The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-05

porary chairman OF the Indiana Re.
publican convention. today declared
his nntagonism to the new tarifI law,
he was greeted by great applause.
Repeating as n text, II could not
stand for IL then and I cannot stand
for II now.'' Senator peveridge made
an impassioncd defense OF the counts
on which he had based his vote In the
senate agreement on the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff bill, which he did not call
by namc.
Like President Taft. wanted free
iron orc. of which We have the great.
est deposit on earth and which the
steel trust controls he said. u could
rot stand for tho duty that passed.
and cannot stand for II now.
Like President Taft. wanted
many raw materials that needed no
protection put on the free list Yet
only one was so treated
Like President Taft. / wanted the
ancient wooden schedule reduced. 1t
gives to the woolcn trust unfair con-
troll and raises the price and reduces
the weight of the peoples clothing.
stood against this schedule when the
bin WAS passed. and ] stand against
II now.
Il could not stand for the duty on
lumber when the tariff bill was passed
and | cannot stand for IL now.
Il stood against the increases of
the duty on cotton goods and / stand
against II now
From few, II any. OF the decreases
do the people get the slightest benefit
was for law that would have pro-
tccted the wages OF every wording
man IN Indiana and vet enable that
working man TO get his clothing and
creature comforts cheaper-and such
n law could have been written. II
shall be written.
Il could not stand for an incr ase
of duties on those linoleums. which
are the poor mans carpet" Senator
Beveridge continued "or on zinc,
which is n universal necessity. or OH
silk. which is part of the clothing
or adornmcnt OF every American WON
an. rich or poor. and l cannot stand
for them now.
II could not stand for the obsolete
and Infamous sugar schedule which
no man In Indiana can read and IN
dorstand. but which the sugar trust
can read and understand; yet efforts
10 change that schedule were opposed
10y Democratic votes.
I'VE reduced the tariff on refined
sugar cents per 100 pounds-one
twentieth Of one cent. a half of a mill
pound-which was worse than no
reduction because 1t cannot possibly
affect the price aud therefore Is de-
coption. Yet that is one OF the boast
cd reductions We hear Of
1T Is said that the law has made
raAtrnItnnu RI nj "A
the consumption Of the people 10 the
value OF five billion dollars-yet those
articles are made up Of such things
as lumber. agricultural implements,
meat and food products. petroleum anl
its products. of all Of which We are
tho greatest exporters In the world,
barbed wire. monopolIzed by the steel
trust: nails manufactured and sold
by international trusts as complete
as the international tobacco monop-
oily. yarns and threads, the raw ma
tcrials for textiles. on which textiles.
when finished for the peCDle's use.
the tariff WAS increased: sugar. which
We reduced not In fact. but only In
pretcnse.
Above all. | could not stand for
the slaughter by the conference COM
llAAAft vi lib UlbufI dlt btEiuHhnE 0l II
tariff commission which | wrote into
tae bill that passed the senate: but
all save one of the Democratic sen
ators were the enemies OF any tariff
commission then, and are its enemies
now
These nre examples. I was against
thcm then am against them now
Compromise on purely economic dc. |
Hmf IL -FN .rsln
With sheer injustice Is always wrong.
The Republicans OF Indiana are for
a protective tariff which covers the
difference in the cost Of production
here aud abroad Less than that is
unjust TO American laborers; more |
than that Is unjust To American con |
sumcrs. Injustice Is the only foe that !
protection needs 10 fear II was 40
reduce the Dingloy tariff TO meet
changed conditions and secure Justice
tbnt we undertook It's revision
Every economic policy. every poll
tlcal system. almost every govern
mcnt has been destroyed because OF !
excess and inJustlces that crcpt into
IT, The way 10 keep secure a policy,
system or government that In IL |
self Is good Is TO administer Il with
keep a party solid and growing IL
To keep II right and progressive.
Assuming that honest differences
OF opinion eXlst-and they do-givlng
10 those upright men who voted for
the law as n whole credit for all
tho sincerity that | claim for myself
what is tho way out Of the difficulty
Surely not 10 turn 10 tho government
over 10 that grotesquc band of poll
uoi7ns In public life. and who want
TO get into public life. misnamed the
Democratic party The people know
what such men did IN tho tariff con
test in Cleyeland's day. for which
'levland rebuked them. What hon
est Democrat. what honest citizen,
approves OF trusts them?
Where then. lies the plain remedy? /
In tariff commission. A ccmmi1-
sion OF exports ns permanent as the
bureau OF labor. with duties fully de-
ieIlbed 10 the law itself, 4 commits /,