The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-08-25

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10 compete with gasoline; then the adj
vcoates OF the bill were right and
was wrong. My opinion that ii cannot
be produced was based upon the fact
that ever since the dawn of history we
have been making alcohol. and the
lowest cost nj which ID can now be
produced in the United States is about
30 cents a gallon; while gasoline sold
last year at the mandatory at SO
cents a gallon. OF course the retail
price of each is much higher. Gallon
for gallon. alcohol and gasoline are
about equally efficient for light heat
and power Under these circumstances
il seemed TO me utterly chimerical 70
hope that the 80 cent product could
compete successfully with the SIS cent
product / look forward with con-
hdence In the belief that the results
will disappoint the hopes Of tine ad-
yocates of this measure and justify my
action.
AS to the Philippine tariff bill, do
not desire TO repeat what | said at
Washington. That bill passed the house
Of representatives, but it now sleeps
the sleep that knows no waking IN
that tomb of the Capulets at the other
end Of the capitol II l parted with
the majority Of republicans in the
house IN opposing that measure, at
least had the support and countenance
Of nine of tho other eleven representa-
tiyes Of Michigan, for only two Of
them voted for that measure, while
ten Of them voted against IT, Messrs.
Fordney, Loud, William Alden Smith
and myself spoke against it, and at the
republican state convention held at
Detroit the other day motion in the
committee on resolutions 10 introduce
plank in the platform recommending
the passage Of that bill was defeated
by the decisive vote Of ii to 1. While
the bill commanded two Michigan
votes in congress it had lost just half
its support by the time the convention
was held ia Detroit. So il is pretty
evident the idea is not gaining ground
in Michigan In the debate IL was
we'll said Of this bill by William Alden
Smith
II cannot understand where this
proposition was born. Il is neither id
the int Ast of the Filipinos or the
Amreicah people II is the result Of
the most mawkish sentimentality and
has in il the seed Of disappointment,
disaster and illwill as its fruits are
realized.
Again he said Of the same subject
"Our sugar policy will drive every
foreign state in the Eastern and Wes-
tern hemispheres into combination
against us, and when Our productive
capacity equals our ability TO consume,
now dangerously near realization, we
will have learned a most costly lesson
in disaster
Again speaking of the Philippine
bill and the demand of certain Mas
rtNHuNtNNH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IoI Tree
hides he said
There is not a prosperous free trade
country in the world today Why
break down our own system piecemeal2
At such a time why should we changer
Why should we compromise with err
rorl Why should we lower our banner
carried so proudly and triupmhantly
by the great leaders Of our party whose
names will 1--we forever in the history
OF our country.
Mr., Smith and myself agreed upon
this question. | also believe that this
bin originated in.ignorance and nav
kish sentimeptality. Gentlemen who
favor it forget that every dollar Of
duty paid ON goods imported into the
Philippine islands and every dollar Of
duty collected on Philippine goods inn
ported into the United States goes into
the Philippine treasury and is used
there for the support of schools, build
ings roads and carrying on the Philip
pine government We do not keep one
dollar Of il. More than two-thirds Of
the revenue Of the island comes from
this source, and If we cut 1t off or re-
duce IL we must either curtail the
glorious work we are doing there ..or
put out hands into the federal treasury
and spend orr own people money for
the benefit Of the Filipinos, or raise
that money by some form Of internal
taxation ia the islands Against such
internal taxation the Filipinos rebel
They are used 20 tariff duties They
are unused TO internal taxation, and
IL Is Of the two the most Objectionable
TO them and yet some from Of taxa.
tion must exist or our work Ia the Is.
4 lands must cease
Our experience ia reducing or aboli
shing tariff taxes on sugar imported
from special favored countries has been
unfortunate. We began this policy in
1876 with Hawaii We built up fine
sugar industry there but il has cost us
I 1873 900 600 Ia loss of revenue Our