Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-28

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on the ticket and was nominated py
the populistic Bryan men and elected
to the sennte from Jasper county upon
their platform.
Cummlns "a . Tariff Rioper.
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~ NOW nave Traced hls history sines
1850 down to 1893. Now am gong
q little later. Did you ever hear OF
the tariff. Now this statesman has a
record on the tariff, hut 1t is an IL
lnsive record n a hard "a follow he
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,,r;nt 1870 800 snaaeh te sr,I, .au :. mo. In
p.lnteu speelA ns wal eay " "Ss 80.
properly reported, knowing ohts
thought would bring something mere
that he could not controvert because
1t is his official document ! have a
good many OF his speeches here, but
/ will aivf, vo,, semafhinp Witch sneaks
for itself lsia ,nana1,raI address which
- A1ss, ns $3.50 ~ 1ohz a,d
was oetivefea January "a, lso4, anu
printea Dy order Oh the eeheraa as
senbly
"On page s, he declares: Ought the
farmers of Iowa, and those who depend
upon them, to be for or against the
general policy Of reciprocity2 Allow
me to 60 little further into the def1n-
itions. There are two opinions upon
the subject. which have now crystal
ized and which made q clear sharp Is
sue. There are those who assert that
they believe in reciprocity but insist
that no trade arrangements shall be
made which win permit any article or
commodity which We can produce to
enter our ports upon more favorable
terms than Is prescribed in the exist
ing tariff schedules, or in other words,
that 1t shall include only such things
as we do not and cannot produce In
that any thoughtful person holds this
opinion. coupled with an expectation
that such a trade arrangement can be
made, or that 1t would be of any value
to the people Of the United States II
made. No one can reach such a con-
clusion who at the same time believes
in protection. for one of the funda-
mental principles Of the system, Is the
free admission, or the admission With
not produce, More than that no one
will assert with seriousness that we
can secure in any foreign country any
substantial advantage upon the con-
sideration of the free admission Of
nom competitive commodities. This
view hardly rises to the dignity of a
delusion, and my observation Is that it
Is a mere cloak to conceal opposition
to any trade arrangement whatever,
and 70 any disturbance OF existing
laws.
The other opinion Of reciprocity,
which, as read history, has been held
and advocated BY every statesman
who really wanted to accomplish
something in that direction, is that
ii we can make an international bar
gain that will upon the whole, increase
the volume Of our production, and
therefore put men at work without
standard Of compensation, we ought
to do 1t, even though GONE particular
manufacturer might suffer in the tram
saction. r.
The farmers OF Iowa lost some
thing In the foreclosure OF the oppor-
tunfty to feed the men who are oper-
ating the plants to which have, re-
ferred, and they will lose more when
Canada raises the barrier 80 that Eng
land, France and Germany, will sup
ply the material for the wonderful de-
velopment upon which she is just en-
tering. and which we are SO well pre-
pared to supply 1t has been said
that In order TO obtain these changes
It viii be necessary for US to let into
our markets, .Canada's agricultural
products or some Of them. / believe
this to be partially true; let me ask
the farmers Of Iowa whether they
think they would lose In the exchange
Which would you rather do, lose the
market which would be created by our
vast imports into Canada or meet
Canada In competition In the things
which you produce? assert conf
IDENTIFY that In the sharp competition
with Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the
Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis-
souri,, you would never De able to dis
Germ the innuence 81 Ganaaa m corn
b bnts. DALEY are nas ot''e' i'orses' ioss
aT 90 furtR e we car make trea ties
with Central and South America, with
France, Germany, Spain and Italy,
that will immensely increase our ex-
ports OF man sll. 70 these eoun =.
a arre ,a,a ~ here we cam MT - sar y,
ten ten You OUGHT to have 4 chance 9i Il
feed these added nine men, and why is
it not given you? Simply because OF
the inertia which seems to nrohibit
the profane foot IRON planning itself
Wi IN. ,a Inc saereu pfeciiic's OF the
90. a ~ how # is with vour r,artets
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