Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-27


are needed to adequately preserve our
home markets should be lowered to
the point of protection, to the end
i that we may have full safety against
/ foreign invasion, but no oppression
from domestic greed?
1 1t seems to me that il is not only
the privilege but the duty of every re-
publican to strive earnestly for the
Just application of the principles of
his party. The test of his loyalty is
his support of the principle, not his
! Judgment with regard to the amount of
duty required to fulfill the principle.
When Nelson Dingley sat with his
/ committee. on ways and means around
him, in 1896. formulating the seized
ules as they now are, venture to say
that there was wide differences of
fopinion as to the duties in specific in
stances. have no doubt that some
members of the committee believed
that the duty on steel rails should be
$40 per ton. and that others believed
that it should be SIS per ton, instead of
S7.S4 per ton, as was finally determine
ed upon. If l had been member of
! that committee and had insisted upon
the higher or the lower duty, would
have been any the less a good repubii-
can than though stood for the exact
duty finally agreed upon?
His Boston Address.
When my enemies, be they In our
party or in the opposition, quote from
my speeches, they studiously ignore
Fmy constant adhesion to the policy OF
| protection. When they refer toaan ad.
4 dress that | delivered in Boston upon
/ one occasion, they overlook thisN part
. of it:
Il am thorough going, uncompronl-
Using believer in the protective sys
tenn of import duties. With me. the
/ proposition that the government can
promote the general welfare by OBJ.
4 structing the natural channels of trade
and by opening new ones, and that ii
4 is one of the highest and most helpful
functions of organized society to do So
has passed beyond the region of doubt
and dispute into the field Of settled
and established certainty 1t is hard
4 to conceive country SO circumstanced
4 that free commerce would be a wise
policy. On the other hand we have
| before our eyes a country in which
protection has wrought SO powerfully
for the common good that had the gov.
| eminent permitted free trade it would
have been false to the purposes for
which 1t was established From the
beginning to the end, the chief object
of the government Is to override ma
tural law, to bring into existence arti.
fetal conditions, and to substitute an
Intelligent right for a selfish might
When, therefore, lift my voice for a
revision Of our tariff schedules. and a
wider application of the political par
4 ty to which have all my life belonged,
and when speak for a reduction of
duties, an extension of the free list
and for more effective reciprocity,
am not speaking for free trade but for
more faithful, more equitable, and
more righteous application of the doc
trines Of protection"
Defense of True Principles.
When they extract a few sentences
from speech that delivered in Chi
cago, they do not tell you that said,
also:
LET us look for moment upon the
evolution of that doctrine of protection
which the resistless march of events
has carried to final victory. The fair,
impartial student of the science of
economics cannot mistake its spirit,
although the partisan advocate of a
special interest may pervert it. 1t be-
gan IN just appreciation of the I'M
| equalled resources of the country, cou-
pied with the knowledge that these
resources would not be developed I'M
less the markets Of the country were
| preserved to its producers against the
| unfair competition of other countries
already prepared to occupy them. 1t
took notice of the fact that by reason
of higher wages the cost of production
in. many things was, and would for a
long time continue to be, higher here
than elsewhere, and that If our produc-
ers were to compete in our own mar
kets this disparity of condition must
be equalized by an adequate duty up
| on imports.
Thus the doctrine was formulated,
and thus 1t assumed it's place as an
| American policy. Uniting with it the
genius of American invention, the en-
ergy of the American employer and
the efficiency Of the American en-
fploye, we have accomplished what
seems to the world a miracle. we
have passed from commercial and in
dustrial oDscurity to the highest sta
ton In material growth Our produc-
ton is not only unequaled in It's mag
nitude. but unsurpassed In its diver.
sity. We have not only successfnl,-,
held orr own markets. but are NOV in
Fadtng those of every country in the
world"
other Expressions Quoted.
When Mr.. Porter was seeking for
light upon my views as to protection
and found the speech that I delivered
before republican convention in
March, 1903. he closed his eyes to this
significant part of 1t:
We are all profound believers in
the policy OF protection Notwith-
standing the statement of an eminent
republican recently made, venture to
say that protection is not only practic-
ally sound, but theoretically sound. 1t
is not only indicated by, the exper-
fence of our people, but can be de-
Tended by the highest processes Of alb
stract reasoning This policy was writ
ten the brightest and most glowing