The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
in FAVOR
OF TARIFF
REVISION
Secretary Shaw Suggests
Change in Existing
Schedules.
Significant Speech to Iowa
and South Dakota
Republicans.
Believed to Speak With the
Sanction Of President
Roosevelt.
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SIOUX CITY, June 4.-Secretary
Shaw made many significant statements
in his address to the Republican clubs
of South Dakota tonight and to the as
sembled delegates to the Republican
State Convention, which will convene
here tomorrow. 1t Is believed the Sec
retary was speaking for the admints-
| revision would come after the next
Presidential inauguration. by way of an
extraordinary session of Congress.
The inference is that no recommen-
dations will be made by the President
during this term. for Mr.. Shaw said
the President had not advised revision
and had made no speeches which justi-
fed the inference that he favored i'm
mediate revision.
Il do not believe the Republican
party will ever again undertake a re-
vision of the tariff on the eve of an
election said the Secretary. II do be-
lieve, however. that it will in the com
paratively near future readjust some Of
the important schedules. l have recog-
nized that there are some Inequalities
in the tariff law, and il could do it in a
night / would make a number of
changes. 1t does not lie with me to say
when the task of revision shall be un-
dertaken. If / were to say that in my
judgment it should be done Immediate
ly following the next inauguration. and
then 1t should not be DONE / would at
least embarrass myself. and to the ex-
tent of my influence l would embarrass
my party.
The next National Convention will
very likely consider the subject, and il
it shall declare in favor of revision at
an extraordinary session Immediately
following the inauguration. no loyal
Republican will take issue.
Il have no desire to disguise the kact
that there is some. restlessness on the
tariff question. The American people
are very like every other people-tfey
grow restless under prosperity and
well nigh desperate under adversity
A friend said in my office the other day:
We are sure of victory this year and
two years from now, If prosperity con-
tinue. for the American people have
never gone back on prosperity
How short his memory, Our first
and greatest defeat was traceable sole
ly to the universal prosperity existing
in the early ninel.es. Whether we are
sufficiently prosperous now to work our
undoing l am not certain. We were
never so prosperous before. and my
hope is high that we can stand few
years more of it.
"If it continue, however, il the price
of farm products shall advance yet
higher, if wages shall advance corre-
spondingly, if new factories be built. II
business thrive. if deposits at the bank
increase. If men get rich. then so certain
as history repeats itself the impression
will prevail that the inequalities of life
are occasioned By the Republican poll
cies, and the American people will
again seek to bring all to the same
standard by the Endorsement OF the
principle of our political opponents"
Reverting to the tariff. the speaker
said no political party within the past
fifty years had revised the tariff down
ward and carried the next elec Ion.