Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-11
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"The Stone Rejected by the Builder
Has Become the Chief of
the Corner"

THE stone rejected by the builder has
become the chief of the corner was the
text Of the speech of Senator Beveridge
Of Indiana yesterday in the Senate in
praise of the provision in the sundry civil
bill for tariff Investigations.
Mr.. Beveridge made reference to the
tariff commission clause, which, on his
motion, was put into the tariff bill by
the Senate, and to the deliberate and in
territorial slaughter of that provision by
the conference committee"
History of Legislation. .
II think it only just that a detailed
history OF this legislation be given," said
Senator Beveridge in the course of his
address.
First there was the proposal of the
idea itself springing spontaneously from
the necessities OF the people. Then there
was the crystallizaticn of this idea In
the form of the bill / introduced in the
Senate meeting with rebuke, denuncia-
ton and ridicule that I have described.
Next there was the continual asita-
ton and a growing sentiment Tor the
measure. Then, at the last tariff session
l drafted the provision which passed the
senate, 10 WHICH .tDc pIOtlSiOH HOW uii-
der discussion is near approach. Next
there was the deliberate and intentional
slaughter of that provision by the confer
ence committee.
Then came the determined demand OF
a disappointed nation, Finally ont of all
this now energies the provision we are
about to enact into law, which approach
es the strength of the provision which
passed the Senate at the last session, the
vitality Of which the conference commit
tee then DESTROYED.
so we are back again to where WE
were when the Senate passed practl
cally the same provision at the end OF
the last session. We are now remedyiEe
the destroying work of the conference
committee.
And so we are laying the foundation
for that genuine non-partisan tariff com
mission or board which is as sure to de-
velop in power and authority as the in
terstate commerce commission has de-
veloped in power and authority
Opponents Now Advocates.
Mr. Beveridge recalled opposition to a
tariff commission on the part of some
who are now supporting it.
Everybody knows that this has been
unwillingly granted he said. Every
body knows that some of the very men
in Congress who now permit and even
pretend to champion this measure are
forced to it by the iron hand of cir
cumstances.
Verify, the stone rejected by the build
er has become the chief of the corner.
Those who fought for this idea When
1t was friendless may we'll eXult today
one sentence, syllable or punctuation
mark of this provision: not one dollar
cent or mill of this appropriation would
have been written into law had it not
been for the struggle that has been made
for the idea for the past three years.
Mr. Beveridge tainted the democrats
for their opposition to the provision.
Foes of Tariff Publicity.
mo one can oppose the idea of having
the facts upon which our tariff laws are
made found out he continued. There
are two classes OF men who do not want
the facts found out: First, those wicked
interests whose abnormal and upright
eous profits are made possible only by the
peoples ignorance of the facts, and sec
ond those economic theorists, who know
that the peoples knowledge of the facts
would utterly destroy their theory
cured unjust and eMortionate tariff rates
which enormously enrich a few inGivId-
uals at the expense of the whole people.
The second are those who favor purely
revenue tariff that would place the
American people on an equal with the
lowest paid and poorest living people in
the world, who could compete with them.
why are those who pretend to be for
a tariff for revenue only in this chamber
against this measure? Do they fear the
truth? Are they alarmed at the prospects
of the facts being laid before the Ameri-
can people?
"Will Truth Destroy Propaganda"
rs it because they know that if the
actual truth about the difference be-
tween the cost of production in this coun-
try and in foreign countries were laid
before this nation by the Geld report OF
impartial experts instead of by heated
overstatements of partisans their propa-
ganda will be destroyed?
Not so long ago these same men ask
ed this country to declare for free COIN
age CT silver, regardless of the financial
systems of other countries But the gooo
sense and common honesty Of the Amerl-
can people denied that request and con-
founded the men that proposed It, YET
the same men are now asking the people
to adopt a tariff for revenue only, regard
less of the tariff systems of other coun-
tries. lust as a few years ago they asked
us to do the same thing in our financial
legislation.
''And again the common honesty and
good sense of the American people VIII
repudiate and overwhelm them