The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-29

The Republicans OF the State of New
York. In convention represented, resolve
as follows;
/ We declare relentless warfare upon Of
! fetal and legislative wrongdoing In this
State. a Republican legislature ordered
an immediate and searching inquiry into
all corrupt practices. and this inquiry Is
now going forward vigorously. We pledge
| its continuance. with additional authority
1 if required. until all such wrongdoing ca
I pable Of exposure shall have been brought
to light. to the end that the guilty shall
/ be punished and the innocent relieved OF
unjust suspicion.
National Administration.
| We enthusiastically indorse the pro-
| gressive and statesmanlike leadership of
William Howard Taft, and declare our
/ pride in the achievements of his first
eighteen months as President OF the
United States. Each succeeding month
since his Inauguration has confirmed the
nation in its high estimate Of his great
! ness of character. intellectual ability
sturdy common sense. extraordinary pa
tience and perseverance. broad and
/ statesmanlike comprehension OF public
questions. and unfaltering and unswerv-
| ing adherence TO duty. He has strength
I ened our prestige with foreign nations
! and treated with ylgor and wisdom i'm
/ portant international problems. notably
| our tariff relations with Germany,
| France. and Canada. Under his admin
/ istration the prosecution OF those impli-
Gated in the sugar and other customs
| frauds have been continued and conyic-
/ lions obtained there have been impartial
| and energetic enforcement Of the Sher-
man antitrust act, a substantial re-
I duction OF governmental expenses; the
| establishment Of better business meth
DDS which will result in greater ef-
/ hciency and real economy; remarkable
| progress in the construction Of the Pan
anna Canal. and the withdrawal from
private entry of over 10000 acres OF
the public domain. TO preserve for pub
lie benefit valuable coal and other min
eral deposits timber land. and water
power sites.
! On his recommendation Congress has
provided for a commission 10 investigate
and report on the regulation OF the issu-
anee Of stock and bonds by public serv-
ice corporations engaged in interstate
! commerce. He has advocated new sys-
TEN OF appropriations for river and har-
/ Dor improvements, under which each
| item, after investigation by experts, shall
be approved and carried 10 completion as
| a separate measure. This recommended
| ton we heartily indocse.
The Tariff.
The payne tariff law reduced the aver
age rate Of all duties Il per cent. By in
creaslng the duties Oh some luxuries and
articles not in ordinary use, making.
/ however. no increase on any common
food product. it turned a national deficit
into surplus. Under its first year Of
operation. the value OF imports free of
duty was the greatest in our history by
/ SlO9 900. 900. and the average rate Of duty
was less than under the Wilson law. Tn
like that Democratic law. its great re-
auctions of duty have not stopped in
dustry nor deprived labor of any part Of
its hire. II gives free trade with the
Philippine Islands. and II establishes a
customs court. It's maximum and mini
mum rates give US for the first time
equality Of opportunity with other ma
lions in our foreign trade
| In providing. upon the suggestion OF
President Taft. for a tariff board. it az
fords the means Of still more accurately
determining the difference in cost Of pro-
duction at home and abroad A Republic
can Congress Is necessary 10 provide
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to assume business and labor that
changes in rates viii be made only 10
equalize the difference in cost Of pro-
duction, and not to reduce rates 70 the
free trade or purely revenue basis, IA
| vored by the Democratic party. To
avoid disturbance of business, we urge
the adoption by the Congress of the joint
rule Of the two houses recommended by
the President and leaders in Congress.
by which the two houses could consider
a single schedule or a single paragraph
of the tariff without the necessity for
amendment which would lead to a general
revision. Advances In the cost of living
are only the local reflection of tendency
that is worldwide and cannot be truth
fully said to be due to the present tariff.
The Congress.
I The Congress has responded TO rec
concentrations of the President by enact
ing measures of far-reaching importance
to the people, including valuable amend
ments to the Interstate Commerce law, a
postal savings bank law, a lay provid-
ing for the publicity of campaign ex-
penses, the creation of a bureau of mines,
with a view to the better protection of
mine workers, laws extending the regula-
ton of safety appliances, and the law
providing a method by which the sur
face of coal lands and other mineral
lands is made available for agricultural
use. while conserving the minerals under
the surface for the public benefit. The
right of the President TO withdraw pub
lie lands for conservation purposes has
been set at rest by legislation, and the
completion of irrigation projects is as
sured by the authorization of s2o,OOo,OOO
of bonds.
The Courts.
The test of civilization is an orderly
and efficient government one of the es-
sentials of which is a judiciary of up
right. able. industrious, courageous men
1 promptly administering the law to rich
and poor alike without fear or favor,
and protecting the individual in his rights
and liberties against the injustice OF the
mob as we'll as against the greed of the
powerful. We count it fortunate that