Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-06
cstigation of existing projects.

vcstigation of existing projects.
Enlarged appropriations were made
to survey public lands.
| A definite commitment was made
against the 'picccmcal' or pork bar
rel" system of river and harbor i'm
prOvcment.
New Mexico and Arizona were ad
! vanccd toward statehood
\ peace commission was authorized.
IN investigation into business meth
DDS of conducting the government was
begun.
IN" appropriations for the current
year were cut $26,OO1,0o0 below the APP
preparations Of the year before.
The tariff was revised without the
usual disturbance of business. Because
Of its reduction of tariff rates, its maxi
mrm and minimum provisions, the free
trade it secures for the Philippines, its
fine rcvenuc-producing qualities, the
Payne law is coming generally to be
recognized as a most creditable bill.
Our platform promised to revise the
tariff Immediately. and also to revise
it to accord with the differences between
the cost OF production at home and
abroad. These two promises proved
somewhat inconsistent, i'll that mlnc-
date revision, conforming to such a
plan, was ntracticable. because the in
formation needed was not at once avail
able but the Inconsistency was met BY
the provision Of tariff board to re-
port the necessary facts.
The new tariff commission. for the
work If which S32jo.0oo was appropriate
cd has already completed its prelimln
ary report. and the commission is now
at work in this country. | have auth
"ri7cd the chairman to make a public
statement of the purposes of the meth
DDS. but | have directed him not to
make that statement until after the
election, because. in SO far as possible.
! desire the tariff commission from its
very inception t" be kept free from the
vi,i>>lludc> OF partisan politics. SO that
i will gain the respect and the conf !
drn'r ni the wh"lc country. regard !
less ni party lines.
Finally, since the bill passed, I have
recommended. and nearly every rcpub |
lean candidate for congress and rcpub !
llran state platforms generally have de- |
clarcd thar hereafter. when the tariff !,
shall be revised by republicans. it shall !
be revised by schedule instead OF a
general revision
We have provided the machinery for
4 further revision on the protective
principle when the necessary information !
has been secured. In my judgment. the
country will hesitate before intr,,>ting
a further revision OF the tariff to the
democratic party on free tariff for rev.
cnuc principles. That party has not.
within our memory. revised the tariff /
without creating profound business dis |
turh1nccS, and it, revision was immc |
diatc'y repudiatcd by the country after
short but bitter experience
The republican party is a party of !
performances The democratic party is
party of speeches and promises. Let
no republican be deceived by the noisy |
sho,,tings of democratic speakers. A re-
publican congress will further carry out
the wise and statesmanlike policies of
President Taft. A democratic congress
will be a congress of opposition and
confusion. Republicans should hold up
the hands of the president and vote
for republican congressman, and for re-
publican state officials who will bring
about strong party organization in the
state looking to the presidential cam
paign of 1912.