Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-10
Their Version Of the Tariff
Plank and That of the
Economist
RANK HEREsY SAYS LATTER
Belief That the Waterloo Democratic
Convention Had in Mind the Atti-
tude Of the standpatters When They
Framed Their ResoIutions-The In
surance Commission.
to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Aug. 10.-When the rep
resentatives of the majority faction in
| Iowa republicanism gave out several
| days before the late state convention
! what was stated to be a tentative pro-
posal for tariff plank. 1t was hailed
! by good many of the irrepressible
| standpatters of Iowa as compromise
| or coming down or even as a victory
| for the standpatters. All of the critics
| of Iowa republicanism advertised 1t as
an abandonment of tariff revision. The
platform of Iowa republicans is al
legged to be, by these radicals, docu-
ment in keeping with the national
ideas and not at all an Iowa idea.
| But here comes the American Econ
! omist. licensed and labeled organ OF
real standpatism, the mouthpiece OF
high protection, and it is not all sat
| isfed with the Iowa platform or Gov.
Cummins Iowa version Of protection
is branded in big letters by the Econ
omst as Bogus Protectionism,
/ Governor Cummins is referred to as
having the power to hypnotize the re-
publicans of Iowa" AS expected 1T Is
| reciprocity that causes the Economist
| the greatest pain
Reciprocity obtained thru maxi
mum and minimum tariffs, as preach
ed by Cummins," says the Economist,
means nothing else than tariff reduc-
| ton to the injury of certain lines of
4 To-, hat nth inn
industry, making no concessions, may
increase their business. 1t is totally
! unlike the European scheme of recip-
| rocity which begins by marking up
| tariffs for the express purpose OF
i marking them down again in return
for tariff concessions by other coun-
| tries"
And so the Economist goes on to
show that Iowa republicans are rank
outsiders i'm the adoption of their tar
! iff planks and that their leader is
deep dyed william. The Economist con-
cludes:
This is the bogus protectionist who
puts out bogus protection platform
and asks the protectionists of Iowa to
once more honor the arch enemy of
protection. They would do better to
elect as governor 81 e out and out
free trader, for then would know
exactly what they We getting
From this 1t would appear that the
organ of simon pure standpatism is
going to bolt the ticket and go over
bodily to the democrats. 1t is more
than probable that some of the shrewd
leaders of democracy had this article
in mind when they went to work at the
Waterloo convention, and that they are
counting confidently on a certain class
of Iowa standpatters becoming demo-
Gratis this year under the advice or the
organ of the trusts and monopolies. 1t
is anticipated that as soon as orders
have been duly received from trust
| headquarters some of the Iowa stand
pat editors will change their attitude
toward the Iowa platform and begin to
declare that it is rank heresy and not
in fact a standpat protection argu-
ment.
| The insurance commission which
| has been at work with more or less of
Regularity the past six weeks will soon
conclude it's labors. Information in
regard to fire insurance companies is
now being secured, and the hail COM
panies and farmers mutuals will be
| last to be taken up. This week, as
illustrating the thoroughness of the
work being done, the commission has
| had before it a man who for many
years has had charge of the insurance
department for Marshall Field & Co.,
| Chicago, and who has had abundant
opportunity to study fire insurance
from the standpoint of the insured. He
was requested to come here on be-
half of some of the large insurance
companies That which was sought of
him was specific information as to
the form of policies, as to the mean
! ing of clauses, and as to the kind OF
policies which best suit the insured.
In fact much of the inquiry by the
| commission has been with view to
recommending legislation for a uni
| form insurance policy or for series
of policies; and beyond any doubt the
result of this investigation will be the
adoption in Iowa Of a uniform policy
| so that all policies must CONFORM TO
the same to be legal in the state. The
commission will hardly undertake to
point out the strength or weakness OF
any particular companies doing bus1-
ness in Iowa, but will devote itself to
general principles, and with view to
| improving the laws.
1t is learned that w. ]. Mccoy, of the
| Second district, will be candidate
for selection as chairman of the repub-
lican state committee. AT the time
of the holding of the convention it was
understood that he did not have aspir-
ations that way. hence attention was
turned to others; but Mr.. Mccoy is one
of the older members of the commit
tee, a capable man, energetic and hav-
| ing the time to devote to direct man
| agement of the state campaign. If he
| should be selected as chairman he
would undoubt edly make an excellent
chairman The committee meets here