Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08

proof to show you thu t the manufac-
turers of these commodities can make
and sell them at fair profit in com.
petition everywhere. II, now, 1t be
true that these same manufacturers
have been selling these same commod-
tiles to the consumers of the United
States at prices greatly above the
prices foar which they have been sold
abroad, have established beyond per-
adventure, that using the weapons OF
an excessi-e duty, they have robbed
their own countryrson. I affirm that
they have sold and do sell regularly
and substantially all the articles nam
co in the metal schedule cheaper
abroad than they sell them at home.
For years they have been selling steel
rails at $500 per ton less in foreign
countries than they have sold them In
their. own country I, take this COM
modify as an illustration because it IS
known to all intelligent people, and
what is true of steel rails is true in a
greater or less degree of the whole
series. What explanation can an hoo-
est man make to the people whose
money has thus been exacted in order
to accumulate fabulous and unprece-
dented fortunes that have grown out
Of the opportunities so presented
"Is it any wonder that the editor Of
the Register and Leader, Mr.. Cum.
MINIS Official paper, seated at the feet
of his beloved leader, and hearing as
they fell direct from his lips, the well
chosen words and beautifully rounded
sentences on his favorite theme Of tar
If revision, in mad haste, he rushed to
his office, filled with enthusiasm and
excitement Of the moment, and pen
ned those now famous words which ap
peared in the editorial column Of that
paper the same morning as the &C
count of the speech ltselff
Leaders Comment.
"'The people are aroused by the dis
closure Of graft in connection with the
business Of insurance The grating !,
the insurance officials of New Yorl
and the conspiracy Of the beef trust
combined are as Insignificant as steal
ing pennies from baby's tin banl
compared with the graft the tariff has
permitted the steel trust to enjoy To-
the past eight years, and there is no
a congressman from Iowa who doei
not know 1t. What are the salaries o
the McCalls and the McCurdys ant
the Hydes compared to the organiza
ton of the steel trust with one billion
dollars Of stock that represents moth
ing IL the world of Capitalized tar
liff," as Congressman Mccall of Massa
chusetts properly named it?' Tha
sounds stronger than anything l eve
read in the 'Commoner.
ut has been unkindly and ur
thoughtedly, no doubt, alleged in som
quarters, that certain democrats hav
actually taken part in the late reput
lican primaries, and lent their aid t
assist in the nomination of Governo
Cummins In his ambition to be tn
first man in Iowa to hold the governol
!. ship three terms in succession. Is
to be wond red at that they should
when even the editor of the Register
has been so visibly affected. and wit
such forceful democratic utterance
ringing in their ears? Then perm
me, as the head this year, of the den
ocratic ticket, to present their plea (
not guilty. based on the old commo
law complete defense Of justification
Tariff and "Robbery."
eff, as so completely and unanswe
. ably argued by the governor, wron
SO serious and monstrous Is bein
daily and weekly committed in th
! case Of the manufacture Of the warrior
| steel products, how is it with the art
cles mentioned in the democratic pla
2 form-iron, lumber, coal and all tru'
$ controlled articles7 Let Governt
Cummins answer. as he did in tt
. same address from which have S
: literally quoted. The time at my cor
J. mand forbids the stating OF more tha
q one Of the prominent schedules of tt
l. tariff: pass all others by, af1rmin
t however, that what I do now sho
/ with respect to the iron and ste
n schedules can be shown with equal-co
l. clusiveness with respect to many OF
j. ers.' In this same speech to which
:, have been referring, delivered In =
n home city, to a friendly club, and n
l. in the heat Of debate, but from man
G script, at time when every citizt
I: of this country was Mortified al
G shocked by the violation of the sacr,
It trust imposed on our insurance OF
y Gals, that of gathering here and the
e throughout this broad land the fun
g to be held in trust for the widows 81
p orphans, and with that same pow
If and eloquence the governor SUNNI
e up the entire wrong committed und
70 the Dingley tariff. The amount
IL graft of all the insurance compani
t. for all time, will not equal one-f1f