Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-13

I that above outlined Now, the question Is
| how TO achieve the purpose thus explicitly
declared. Ii seems to me, and / think more
and more IL seems to the people OF this
country. that the methods hitherto obtain
ing In making all tariffs for a great many
years past are ineffective in correctly and
justly applying the protective principle as
outlined Rbove We wish to give proper
protection to each given business, and
above ALL 20 the workmen in each given
business, as a matter OF right and justice
and not as a matter OF favor or preference,
and, above all, not give proper protection
as a matter OF favor or preference, OBJ
tanned by log-rolnE. Therefore, we feel
that there should be a tariff commission
composed Of impartial experts. amply
equipped for obtaining not merely from tho
statements Of interested parties, but by
such investigation as will satisfy them that
the facts are accurate inform alton that
will enable congress In each given case TO
establish the measure of protection neces-
sary to carry out the principles above set
forth. Moreover, these Investigations
should form a programme, each successive
report being treated on its merits, so that
each schedule can be revised by itself In
accordance with the facts developed by
this commission Of impartial experts and
without any heed being paid to any other
consideration than the justice of that par
tlcular case. This will prevent log-rolling
and it will also prevent the far-reaching
disturbance of business which necessarily
comes when all the schedules are revised
in lump.
Would Investigate Results.
Finally. l feel that it should be the duty
Of some government body to at any time
t,,
dustry to see whether or not the working
men do actually get the benefit that the
tariff is primarily created to give; that
is, to see that the laborer gets his full
share Of the benefit Of the protective tariff
in accordance with what / firmly believe
to be the purpose OF the American people.
by enactiAg into law such policy as
that above outlined we shall, on the one
hand, do away with the danger Of Injury
to American industries, which would follow
If they were left wholly without protec-
ton from foreign competition, and, on
the other hand we make 1t sure that the
laboring man gets the benefit OF the tariff
primarily enacted in his interest, do away
with the favoritism and log rolling which,
under present conditions, seem inevitable
in the process Of tariff making and make
1t certain that the amount of protection
bIdANtu III tdNll ease was TIE dAlbhAN az Nu
ally necessary to cover the difference in
the cost Of production here and abroad
and not so exclusive as to represent i'm
proper favoritism to any special group of
men.
II think that the surest way to prevent
an agreement is to indulge in useless re-
ordinations about the past. You remember
the present tariff was made up by exactly
the same methods that its predecessor
was made and that the predecessors
democratic predecessor made exactly the
methods that have obtained In tariff
making for an indefinite number Of years"
Colonel Roosevelt then Endorsed the plank
in the Missouri republican platform which
pledges the party to a workingmen's com
pensation act
ArraiEns Democrats.
Colonel Roosevelt closed his speech with
a vigorous attack upon the democratic
party and an appeal to the people to sup
port the republican party.
"Our opponents" said he, stand for
nothing. In one state they claim to repre-
sent a radicalism so extreme and so fool
ish that If there were any attempt to APP
ply 1t in practice 1t would invoke the most
absolute reaction. In other states they
stand avowedly, or II not avowedly, they
BIdnu III IGdllys III Splle VI ny bOSAANiSdl
professions to the contrary. for open re-
action. They have no coherent policy.
party that dominates Mr.. Bryan as a
radical one year and Mr. Parker as an
ultra conservative next time and then Mr..
Bryan and then waits to see IL somebody
won't carry an election somewhere so
they can nominate him again-that party
has forfeited the right to the respect and
support Of independent citizens who seri
ously wish well to their native land. We
have a consistent policy. We have had DIFF
nculties. We are settling them, not by
a compromise Of principles, but by COM
ing together on a platform which Is one
OF high principle and also one of proved
efficiency. We ask you to support us.
We ask you to support us in Missouri as
in New York, because we preach the same
doctrine in Missouri and in New York, be-
cause we say to you tonight exactly what
l should say in any state Of the United
States"