The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-09-21
TAFT DEFENDS
The TARIFF BILL
Declares II is the Best the
People Have Ever Known.
SCORES THE INSURGENTS

Says They Who Voted Against Payne
Bill Have Abandoned the Republican
Parsy-shONs Revision Was Down
ward.
Winona. MINI. Sept. Is - In the
most important utterance he has made
since his occupancy OF the White
/ House President TAFT here. I'm a state
which is the hotbed of the "insur-
sent movement within the Rcpubli-
can party. defended the Payne tarin
BIN as The best tariff measure ever
passed bs a Republican congress and
hence the best tariff bin the people
have ever known.
The president boldly asserted that
The insur- hts who voted against the
bill had abandoned the Republican
party
Was 10 The duty OF the member OF
congress who believed that the bill
dit NOT accomplish everything that il
ousht 20 accomplish. Co vote against
it." asked the president
I an h're 90 Justify those who an
. p
ann not hcre to defend those who voted
'or tAc Payne hul bat Co support
them.
To this statement the crowd iu the
Winona Opera House responded with
a cheer which could De- heard TAR down
tho street % VAS shouted by the al
eerents OF Representative James 4
Tawncy oi this district. the chairman
oi the house committee on appropria.
tions. wlo has been on the defensive
ever sin the adjournment OF congress
because hc did not vote with the other
members OF the delegation from Min
nesota. both in the house aud senate.
against the biL
Defends Ta~ney For His Regularity.
Mr Iawn,y met the president NJ Ia
crosse. Wis ana accompanied him to
THIS City. his home town. 10 had been
| reported toy some time that the presi.
I dent Intended defending Mr.. Tawnev
| lor his party regularity. but there were
none 20 predict that the president
| would go so Tar as he did in charac-
| teriziuc The position taken hy the in
sarSent senators and representatives.
| The president had met Senator La
ful.ette. oi Wisconsin one OF the lead.
'.s of tae lnsurecnt movement. al Mil
! wauEDe ana bad greeted him quite cor
daily.
To make party government efcc-
tive. said The president. "the members
OF that party should surrender their
personal predictions of comparative
less Importance am no, here Co
criucisc those who felt So strongly
and believed SO Intensely that il was
their dufs Co vote against the tariff
bin because 30 aid not contain an they
Thought &c should
Further along the president gave
! ANAL word 90 the Insurgents
am glad to see that those who
voted against the bin stiu insist that
they are Republicans and that they in
tend 90 keep up the fight for stil lower
tarin rates within the party. That is
their risht and In their view OF things
is their furv.
PrcsH at Tats speech was re-
markab.y plain spoken defense Of The
Payne hlil. DE has been met with MANY
queries since the beginning OF his trip
as 90 when De- intended taking up the
subject az the tariff
Mr TAFT waited until be- reached
here. when. with a statement just pre-
pared by Chairman Payne OF tho house
committee ON ways and means and
with his own personal knowledge OF all
the Intimate little details OF the tariff
fight IN Washington stil fresh ina his
mind. be- SAT down in stateroom In
his private car the Maynower and
dictated the speech ne delivered. and
which represents "a statement on the
accomplishing hts and dement's az the
Payne bin. from an administration
point of view. more thorough i'm its
simple appeal for an understanding by
the people than any document which
has heretofore been issued from any
source.
Shows Revision Was Downward.
The statement contained only
enough figures 20 make clear poin,
which The president has dweIt upon
for some timo iu his confidentiaN talks
that the measure OF the new bill should
be taken by the amount OF reductions
made on articles OF general consump.
ton compared to the increases on al.
ticles little used The president bv
means of table prepared at his re
quest by Mr.. Payne. showed that the
tarin had been Increased on articles
Whose consumption in this country
amounts yearly Co 1851 200 600. and
that of this amount 1919. 600 600 is rep.
resented hy such luxuries as silks
wine. liquor. perfumes and pomades.
leaving balance OF 1922 0O1 900 rep
rescn;ine increases ON articles not
luNur',s. Alainst This the president
set With great emphasis in his deliv
cry. tn- iact thar the tarim had been
reduced ca articles. mostly necessities.
whose consumption in this country
amounts annually 90 s. 0O0. 900 900.
The president went into the details
# every schedule OF the tarin bill
dwelling especially on the schedules
which Were the subject OF the great
est fight and which developed more
strongly the insurgent movement.
AS TO the wooden schedule. sr Tat.