The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-22

President Annonnees He pro
poses q Garry on Partys

after q delegation OF Scon9re91xnon A10z
hppeaied 20 b president TOR the mal1r
terials, particularly Iron Ore WOOL
hides, oil and lumber, purported 10 y
Hn outline report OF the discuDsion
which took place during u visit 10
The deiegatlon and espaciaily OF what
khe president said to the visitors: but
the very fact that such q staternenkS
was issued at all, and In particular
the emphatic conclusion " h -
marks Of the president thus reiterated
made It clear to all Who studied the
tended 1t virtually as an ulttmAtumg
g. Many read into the statement I baHety
concealed threat on h part 0k%4h0
president h e the bill MIN
In g form which he regarded g 2
faithful to- he promisss OF his party
and disobedience to the sentiment of
the mass of h peopls he would veto
Few OF the prominent members ok
either house of congress would discus8
Of the ~utterances intended FOR quota
ton were OF q perfunct0ry characters
but In confidence many talked freely.
nnd some OF the conservatives very
that h presidents stand meant moth
Ing less than h defeat OF tho bill
One man said: Nov the standpattern
will become h insurgents, the ltnea
will all have to be reformed and o
py Those San less .s's sxoita sns HnsHp, IS tic
view that the president had simply
made a long foreseen now essential
to the logic Of the game and that AZ
would mean the speedy d~issolutton 0E
vision and the termination OF this long
fight withathe bill at last In the prest-
dents hands substantially ID he has
all along intended It should be.
Increasingly, the White House stats
informal message to con3r0as At a
~ic.ttlcal juncturo such as Mr.. Roose-
welt often chose for AM OF his di-
trectly addressed messages, 1t II com
tceded even by the most bitter Of the
Tar Of hands OH. Nj. TAFT has at
lltained a position OF envtable independ-
,ence, n that he has chosen an ad-
I~lvantageOus when q house
LOT q fully discussed the
question and placed itself unmistakably
ion record, n their joint product III IA
the hands Of q conference COMMITTEES to
present his views not only generally to
the people, but specifically to those who
ARE In q position TO act decisively on
the subject matter.
The general feeling today was that
the presidents p-rOnouncement would
inevitably have "a profound effect, not
lonly Immediately upon the conferences
!committee, but ! n the time Intervening
before the final vote In the two houses
ion those representing both wings Of,
land especially OF the republican ma
i1ority, whose official action now and
whose political future after they 20
home Is so deeply involved In the out-
come.
The presidents statement follows:
Mr.. Young. OF Michigan. opposed FREQ
ore; ME-. MondeIl opposed free coal or
zach on fha ground that tho vnNl4Nrrs vr,n,rHA
tnjure the interests In his state, and 4
discussion was participated In by other
Tepressntattyes. who urged that the doc-
Fs RRSs eassf assfr' Fsbal.ea that he va. not :
g; con United to the principle Of free raw
the tariff which he had promised, ana
s aes from ns r fSe o sfasspd f. lo 81 a At the nsr as,tsr
district, but from the standpoint OF the
whole country. and also from the stand
publican party. He said the question In
each case was q question OF fact to DO
determined by evidence. as to whether the
whether the rate was excessive 50 that
q Downward revision, or putting the arr
tticle on the free list. would not in1ure tho
industry.
He repeated the platform Of the repub-
Iiican party and said that he had under
.S SAAS06h itaP6H LII OxU
few cases an Increase might be needed;
that he reached this construction Of the
platform ,r,n ,,o on y What he understood to be
Ehcation. namely. that after an industry
vas protected by a duty equal to the diff
tion abroad and the cost of production in
this country. including q fair profit to the
manufactures the effectiveness. Of Ameri-
investors under the impulse OF COMPETE
lion behind the tariff wall. would reduce
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.
This was the normal operation Of the
tariff as claimed by. the defenders Of
the protective systen-not tn every case,
but as q general rule-that of course q
r rsSt m,s Of the hsva taF df could not BE- per
%tencies. but insofar as his influence went
when called upo to act In connection
IA the direction Of performing the prom
and that Il IRON ore re- and an u of and coal 1he enG
conditions were such as to enable the ore
producers and the oil producers and tho
pp%r1duesrs OF hides t. compete success
the producers from abroad. then they did
not need a duty and their articles should
go on the free list. It was a question OF
mind with respect to on such evidenc az
was available to him In order to carry
ases OF the party to the whole people,
He said he felt that his position as the
titular head OF the republican party and
as president gave him a somewhat broad
or point OF view than that OF q single
member OF congress In respect to articles
produced In his district. He felt strongly
the call of the country for a downward
revision within the Limitations Of the
protective principles and he hoped to bo
able to respond to that call as he heard
II. as well in the interests OF the party
as OF the country.
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