Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31
Republican Split.

Thank the Lord for his divine mer-
Acies! The Republican spit on the tar
if widens Such men as Governor
Cummins and Secretary Shaw, both Of
Iowa, cannot sleep under the same
blanket Rats desert a sinking ship,
and Uncle Shelby NJ. Cullom of Illinois
leaves the stand patters. or course
Uncle Shelby is not a rat. On the con
trary, he prides himself on his physical
resemblance to Abraham Lincoln a
resemblance which has helped him
much in hanging 90 to the pablic teat
for almost half q century as represent
alive in congress. governor and Unit
ed States senator And he wants TO
hold on some more That is the rea-
son why at the Chicago reciprocity
convention Uncle Shelby quit the
stand patters cold Your Uncle Shelby
can see as far into milestone as the
next one. and he discerns the signs of
the times and hastens to declare in
favor Of reciprocity to the end thar
he may wear his senatorial toga for
another SIX. years. Your Uncle Shelby
knows upon which side his bread is
buttered. add he never permits it to
fall buttered side downward if he can
help it What Uncle Joe Cannon
thinks of Uncle Shelby's lapse no man
knows. Uncle Joe is the chief of stand
patters, and only recently he gave the
senator a splendid certificate of good
character. 1t is safe to say, to borrow
a figure of speech from Cushman of
Washington. that Uncle Joe's remarks
would have to be printed on asbestus
paper in order to. be transmitted
through the mails. 1t would be a
strange howdy-do if upon reading Tn
Gle Shelby's speech Uncle Joe with
drew his certificate of good character
and then proceeded to appropriate I'm
Gle SheIby's senatorial toga. Stranger
far stranger things have happened.
In order that there may be no mis-
take about it, here give the principal
section of Senator Cullom's speech.
Being diplomat-in fact chairman of
the senate committee on foreign af-
fairs-of course he spoke dipIomatical-
", as be always does, but nevertheless
it can be easily seen that he lined up
with Governor Cummins and other anti
stand pat heretics. Here are his own
words:
The west is almost unanimously in ia
vor of reciprocity: eastern senator's are
almost solidly against it, the minority in
the senate is divided. Reciprocity under
the fourth section of the Dingley act has
failed.
believe that the Dingley rates are suf-
ficiently high to warrant our entering
into reciprocal relations with Central and
South American nations and with Euro
pean nations as well.
I very much prefer the adoption of the
principle of reciprocity as a means of
retaining and extending our foreign mar
kets, as means of quietly, without In
terruption of our business conditions re-
vising where necessary the tariff; as
means of preventing discrimination
against our products such as Germany
and other nations now propose to make.
But If we cannot secure the ratification
of reciprocity treaties there is one other
method that was seriously considered by
the committee on foreign relations more
than two years ago, when it became APP
parent that the reciprocity treaties could
not be ratified. and that is the adoption
of a maximum and minimum tariff BY
that I mean the adoption of an arrange
ment by act of congress somewhat sim
liar to that in force in France.
Have minimum tariff applicable to all
nations that give our products the most
favored national treatment and a max
imum tariff-say Is per cent higher-to
apply to nations that discriminate against
our products.
The adoption of this principle would not
fr,- ID
reciprocity would accomplish. 1t would
not open any very extensive new markets
for our products. but 1t would prevent
discrimination.
A maximum and minimum tariff is more
in the way of retaliation, but something
must be done. and If we cannot secure
reciprocity / shall favor the enactment
of a law by congress providing max
imum tariff to be applicable TO every ma
ton that discriminates against our prod
ucts.
There are two remedies-reciprocit and
a maximum and minimum tariH-and as
it appears now the latter, If either, is the
method that will be adopted.
So it seems that Uncle Shelby went
the whole hog, burned his ships and
broke down the bridges behind him.
That there viii be an attempt to dis
cipline this great and good man there
can be no question In fact the at.
tack upon him has been already begun
by the St Louis Globe Democrat It
Is mid aItack-in fact. somewhat
yelled under faint praisebut it is an
attack nevertheless. From now on
the fight in Illinois for rerision Of
the tariff will be bitter, with Senator
Cuilom leading the revision wing.
Amid wild and tumultuous applause
Governor a. b Cummins Of Iowa de-
livered q redhot speech and, among
other things. sad:
] do not pretend to be master of the
subject that you have under considera
ton. but do know something OF the con-
sequence Of standing for that policy.
Reciprocity has been damned with faint
praise and with false friends long enough.
The time has come to unmask, SO that the
people may know who stand for and who
stand against this doctrine.
l. for one, have a deep and abiding and