The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-04
Roosevelt for First Time Breaks
Silence Regarding the Pres
ent Administration.
C0MMENDS COMMISSION
FOR TARIFF REGULATION
But Also Says Regulation
Should Help Workingman,
Not Special interests.
BY Associated Press.

President Roosevelt today broke h
silence in regard to the Taft admin
tration. He heartily commended on
phase of it. although he said that notl
ing could be construed as referenc
to the administration as a whole.
He confined himself to the wor
which President Taft has done for th
establishment OF the principle of regr
latlng the tariff through commission
and TO the presidents s success in cor
Quoting negotiations with foreign pow
ers for the application of the new tar
iff law
Colonel Roosevelt also outlined clear
" his position in regard to the tariff
He reiterated his belief In the need o
regulation Of duties by means of
commission, and declared that the tar
,ff should be in the interests of tn
worklngman, and not for the benefit o.
comparatively few wealthy men.
Teddy's Tariff Views.
81 believe in such measure Of pro
lection as will equalize the cost Of pro
duction here and abroad. That is, a,
Will equaliZe the labor COST said he
81 believe in such supervision of the
workings of the law as will make cor
tain that the protected industry gives
that difference TO the man that we arc
most anxious TO protect-the working
mnn-and if ! find it is not giving It
would take off the tariff duty from
that particular thing
Colonel Roosevelt made two speeches
on the tariff today. He delivered one
ct Sioux City, Ia, containing his ref
erence to the Taft administration. In
the second speech. made here late this
afternoon he amplified his views on the
tariff, declaring that although the
Payne -Aldrich law had given rise to
grave dissatisfaction, the fault lay with
the systems under which tariff laws
are made, rather than with the men
who make them
Only Partly Approves.
1t was IN the presence of Senator
Dolliver and Representative Hubbard
OF Iowa and Martin of South Dakota
That the former president made the
1irst statement concerning the Taft ad.
minlstration that has passed his lips
SINCE his return from Africa, eleven
weeks ago. Colonel Roosevelt chose a
state where the insurgents movement
IS strong, In which to make his first
remarks at any length concerning the
tariff, and took the opportunity thus
presented to declare himself in regard
TO phase of the administration s work
which met MS approval
The colonel passed through parts Of
four states today and everywhere along
the line of travel he was received % tIVs bss
enthusiastic crowds. Starting from
Omaha, Neb, early in the day. he
crossed into Iowa and thence across a
corner or Minnesota, into South Da-
kota;; The people turned out with
bands to welcome him, and he made
speech after speech from the rear plat.
form, telling mis- hearers about his DO
ntical ideals and his views as to good
citizenship.
At Sioux City he left his car to sneak
In baseball park, which was not large
enough TO hold all the Iowans who
wanted to hear him.
Great Crowds Every Stop.
Those who could not squeeze their
way in collected in the railroad wards
10 catch glimpse OF the traveller as
he passed to and from the park
FROM some OF the smaller towns.
where no stops by the special train
were scheduled, telegrams were sent
ahead, telling Colonel Roosevelt that
Ihe people were waiting at the station.
sna ne stopped, for few minutes to
had one or more babies brought them
an along, and the colonel never failed
&c speak about them, and urged the
dren.'' ''p VI chi-
The people of Sioux Falls had made
great preparations to receive Colonel |
roosevelt and the plans went throuob |
WIN a Dash that kept the colonel busy. |
PEOPLE from many miles around cama
TO this city to attend the celchratinn
Inc streets were a mass of wawino
Iiags and bunting, and pictures ~ |
Roosevelt filled the windows and f,oot
ed from wires hung across the road.
ways: Indians, dressed in pav f;nnru
mingled with tho crowds of bolidov
There was a parade at Sioux Falls
The crowd almost swamped the noi;ce
and 1T cheered continuously as hard aS
1t could. After the parade. the coIonaI
vas taken to huge circus tent which
had been set up in the middle NJ tLa
city: The rows of seats that extended
up the canvas covering of the tent
were fllied, and crowds surged into tbe
center, tneir eyes on the colonel, who
''o'u nisn ABOVE them'on "A platform
Plenty Of Applause.
"hen ne appeared on the platform
roar or cheers burst out which lnsteJ
lor several minutes, and it took him
pected to make his speech. becanss ~
people spent almost ms much time ;n
cheering as they did in listening. Col
onel Roosevelt's speech at Sioux citv
IN which he referred to the Taft
Administration, was written on fbe
traIn this morning, after the colonel
nad a long talk with Senator Dolliver.
who was on the train with him.
II follows:
was particularly pleased with
what the president said in his Ietrer
on the subject of the tariff commits.
sion SAID Colonel Roosevelt "a
nnmner OF senators and congressman
nave Tor some years advocated tb;s
Is Is the proper method of dealing Win
he tariff and am glad that the connl
'ry seems now to have definitely
weakened to the idea that a tariff COW.
MISSION offers the only solution of the ]
problem which is both rational and In.
'ures the absence of iobbery. The :
PRESIDENT from the beginning advocated :
his commission.
Praise for Dolliver
call your attention to the fact t
nat the amendment proposing to pro. '
flQe Tor such commission in tba -;