Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-26

democratic party stands a. inulovahle
as 1t does against the national control
Of the capitalization Of railway COM
panies. t
Danger in Democratic Control.
would be glad to extend these OBJ
servations upon the work Of tho future
and complete the review Of our neces'
stiles, but must fofbear. and bring
| this subject to q close Tor this evening
| with the single additional suggestions
| that when we come, as we WIFI CONS
very soon, to the effort to lessen the
awful consequences Of child 4aoor Oy
refusing to admit the products OF
stunted. dwarfed and miserable child
hood to the channels Of interstate COM
merce, we will be met by the demo-
cratic objection that we are not regu-
latine commerce among the states.
| T For all these considerations, and 9TH
ers that could be multiplied at WIFI, we
must not commit the government OK
| this country to the party that has new
| er yet been able to understand inc
| genius Of its institutions or the power
which it must exercise If its citizens
are to enjoy the natural. inaienaole
rights of man.
Peril in Democratic Tariff Plan.
The second subject in point OF I'M
| portance. which can not safely De given
| into the hands of the democratic par.
| ty, is the tariff. am now speaklhs' VI
| course, 10 men who believe as 90, AZ
| a protective tariff as distinguished
from a mere revenue tariff. l recog-
| nize that there is q school of economic
thinkers, writer's and speakers VINO
conscIentiously hold to the doctrine o.
| free trade, or to the nearest pract1cai
| approach to the abstract theory
| tariff for revenue only. I do not as
parase their honesty or question their
| patriotism; but the experience or the
world and the judgment of history are
against them; and large proportion
| Of the American people has again and
again repudiated the doctrine and has
/, established. insofar as repeated express
sions of the popular will can esta blish
anything, the policy Of a tariff for the
! protection of the domestic producer as
we'll as for the raising of revenue. 1t Is
| impossible and unnecessary for me on
! this occasion to recite the evidence or
repeat the arguments which have DEM
onstrated the soundness of the protec-
tive policy. The proof is everywhere
F. abundant, overwhelming. conclusive. II
! is sufficient to say that to every re-
publican Protection" is the one un-
varying ,unalterable tenet of his politi-
cal faith. The republican party has
always stood for 1t, stands for 1t now,
and hope always will stand for it.
The democratic party with equal per-
sistency has always stood. now stands.
and I assume always will stand for its
cherished delusion-dutieS for revenue
| only.
Labor and capital Menace.
I would gladly pause here. If the
time at my command permitted it, and
try out the issue between these oppos-
ing theories of government. but have
assigned to myself another task, and
must not be tempted from my purpose.
detain you on this subject only long
enough to record my profound con-
viction that the grea tness of the Amer
lean nation, the wages Of the working
man, the dignity of labor. the security
OF capital, the growth of the country
ana the prosperity OF its citizens are
due In greater degree to the protec-
ton OF our markets from the unfair
competition OF foreign lands than to
any other one thing found in the laws
OF the United States
Nothing 70 Take Back.
As member OF the senate I did not
vote for the tariff law Of 1903 and
would cast like vote again had the
opportunity to do So 1 have criticized
unsparingly some OF the schedules of
this law, and not one Of them do de-
sire TO withdraw. voted against the
bill because, in my judgment. it was
not fair and faithful application of
the republican doctrine OF protection to
the business OF our country. There were
some republicans in congress who dis
regarded the commands of our plat
form, but the failure to properly revise
the tariff schedules was due. in my
judgment. not so much to Indifference
toward our promises as 1t was to the
want OF Information. We did tell the
country that we would revise the tariff
by equalizing conditions here and
abroad. That is to say. by imposing
import duties that would measure the
difference between the cost Of produc-
| ton In the United States and the cost
OF production In rival countries. Our
difficulty was, that with respect to a
great majority OF the items of the tariff
we did not know, and could not ascer-
tain. what the difference in the cost OF
production Is. While there are many
provisions in the tariff law of vast
merit, shall never defend 1t as whole
ltbut am quick to defend the principle
out Of which 1t grew.
Tariff Board Needed.
One Of the gratifying things Of mod
ern politics has been the rapid growth
and the certain establishment OF the
plan which we propose for the revision
Of tariff duties, The republican party