Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-03
SEC. SHAW TALKS
FOR PROTECTION
ADDRESSES REPUBLICANS AT
RICHMOND
Declares That Principle of High Tariff
Will Never Be Amended by
the Party Now in
Power
BY Associated Press.

| BY Associated Press.
| RICHMOND. Va, Oct. 2.-Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw, in speech at
Republican mass meeting in the
Academy of Music in this city tonight,
discussed the tariff issue, declared that
all that the party claims for any tariff
law is that it's principle is perfect that
| it will be amended In due time, but that
the principle will never be amended
under Republican administration.
Secretary Shaw said in part:
You must bear in mind there never
was tariff law enacted that was per-
feet or any one claimed was perfect.
No two congresses would ever enact the
same bill. Every tariff law is an ag-
gregation of compromises. All the Re-
publican party ever claims for any tariff
law is that the principle is perfect.
The rate will be too high here and too
low there, but protection will be found
in it's every feature. The opposition
party never claim that any 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-
lection from all their tariff laws, as
England eliminates protection from her
taxation laws. England provides a
tariff for the sole purpose of revenue,
and the Democratic party profess to do
the same. They have openly and re-
peatedly denounced protection as rob-
bery-they strike at the principle.
Protection Is Basis
while the Republican party never
claimed for any tariff law that it was
perfect and never promises to enact
perfect tariff law, it does claim that all
it's tariff laws are builded on the prin-
ciple of protection. 1t has never sacri-
feed one industry for the sake of build
ing up another and never will. Neither
will it prejudice one locality in the in
terest of another 1t will be national
and not provincial. 1t will protect the
south as we'll as the north, the east as
we'll as the west and the west as we'll
AZ the east"
Secretary Shaw declared that the Re
publican tariff laws are so constructed
as to protect every man and every in
dustry. Further on he said:
1.-The wool schedule of the Dingley
law may not be perfect tariff. 1t may
be too high or too low or the differen-
tials may have been incorrectly worked
out. 1t is constructed on the protection
principle, however, and under it Vir-
ginia farmers sell their wool and their
sheep at far better prices than dur
ing Mr.. Cleveland'S last administrator
when the duty was placed so low on
both sheep and on WOOL that this IN
dustry was ruined"
The secretary gave some figures bear"
ing on the wool schedule and continued:
Thus the schedule is arranged to
give protection to the wool growers,
and to every wool operator, skilled and
unslkilled. Woolen cloth for instance,
n
specific duty of Al cents per pound and
55 per cent. ad valorem. The duty on
velvet carpets is 60 cents per square
yard and 40 per cent, ad valorem. | re-
peat that it is not an easy task to con-
struct a tariff law and work out thesG
differentials. All the Republican party
claims is that it constructs its tariff
laws on principle. What would you
think of a wool manufacturer who
would claim to be a free trader as ap-
piled to wool and a protectionist as APP
piled to woolen manufactures?
Talks at Jacksonville
Il made an informal talk the other
day before the board of trade of jack
sonville, Fla. OF course I made no
reference to the tariff or any other
political subject. Following me, for
lner governor of the state was called
upon and before he closed he expressed
the opinion that wonderful prosperity
would come to this country if we could
once get rid of the iniquitous tariff, as
he called it. When he sat down |
arose and said that while [ did not
wish to discuss political questions at
non-partisan meeting, nevertheless If
the board of trade of Jacksonville
would ask it, and the people of Cali
fornia would join in the request ]
would do my best to get the ubiquitous
tariff removed from citrus fruits.
Democrats as well as Republicans
cheered to the echo. They then called
upon a man. said to be the leading
lawyer of the state, a Democrat, who
declared that practically all the men
present were protectionists. To this
there was no voice of dissent. He said
they were protectionists and sound
money men, but that they all voted the
Democratic ticket. He then told his
associates that after they demanded
protection on their citrus fruits they
must grant protection to other indus
tries.
"All that the Republican party claims
for the Dingley law is that it is built
on the right principles and protects all
interests and all communities 1t will
be amended in due time but the prin-
ciple will never be amended under a
Republican administration. Here and
there rate may be higher than neces-
sary; here and there rate may be
too low but the principle is right and
so wisely have the differentials been
worked out that the United States to-
dow moro IornSnarOuG than aUar in