The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21

sugar to the United States free of duty
Congressman French voted against the
Philippine bill III the house; it passed the
house. however, and came to the senate.
Senator Hepburn Is opposed to the Phil
ippine tariff bill and would have voted
against IL had it come before the sem
ate. / am member of the senate Phil
ippine committee and helped kill the bill
in committee. | voted against it in COM
mittee and was one of the members of
be reported from committee. am held
generally responsible, / think. and l am
inclined to agree that / was chiefly re-
sponsible for The defeat of the Philippine
of Senator Hepburn and Congressman
French.
Vote on Statehood Bill.
ious for joint statehood for New Mexico
and Arizona. Congressman French voted
in the house against the measure. 1t
passed the house and came to the SEN
ate. Senator Hepburn and l voted in the
senate against joint statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico. l do not recall any
other matters OF national Importance or
great political significance which came be-
fore congress.
1900 On platforms pledging him and his
party to the enactment of just such legis-
latiOn as was written into our laws du-
ring the last session of congress. Presi-
dent Roosevelt Is urging the very reforms
for which Mr.. Bryan contended, and on
account of which i, and a great many
others in Idaho, voted for Mr.. Bryan, and
on account of which We were abused by
Republicans. The Republican party had
always opposed and stood against the
government control of corporations and
the great mOnOpOlieS of the country.
These great mOnopOlies controlled the Re-
publican party and dictated its policies.
NJ t<anl tSSt xxrith he Lao IL
ers of his party and gathered to himself
the support of all the Democrats and sub
stantially all of the Republicans. During
the next session of congress and in sue
ceeding congresses If / have a part, l
shall vote consistently for what Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Roosevelt are contending on these
lines of reform. | shall most cordially
and earnestly support Mr.. Bryan for
ry on the policies which he has always
advocated and which President Roosevelt
now advocates.
Tariff Revision Coming.
President Roosevelt will, almost certain
iy, insist on a revision of the tariff in
the next congress. When it comes to
revision of the tariff | shall insist that
fair, just and equable duties be left on
sugar, wool, lead ore and lumber.
There are no free traders in any party
now. Free trade is an absurdity. 1t costs
US a billion dollars a year to run our
government This money must be col
lected from somebody. The easiest, most
ing of tariff duties. If it were not col
lected from tariff duties IL would have
to be collected by taxation upon the peo-
pie directly. Any party which would ad-
running expenses of our government
would be hooted out of existence. The
tariff should be so adjusted as TO pro-
tect our laborers against cheap foreign
laborerS
If revision of the tariff does not come
in President Roosevelts administration,
it will come under President Bryan. IL
has been so clearly proven that II is no
longer denied that our highly protected
industries in many instances are selling
their manufactured products in foreign
countries at a much lower price than
they are selling the same article Tor az
home. We protect these great comDlna-
tions from competition abroad by pro-
hibitive tariff and they. being safe from
outside competition, proceed through I'M
lawful combinations. to stifle and break
down competition at home, and IN con-
sequence each monopoly can, and does.
for the products of their unjustly pro-
tected factories.
The demand for tariff reform is so uni
versal and so just that it will come, the
same as the railroad rate legislation
came If President Roosevelt advocates
it and sends his message to congress In
favor of it, and strives fer ii as earnest
ly as he has for the other reforms, he
will find the Democrats in congress
standing with him. / am OF the opinion
that If Bryan were president and he ad-
vocated these same measures including
tariff revision, not only the Democrats
but likewise the Republicans would stand
with him.
Forest Reserves and irrigation.
l am in complete accord with President
Roosevelt in regard to forest reserves and
irrigation. i have upheld him as strongly
as possible in his efforts for the reclama-
tion of our arid lands and the preserva-
ton of our forests | am not in accord
with Senator Hepburn and Congressman
French in this / do not think they were
justified in opposing the president as
did on the Philippine tariff bill, and
joint statehood for New Mexico and Ari-
iona In my judgment. they should sus-
tain him in his efforts to reclaim our
barren soil and protect our valuable for
ests.
The president is undoubtedly right,
and should be supported in his forest
and irrigation policy. We shall prob
ably discuss forestry and irrigation dur
ing the campaign and | shall uphold the
president. 1t will not. however. become
political issue in the state; 1T will merely
be difference of opinion between Sen
ator Hepburn and Congressman French
on the one hand and myself on the other