The Washington herald., 1908-03-14
PREDICTS DICTATOR
IN SENATE DEBATE
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in the construction of the canal. no
matter at what price" American labor
had been denied a similar privilege, al
though it had demanded it.
Then the tariff question was brought
up by the Democratic Senators. and Mr..
Bacon turned to that with a number OF
newspaper clippings in his hand. Re
ferring TO a statement he had made
earlier in the debate. he continued:
Il said that whatever might be the
correctness 81 the principle of protec-
tion. il ought not to be applied in this
case; that in my opinion, the reward.
II you please. or the fruits that the
producers, the manufacturers, in this
country reap from the present tariff
pill are sufficient without their grasp
ing for more; and. as an evidence Of
that. / am going 10 read something that
a Republican said. On the Sd day of
February. 1905. there appeared in The
Washington Herald series OF inter
views with a number of manufacturers
who were here at the time when the
Senator from Indiana (Adr. Beveridge)
was 20 Ike his heralded speech on the
subject OF a tariff commission. Those
manufacturers were here in the inter-
est of the appointment of such a com
mission and in the interest Of a re-
vision OF the tariff. ! win read what
one of those manufacturers. who said
be was Republican. said on that sub
jeet After several other interviews.
the article goes on to say:
Even more outsp0ken than Mt Van Cleave is AIr
u. +. Miles chairman oi the tariff committee o.
the Manufacturers Association and president q the
National Association Of Agricultural Implement and
Vehicle Manufactures
Quotes Republican.
Il hope I may have the attention Of
! Senator's 10 the words of this Republican
manufacturer who was here upon that
business. I repeat these are the words Of
/ Mr. II. f. Miles chairman Of the tariff
committee of the Manufacturers Associa-
ton ard president of the National AssQ-
citation Of Agricultural Implement and
/ Vehicle Manufacturers. He says this:
The annual outrut Of the manufacturers Of the
United States as shown in the last Is valued
at Si zoo ooa6a the tariff which coVcrs Ihc prices
Is ineXact antiQuated. and inappcabie al the ITeS-
Cnt time Scarcely single schedule has any honest
and direct Application az this time 70 the principle
uf protection Under present. conditions the tariff y
not a protective tariff in any sense
President as Dictator.
| Coming to the Presidents attitude
toward Congress. Mr. Bacon iourished a
clipping which he held in his hand. and
after reading it. said:
1T is true this is not issued by the
I President, but il is issued by some one
Who states il as a fact. l have waited
a day. because / know that II it We're not
fact. and il II were not recognized by
the President as true. he would be swift
/ in its denial with the shortest Of all words
20 mark the line Of division between him
and the one who had misrepresented him.
These are the great subjects that we are
10 icgisiate upon before Congress adjourns
prior 10 the meeting Of the Republican
national convention:
AN emergency currency-and. by the
way. that seems 10 be assured. because
I see il stated in the newspapers that
the Senator from Rhode Island (Afr Aid
rich) has been in close conference with
] 4
saw IN yesterdays Washington Herald.
I think il was, a cartoon in which the
/ President is represented with a big stick
| and an eXtinguisher. under which he
had some dozen Senator's You could only
see their feet, and consequently I cannot
say who they were, but the President
was Brobdingnagisn. and they were Lii
liputians As the Senator from Rhode ISL
and now has not simply the active CO.
operation. but the active coercion. II the
Icartoonist may be believed. Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States, there can be
no doHbt about the fact that the cur
rency bin Is 10 pass. But 1 am trying
10 read about the number OF things which
you Senators have got 10 attend 70 before
you leave here. and I just want 20 call
attention to the fact that the tariff. un-
fortunately. is not among them. Here
they are.
Emergency currency.
Employers liability
Abuse Of ini1nCtions In labor cases
Strengthening of laws regulating labor conditions
Increase cf Federal power over railroads
Authorization Of railroads 70 foTm traffic assoca
tiOnG
Modification Of the Sherman antitrust law
Elimination Of bucket shops and gambling Il
stocks ard commodities.
TiIIman Is Very Curious.
Does the Senator think that we ar,
going TO have another message orderine
our brethren over there TO do thos,
things?'' asked Mr.. TilIman.
The newspaper says that a message 1,
TO come" replied Mr. Bacon. II do no
{ know whether the fact that that has beer
t published viii prevent its coming or not
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