Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-18
TAFT DEFENDS
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
Declares is Best Tariff Measure
Ever Passed by a Repub-
IiCan Congress.
WOOL SCHEDULE is TOO HIGH
NE Regrets That This IL 80 ~ Il l.
Tho ono Important Defect
OF The Law

Winona MINI Sept l7-n the
most Important uttemnces DIE has
made since bis occupancy of the
White House Presiden, Taft here too
night in state which is The hot
bod Of the Republican "insurgent"
movement. defended the Payne tariff
hin as the best tariff measure over
passed by Republican Congress.
and hence the best tariff bin the peo-
r9c ever have known The president
boldly asserted that the Insurgents.
who voted against the bin had aban-
doned the Republican party
WAS it the duty Of the member Of
Congress who believed that the bill
did not accomplish everything that 10
ought TO accomplish. 10 vote against
ii?'' asked tho president
II am here 10 Justify those who an-
syer this question la the negative
am not here 10 defend those who
voted for the Payne bin but TO SUI
port them"
To this statement the crowd re-
sponded with a cheer which could be
heard far down the street II was
shouted BY the adherents of Repre-
sentative James a TawncN of this
district chairman Of the house conn
mittee on appropriations, who has
been on the defensive ever since the
adjournment Of Congress because he
had not voted with the other MEM
bers of the delegation from Min
nesota. both In the house and senate
against the bill
Mr. Tawney met the president at La
Crosse. Wis this afternoon and ac-
companied him TO this city. his home
town. II had been reported that the
president intended defending Mr.
Tawney for his arty regularity, bus
there was none 20 predict that the
president would 20 so far as he did
tonight In characterizing the position
taken by the insurgent senators and
representatives. The president had
met senator I.aFollette Of Wisconsin
one Of the leaders Of the insurgent
movement at Milwaukee during the
forenoon. and had greeted him quite
cordially.
ITO make party government eifec-
tive said the president in his adj
dress. the members OF that party
should surrender their personal pre-
delctions Of conn aratiNe less impor-
lance. / am not here to critic those
who felt 80 strongly and believed 80
intensely that it was their duty 10
vote against the tarim bill because II
did not contain all they thought IL
should
A. TO the wooden schedule. Mr. Taft
declared without hesitation or equiVo-
cation that the Payne rates were too
high ~ was found early in the fight,
however. he asserted that the wool
and wooden manufacturing interests
IN the Republican party were so
strong that any attempt 10 change the
Dingiey rates would result in de-
feat Of the bill
Il am sorry that this Is 81" said
the president. "and 1 wish 1t could
have been otherwise. II Is the one
Important defect in the bin"
The president spoke as follows.
TAFTs SPEECH.
As long ago as August. 1906, ] ven
tured 70 announce that ] was "A tarim
revisionist and thought that the time
had come for a reimbursement of the
schedules ! pointed out that Il had
been 10 years prior to that time that
the Dlnglcy bill had been passed that
great changes had taken place In the
conditions surrounding the produce
tons Of the farm the factory and
the mine. and That under the theory
OF protection la that time the rates
Imposed 30 the Dingley bill in many
Instances might have become excess
sive thar IS. might have been greater
than the difference between the cost
OF production at home with o SUM-
Client allowance tor reasonable rate
OF piofit % the American producer
J said the party was diYiaed on this
issue, but in nay Judgment the opinion
OF the party was crystlhizing and
probably would result in thc near fu-
urc Ia an effort 10 make such revision.
! pointed out the difficulty there al
ways was ban "a revision OF the tariff.