The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-10-14
PAYNE DEFENDS
The TARIFF
Dignified Showing Made by
Author of Measure
New Law Has Not Increased
Cost Of Living in Unit
ed States.

Representative Serene z. Payne G
Auburn at the Republican congressio
al convention which INST here an
nominated him for the fourteent
time for Representative. After OK
pressing his thanks for he honor, h
he said:
The present term, which will clos
on the 4th of March next, has beel
the most remarkable of all that hav,
preceded it. A year and half ago
on the 4th of March, We inaugurateC
one OF the best among the great mel
who have held the office of Presi
dent of the United States. With hi.
judicial temperament, endowed Will
a great intellect and clearest reason.
ing faculties, with his frank and
straightforward nature and his in
defatigable perseverance and courage
more has been accomplished under tn,
Administration of William Howard
Taft than during any similar period
since the civil war. With him IL was
a cardinal principle that the platform
on which he was nominated and
elected was a solemn pledge to the
people to be carried out, and right
royalty has he performed his part.
Congress, under his leadership, has
placed upon the statute books the
most important pledges that the plat
form contained.
The platform promised a revision of
the Tariff that should provide a duty
equal to the difference in cost of la
Dor here and abroad with a reasonabl
profit to the manufactures. 1t prom
ised this as to each article, whether
1t resulted in raising or lowering the
Tariff on that article. OF course, in
telligent men generally familiar with
the Tariff believed that such a re-
vision would be downward on most
The matter of preparation of Tar
iff bill is a most perplexing one. Tn
der the definition of what the bill
should contain in a platform as plain
as that adopted at Chicago in 1908,
the task is not easy. With diff
ferent wage scale in every country.
and with difference in wages in every
part of each country, honest men seek
ing the difference in labor cost here
and abroad will not agree in all their
To reconcile these diff
ferences among twelve men selected
for the task was a part of the labor
We had before us; and in the last an
alysis these differences had to be set
tied by a majority vote. The result
Of our deliberations was most satis-
factory to ME in general Results. al
though there were other items. like
hose of the wooden schedule, which
was anxious to revise.
II was a source of great disappoint-
nent to me, after two exhaustive and
hearings, that ! was not
able to present any programme that
Of the committee would adopt
or a revision of this schedule. The
'eason was not that the committee
vas unduly influenced by those in
crested, but that they could not agree
ipon the labor cost of producing wool
md wooden goods in this country
md abroad with a reasonable profit |
o the producer. OF course, this left |
he wooden schedule whore it was In |
he Dingley act, with one or two small
eductions in duties.
The bill, substantially as reported |
o the House, was passed ON the nine
zenith day Of April, 1909, PA Re-
'ublicans and two Democrats voting
or it and 100 Democrats and one Re-
publican voting against It, The lone
NOPNphh VIM NOleu dSuhlSL IL pfdc-
d his vote on the ground that the
uties We're too low on many articles
nd were not protective for that reason
Every sO-called Progressive" voted
or the bill as it passed the House.
The bill went to the Senate, where
/ was considered for months, and
anne back with numerous amend
nents proposed by tine Senate We're
God amendments and improved the
i'll. and when 1t got into conference,
o far as was able, endsavored
0 have such amendments agreed to.
nd nearly all OF them wene. when
he bill went to conference, l stated
D the House that would not agree to
ny Senate amendment unless was
iven the facts upon which 1t was
ased and which warranted 1t. And
spent the hardest three weeks work
I my life in trying to carry out this
ledge to the House, and I have no \,
poIogy to make for the result. I
Whom the conference report was I