Evening star., 1909-07-17
EXPECTED To HAVE
A PROFOUND EFFECT
General Feeling Expressed
Regarding the Presidents
Announcement on Tariff.
LOOKED UPON AS
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Wide Margin Between His Demands
and Conferees' Work.
SENATE WINNING RIGHT ALONG
No Indication That Its Representa-
tives Are Moved by the Demand
for Downward Revision
Wide Margin Between His Demands
and Conferees' Work.
SENATE WINNING RIGHT ALONG
Taft's Tariff Views.

Mr.. Young of Michigan opposed
free ore; Mr.. Monde1 opposed
free coal or reciprocity with Can
ada and free hides; each on the
ground that the policy would in
jure the interests in his state, and
a discussion was participated in
by other representatives, who
urged that the doctrine of free
raw materials was not a repubIi-
can doctrine.
The President replied that he
was not committed to the prin-
cinle of free raw material, but
that he WINS committed to the
principle of n downward revision
Of the tarin. which he had prom
tsed. nnd that he was Obliged to
look II the matter. not from the
standpoint Of any particular dis
Itcf, but from the standpoint Of
the whole country. and also from
the standpoint Of responsibility
for the entire republican party.
"A. Question of Fact.
He said the question in each
case was a, question Of fact, to be
/, determined by evidence. as to
whether the present duty was
needed for protection or whether
the, rate was excessive, so that
downward revision or putting the
article on the free list would not
injure the Industry.
@SThe President repeated the
platform Of the Republicans party.
and said he had always UNDER.
..1ssion ..Sad that !. - rssss 8 ss..ward ,s.s..
fhouEh perhaps I'm some few In
stasees nm Increase might be
needed; that he reached this con-
-struction of the platform on what
he understood to he the principle
of protection and it's Justification.
namely. that after an industry
was protected by duty equal to
the difference between the cost of
production abroad and the cost
of production in this country, in
Guiding fair profit to the manu-
facturer. the energy and enter
prise OF American business men
and capitalists, the effectiveness
of American labor and the in
genuity of American inventors
under the impulse of competition
duce the cost of production, and
that. with the reduction in the
cost Of production. the tariff rate
would become unnecessarily high
and ought to be reduced
To Keep Party Promises.
This was the normal operation
of the tariff as claimed by the
nf
tem-not in every case. but as a
general rule-that. of course, n
revision of the tariff could not he
perfect. must have defects md in
cOnsistencies; but, in SO far as his
influence went, when called upOn
TO act In connection with legisIa-
ffOp, IL would be thrown In the
direction of performing the prom-
tses of the party as he UNDER
stood them. and that if iron ore
and oil and coal and hides did
not need protection. and that the
conditionS were such as TO enable
the ore producers and the oil pro-
ducerS and the coal producers and
the producers OF hides to compete
successfully, without reduction of
wages. with the producers from
abroad. then they did not need A
duty. and their articles should go
on the free list
''it was n question Of fact which
he hoped 10 make up HIS mind
with respect to, ON such evidence
as was available to him, I'm order
70 carry out what he understood
- be the promises of the party
To the whole people. He said he
telt that his position as the titu-
lar head of the republican party
and as President. with the whole
people as his constituency. gave
hIm a somewhat broader point Of
view than that of a single mem
ber OF Congress in respect to
articles produced in his district
He felt strongly the call Of the
Sountry for downward revision
within the limitations of the pro-
tective principle. and he hoped to
bc able to respond to that call
As he heard il, as well I'm the in
tercSts OF the party as of the
country" - STATEMENT GIVEN
OUT AT THE WHITE HOUSE.