The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-06-18
FULF|lS THE
PARTY PLEDGE
PRONOUNCED ADMINISTRATION
VICTORY IN PASSAGE OF
THE RAILROAD BILL.
SOLID SUPPORT OF SENATORS
Not . Republican Vote In the Upper
House Against the Measure-rhs
People With the President
TarifS Question the Com
Ing Issue.

Ing Issue.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dolliver, 1ust
before the passage Of the railroad bill.
said: Il regard the session of con-
gress. which, for three months or
more, has gAven an uninterrupted at
tention to these questions, as one of
the most remarkable and most in
structive in the whole history of our
government"
Not single Republican senator
voted against the bill. 1t was a most
pronounced administration victory. It
is as yet too early to analyze the bill,
for 1t may be changed somewhat be-
fore Its final passage. but it will be a
long step In advance. and the fulfil
ment Of one of the most important Re-
publican pledges.
1t was matter OF comment, of
course, that Senator Cummins, who
took such an active part In delaying
the passage Of the bill, should, on the
day of its passage, have been in Iowa
making speeches not particularly con-
ducive to Republican harmony. In
AeSt, AAS "oo Sh6oSC0 Ill oil u
defeat one of the strongest and ablest
Republican members OF congress. Had
he been present. he would have voted
for the bill. but his absence on such
an errand at such a time is significant.
The welcome to Roosevelt at his
home coming on the eighteenth will
be most fitting. The bay of New York
harbor will be crowded with boats
bearing his host of friends, while his
greeting on land will be hearty and
unprecedented. 1t will be a non-par-
tisan welcome as 1t should be. and
yet all will have In mind that 1t was
as a Republican governor. vice-presi-
dent and president that he gained his
fame. He will continue to be a loyal
Republican. and give his unqualified
Endorsement to the present administra-
ton.
People With the President.
The so-called unpopularity of Presi.
dent Taft seems to be confined to the
undertaking magazines and those dis
gruntled newspapers which did not
succeed In intimidating congress to
give them free print paper The peo-
pie are with the president. and are
fast finding out his worth They are
learning to love him for his sincerity.
his rugged honesty and his devotion to
the best interests of all. Rarely in
public life do we find a more unselfish,
less unostentatious officIal.
He is doing much for his country
men. and In return. they should do
much for him. They should resent i'm
putations against his motives and ac-
tions. and rally to his support They
should see to 1t that In the coming pri-
maries and conventions only loyal Re-
publicans are nominated for congress
and state legislatures, and then they
should devote their best energies to
the election on November Of those
nominees. The elections this year are
important In the extreme. See to 1t
that no good Republican is defeated.
The Tariff Issue Next Fall.
With his usual good sense, Presi-
dent Taft does not wish the leaders of
his party to try to avoid the tariff is
sue II the Democrats are willing to go
before the voters of the United States
upon that question in the fall cleo
tions.
Taft's judicial judgment readily appre-
ciates, to be said about this matter
One Is that scarcely anything in an
important campaign could be easier
than the demonstration of the fact
that the American tariff system, as
this paper has 80 often shown with
specific examples Of prices for meats,
potatoes. breadstuffs. cotton. coal and
other commodities, cannot be proved
to be responsible for the high cost Of
living. or for any considerable part
been so much discussed throughout
the country, and which cannot fail
to be of the greatest importance to the
consumers Of the United States.
A tariff of IN cents a pound upon
meats declared to be eager to come
across the line from Canada at low
values), cannot possibly account for
advances in the price Of beef. mutton,
pork. ETC., running all the way from
8 to IL cents a pound. Potatoes that
the farmer delivers to the railroad at
80 cents In this state. but which reach
the consumers in this city at anything
from $125 to $1.5O. cannot have their
selling price determined or Influenced
by a tariff that is negligible in guam
tity, compared with the huge advance
from the producer to the consumer.
The tariff cannot be blamed for
price of cotton with no tariff at all
upon that raw materially, which is SO
high that manufacturers who pay that
price cannot sell their finished prod
uce at q figure which will cover their
cost and reasonable profit. There