The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-16
UNCLE JOE RUSHES
INTO THE ARENA
HotIy Attacks Insurgents and
Declares That Party Pledges
viii Be Kept.
W ARM PRAISE FOR WORK
OF THE PRESENT CONGRESS-
More Energetic and More Sue
ceSSful Than Any of Re-
cent Years."

''I hiNpf Ifl.D. III. Mafcn 10
Speaker Cannon. in a letter read al
meeting Of Republican editors here TO.
day, renewed his attack on Inc .insur
gents and declared that all the
pledges of the platform will be kept by
the Republican party If il has The con
llnued support Of the people. The let
ter is addressed to George G.. Rankin
president OF the Illinois Republican
Editors association. Springfield, and
in part is as follows:
" Dear Mr. Rankin: ! have yonr
FAVOR of the Sth instant, informing me
thai there will he a meeting of tbe H.
linois Republican Editors association
at Springfield on March - and in
NitiD2 Inc 10 give You q word Of en-
couragement and suggestion.
thank you for the courtesy, but
feel there IS no necessity for me
either 10 advise or encourage the Re
publican editors of Illinois who have
been "A potent factor in the politics Of
the stale since before the Republican
party was formally organized.
Holds Party Consistent.
''The Republican party has not dis.
carded any of its principles, nor has II
sought new issues. simply for the pur-
pose of catching the crowd ever ready
for novelties. Where it has added a
new plank TO lis platform il has kept
its pledges. Republican ma
iorities in house and senate, cooper
ating with the president, placed ihe
Payne tariff law on the statute books
August !. or within less rhan five
months from, the beginning of the ses,
son,
Within six months after it's enact
ment that law has demonstrated that
! ii * the best revenue producer as well
] IS .I1 nf
| protective duties we have ever had
! fully iustifying the president s declara'
! tiOu that II is the best tariff law ever
enacted The Republican party did rot
lpTomi>e free trade tariff. not down
ward revision. but "A revision IN which
should be recognized the principle of
protection. with The minimum and
maximum rates 10 preserve. without e1.
cessiVe duties. that security against
/ foreign competition 10 which American
manufacturers and producers are en-
| tltled aud also TO maIutain the high
standard of living Of the wage carners
of this country who are the most direct
! beueficaries Of the protective system.
Tariff Law History,
In carrying out hat pledge of the
! platform we enacted tariff in which
there were 65i decreases from the
! Diugley law. 220 increases aud 100
items of the dutiable list unchanged.
| The articles on which duties were de-
creased represented $4,000 600 900 worth
of consumption. while those increased
! had a consumption value Of less than
J j 900 10000 The increases were on
/ mXuries and the decreases on necessi
! ties, aud in the first six months of the
law more than ~ per cent of all impoI
ltationS were free of duty. the largest
. percentage of free imports we have ever
I had under any tariff. not even except
! ing the Walker tariff Of 1916. which
was called \ free trade tariff. The in.
crease OF revenues has been nearly
$50 10000 i'm six months making the
| PAYNE law the best revenue producer
we have ever had. and that is prime
necessity in onr increased expenditures
for the greater devclopmnt of the
country.
''The Republican party has carried
ont its tariff pledges IN q way 10 JUS
/ tifv the presidents = pride in that en-,
actmcnt and IL viii carry out all its
pledges as it. has time for discussion
and argument on the form of wise leg.
islation 10 meet those pledges
Praises Work of Congress
1.-The present congress in regular scs.
sion has been more energetic and more
successful in carrying forward the work.
before il than has any other congress
in recent years.
1.-The committees have been giving
most careful study 10 the number of
bills 10 amend the interstate commerce
law aud other legislation promised in
the Republican platform, and | think
can safely predict that this legislation
will bc added, while all the pledges OF
the platform will be kept by The party
id il has the continued support Of the
people No party has ever been able
to accom- phsh all lis promises in ono
session OF congress and such IN accom-
plishmcut has never hccn expected.
III is tho function of The Republican
editors TO keep The people informed as
TO The work accomplished, that they
may not be mislcd by dcma9cgurs.
whose function is TO complain and ere.
ate dissatisfaction; and the Republican
editors Of Illinois can be Of material
assistance in presenting the truth to
meet fiction, that The people may fairly
nudge as 10 the fidelity of the present
administration 10 the principles Of The
party that gave II power TO The end
that the president may continue 10
have the support of the legislative dc
parlmcut In working out the policies
of the Republican party.