The Washington herald., 1910-09-04

son why they did not warm up 10 MS
mention OF Taft
A mere reference to couple of rail-
roads that are doing constructive work
and are going to issue bonds as bonus
10 certain rich men caused me Joy. MI
Roosevelt declared that oftentimes Il is
not the fault Of the corporation that
does wicked things. but rather the fault
Of the existing laws These ought 10 be
changed in order to shed a favorable
light upon the big business concerns
After the colonel announced that it had
been his privilege to stand shoulder to
shoulder with Senator Dolliver In his
speech OF the morning. Dolliver arose to
say that he was proud to have been asso-
oiated with so great a man. The Iowan
is eloquent and he swayed the crowd with
his talk.
Hubbard HurIs Bouquets.
Representative Hubbard went the limit
in hurting bouquets at T. r. The colonel
had heard II all before. but he listened
attentively Hubbard told how he had
voted against tho tariff bill as 1t had
passed. because he didn't believe that the
Republican party had fulfilled its plat
form pledges He was glad that he had
the privilege OF lighting against the ma
jority in the house. lie swore that II he
had the same thing TO do over again he
would take the same attitude. He got
great hand. did Hubbard.
Instead OF firing OF hearing Mr.. Roose-
welt talk platitudes and kindred sub
jects the people Of the West seem TO be
growing more anxious This has been
! typical day. Stops at Lemars. Sheldon.
Sibley, Adrian. and Laverne found the
entire population down at the railroad
stations. Brass bands OF uncertain origin
and tone blew eXcitedly. The nag was
played up for oil il was worth. The IA
miliar accouterments OF the campaign
were everywhere in evidence.
Sioux Falls did itself proud. Gov. Yes
sey and suite headed the parade. which
/ slid through the main streets under tri-
umphal arches and all manner Of glorious
contrapuons. Tonight there were ire
works displays and a regular banquet,
Mr.. Roosevelt and his party will spend
Sunday en- route from Sioux Falls TO
Fargo. They are due in Fargo in the
Ievening. and on Labor Day the colonel
will deliver an important address. Gar
| field and Pinchot will join him at st.
Paul on Tuesday The colonel does not
expect to meet the President
! In all the excitement, the colonel has
not forgotten or lost track of what Is
going on IN New York. Whenever one OF
the old guard cuts loose with a statement
one OF the correspondents on the train
I 10 - %
ting a hot statement in reply. Barnes
latest attack drew this comment from
! Roosevelt to-day:
1T is perfectly delicious to see Barnes
rushing TO the defense OF the Supreme
Court and virtue"
/ In his address at Sioux Falls. the colonel
said. in part:
Cause of III-succesS.
Whenever men just like ourselves
probably not much better, and certainly
no worse-continually fail to give US the
results we have right 20 expect from
their efforts. we may just as well make
up our minds that the fault lies not in
their personality, but in the conditions
under which they work. and profit comes
not from denouncing them. but in see
ing that the conditions are changed.
This is especially true of tariff max
ing. II has been conclusively shown by
experiments repeated again and again
that the methods Of tariff making by
Congress which have now obtained for
so many years cannot from the very ma
ture Of the case bring really satisfactory
results.
with the present tariff, made by the
same methods as its predecessor. and as
the predecessors predecessor. there is
grave dissatisfaction. The people know
that there are some things which are not
right. and therefore they tend TO suspect
the more numerous things that are right.
They know that the system on which II
was made the same system on which ITS
/ predecessors were made encourages a
| scramble OF selfish interests, TO which
the all important general interest OF the
public is necessarily more or less subordi-
mated.
There was a time when this scramble
was regarded as the natural course in
tariff-making. and was not resented Now
the people demand. and rightly, that the
profit OF the special interests shall be
subordinated to the general welfare in
every case. II is this attitude OF the peo-
pie which must be met IN dealing with
the present tariff, and with proposals "a
amend the present tariff.
Little Improvement. indeed VIII follow
any attempt to revise the tariff by the
methods hitherto used The thing TO dc
is 10 change the method.
Protection n Principle.
Il believe this country is fully COM
mitted TO the principle OF protection. but
It Is TO protection as a principle: 20 pro-
lection primarily IN the interest OF the
standard Of living OF the American work
ingman.
L believe that when protection becomes
not a principle. but a privilege and a
preference-or rather a tumble of priv
ileges and preferences-then the Amer
lean people disapprove OF IT,
Now TO correct the trouble 1t is neces-
sary in the first place to get in mind
clearly what we want. and In the next
place to get in mind clearly the method
by which we hope to obtain what we
want.
, What we want is a square deal IN the
tariff. as in everything else; a square
I deal for the wage-earner, a square deal
for the employer. and square deal for
. the general public To obtain il we must
] have a thoroughly efficient and vel
E equipped tariff commission.
Material Issue.
r The tariff ought to be material issu,
= and not a moral issue but If instead of
] square deal we get a crooked deal, then &
becomes very emphatically a moral issue
= What we desire in a tariff is such meas
r ure of protection as will equalize the cos