Arizona republican., 1910-01-02
sTAND-PATTERs ARE DIPPED
In Behalf of Progressives Iowan Senator Declares War and Mentions the Names of Some of His Republican Enemies

Des Moines, Jan. 1.-"The fight for tariff revision and more progressive principles will go on more seriously than ever and will win in the end" Thus declared Senator Cummins in an address tonight at a progressive re- publican organization dinner.
 Much interest is attached to the senator's address as it Is regarded as furnishing the keynote for the pro- gressive fight in this state. A large number heard Mir. Cummins' defiance of the conservative element of the re- publican party.
 With respect to the tariff" he said. the stand patters feel that it makes little if any difference how high the duties are if they be high enough to exclude importations. When they ap- preach the subject their first. and I've sometimes thought their only concern is for the producer They are so much afraid of hurting him that they close their ears to every voice save his and assume that. knowing what he wants. he would not ask for more than he de- serves.
 The echoes of the platform of 1908 which contains the pledges of the re- publican party to the people have be- come so faint in their councils that they are drowned in the cries of the impoverished manufacturer. On the other hand We progressives remember that we promised the American peo- pie that duties on imported competi- tive commodities should be measured by the difference between the cost of production in this and in rival lands We made that promise in order to give at once, protection to the producer from unequal competition and protec- ton to the consumer from extortion. We know that many fields of industry in home competition have been sub stantially destroyed. and we intend to subject our home producers to the fire of foreign competition if their prices were raised above a fair and reasona- ble profit.
 T do not attempt to obscure or min imize the extent of our defeat, but if any one harbors Q delusion that the passage of the recent tariff law ended the fight for fair and reasonable pro tective duties it would be wise for him immediately to reform his conclusion We progressives after years of strug- gle have received full acknowledgment of the justice of their position.
 With respect to the regulations or the interstate commerce law the stand- patters occupy just the same position they always occupied. It is sufficiept to say that the agitation for strength ening the law regulating the common
 
 finally resulted in an amendment in 1906 There was a long weary cam paign and the stand -patters were either silent or in opposition. Joseph Cannon then, as now, was the most conspicuous member of the house of representatives. In all those years l never heard a single utterance from him that could by any possibility be construed to be friendliness toward the cause which was struggling on through these difficulties. Aldrich. as now, was one of the leaders of the senate and if any stand-patter can discover a solitary expression on his part that | helped the movement to final fruition l would be glad to have it pointed out. Hale. Payne and Dalzell were then.
 
 the United States, but I challenge the memory of all who hear me to re- call single sympathetic word in the interest of the people in their struggle with the railways.
 'I have referred to these things in order to call attention to the fact that the stand -patters are not helping to solve the problems. They content themselves with a constant reiteration of the fear that if we touch any of these things we may overturn the fabric of commerce and destroy pros perity. When it is proposed further to regulate railway rates. they shuddsr lest we may hurt the railways.
 "Progressives. 1 shudder lest I may not be able to help those who are suf- fering from the injustice of the rate systems which admittedly are indefen- sible.