The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-23
TAFT DECLARES
PAYNE BILL IS
PARTY MEASURE
Hpholds Republicans Who Voted
for It, but Doesn't Condemn
It's Opponents.

SLHSlC IdyIlS tdIll Jill. I4o JdSI1AASo
the republicans who voted for it. de-
said he did not intend to condemn
those who voted against it. The ques-
ton was one for each membe OF con-
sress to determine for himself.
President Taft in particular Justified
the action of Representative James A.
Tawney in voting for the bill. Mr..
Tawney lives here.
In his speech the president admitted
that the bill was not all he had hoped
for. The wooden schedule, he admitted,
was bad. AS a whole, however, he
commended the bill as being the best
tariff bill eve passed by the republic
can party.
The Presidents Speech.
The president said in part:
My Fellow Citizens: So long ago as
piaign in Maine, | ventured e announees
1 that Il ! Vas Vas a tariff reyis doms ,o and 9
readjustment of the / pointed
out that it had been 10 years prior to
that time that the Dingley bill had been
place in the Conditions Surrounding the
productions OF the farm, the factory and
p pro IN thai sna t,m neid the lat shi IMPOSED
In the Dingley bill in many instances
might have become excessive; that is.
ferences between the cost of the produc-
ton abroad and the cost Of the produc-
ZION at nome, with a SuIuClenl ALLOWANCE
American producer. I said that the party
was divided on this issue, but that In my
crystallfzing and would probably result IN
the near. future in an effort to make
Guilty that there always was in a revision
Of the tariff. due TO the threatened dis,
t theo susnen 1i ,nd ~ h1sine to Pc 1e . al Way WIGS deh
made 1T unWise to have too many re-
visions.
His Own Record.
In the summer of 1907 my position on
the tariff was challenged, and l then
entered into a somewhat fuller discussion
SO called "standpa tier that rates be-
yond the necessary measure of protection
were net g Objectionable because behind
the prices and thus saved the consumer;
But L pointed out in that speech what
then. that the danger Of excessive rates
was In the temptation they created to
form monopolies in the protected articles,
thus to take advantage of the excessive
rates by increasing the prices, and there
fore in order to avoid such a danger 1t
the question and ascertain what the
effect of the rates had been upon the
the conditions with respect to the cost
OF production here had so changed as to
warrant a reduction in the tariff and to
make a lower rate truly protective of the
industry.
Always Meant Protection.
1t will be observed that the object of
the revision under such a statement was
country. but it was to continue to protect
them where lower rates offered a suffi-
eign competition. That was the object
of the revision as advocated by me, and
as promised in the republican platform.
j want to make as clear as [ cen this
p %hether biz aHeI IS q i eom 9Tdfa to d wifh the
terms of that platform it must be under
stood what The platform means. A free
because he thinks that our manufac-
turers,, our farmers and our miners ought
manufacturers and miners and farmers,
or else go out of business and find some
thing. else more profitable to do: Now;
certainly the promises of the platform did
not contemplate the downward revision
of the tariff rates to such a point that
be injured. Hence, those who contend
that the promise. of the platform was to
f 'ition ar pFi e%ent BY lG5eiq fer IN a f fpee fraS gonna and
not for anything that they had the right
to infer from the republican platform.
Difference in Bills.
The difference between the House bill
and the Senate bill was very much less
thar newspapers reported. Now there is
nothing quite So difficult as the discus
1t covers SO many different items and the
meaning of the terms and the percent
One way of stating what was lone is to
say thai the facts show tina under the
P, nn3o law there were 2,G2s tens ems This
law leaves 1,150 of these items unchanged.
There are decreases in s54 Of the items
of course, nat does not give full par
ticulars. but it does show the proportion
Of decreases to have been three times
those of the increases.
In order to determine the choice of the
changes, it is much fairer to take, the
Fl. been reduced and those on which the rates
of duty have been increased, and then de-
tern,ine from statistics how large a part
been reduced play in the consumption of
the country, and how large a part those
play in the consumption of the country.
Such a table has been prepared by Mr..
PAYNE. than whom there is no one who
understands better what the tariff is and
who has given more attention to the de-
tails of the schedules.
The Payne Bill.
Here the president went into an exhaust
the Payne tariff bill, giving particular at
tention to those items which were sub
iected to a change by that measure.
Speaking Of the agricultural schedule he
said:
there has been a reduction OF rates enter
into the consumption of the country to
there has been an increase enter into the
consumption to the extent of 81. 600
Take the schedule of wines and liquors
the articles on which there has been an
inciaase-entered into the consumption to
the extent of s462. GO0.0OO. In cottons there
has Leen a change m the high priced cot
tons and an Increase. There has been nc
increase. IN the lower priced c%ottons, and
of the Increases the high priced cotton
to The extent of s41,C0O.O00
The president continued:
Now this statement shows as conclusive.
ay as possible the fact that there was q
substantial downward revision on articles
e~ntcrineainto the general consumption OF
tire country which can be termed necessi
ties. for the proportion is IS COO. COO 600 rep
resenting the consumption of articles Il
PORTER is IMPROVING.
New York. Sept. 21.-Continued im-
provement was reported today in the
rnndiiinn ri William 6 Porter nresi.