The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-08
The Protective Tariff.

saves its time.
The Protective Tariff.
What is the object of this attack? | K
think like my country quite as we'll
as the average man. 1t is an invention
of the minority and the seek to have
men pledge themselves that if they d
are elected to congress they will not
vote for this that and the other. For
the time being | am ire speaker and
in the exercise of the power conferred
upon me as the servant q" the house
and the servant of the people, | must
help to keep the pledges that are
made in Republican platforms and to
help enact right legislation upon the
statute books for the greatest good
of all the people.
Now my friends, what about the I
protective policy of the Republican I
party? That policy was born under
the leadership of Abraham Lincoln (
and written upon the statute books !
Just about the commencement of his |
administration At that time we did
not have many factories The war
was upon us and we were almost pow
erless except for the strong arms and
I the brave hearts of the people who
/ loved the union. But the first tariff
bill was rich in its results. 1t brought
forth revenue in great streams as the
rod of Moses brought the water from
| the rock when Gods favored people
were perishing as they passed through
the desert.
Since that time, with the exception
of three years when the Wilson bill
was in op ration, the Republican doc
trine of protection has been In force.
Under it factories have sprung up as
if by magic and our industries have
become so diversified that today we
are capable of producing almost every
article that civilized country needs.
The great war debt of s3,oO0,000, coo
has been practically extinguished. We
have progressed marvelously. There
were at that time less than 80 900 miles
of railroad il the United States; today
; there are 100000 miles of railroad, and
under the leadership of Theodore
Roosevelt legislation was enacted, to
/, be perfected under the administration
: of William H. Taft to correct the
5 abuses which had crept into the trans
r portation system Of our country; so
: that today substantially all men, I'M
4 der similar conditions, receive equal
5 treatment. and under the operation OF
l economic forces the average charge
I for carrying the products of this coun-
: try on the railroads Is seven mills per
. ton per mile, which is less than hall
! the charge for transportation in any
: other country of the world. ! might
I say in this connection that we have
one-half of the railroad mileage of the
{. world and one-third of the products OF
!, the whole civilized world are made on
: the farm and in the factory and are
produced in the mines of the United
States. Yet you hear people talk about
legislating for Europe. and letting
their products into this country free o.
:, duty-products made at labor cos
: half of what it is in this country WHO
- supports our schools? Who pays oul
= taxes? Who builds our railroads
: Surely it is not the foreigner, and VIII
= should We give him our unrestricted
= markets.
], Mr. Cannon declared that Presiden
o Tafts Winona speech was not a de
Tense OF the men who voted for thu
! Payne tariff bill, but to support them
A They need no defense, he declared
e Referring to Senator Cummins TIL
o speaker declared that he spoke not il
i anger but in sorrow, He read from tn
speech which Mr.. Cummins mad
i. shortly before the close of the specia
s. session, in which he declared that n
In could not vote for the Payne bill, rel
e resenting, as it did, the things agains
m which he has fought for years.
/ Either Senator Cummins and hi
rs associates he said, practically 1oi
OF hands with Bryan-mind, ] say prat
W tically. | don't say he is a Bryan ma
ID If they continue the agitaio
e the law which is now in effect an
at which has the Endorsement of WI
ls liam Howard Taft, the people mus
40 either indorse the seven Republica
=. senators who voted with the minorit.
VI or they must indorse the statut
which received the votes of majo
= ity Of the Republicans and tae sign
a. a. ture Of the Republican President"
- The address closed with CLOWN
~ tribute to Congressman Hull an
praise of his work in congress. TT
ar speaker declared that if he were
ed resident OF me oeseheh uls.iies
~. Iowa he would spare no effort to r