Evening star., 1909-05-17
DEPEW STANDS WITH HANCOCK
TARIFF Is LOCAL ISSUE. SAYS
NEW YORK SENATOR.
Loyalty to Protective Principle Pro
fessed by Those Who Oppose
It's Application.

Republican though he is. Senator Depew
today placed himself on record in indorse-
ment of Gen. Hancock's declaration that
the tariff was local issue.
"One result" he said. "of this discus
sion has been to rescue the fame and re-
habilitate the reputation of the lamented
Gen. Hancock"
Mr.. Depew was making a speech i'm
support of the general protective policy.
He spent some time in showing that but
for this remark the democratic candi-
date for the presidency who lost the
race to Garfield would now be practical
ly forgotten.
But" he continued, now 1t is brought
home to every senator and to the whole
country that Gen. Hancock uttered preg-
nant truth His fame is likely to be en-
balmed in his phrase. the tariff is
local issue everywhere
"It is breaking party lines i'm states
where its productive energiess are pro-
now of attacking the protective principle
is to proclaim loyalty to the principle and
oppose its application"
Senators Are Criticised.
The recent speeches of Senators Dolli-
yer, Cummins. Nelson, Bristow and Clapp
received much attention at the hands OF
the New York senator. He spoke of these
senator's as constituting a new school.
and 1t was this school which. he said.
professed to believe in the protective prin-
ciple. but opposed its application.
He added: "Our southern friends reject
the principle. but believe in its application
to their own products.
Replying especially to Senator Clapp, he
expressed the opinion:
The pledge OF the party and the ex-
bnf xNrn 3l1
do exact justice in this matter upon every
schedule in the bill and upon every one OF
the 1900 items which are affected
The speaker contended that opponents
of the pending measure have lost sight OF
changes in the cost of production. He
said that from 1850 to 1909 wages had
more than doubled, and that they had
advanced % per cent since the Dingiey
law had been enacted. He also UNDER
took to show that the hours of labor had
been greatly reduced. and that "inasmuch
as in every production labor IL from % TO
80 per cent of the cost. we have thus In.
creased our cost from 25 to 30 per cent
He declared that there had been no
parallel advance In European countries.
Bogy Of Standard OIL
Mr.. Depew advocated a duty on petro-
leum. saying that 50 per cent Of this
country product of that article il from
wells owned by $4,000 farmers who are
Independent producers.
He added:
..The bogy of the Standard Oil Company
creates a sentiment dangerous to the poll
tician against giving any protection to
the American farmer who produces OIL
for fear it might help the Standard Oil
Company. when 1t is plain as two and
two make four that the Standard Oil
at the expense of the American independ-
ent producers of the free trade in oil be-
tween Mexico and the United States
Taking up again the contention that
the declaration of the Chicago platform
had been for a downward revision OF the
tariff Mr. Depew said he had been del
egate in the Chicago convention, and he
proceeded to give his testimony as to what
was done, as follows:
There was no discussion OF, public or
private and no committals to. public or
private, any method of the revision or
the tariff There was an understandings,
in which all republicans are agreed. that
the constantly changing condltlons or
different countries not only justified but
demanded an examination OF the tarlfr
schedules which have been in existence
for ten years, with a view to doing equal
and exact justice to every one OK e, tness
items within protective principles which
have been inserted in the republican plat
form ever since the formation OF the
party
Cotton Needs Protection.
Referring to Senator Bacon's defense OF
the south, which, he said. needed no de-
fense, Mr.. Depew declared that If the pro-
lection on cotton should be repealed the
manufacturers of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia would be wiped out.
Repeal the protection upon iron, he
went on, "and the phenomenal progress
and development of Alabama. Tennessee
and West Virginia will cease"
Mr.. Depew took issue with the advo-
Gates of an income tax, declaring that
such a tax is the most direct possible at
tack upon the protective system, and as
sertihg that the object and aim OF the
speeches in advocacy of the tax are to
have the Senate reverse the Supreme
Court. ~
The New York senator conclu ed with a
plea for speedy action upon the tariff.
saying:
I'm all the phenomenal times of pros
perity of the past none of them equal the
present in its opportunities and its prom
ise The stocks of the merchants are de-
pleted, the storehouses of the manufac-
turers are empty. the supplies on hand
have been used up. and no new production
undertaken for fear of the result OF the
action of this Congress
"The impatient horses attached to the
car of progress and prosperity are held In
with difficulty because of their impatience
to enter upon the Marathon race of pro-
duction and development"