Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
CAN F0RTlFY CANAL |G|VES TARIFF VIEWS
No Doubt of Nations Right Roosevelt Also Praises Acts of
Officials Say. Mr.. Taft.
SURPRISED At QUESTION DELIVERS TWO SPEECHES
Remarks English Thinks Should Regulated
sidered Uncaled For by Commission.
GOVERNMENT OPENLY PASSES THROUGH FOUR STATES
Fact Pointed Greeted
Taft Asked Congress
Protection. n
Roosevelt Also Praises Acts Of
Mr.. Taft.
DELIVERS TWO SPEECHES
Thinks Duties Should be Regulated
by a Commission.
PASSES THROUGH FOUR STATES.
Greeted by Crowds at Railway sta
tion-Sioux Falls Address Made
in Circus Tent.

in Circus Tent.
SIOUX FALLS y. D.. September g.
Ex-President Roosevelt today broke his
silence in regard to the Taft admintstra-
ton. He heartily commended one phase
OF II. although he said nothing which
could be construed as a reference to the
administration as a whole. He confined
himself TO the work which President Taft
has done for the establishment OF the
principle Of regulating the tariff through
a commission, and to the President's sue
cess in conducting negotiations with for
eign powers for the application Of the
new tariff law.
Col. Roosevelt also outlined clearly his
position in regard to the tariff. He reiter-
ated his belief in the need OF regulation
of duties by means of a commission, and
declared that the tariff should be IN the
interest OF the workingman and not for
the benefit Of comparatively few
wealthy men.
Il believe in such a measure OF protec-
ton as will equaiize the cost OF produc-
ticn here and abroad. That is. as will
equalize the labor cost said he. 7 be-
lieve In such supervision of the workings
OF the law as will make certain that the
protected industry gives that difference
to the men that We are most anxioas TO
protect-the workingman-and IL ! md
IL is not giving it / would take on the
tariff duty from that particular thing"
Blames the System.
Col. Roosevelt made two speeches on
the tariff today. The first one. delivered
at Sioux City, Iowa, contained his ref
erences to the Taft administration. In
the second speech. made here late this
afternoon, he amplif1ed his views on the
tariff. declaring that although the Payne
Aldrich law had given rise to grave dis
satisfaction the fault lay with the sys-
tenn under which the tariff laws are
made rather than with the men who
make them.
1t was In the presence Of Senator
Dolliver and Representatives Hubbard OF
Iowa and Martin OF South Dakota that
the former President made his first state
ment concerning the Tart adminiaraxion.
Col. Roosevelt choose Q state where the
insurgent movement - str0ngsan which -
make his first remarks at anylength eou-
The colonel passed through parts Of
four states today and everywheco along
the line of travel he was rece1ved by en-
thusiastio crowds. Starting from Omaha
early In the day, he crossed into iowa.
ana thence across q corner of Mn
nesota into South Dakota The people
turned out with bands and fiagS TO well
come him, and he made speech after
speech from the rear platform.
Speech in Base Ball Park.
At Sioux City he left his car to speak
in a base ball park. which was not large
enough to hold all who wanted TO hear
him.
From some of the smaller towns, where
no stop by the special train was eched-
uled, kilograms were sent ahead. telling
Col. Roosevelt that the people were wait
ing at the station, and he stopped for a
few minutes TO talk and shake hands.
The people of Sioux Falls had made
great preparations TO receive Col. Roo0e-
Welt and the plans went through with .
dash, which kept the colonel busy. Peo-
pie from many miles around came 70
this city to attend the celebration. The
streets were a mass of waving flags and
bunting. and pictures Of Roosevelt filed
the windows and fioated from wires hung
across the roadwayE. Indians. dressed In
gay finery. mingled with the crowds.
There was a parade held as soon as
Col Roosevelt arrived. After the parade
tent. which had been set up In a square
in the middle of the city TO make his
speech. The rows Of seats were filed.
Col. Roosevelt's speech at Sioux City.
lstration, was written on the train this
morning after the colonel had had
long talk with Senator Dolliver. who was
on the train with him.
Address at Sioux Falls
The speech which Col. Roosevelt de-
livered in this city was in part, as fol-
lows:
Sioux Falls Speech.
Whenever men just like ourselves
probably not much better, and cerJ
tainly no worse-continually fail to give
US the results we have right to ex-
pect from their efforts. we may just as
we'll 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 seeing that the conditions
are changed. This Is especially true or
tariff making. II has been conclusively
shown, by experiments repeated again
and again, that the methods OF tarff
making by Congress. which have now
obtained for so many years, cannot from
the very nature of the case. bring really
results.
WIN the present tdriu, m8Qe Dy the
same methods as its predecessor and as
that predecessors predecessor. there 10
grave dissatisfaction. The people know
that there are some things In IL which
are not right, and therefore they tend
to suspect the. as I think more nurner-
ous things In Ii which are right. They
know the system on which IL was made
the same system on which its prede-
cessors were made-encourages a scram-
Bile of selfish interests, to which the all
important general interest of the public
Is necessarily more or less subordinated.
There was a time when this scramble
was regarded as the natural course in
.arin making and was not resented. Now
the people demand, and rightly. that the
profit of the special interests shall be
to the general welfare in
every case. II is this attitude OF the
people which must be met in dealing with
he present tariff.
Committed to Protection.
Il believe this country is fully CON-
nitted to the principle OF protection: but
i is to protection as q principls-eo pre-
lection primarily In the interest Of the
standard OF living Of the American work
ngman. believe that when protection
not q principle. but q privilege
md a 2reference-or. rather. . tumble
" privileges and preferences-then the
American people disapprove OF n. Now.
% correct the trouble. IL Is necessary, IN
he first place to get In mind clearly what
Ke want, and, In the next place. to get In
mind clearly the method by which We