The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
Senator Cummins in Spirited Adj
dress Scores Cannon and
Protection.
CONSERVATIVES AFRAID
OF HURTING PRODUCER
Recent Defeat, IoWan Declares. VIII
Not Stop Battle for Down.
ward Revision.

fight for tariff revision and progress
slve principles will go on more zeal.
ously than ever and Will win in tho
end" thus declared Senator Alfred B.
Cummins. In an address here tonight
at the Progressive Republican organl-
zation dinner
Eluch interest attached to the sena-
tors address, as it was regarded as
furnishing the keynote for the pro-
gresslve night in this state. A large
number heard his defiance OF the con-
seryative element In the republican
party. 1t was said this address was
the opening OF the campaign TO be
waged in Iowa by the progTessives.
with respect 70 the tariff, said
Senator Cummins. the stand-patters
feel it makes little. II any, difference
how high the duties are If they be
high enough 10 exclude importatIons.
When they approach their subject
their first, and / have sometimes
! thought. their only concern is for tho
, producer. They are so much afraid
OF hurting him that they close their
ears TO every voice save his and as
sumo that, knowing what he wants.
he Will not ask for more than he de-
! serves. The echoes OF the platform
Of 1908, which contains pledges OF the
republican party to the people, have
become so faint In their councils that
they are drowned in th ecrieS of inn
poverished manufacturers. On the
other hand, the progressives remem-
ber that we promised the American
people that the duties on imported
competitive commodities should be
measured by the difference between
the cost Of production in this and
rival lands, and that we made the
promise In order 70 give at once pro-
lection TO the producer from unequal
competition and protection 10 the con-
sumor from eXtoruon, We know that
Ia many flelds of industry home com
petition has been substantially de-
Stroyed, and we intended to subject
oul home producers to the fear OF for
eign competition II prices were raised
above a fair and reasonable profit
Fight Not Ended.
i do not attempt TO obscure or TO
minimize the extent Of our defeat, but
il any one harbors the delusion that
the passage of the recent tarif law
ended the fight for fair and reason
able protective duties, 1t would be
wise for him at once to reform his
conclusion.
| The progressives, after years of
struggle, brought the convention TO 4
! tull acknowledgement of the justice
! Of their position.
/ With respect to further regulations
OF interstate commerce, the stand-pat-
! ter occupies just the same position
/ that he has always occupied IT is
sufficient 10 soy that the agitationffor
0 the strengthening Of the law regplat-
/ ing common carriers became acute
+ about 1899.
/ 1T finally resulted in the amend-
! ment OF 1906. 1t was a long. wdary
campaign. The stand-patters Were
either silent or in opposition.
! Cannon and Aldrlch.
Joseph G.. Cannon was then, AZ
now. the most conspicuous member
/ OF the national house of representa-
tiyes. In all those years / never heard
OF single utteranoe from him that
could by any possibility be construed
into frlendllness toward the cause
that was struggling on through all
these difficulties.
"Aldr1ch was then. as now, one OF
the leaders OF the senate. and II any
stand-Datter can discover solitary
expression upon his part that helped
the movement to its final frution, |
would be glad TO have It pointed out
Hale, Payne, Dalzen were then. as
| now, prominent In tho congress of
the United States, but l shallenge the
memory Of all who hear me TO recall
one single sympathetic word In the In
terests OF the people in their struggle
with the railways.
Antitrust Law,
Congress. In 1890, adopted what is
known as the antitrust law II is
clearly seen. however. that 1t needs
( amendment The spirit of the stat
ute is to preserve the force of COM
petition in business.
Il have referred to these things In
order TO call your attention to the fact
that the Stand-patterS are not helping
10 solve the problems. They content
themselves with the constant reItera-
ton of the fear that il we touch any
OF these things we may overturn the
fabric OF commerce and destroy the
prosperity for which all lovers of the
human kind are seeking When IL is
proposed further TO regulate railway
rates. they shudder lest We may hurt
the railways
The progressive shudder, lest they
may not be able 10 help those who are
} suffering the injustice OF rate systems
that arc admittedly indefensible.
Feels No Malice.
Il am quite ready to admit pro
Sressives sometimes try TO do thinga
, that are unwise. but without them
nothing would be done. wise or IN
wise. If the stand-patter can justify
, bis existence by the consciousness
: that lie sometimes prevents the ac
complishment OF an unjust thing by
| standing pat against every onward
movement. he may demonstrate his
= right to live politically. but he will
net have shown his right to rule tn,
affairs OF n great country.
Y 1T Is quito as important that ovel
the state government there shall non'
? the flag of the progressivists. low;
s is recognized everywhere as foremos
/ In the march OF progress There Il