The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-16
TAFT and CANNON TO EDITORS
URGE ILLINOIS MEN To PRINT
TRI rms ABOgT TIRIFF.
neIe doe says Payne niIi % tire Beet
Ever aRa Gives Figures 10 Prove q
Tells Now fHicieat ihe Present Cen"
gPesa g. Praise for the President.


sress g. Praise fer the President.
WARRINGTON. March IS-The Repuh-
lean editors Of Illinois. IN session at
Springfield. were asked by President Taft
to-day to stand by the Payne Aldrich
tarR Law a. passed by q Republican Con
Rr.as. The President sent this telegram
90 the editors:
George q RaHk,E. Esq PrsadsHi WHo's
Rspubheaa Editorial Association,
SpTtR0fei,l m
sincerely hope that vou viii have fu'l
meeting. that there will he harmony. and
that the Republican editors of Illinois viii
stand by tho action OF the kepubiican
Congress and Republican Administration
in reference to the iarin bill aud other
progrr--ivr legislation The expression ~
a meeting like the one Won have called.
arising from a normal sane and patriotic
Republican attitude will have much IN
nuence for good m Illinois and the rest Of
The country WILLIAM " lAff
RPRIS0FIEID. ~. March IS A letter
from Incle Joe Cannon IN which he de-
acribea the Payne Aldnch tarin Law as
the most scent ific adj ustInent OF protef.
tive dIt zee we have ever had was reNd
before the Illinois Republican Editorial
Association THE morning Uncle Joe
beaidea defending the tarin law says
that more real work has been ac-
complained thus far in the present Con
grees than in any session IN recent yeer
and predicts that the most 81 President
Taft e programme will he enacted into law
The letter says IN part
Taft met the first pledge in the Re-
publican national platform the day otter
his Inauguration by calling the sixty -hrSt
Congress in extraordinary session To re-
wise the tariH. aud the Republican ma iOr-
tiles in House and senate, cooperating
with the President. placed the Payne
aarid on the statute books on August 5.
or within less than FIVE months from the
beginning 81 the eeesion.
within ain months after Its enactment
that Law has demonstrated that u ~ the
hest revenue producer ne well 40 the most
sctentific al iustment ~ protective duties
We have ever had. fully iu~tifylng the
Presidents declaration thAtit ~ the best
tariff Law ever enacted The Republican
party did not promise a fires. trade tarih
nor a downward revision. hut revision
in which should be recognized the prin-
ciple Of protection. with the minimum and
maximum rates to preserve without eS-
cessive duties that security against for
eiGn competition to which American man
ufacturers and producers are entitled:
and also 70 maintain the high standard
of living % the wageearners 81 this coun-
try who are the most direct beneftciartes
81 the protective system
form We enacted q tariff in which there
were ast decreases from the Dinglev laS.
20 increases and $50 items Of the dutiable
list unchanged: the articles on which
duties were deCreased represented hve
billion dollars worth Of consumption,
while tho~e increased had a consumption
value Of less than one billion The in
creases were on luxuriea and the de-
creae~a on necessities. and IN the first sin
months Of the law more than 81 per cent.
81 all importations were free ~ duty, the
larRaat percentage OF FREE imports We
have ever had under any tarin. no, even
excepting the Walker tariff OF 1873. which
Waa called a free trade tarin
The increase 81 revenues has heen
nearly So. OOO ON IN siE months making
the Payne Law the best revenu" producer
We have ever had.
The present Congress IN regular
session has h~en more energetic and
more SUCCESSFUL IN carrying forward
the work before Il than has any other
ConSress IN resent years. More WORK
the session has nov run than was ac-
oompIiahed In the same time by the Fifty
ninth Congress. which President ROose-
velt said enacted more wise legislation
than any other Congress IN the preceding
half century The HOUSE has already
passed nine % The great supply bills to
NEE, the obligations 81 the Government.
whereas on March I tho HOUSE m the
Fifty ninth Congress had passed but
three Of these bills. and in the S,Xtleth
Congress had passed but four AT the same
time.
The House has alsr PASSED more than
two hundred public bills and NOR" than
two thousand private hills. which -
largely IN excess % the work " 'he House
IN Sither The Fifty-nlnth ~ SiNtieth
Congress NJ tho same date
Among the public hills Hassai ny The
Housa Is an amended employers liability
hill. a statehood bdl To admit Arizona
and New MeTIco. = hSnkruptcy NIL. q
hill 20 amend the safety appliance Law,
= hill 20 compel railroads 20 report acct
dents and q bill 20 create bureau 81
mines. all important va carrying forward
the pledges ~ the party.
The committees have hcen giving
most careful study 10 the number 10 halls
to amend the interstate commerce Law
and other legislation promised IA rho
Republican platform. and I think | can
safelv predict that this legislation Eill
he added. while All the pledges of the
platform will 10 kept Nv IN" party II ~
has the continued support ~ the People
No partv has ever been able To accom-
pIish all Il promised IN one session Of Con
gress and such an accomplishment has
never been eNpeCted
1T j. the function ~ tho Republican
editors To keep the people informed a.
to the work accomplished that they may
not ~ misled by demagoRu~s. whose
function ~ 10 complain and create dis
satisfaction. and the Republican editors
~ Illinois can be ~ material assistance.
m presenting The truth To- meet fiction
that the people may fairly Judge A. Ia the
Rdelity 81 the present Administration -
m. principles 81 the party that gave ~
power 20 the end that the President NAV !
continue TO have the support - the legis-
la,tvs department IN working out tho
policies uf The Republican party
The association adopted resolutions
after tho Presidents and Mr. Cannon'-
mess g~= were read. strongly indorsing
Speaker Cannon and IN" rules II the 4
national House and declaring thai 4
members ~ Congress should abide nv
the action 81 Inc majority The re~olu-
tions also indorse the Taft administra-
ton and Taft policies and the A'drich
farih hill
George Fitch ~ the Peoria Hcvnid
TrdRscrtpl stood alone and unsupported
when he attempted TO stampede the
meeting by declaring against Cannon.
predicting that continuance ~ hrs DONNA
lion would be disastrous
Gov Deneen made = sensation IN the
ia which were 4 number Of .
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