The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18


whether he shall help maintain party
solidarity for accomplishing its chief
purposes, or whether departure
from the principle in the bill, as he
regards It, is so extreme that he
must In conscience abandon the
party"
Further along the president gave
a final word to the insurgents.
II am glad to see that those who
voted against the bill still insist that
they are Republicans and that they
intend 10 keep up the fight for still
lower tariff rates within the party.
That Is their right, and their view
Of things is their duty.
'Allp have to say in respect TO
Mr.. Tawney's action In voting for
the bill and my action in signing II,
is that believed that the interests
OF the country, the interests Of the
party, required me to sacrifice the
accomplishment OF certain things in
the revision of the tariff which / had
hoped for In order to obtain party
solidarity, which believed more inn
portanf than the reduction Of rates
In one or two schedules of the tariff"
ram" spoken Def9nS@s
President Taft's speech was a re-
marlxable, plain spoken defense of the
Payne bill He has been met with
many inquiries since the beginning Of
his trip as to when he intended taking
UP the subject of the tariff. and there
was a marked disappointment In Chi
cago yesterday among those who had
the reception of the president in
charge that he did not elect to speak
there on this most important subject.
Mr.. Taft waited until yesterday af-
ternoon, when with mass OF facts
and figures before him, with the new
statement just prepared by Chairman
Payne of the house committee on
ways and means, and with his own
personal knowledge Of all the little
details OF the tariff fight in Wash
ington still fresh in his mind, he sat
down in his stateroom in his private
car, Mayfower, and dictated to two
stenographers the speech he delivered
last night and which represents a
statement of the accomplishments
and merits of the Payne bill from the
administration point of view, more
thorough in It's simple appeal for UNI
derstanding by the people than any
document which has heretofore been
issued from any source.
The statement contained only
enough figures to make the point
which the president has dwelt upon
for some time in his confidential
talks, that the measure OF this bill
should be taken by the amount OF
reductions made on articles Of gen
eral consumption compared to In
creases on articles little used.
President Taft Ccalt at some
length upon his Interpretation of the
duties and scope of the activity OF
the new tariff commission, which II
has been asserted in some quarters
was made into an innocuous body
by senate amendments to the bill
Mr.. Taft has maintained ali along
that the commission, as finally au.
thorized, could accomplish all tina
could be desired. He said tonigh
that the commission would collec
evidence at home and abroad. would
ascertain the price of producing her,
and abroad. and would gather int,
an encyclopedia expert information OF
every question and every articl
entering into the tariff bill.
Must Wait Three Years.
The president said 1t would be ut
terly useless and distressing to bust
ness to bring about a further discus
sion OF the tariff during the presen
or next congress, and added that i
would require three years of his ad
ministratton for 'tQne commission t,
collect facts which would enable then
to justify the taking up of the tariff
4 on more scientific basis than eve
! before.
BY that time, he asserted, tn,
party would be able 70 go before tn,
people again with definite proposi
! ton. The president answered will
much warmth the assertion that tn,
tariff is responsible for the high cos
of living. He declared the tariff re
manned unchanged for ten years Will
the cost OF living. not In Americ:
alone, but in free trade and unpro
tected countries abroad as well, KEEP
climbing higher and higher. TIL
greatest enthusiasm OF uhe president
address was aroused when he declare,
that If the people wanted free trad
IF they wanted tariff for revenu
only-if they wanted to close dow
/ factories and to have cheaper price
at the sacrifice of many business in
terests-they ought to put the demo
cratic party in power. The presiden
said he doubted even II that woul
succeed, for the democrats in the sen
ate voted strongly for protection @
articles manufactured or grown i
their states and districts.
Although Senators Crawford an
Gamble Of South Dakota journeye
down into Wisconsin today to pa
their respects to the president, 1t wa
remarked that neither Senator Mel
son nor Senator Clapp, both insur
gents, We're here to greet the presi
dent on his first appearance In Min
nesota.