The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
NELSON OUT FOR
TARIFF REVISION
Fergus Falls Audience Cheers De-
claration That Schedules
=, Should Be Changed.
Special to TIE Journal.

Special to Tie Journal. = s.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Oct. 11.-Senator
Knute Nelson delivered vigorous adj
dress in this city last evening, in the
ton taken by the two great political
parties on the tariff, trusts and finances
the past twenty years or more, and M
cidentally came out strongly in favor
OF tariff revision. =
The senator outlined the history Of
tariff legislation and showed how the
democratic tariff bill had plunged the 7
country into commercial and financial
distress, and how republican tariff legis-.
latlon had resulted in prosperity: Con.
| tlnulng he said that the present tariff
law had been in operation nine years,
| and that conditions had changed and
! that personally, he believed that some
OF the schedules should be revised
lie believed further that President
Roosevelt, regardless of all that had
been said, was revisionist at heart,
and that but for the pressure of other
issues would have advocated revision
before this The senator held that the
! just measure of tariff protection was the
difference in the cost of producing an
article here and abroad-a tariff suffi-
cient to protect the American manu-
! facturer and the American workingman
against the cheaper foreign labor, and
| his audience was in hearty accord with
him. :.
Philippine Policy.
The senator touched briefly on the
war with Spain and it's glorious termin-
alton, and discussed the nresent situa-
ton in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines. He gave particularly inter-
esti!ng discussion of Philippine affairs,
telling how the American government
had established schools in the island,
how it has arranged to give the people
| land on favorable terms and had estab-y
llshed just government among them.
He cOntrasted the present condition of
the Filipinos with that Of kindred peo
pie living in the islands and countries
Immediately adjacent. The contrast was
striking In the extreme, and showed that
the American government, more than
any other power, is aiming to uplift the
people of that portion Of the world.
Upholds the Senate.
Mr.. Nelson reviewed the work of the
last congress and discussed the railway
rate bill, the meat inspection bill, the
pure food bill. and other important
measures, incidentally showing that the
United States senate had taken a more
advanced position than the house. The
senate proposed to have the packers pay
, Tie cost oI meat Inspection, ana TO nave
the date Of packing stamped on the la
bells of canned meats, so that the con-
sumner would know whether the meat he
was buying was Zone year old, ten
years old or as old as Methuselah!'
Senator Nelson was particularly ear
nest advocate of this last provision.
,, Toward the close Of his address, the
,, senator discussed state issues, pointing
6 out that the republican candidate for
governor was in favor of a law to ex-
: pedite railway rate cases in the courts,
, that he was strongly i'll favor of state
:, : development, and that acting in har-
: mony with a republican legislature, he
could do a great work in this line.