The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-14
CURTIS IN STRIDE.
With Wagstaff He Holds Big
Meeting at Garnett.
Says Many Features OF TarIH
Are Not Understood.
QUOTES w. A. WHITE.
Reference Is to Cost of Manu-
facture in Europe.
Notes Of the Campaign Through
Second District.
QUOTES W. A. WHITE.

Garnett. Kan, July 14.-Senator
Curtis and Thomas e. Wagstaff held
fine meeting here in the airdome
last night before a large and appre-
ciative crowd of Anderson county peo-
pie. The senator is getting into his
stride, and now being sure of his voice
is cutting loose with his entire speech
under a full head of steam. He has
divided his speech into two parts, the
first being devoted to the tariff and
national issues and the second to Gov
ernor Stubs and his administration.
1t has been said that Senator Curtis
is facing his hardest political fight for
supremacy. Now the senator realizes
this better than anybody else and he
already has begun that fight. Any one
watching the senator, on this, his first
campaign since the last session OF con-
gress, can see without the aid of
glass or any divination his terrible
earnestness. 1t is safe to say that he
has shaken hands and talked with over
1000 individuals already this week in
Johnson, Linn and Anderson counties.
He is stopping off in the little towns
to meet the people and then taking the
next train for his destination. He has
personal friends in every town who
take him around. He is standing pat
on the tariff and Taft and is using
high taxes and extravaganza for am
munition.
Speaking at Garnett, last night on
national issues, the senator said:
Curtis From the Regulars.
"I am in favor of the candidates
who are termed regular Republicans
stood with the National administra-
ton, and will continue to do what they
can to make the national administra-
ton a success.
i oh
nominated by Republicans who are
criticising the party and its national
leaders constantly, and who are there
by, directly or indirectly. discrediting
the national administration"
when the extra session of congress
was called for the purpose of revising
the tariff, it had one problem to meet
which fear has not been thoroughly
understood by the people, and that
was to arrange the schedules so as to
take care of a deficit of about sixty
million dollars year. In other words,
our yearly expenses were exceeding our
income to that amount. Congress to
meet the question reduced the duty on
about seven hundred articles which
were principally necessaries, and it IN
creased the duty on about two hundred
and fifty articles, one hundred being
in the wine and LIQUOR schedule, and
other inexcesses were made on luxxu-
ries. The result was a surplus of
nine million dollars July /, 1910, in
lieu of a deficit of nearly sixty mil
lions.
I'm addition to producing the addi-
tional revenue above mentioned, such
protection was given to our producers
that the wheels of oud factories have
been kept in motion, our farmers have
had a market for their products and
all who have studied the question
must admit that the new tariff law is
on improvement over the old law.
While it is not as many of us would
like to have made it, yet it was the
best we could do under all the cir
cumStances.
The Tariff.
"There are many features of this
measure which have not been brought
to the attention of the people because
many of the newspapers that opposed
it have not felt inclined to give all the
facts. In my judgment, the most i'm
portant feature of the new tariff to
our section of the country is the maxi
mum and minimum provision. Mr..
Foss. who was elected to the house of
representatives from the state of
Massachusetts,, said this section was a
club to be used against other nations
to force them to our terms, that no
benefits would be derived from it, and
that we would have a tariff war, but
it has already been demonstrated that
1t is an instrument of good, which, in
the hands of that great and noble
INSTRUMENTATION Howard Taft. has
resulted in the making of tariff agree
ments, and placing us in a more
friendly commercial relationship with
the nations of the world than ever
before.
mr. Foss said we needed Canadian
beef, eggs and wheat. I am one who
believes that the farmers of Kansas
and other farming states should furnish
these products to our people and not
Canada. Those who oppose the new tar
IF law speak about increases but forget
to tell the people that 100 of them were
in the wine and liquor schedule. and
that by those increases the revenues
for the first year will be increased over
million dollars. Some of us did not
secure all the reduction we wanted, but
we did the best we could under all the
circumstances. For instance, 1 wanted
free lumber, and believe but for the
position taken by Mr.. Pinchot in IA
voring a duty on lumber, and the po-
sition taken by others who were sup
posed 10 favor free lumber, and who
said they would be satisfied with a
dollar rate, that we would have secured
a better rate than We did. It is we'll
known that there were in the neigh
borhood of 700 reductions and only
about $50 increases. The tariff is rap
idly demonstrating that it is one OF
the greatest revenue producing meas
Ures ever placed upon the statute
books, because it is more than likely
that there will be a showing of a sur
plus in the ordinary receipts over the
expenditures instead of a deficit of "a
million dollars, as was generally ex-
pected.
Figuring on a nine months period
running back for 20 years, thc customs
receipts for that period under the oper-
alton of the new tariff are given as 25:
million dollars, which is the greatest ir
the history Of the country. 1t will not
be long, in my judgment, until the peo-
ple, when they thoroughly understand
the new tariff, will admit that it i.
working to better advantage for tbs
American people than any tariff law
we have heretofore had. 1t contains the
largest free list than any former tariff
law. If the tariN law was so bad why
did not the insurgents vote to repea
/. when they had an opportunity to dc