The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-02
Wednesday. June 2.
1909
Predict Better Tariff Bill
Than People Now Expect
Concessions
Trust Senator andvo

arrived. think we'll find Mr.. Ryan
and others viii have their representa-.
tives in the lobby and on the floor.
"Will they beat your" l asked.
The senator was confident. They'll
have TO show some awfully good rea-
son." he said.
IF the tariff Is revised downward
would you give credit TO the insur-
gent Republicans OF the senator"
by all means. The credit, II any
/ is due. has been earned by the small
body OF independent Republicans who
have been working day and night
studying most OF the night and then
putting in from Ave to eight strenuous
hours every day on the floor of tho
senate-hghting for duties which Will
make the cost OF living a little bit
cheaper for the consuming public
which will In fact be a revision OF
the tariff In good faith-a revision
such as the people have been demand
ing for years and which they have
every right to expect.
When | say revision do not mean
| free trade and | do not mean any
abandonment OF the protective policy
properly applied. The people do not
want the protective policy abandoned
and II is unfair To genuine revisionistS
| In the senate ana elsewhere TO con-
tinually charge that they are moved
| by a desire for Democratic free trade
| or a desire TO surrender the Amer
lean market TO the foreigner or do
sire to cut the wages OF the American
workingman. It's nonsense.
Neither men like Senator Cum
Minis, Senator LaFollette nor myself
are anything but good Republican
revisionists We believe in protection.
but we do not believe In unnecessary
tariffs and we do not believe In main
tanning a tariff wall so high that 1t
invites the formation OF monopoly, nor
so high that IL excludes unnecessarily
all goods from all foreign markets.
That Is not protection. BY revision
of the tariff the people meant prop
er reduction OF duties which were too
high, particularly those duties which
had encouraged monopolistic condi-
tions and unnecessarily increased the
cost OF living"
"You are not disposed to give much
credit to the Democrats for helping to
revise the tariff downward"
The senator made an impatient ges-
ture.
The Democrats? What did the
Democrats do when the steel trust
was demanding a 25-cent duty on their
product? Did they vote as a party
against that duty? Did Mr.. Bailey
vote against the duty? Not at all.
Senator Aldrich reached out and got
Democratic votes for steel trust du.
ties when and where he wanted
them"
How do you like being an In
surgent?'
How does any man like being Sc
tiectet as the object of veHemeus at.
tack by the lying organs OF the cap
litalistic press? How does any man
like being abused and ridiculed? How
does any man like fighting an uphill
fight against seemingly insurmount-
able difficulties, only TO make enemies
OF the men with whom he Is In closest
contact? How does a man like to be
girded at or conjoled. begged or bull
! led in all conceivable ways to quit
the position he has taken? Do you
think it's fun? But It's all right.
have no doubt that these have beei
/ the incidents and the experience or
any man who makes a sincere effort
TO stand for any principle or TO do any
genuine service for the people. AS an
incident TO that service l am willing
| to take my share