saying at the Republican convention that the day was long gone by when state should stand out as South Carolina did in the thirties and attempt to nullify a national law because the tariff sched- ules did not suit the products. Be cause" MT. Whitney said, "40,OOO men of Massachusetts honestly believe that change in the laws would promote the welfare of Massachusetts and have the courage to say so it is held that they are guilty of reasonable prac- tices."
 MT. Whitney attacked the senator's position in arguing that free raw ma terial was nothing in the world but free trade and asked if the senator was ig- norant of the fact that 46 per cent of our total imports are now on the free list.
 The speaker asserted that the remov- al of import duties on hides, iron ore, lumber, wood pulp and coal, which are used in all Massachusetts industries, would help offset the handicap which Massachusetts is under.
 He continued:
 Since it Is useless to hope for any enlargement of our trade relations with Canada and Newfoundland through the operations of treaties and reciprocity and since the Canadians are under stood to contemplate making change soon in their tariff, possibly in the dl- rection of retaliatory measures, the reciprocity people believe the loss of great part of our $152, 100000 of ex- ports may be averted by admitting free from Canada the products of the mines, the earth and the forests, the things which Canada chiefly raises and which, while forming the greater part of her exports to us, involve a tax on the living expenses of our own peo- pie. That is the natural solution. That has been the purpose of the recent agi- tation in Massachusetts"
 MT. Bartlett discussed the tariff al- most exclusively, saying in part:
 Massachusetts suffers in this way, we are cut of geographically from the rest of the country. and this adds to the difficulty of our obtaining cheap raw materials. We are cut off by the tariff laws from free and fair market In obtaining these supplies from our foreign neighbors.
 with reasonable tariff duties Mas sachusetts would be more favorably situated than are other states to pro- duce many articles. With the present tariff duties she is less favorably situ. ated. This fact makes the tariff more oppressive to Massachusetts than to most other states.
 By our vote let 1t be understood that the people of the state demand relief, and one of the things from which they demand relief is a tax aimed directly at Massachusetts, interests for the ben efits of a combine that is moving to hamper and extermlnate a great indus try"