The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-20
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day fired yolley OF hot shot into the
ienemys ranks on the question Of free
trade! II quoted the following from
J the Fairmont Times relative to Hon.
john w. Dayis's free trade theories:
.''Mr. Davis is probably just as good
a free trader as Senators Cummins
and Dolliver, of Iowa"
To this the Telegram makes the fol-
lowing interesting reply:
The Telegram. has frequently point
ed out that the free trade Democrats
are chasing moonbeams when they
believe protectionists are falling over
themselves to indorse the injurious
doctrine of free trade, as the result
of Republican family dispute over a
few schedules OF a complicated tariff
bill. The Republican doctrine of pro-
lection is sound and both Senators
SCummins and Dolliver, believe so.
Senator Deliver. OF Iowa, said in
the Senate last May:
II am not surprised to see Demo.
Gratis change their views about the
protective tariff. The foundation Of
1T Is secure. 1t has met the judy
sment OF the wisest men we have ever
/ had in the United States. Hamilton
and Benjamin Franklin and Abra-
ham Lincoln believed in 1t in their
day. 1t is no invention of modern
times for the robbery of the many
forsthe benefit Of the few. 1t is a
great industrial doctrine, lying at
the foundation Of our institutions,
because our institutions would per-
.Sish IL we allowed the industrial level
of the United States to fall to the
industrial level Of many of the old
countries OF the world who are our
competitors s'in productive enter.
Eprises.n
Last August, Senator Deliver said
in the Senate:
aThe efforts I have made on this
floor to modify some OF these
schedules, instead Of being the ef.
forts OF free trade enthusiast or an
enemy of the tariff system, have
been those Of consistent protec.
ZIONIST, standing not only upon the
Z platform Of his party, but by the
historic standard which the party
has interpreted in the legislation OF
the last thirty years"
According to the Congressional Rec.
/; ord OF May Z, 1909, Senator Cummins,
of Iowa, said:
I i have lived many years in the
atmosphere of protection. was
born and raised upon the Mononga.
/, hela river, in community and in an
air that would have stiffled the first
breath of free trader. l came to
mans estate with the earnest con.
viction that protection was not only
the best policy for a great people
like our own, but that it was the
{ only policy under which our people
could prosper and achieve the des
tiny that the Almighty has intended
for the American nation. Let no man
therefore, impeach my Republication
= because question the duties that
are attached to the various articles
: and commodities found in the pend
u ing BILL"
n The. Congressional Record OF June
u 1909, records Mr.. Cummins as say
/ ing:
Isl have myself expended as much
\ time and as much strength for the
Republican party as any man OF my
years In this chamber l love Its
history; l am proud of its leaders
~ have sublime faith in the justice
of, Its principles; and, as have had
occasion to say more than once. there
is no man, care not how powerful
he may be, how, influential he may
be, who can put me out of the Re
publican party"
Further on, Senator Cummins said:
II agree, Mr. President, that the
4 duty upon. all competitive articles
should be high. enough to enable oul
own producers to supply our market
: Senator Cummins is also quoted ir
the Congressional Record of June IA
1909, as saying:
(; I'VE! have been treating our tariff
and our platform at times as though
the measure OF projection was simpl,
the difference between wages, or the
efficiency of labor, II you please, a
home and abroad. That is not the
test, 1t never has been and It ough
never to be. Our test Of protection
{ is a duty that will enable the do
mestic manufacturer to meet hi.
rival in the markets of his own coun
try successfully and carry on witt
! a fair profit the enterprise in which
he is engaged, - and 1t is jus
as essential to protect our manufac
turers against the added cost of ma
terial as 1t is to protect them agains
an added cost of labor, II they are
to meet their competitors in oul
markets successfully"
The Congressional Record of Angus
8, 1903, quotes Senator Cummins a!
follows:
1T is not for any senator here t
impugn the loyalty and steadfast