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ing, for the colonel had a long talk with
Senator Dolliver. who was on the train
with him. II was as follows:
Il was particularly pleased with what
the president said In his last letter on the
subject OF the tariff commission" said
Colonel Roosevelt "A numper of senators
and congressman have for some years ad-
vocated this as the proper method OF deal
ing with the tariff, and 1 am glad that the
country seems now to have definitely awak-
ened to the idea that a tariff commission
offers the only solution OF the problem.
which Is both rational and ensures the alb
sence OF Jobbery. The president from the
beginning advocated this commission.
call your attention to the fact that the
amendment proposing to provide for such
a commission In the original bill when the
tariff bill was under consideration In the
senate was introduced by your own senator
here, present-Senator Deliver II was a
characteristic act Of service to the people
on the senator's part. and wish to take
this opportunity of saying that throughout
my term as president on every important
question it was my privilege to stand shout
der to shoulder with Senator Deliver Let
me add. my friends, that what have said
OF Senator Dollfver, i can also say OF your
for my friend, Congressman Martin. al
though he is not from Iowa, but from
South Dakota He also is a man who abso-
lutely stood by me on every point through
out my term, and with whom / was able
to work In hearty sympathy for every pro-
gressive policy. All three of these men 1
found, after trying them out stood without
neutrality-suspicious. that simile suits South
Dakota better than Iowa, where l should
aay that they never kicked over the pail.
1t was only after a bitter fight that the
friends Of the commission idea in the senate
and the house got through the provision. It
Is not yet in satisfactory shape. The COM
mission itself should be enlarged, and its
powers greatly enlarged and defined, and
any necessary changes made that will make
its work more effective from the stand
point both of the executive and congress.
But the establishment of 1t makes an ex-
cellent beginning in the right direction.
Moreover, the value Of commission as pro-
Yided has been made real by the action
Of the administration In constituting in broad
fashion the law that provided for 1t.
Maximum and Minimum.
There Is another feature OF the tariff
law which is admirable and points our
course in the right direction, the maximum
and minimum provision. And here again
] wish to point out that the value of the
provision has depended largely on the ex
cellent work done by the administration In
the negotiations with foreign powers for
Its application. especially the negotiations
with the dominion OF Canada, which were
the most difficult of ALL and yet, in my
eyes, the most important, because 1 es-
TEEN 1t of vital consequence that we should
always be on relations of the richest
friendship and good will with our growing
neighbor in the north.
In addition, 1t was Of very real import
ance to provide as the present tariff does
provide for proper treatment OF the Philip
pines"
II believe in such q tariff measure of
protection as will equalize the cost of pro-
duction here and abroad. that win equalixe
the labor cost" said Colonel Roosevelt.
II believe In such supervision in the
working OF law as to make certain that
the protected industry gives that difference
TO the men that we are most anxious to
protect and II I found out that is not
given I would take Off the tariff due on
the particular thing
Il believe In protection on that basis as
= principle. but when II is mere tumble
OF preferences and privileges then 1 anu
against It."
short speech by Deliver.
Continued calls for Senator Dollivsl
brought him to his feet. Declaring that he
would hold as the greatest heritage he
would leave TO his children the fact that
he had stood with Colonel Roosevelt when
presidents OF theUnited States. he paid a
tribute to the work being carried on by the
colonel
that he had voted against the last tariff
bill because he did not think Il fulfilled
the pledges OF the republican party, praised
the colonel for his present course in ad.
vocating what he termed policies for this
good Of the people.
The speech which Colonel Roosevelt de
nvered in this city was as follows;
Congress and the Tariff.
Whenever men Just like ourselves
probably not much better. and certainl,
no worse-continuGily fail to give us tn,
results we have a right to expect from
their efforts, we may just as well maxi
up our minds that the fault lies. not ii
their personality, but in the conditions un
der which they work. and profit comes, no
from denouncing them, but In seeing tina
the conditions are changed This is espe
clally true OF matchmaking. 1t has beef
conelusively shown, by experiments re
peatedt again and again, that the method
Of Matchmaking BY congress. which hav
now obtained for so many years. canno,
from the very nature OF the case. brini
really satisfactory results.
With the present tariff. made by tn
same methods as its predecessor and a
that predecessors predecessor, there 1
grave disqualification. The people knoV
that there are some things in It which ar
not right. and therefore they tend to sus
pect as think, the more numerous thing
In II which are right. They know tina
the system on which IL was made. tn
same system on which it's predecessor
were made, encourages a scramble Of sell
tan interests. 10 which the all-importar