The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-17
DISPOSED To
STAND BY THE
PROMISES MADE
President Taft Declares for
Downward Revision in
Plain Terms.
PARTY or CONGRESSMAN
VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE
Each AND EVERY ONE OF THEM
INTERESTED IN SOME PARTIC-
mAR PROTECTED INDUSTRY.

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WASHINGTON July 16.-Al doubt as =
: o., vrhsre President Taft stands with >
-era~5 10 the downward revision OF ,
NJ tariff was swept away today, >
-rbsr statement was given out at y
: he White House setting forth IN de-
4 raU what the president had to say ?
= IN tWentv-tHree Republican members ;
! of congress who called 10 protest =
! AGAINST putting raw materials on the y
Tie president in this statement de- =
: clared that the Republican party is =
! committed to downward revision: =
! fEat ne has never had any other =
! daa of the Chicago platform, and =
1 that De personally has promised =
4 5oWnulrd revision TO the people. y
! This statement is interpreted in y
! some quarters here tonight as a di- =
4 rect notification TO the cOnferees OH =
! t6e tariff bill that if the measure =
! thew finally agree upon does not con- =
) gtftute q material reduction in sDe- y
4 cific duties the president viii eXer- =
. else his power of veto.
. Dictated in the third person. the y
. statement concludes with this final y
= word of the presidents attitude as y
: outlined to bis callers: =
. "Ha felt strongly the call of the =
. country for downward revision =
, within the limits of the protective =
> principle. and he hoped to be able =
. 90 respond to that call as he heard +
s, &C.. as wei in the interests OF tse -
party as Of the country" =
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Washington July 1G.-The White House
was sidrmeJ today by a delegation of
twenty -three Republican congressman
who spent am hour and half with the
president telling him that their political
lives depended on the protection Of raw
Material I- has become pretty general
knowledge about the capital that the
president favors the free entry of hides.
ca and coal and material reductions in
Many Of tine congressman who COM
POSED The delegation represent southern
districts They told the president they
had been elected on the theory that they
would protect raw materials in which
Hal people were interested. and that if
't Fariv failed 60 do this. their districts
U1al return 10 The Democratic column
Taft Was Patient.
3d. Taft listened pe tenHy to ali that
1as said. He chaffed the congressman
-lot-ulJgr7div at times Representative
HAYES of California made a speech ia
ta'or of protecting iron ore. for Instance,
tlt me president said he suspected Mr..
hayes of being chiefly interested in
lemons
When The discussion was over the pres
u.nt stated his position.
H5 said DE favored protection where
protection was necessary and that where
ptJeouan mo- longer was needed he was
m favor either of greatly reducing the
lliy OF removing ii altogether.
10 IS merely a question of facts the
president said to the congressman. land
m lla light Of facts we all want to try
20 do the right thing"
MI Langley Of Kentucky put the mat
Ter squarely up TO the president as q
question OF political eXDediency.
we come from Democratic states
some Of MS, said Mr.. Langley. but we
are elected as Republicans who believe
n lle protection of raw materials, and II
we ran % protect our constituents we vii
be revised d0wuward'-into private life
President Taft remarked dryly that ht
was as much interested I'm Republican
success as any one could be.
Official Statement
Later in the day the following officia
statement was made at the White House
Al. Young of Michigan opposed fret
ore, Mr. NoHdeil opposed free coal OF, re
upocl} with Canada and free hides
tael on the ground that the policy would
HJufe The interests i'm his state. and
discussion was participated in by Othe
representatives, who urged that the doc
Line 9I free raw materials was not
republican doctrine.
The president replied that he was no
,lLAnltlel 70 the principle of free raw
material but that me was committed f
sue principle of a downward revision q
tle tariff, which he had promised an
lltJ ne was obliged to look at the mat
N-L INL nom fine GFarlu1inF M ny
LsaldT district but from the standpoin
vi me Whole country and also from tn
Bel.-l,2l lHt OF resp0nsibility for the entir
hspioIcan party.
Questions of Fact.
He said the question i'm each case wa
question of fact TO be determined b
l.--gl-e as -1 whether the rate was eX
sile So that downward revision, O
tt,-ls me article on the free list woul
-.L tnllEe the industry. He repeated tin
Ealolm of the Republican party an
sa'1 that he had understood It meant
wv ara revision i'm many instance!
-.o-sA perhaps in some few cases an in
sa'1 might be needed: that he reache
.S ll1sLEIgtfOu of the platform on Wha
understood ID be the principle {
.gHE and its Justification namely
icy a---F dn IN ustry was protected b
l-t. equal 60 the difference betwee
1 tlsi and production abroad and til
ny or production in this country, IN
.-olrs fair profit 20 the manufacture
f energy and enterprise of America
,.-s.'-ss men and capitalists. the effei
s-s- ar American labor and the abb
or American inventors under the i'm
-'S7 or competition behind the tart
pay wound reduce the cost of production
t- tI4t with the reduction and the Co
production the tariff rate would b
- 's-5 -7H5-essarily high and ought to
-a-s was the normal operation of Il
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