Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-18
PRESIDENT SAYS PAYNE MEAS
uRE is ONE OF BEST EVER
ENACTED.
PRESENTS FIGURES TO PROVE
REVISION WAS DOWNWARD
President Creates Surprise by vlsor
With Which He Defond. Now Law in
Minnesota, Where "Insurseney" is
PopuIar-RepubIicans Who Opposed
Are Excused.

Winona. Mimi. Sept 1s--rn the most
important utterance he has made since
his occupancy OF the white house.
President Taft here last night, in 4
state which Is the hot-bed of the In
surgent" movement within the repub-
lican party. defended the Payxe tarifr
bill as a valid revision downward.
WAS 1t the duty of the member Of
congress who believed that the bin
did not accomplish everything that 1t
ought to accomplish. to vote against
t?' asked the president
II am here 10 justify those who
answer this question In the negative.
am not here 10 defend those who
voted for the Payne BILL bu, to support
them
To this statement the crowd in the
Winona opera house responded with q
cheer which could be heard far down
the streets. 1t was shouted by the
adherents of Representative James 4.
Tawney of this district, the chairman
of the house committee ON aproprla-
tions, who has been on the defensive
ever since the adjournment of congress
because he did not vote with the 9TH
er members of the delegation from
Minnesota, both in the house and SEN
ate, against the hill.
Ii had been reported for some time
that the president intended defending
Nj. Tawney for his party regularity.
but there We're none to predict that tho
president would go so far as he did
in characterizing the position taken by
the insurgcnt senators and representa-
tives. The president had met Senator
Laf'ollette of Wisconsin, one of the
leaders of the insurgent movement, at
Milwaukee in the forenoon and had
greeted him quite cordially
Respects insurgents.
ITO make party government efrec-
tive" said the president In his speech.
the numbers of that party should sur
render their personal predictions at
comparative loss important. am not
here 10 criticize those who felt SO
strongly and believed so Intensely that
It WAS their duty to vote against the
tariff bill. because 1t did not contain
all they thought 1t should 1t was a
question for cnch man to settle for
himself"
II am glad to see" said the presi-
,leiM further along. that those who
voted against the bin s.ll insist that
theN are republicans. and that they In
tend to keep up the fight for still lower
tariff rates within the party. That Is
their right, and in their view of things
Il their duty"
Presidents Address.
President Taft in his addresS said:
My Fellow Citizens: AS long ago as
August. 1906, | venturcd To announce
that I was Il tariff revIsionist, and
thought that the time had come for a
reimbursement of the schedules.
pointed out that 1t had been ten years
prior 10 that time that the Dingley
bill had passed: that great changes
had taken place in the conditions sur
rounding the productions of tho farm.
the factory and the mine. and that un-
der the theory of protection In that
time the rates imposed In he Dingley
bill In many instances might have he-
come excessive. that is might have
been greater than the difference he
tween the cost OF production abroad
and the cost at home with sufficient
allowance for Reasonable rate of
profit tn the American producer. I said
that the party was divided on this Is
sue but that in my judgment the opin-
ion of the party was crystalizing and
would probably result in the near flu
ture In an effort to make such re-
vision. I pointed out the difficulty that
there always was in revision of the
tariff, owing to the local disturbance
of industries and the suspension OF
business. In a way which made II un-
wise TO have too many revisions
What Revision Promised.
1T will be observed that the obtec
of the revision under such statemen
was not to destroy protected industrie.
in this country. but II was to continu.
to protect them where lower rates of.
fered a sufficient protection to preven
Injury by foreign competition Tha
was the objec; OF the revision as advo
Gated by me and 1t was certainly thu
.sejee.. CO :!:e REVISION as promised II
the republican platform. want t
make as clear as i can this proposition
because in order to determine whethe
a bill is compliance with the terms
of that platform 1t must be under
stood what the platform means. 4
free trader is opposed to any protective
rate because he thinks that our manu-
facturers, our farmers and our miner
ought to Withstand the competition o
foreign manufacturers and miners an,
farmers or else go out of business an,
find something else more profitable {
do. Now. certainly the promises OF tn
platform did not contemplate tn
I downward revision of the tariff rate
, to such a point that any industr
: therefore protected should be injured
, Hence, those who contend that tn
, promise OF the platform was to retuc
prices by letting in foreign competi
ton are contending for free trade
4 and not for anything that they had th
= right to infer from the republican plat
. form.
: The ways and means committee o
4 the house, with Mr.. Payne at its head
Z spent o full year in investigation. i
r assembling evidence in reference to tn
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