The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-11
Reception, However, Was Not the
Success Anticipated.
He Explains Incidents in Con.
nectiOn With Tariff Fight.
BLAMES DEMOCRATS.
Says With Their Help Progress
sives Could Have Won.
Lumber and Iron at Any Rate
Would Have Been Free.

Salina, Kan, Aug. lift the actions o.
the people of Senator Bristow's home
town are to be taken as criterion. his
recent actions in the United States
senate are not looked upon with APP
prevail At a reception gotten up for
! him in Salina Tuesday night in Clahi:
! hall only three hundred people attend
ed and Salina is a town of ten thou
sand.
| President Frank c. York called the
| meeting 20 order and introduced How
ard c. Rash, vice president of the
Farmers National bank. VINO presided.
Speeches were made by Thomas L.
Bond and Mayor Charles B. Kirkland.
There was no partisanship in any of
the speeches. but each of the speakers
congratulated the city of SaIina on
having one Of it's representatives in the
United States senate, and congratulate
ed Senator Bristow on the stand he
took in the interests of the west. Sen
atOr Bristow followed with a speech de-
f1ning his position and explaining the
tariff bill which became a law with
President Taft's signature.
Il am deeply gratif1ed to my neigh
bors and friends for the cordial ref@p-
ton I have received since I came home
from Washington. l don't know just
what kind of speech you expect me
to make upon an occasion of this ma
ture; but I am free to say that had
very interesting experience in the
first session Of the senate that it was
my privilege to attend" said Senator
Bristow when introduced to the crowd.
Four Tariff Theories.
Il am a Republican as you all know
and believe in the protective tariff
the debates in the senate. there are
four political theories relating to the
tariff in this country. There is the pro-
tectiOnistS who believe in IMPOSING
duty on importations of products that
we can make at home, not only for the
purpose of raising revenue, but also for
the purpose Of encouraging the de-
velopment of our industries. Then
Democrats who believe that revenue
should be raised largely from internal
taxation and that commerce between
the nations should not be impeded in
the least by any artificial barriers such
as taxation. Then there are the tariff
for revenue Democrats who believe that
a large amount of revenue should be
raised by duties assessed on impOrta-
lions, but that the revenue producing
feature of the tax should be the only
one considered. That it should be
levied primarily for revenue. and ali
idea OF protection to American indus
tries should be eliminated. Then there
is a new school of tariff advocates who
believe in protection, but believe that
whenever duty exceeds the difference
in the cost of production at home and
abroad it should be reduced so as 10
measure only that difference. with
allowance for the increased
earning capacity of American capital
over the capital of other countries.
1.-THE formation of trusts for the pur-
pose of controlling prices in our coun
try has given rise to this new school
of protectionists. To this school be
long President Taft. ex-President
7 7nI1 70 Of
consin. Cummins of Iowa, Dolliver OF
Iowa. Nelson of Minnesota. Beveridge |
of Indiana and a number of others.
Democrats as rule voted with
vocated fixing the duties upon the
basis of the difference in the cost of
production at home and abroad be
cause such a basis would result IN
the reduction of duties upon almost
every schedule. and was more IN
harmony with the Democratic ideas |
of low tariffs. than is the policy OF
the ultra protectionists Their posi- !
ton was perfectly consistent, but UNI
fortunately they were not uhtleo d
critical periods.
Places Blame on Democrats.
eff we had had as many Demo- !
cratic votes in favor of free lumber
and free iron ore as we had IN favor |
of a reduction of the wooden and cot
ton schedules. we would have had
frea lumber and free iron ore. but the |
went completely to pieces
on these schedules. If the progress
sive Republicans could have mus
tered as many votes against the sugar
wooden and cotton schedules as they
did for free lumber and free iron
ore We would have succeeded in ma
teriaiiy reducing those duties IL les +s Th9
difficulty in the revision OF the tarIn
;s ut The east. which is directly |
and materially interested ai+sd in u higa
So 1,1es+ divides. A sufficient number |
Of senator's from the south and west
always Joined the New England sen
ators at critical periods, and gave
them the victory.
s@The fght on sugar, which prob
abIv attracted more attention than
anv other controversy in which l took
a leading part, was one OF 81 great atm 5n+
tbe sugar schedule is one of the worst
in the BILL 5
Many women were in the CROWD.
One Of the features of the evening
was song by Miss Marguerite
Loveweu of Topeka.