Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-12
Republicans Fear L Would BG DIS.
aslP0us 10 Touch Tariff al Present
AGREED NOT 10 EIGHT MONTHS AGO
All Protected Industries United in an
Effort to Prevent Change In eched.
uIss and All Of President Rooaevelt'o
PromInes Are in Vain.


Their first flush of victory over, the
committee OF the American Ncwspa.
per Publishers Association and thclr
allies of the creap magazines are
just realizing that tho promise OF
President Roosevelt to recommend
placing all print papers. pulp ana pa
per materials on the free list may
not accomplish very much II Is ono
thing for the President 10 recommend
the revision OF the tnrifi for the bene.
at OF the newspapers that call their
wnSes for n penny without any refer.
ence TO increased cost OF production
but u Ia another to make an attack
on one particular Industry when all
induatries protected by The tariff are
standing together against any tarin
changes whatever.
II 10 realized here that II will DO
ve-y difficult for the President to
bring Congress- into n frame OF mind
in which Il Will consent TO touch the
tariff, even TO win the plaudits OF the
cheaper priced newspapers.
Tho history of efforts TO have Con
srees nttcmnt tariff revision reads
like tho nps ana downs OF the stock
market. when the bulls aud bears nre
alternately. In the ascendency. PrcRi-
dent Roosevelt first began seriously
discussing il as q possibility in 1902
Action In 1904.
strong ATTEMPT was made In the
Committee on Resolutions of the Re
nnhllcan Na,ional Convention of 1901
TO have plank declaring In favor OF
tariff revision. but the stand pat
tcrs' prevailed and n plank was
adopted IN favor OF tarinf revision
when II could he accomnllshcd with.
out The disturbance OF business. con.
pied with the dogma that the tariff
ought only be revised hv it's friends /"
Following that election tho various
interests combined and adopted the
policy that tho welfare OF one Is the
concern of all. No ono thereafter
could suggest any chnnge In any
change IN any schedule without the
entire protected interests rushing for.
ward with the complaint that to dis,
turb any schedulc would mean the
onening OF tho cntlro tariff question.
Therefore, II was argued, nothing
Whatever phould he done.
a majority OF tho members Of Con.
gross have ndopted Secretary TafCa
attitude. which ~ that while the tar
III should Nc CHANGED. the time to
chnnro II will be after the next Pres
identi2l election II Is not expected
That Sneaker Cannon will look with
favor on any suggestion 10 make an
execution In favor OF tho one cent
newsDaDers ana the ten and fifteen
cent r,nGa7lnes. Tho most widely cir
culated ncwspHnars In his TERRITORY
a-e two cent newsuaners. and no is
nor hfeiv IN no influenced nv the fear
or atthck. hecanso most Of them are
e'rendy doing all IN tholr mower to
1n'nre him In convention with tho
Pr,mnrv h''' now pending In the Iii.
nois Legislature. Si
Already Agreed on Matter.
As n matter OF fact, tho entire Re.
pun!can PARTY. as represented In tho
senate House and White House. Ia
Understood TO have reached mn agree.
ment eight months ago not to have
any tarin decision In the next Con.
aress, because II would unsottIe bust.
ness and ought not TO be precipitated
on the eve of n Presidential cam
ro'gn, Leaders il Congress say that
me President has broken this ngrce,
INIT by hie promise to the ncwspa.
per publishers. They are also init.
mating that II the President really
wants tariff revision q can bring il
about quickly By influencing Congress
70 open tho door 10 revision OF the
paper and pulp schedules. That. they
say. VIII bring about the discussion
OF the whole question,
These stand patters" in Congress
say that they very much doubt wheth
or the news publishers will 10 will
ing to risk an unsettlement OF bust
ness. which would BIO caused by open
ing mp tariff revision. even to give
them chance to continue to give
wares at prices too cheap for good
business sense.
There is, therefore. 1t is said. LITTLE
chance for the enactment into law OF
the Presidents forthcoming recon
mendatlons for free paper and pulp.