The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20

protection makes the farmer Of Amer
lea rich. allude to the real farmer,
where there are not many stones on
the ground. We do not have to dig up
stones to farm In Iowa. We take an
inually from the soil Of our State
food products, Including everything
that results from agriculture, worth
100000, 900.
| Eight hundred million dollars
worth Of products every year we
bring forth; and that is the only
mine in the world That can yield that
much and have the same amount next
spring ready for use. All other
mines are eShaustible; but this mine
owned by the farmers of Iowa never
ldiminishes in its yield of riches.
Is it any wonder that l raise my
voce here to preserve the working
mans parts of this enterprise by
which he shall have work and wages
and the ability to buy what we have
ito sell? That principal has paid the
public debt; it is digging the Panama
canal. identifying Washington, maxi
ing rivers and harbors useful to COM
merce.
Senators who talk about taking
away any part of that revenue from
the Government do not realize that
they are putting an end to American
enterprise. The American now wants
a show Stop debating tariff questions
IN congress. think it would be a
good thing if congress did not meet
row for two whole years. If were
elected my pay would go on of course
just the same. But have no reason
like that for wanting the Senate to
take a long vacation (Laughter.) Al
legislative body is menace at times.
Lawmaking has grown to be an indus
Try instead of an incident. We ought
to put an end to the idea that there
can be nothing done unless it done
by law.
raise my voice now for a cessation
OF hostilities. Every state legislature
has done all 1t could think of in the
effort to control all branches of ac-
tivity in the state. There is only
one thing left for congress to do and
that is to give the Interstate Com
mefce Commission power to saw to
what amount stocks and bonds shall
be issued; and then what more do
we want? We have everything else
Then why not cali halt in legislation
and give the country chance to
grow? Our great army OF progress
in Industry has been halted for inspec.
ton and review Is il not time. now
that the troops are rested and every.
thing in shape. to give the order.
Forward, march, !" to a new era of
progress and prosperity? l think it
Is.
Behind very much of this agitation
Is the free trader The free trader
is the most unreconcilable man ever
born. He sees only one side OF every
bill and tina. is what is ii. going to
cost when he buys; it is the cost of
things that alone concerns him. You
ind these men everywhere, and I'M,
5derneath all this agitation is the free
trade spirit latent in this country.
Men say America has outgrown the
era of protection and parental man
agement and helpfuIness toward man
featuring places Of the world. They
have never visited the other manu-.
featuring places of tthe world. Thty
have never gone into the factories and
places in Japan, as have done. to
witness the faithfllness and the labor
there performed by those people of
the Sunrise Empire. They have never
visited Germany, and Germany will
some time be. or Is now. our great
competitor IN the markets of the
world. The German people. loyal to
their Kaiser, are. as one man. for
free raw materials. They want free
raw materials and little places to
work. Japan wants free raw mater
ial and little places 10 work.
Are We to judge our conditions, and
are we to go into the scramble with
Germany, Japan. Italy and France Il
Are we to adopt free raw materials.
as the academic student of the tariff
says we should do. and free food prod
outstanding the fact that we have
great new country, where You could
put Germany and Japan down inside
OF Texas, and then you would need
search warrant to find either one Of
them. Here with us are absolutely
new conditions. different from theirs.
Yet the doctrinaire, the academic stu
dent, who wants free raw materials
and free food products. contempIates
having Old World conditions prevail
here, and is going to do it without
navy, without an American ship. on
the sea.
The American merchant marine. iii
we had one, would be the travelling
man Of the ocean for American trade.
1t Is the omnibus for the hotel. Now
we get just exactly what the other
people do not want. We sell only
what they can not produce. and when
we have to compete we go out of bust.
ness II we do not have ships.
Suppose that the senator from Wyo- &