The sun., 1908-12-17
A REAL REVISION, SAYSTNAFGE, II !,
MUST FULFIL TARIFF PROM
ISES, HE TELLS 'OHIO.4NSsf y,
And Make the sherman Law usefel =
Great Array OF Notabies out 20 gens<
Next President and His bfsihe5s
Gov. Hughes Makes an AneeFa4lt s


Next President and His breihez8
Gov. Hughes Makes an AneeFallt S
The ohioans, who met last night e ~
Waldorf to eat and brag about Wha<e
great folks they were and ars. had aif
the Tafts they could round up. including
the President-elect. as their gueatss =
honor. There were, William II and
Charles p. and Henry W. and Horace ?. (
all the known Tafts. in>fact: and tle
Ohioans made much Of the collection.
Judge Taft's speech was tho last eEd
he spoke seriously of the work hie adj
ministration had to do. The prouifte
Of the Republican platform to rayise the
tariff must be fulfilled. he said, and the
revision must be. thorough. Futthsrs
more, the Sherman act must be 90 amended
as to make it useful.
Judge Tlft did not begin talking nntil
II. "I'm going to talk little polltice.s
he said, III may in the presence Of the
Mayor. 81 New Yor. and the other nenls,- Z
Gratis Who are here. and wish to call
your attention in the first place to the
peculiarities that we have. looked at
from the STANDPOINT OF other Governs
ments. in carrying on our GovernnienE =
'Of course in running a popular gov
ernment successfully 30 as TO seatlre aasA
resultant force the united opinion Of 4
majority OF the 5000, 900 Of voters and 70
make 1t work out. you must have parties.
We have them. So they have In Englau6.
But there they fix the responsibility on 8
the head Of the party and do not dfridg i
it as we do here. The Prime Minister IL
at the same time tho executive. initiator and
defender of Legislation proposed. And
in many respects that has an advantages
The advantage comes because tho Prime
Minister has his responsibility fixed and !.
he has the power. .s1i,s...,ss.
Now I'm not advocating q change ID
our Constitution. don't misunderstand
me. but this method Offers a certain.
rigidity that makes for conservatism.
with us the President is generally
looked TO as the head of the party and mt
the campaign following an Adminiakra-
ton he is made reasonable. Yet the
power Is vested not alone In him, but "a \
the leaders Of the Senate and the House. {.
or course in emergencies as for Instance.
the issues presented in the Philippines
at the close Of the Spanish war, the qtsA-
tions must be settled without q acouyene
tion Of the party leaders.
But generally the method Of sstflink
what the party policies must be II ieft
TO the national convention which rnalzss
the platform. And this rlafform d.
olares what the policy Of ths party shaii
be. On that platform candidates. II sno-
cessful, are elected. aud there ARISES, bee
cause the party was spcceesful on these
issues, a sacred duty op the part OF ths Il
leaders of the Senate and the House and
on the pert of the President ID. carry out
the policy thus declared.
If In respect to the plans laid down in
the Republican platform at Chicago fhere
is the strongest opposition, then the kedds
Of the party should respond and ste 10 it
that they have not deceived the peopief
"The most important plank fixed To the
Republican platform and placed in that
platform at an early date was that felaf-
ing to the revision Of the tariff and pronaia-
ing an extra session Of Conarcas 10 b6
called as early as possible after March I.
In that platform was fixed the standard
Of revision, II was that the tariff ives to
be revised on principles Of protection.
Long applause And 1t was defined that
the tariff rate vas TO be the tneaslstA nf
difference Of the cost Of production here
and abroad. A reasonable profit 70 the
manufacturer. as I understand II, IL tobs
taken into consideration and reasonable
rate Of interest on capital invested
1T devolves on the party to detsrmins
what that difference is and 10 Ak RATS
accordingly. Il does not mean that t,ioss -
who cannot appesr before the cofnn1ls-
sion will be discriminated against The
committee must make an effort TO ffifi
ont the true rate and act accordingiy.
Now ! am a protectioniet tgreat df-
plausel but do not think it inconslste.lt 4
to say that protection makes the pos
sibility of trusts and monopolies easier
than II we didn't have II. But bsIiess
that the way to stamp ont triste and
monopolies Is not to stamp out protso-
tion. but to avoid excessive rates which
tempt monopolies. "a
There have been those In the paftv
who didn't believe that 1t made any dif. q
ference how high the rates were. Com
pttiuoii, tihCcO ihoh toipt Woaiu tftMk0 E<II
right. But say that the reading Of the.
plank in the Chicago platform was In 4
favor Of the definition Of protection as I
haveIdefined it. On this plank we were
and unless we aot In accord-
dance with our promises. or II we oniv
keep the word OF promise to the ear ana
break 1t to the hope. We shall be nnase
to the American people and
suffer such consequences as failure 10
keep faith has always been visited with.
Better TO have no revision at allunless
we are going honestly and, favorabiy
to revise the tariff on the basis promised
by our party. Ssi
Il state my sincere confidence that there
is now being made in Washington and wil,
TO be made sincere effort to ,fnd &
the difference of cost and to fix the tariff
accordingly. The investigation is not an !.
easy one. 1t Ii a matter OF witnesses and
prejudice on one side and on the other.
aThe conclusion is a matter Of judx-
ment and We can have no perfect tariff
bill. But II we do our best we shall re-
ceive from the American people their
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