The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-18
HOT ROAST FOR
STAND PATTERS
Called towards and Traitors by Gov
ernor Cummins of Iowa.
TARIFF MUST COME DOWN
WORK STARTED BY RECIPROCITY
CONFERENCE.

n HICAGO, Aug, 1.-THE reciprocity
conference called to devise means
of lettering the trade relations
between the United States and foreign
countries. finished the work today for
which the meeting was called, arranged
for committee to prosecute the plans
of the convention and formed a per-
manent organization. styled as the
American Reciprocal Tariff league"
The committee. which will consist of
fifteen members to be appointed by the
chair. was given full power to organize
and promote the work for which the
convention assembled.
Dual Tariff.
The resolutions adopted advocate
maximum and minimum tariff as
means Of relieving the situation with
which this country is confronted and
suggests that such reciprocal conces-
sions be arranged by a permanent tar
iff commission to be created by con-
gress and to be appointed by the presi-
dent.
The principal speaker at tOday's ses-
sion was Gov. Cummins of Iowa. who
in a speech full of fire and elo-
quence hurled defiance at the enemies
of reciprocity. Gov. Cummins brought
the audience under his spell and
except when interrupted by the up
roarious applause. he held full sway
for three-quarters of an hour. Other
speakers were Edward ROsewater of
Omaha. former Mayor W. 9. AIaybury
Of Detroit, a. B. Farquhar of PennsyI-
vania, J. e. Howard of Wisconsin, e.
X Lockridge Of Indiana and a dozen
delegates who made volunteer ad-
dresses.
Governor Cummins' Speech.
Gov. Cummius said in part.
Il for one have a deep and abiding
confidence in the judgment of the
plain, common people, and l want to
settle this question in the good old
fashioned way, appointed by three in
stitutiOns for the determination Of pub
lie policies. Let us fight it out before
the people. If we lose. let us abandon
the attempt and if we win. let those
who are SkullIing IN thC shadows of
cOncealment retire to the places that
are appropriate for towards and trait
ors TO the policies of our government.
I believe upon all hands that we must
meet it in one OF two Ways-Tetalia ton
or reciprocity The stand patters'
have raised the banner of the former
and we march TO the music of the lat
ter.
Tariff Revision.
Many people think that this ques-
ton is confined to treaties with par
ticular powers. but II is not So for Il
can be accomplished through general
tariffs as we'll as through special ar
engagements. Indeed. it can be truth
fully said that with us. if attained i'm
the near future, il must be attained
through a general law by a revision of
our schedule. for il has been made clear
TO the dullest mind that no trade treaty
however advantageous to the people of
this country can command two thirds
of the United States senate. Tt involves
always invariably whether attained in
the one way or The other. some change
in our import duties. and here the
trouble begins. The protective tariff
was not originally intended to eN-
clude competition, but rather to create
competition, with schedules arranged
with any fair regard for this definition
of protection. reciprocity would be al
ready secured and retaliation would
be the weapon with which TO punish
any country that refused to deal fairly
with US.
Mere Robbery.
'tOur present schedules. however are
I'm the main intended to be Drohibitive
If American products are sold at a
fair and reasonable profit 1t is only
when, through combination or unusual
demand the home manufacturer lifts
the price into the region of robbery.
that his foreign competitor can enter
at all There is no conflict and can
he none between protection and re
ciprocity- 1t is just as essential and
just as beneficial to our producers to
preserve and enlarge their markets
abroad as il is to preserve and enlarge
their markets at home
The folly Of maintaining a tariff
schedule that Will enable to soil 81 900
Of manufactured merchandise in our
own markets. but which Will prevent
the sale of $4,000 OF manufactured or
agricultural products In foreign mar
kets is so striking that il can only be
explained upon the hypothesis that we
have surrendered 10 a senseless fear of
disturbing commercial tranquility. The
demand we make IS not new. The men
who today are the exDonents of the
stand-pat theory of lament are
protectionists: they are eNc1usionists
Case in Point
''The first step toward reciprocity is
20 plant deep I'm the minds of the peo-
pie the truth that many OF our
schedules are too high and should be
reduced TO create sentiment that
duties can be changed without i'm
perilling business sta bilftv So long -
II Is a popular system that makes the
home consumer pay more than the
foreign consumer for the same product
from the same factory there is no hone
for reciprocity.
II appeal to the protectfonists of tho
United states to stand by the old doc
tr1ne, TO follow Blaine and Garfield.
sherman and Mckinley, and not TO
confOund the time hOnOred and time
tried policies eXemplified in those lead
ers Of men and leaders of thought with
the seinsh fallacteS that are now Dro-
claimed the faith OF the fathers