The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
NJ TARIFF LAW GAN BE PERFECT Secretary Shaw Says the Prin- cip|s is the Thing PROTECTION IS NECESSARY And 1t Must Apply to All Sections Alike So as to Allow No Charge
 of Unfair Discrim-
 ination.
PROTECTION IS NECESSARY

Richmond. Va, October 2.-Leslie M. Shaw. Secretary of the Treasury, tonight addressed large republican gathering at the academy of music
 Judge L. l.. Lewis, republican nominee for governor. presided at the meeting. MT. Shaw was preceded by Congressman Yost who made a strong appeal for pur- ity of elections and for the choice as governor of Judge Lewis.
 Secretary Shaw spoke as follows:
 You must bear in mind that there never was tariff law enacted that was perfect or that anyone claimed was per- feet No two congresses would ever enact the same bill. Every tariff law Is an ag- sregation of compromises. All the repub- lican party claims for any tariff law is that the principle Is perfect. The rate Is too high here and too low there, but protection will be in every feature. The opposition party never claim that there tariff measures are perfect They only claim that the principle of free trade, on which they profess to construct their tariff laws Is the correct principle. They claim to eliminate every element of pro- tection from all their tariff laws as England eliminated protection from her tariff laws England provides tarfr for the sole purpose of revenue and the democratic party professes to do the same. They have openly and repeatedly denounced protection as robbery-they strike at the principle
 eullded on Protective Principle.
 While the republican party never claim for any tariff law that 1t was perfect and never promises to enact a perfect tar Tiff law, it does claim that all It's tariff laws are builded on the principle of | protection It has never sacrificed one industry for Che sake of building another and never will. Neithr will 1t prejudIce | one locality In the interest of another It Will be national and not provincial. It Will protect the south as well as the north, the east as well as the west and the west as well as the east"
 secretary Shaw declared that the re- puphcan tarin laws are so constructed as to protect every man and every industry Further on he said
 The wool schedule of the Dingley law may not be perfect. It may be too high or 1t may be too low. Or the differen ss1Is may have been incorrectly worked out It IS constructed on the protection prin- ciple, however. and under 1t Virginia farmers sell their wool and their sheep at far better prices than during Mir. Cleve- lands last administration when the duty was placed so low on both sheep and on
 wool that this industry was ruined" The secretary gave some figures bear- ing on the wool schedule and continued: All the republican party claims Is
 that 1t constructs It's tariff laws on prin- ciple. What would you think of wool | manufacturer who would claim to be a free trader as applied to wool and a pro- tectionist as applied to woolen manufac- turers?
 Cheered In Jacksonville.
 "I made an informal talk the other day before the board of trade of Jacksonville, Fla. Of course l made no reference to tho tariff or any other political subject. Fol- lowing me, an ex-governor of the state was called upon and before he closed he expressed the opinion that great and won derful prosperity would come to this coun- try if we could once get rid of the 'iniqui- tous tariff, as he called 1t. When he sat down l arose and said that while I dd not wish to discuss political questions at a non-partisan meeting. nevertheless If the board of trade of Jacksonville would ask it and the people of Florida would join in the request I would do my best to get iniquitous tariff removed from the citrus fruits Democrats as well as republicans eheered to the echo. I nen they called upon a man said To pc the leading lawyer of the state, dem ocrat who declared that principally all the men present were protectionists. To this there was no voice of dissent. He said that they were protectonlsts and sound money men. but that they all voted the democratic ticket. He then told his associates that if they demanded pro- tection on their citrus fruits they must grant protection to other industries. "All that the republican party claims for the Dingley tariff law Is that it Is Bull. on the right principles and protects all interests and all communities. Rates will be amended in due time but the principle will never be amended under a republican administration"