The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-12
THOUSANDS HEAR
COL. ROOSEVELT

Roosevelt denounced the Democratic
party In New York as -an unholy
alliance between Wall street and Tam
many Hail. in a speech here tonight
and attacked the Democratic party
In Missouri by calling II the party
"thnt represents the special interests
and special privileges"
MIR. Roosevelt also defended the
present position OF the Republican
party in regard TO the tariff. He did
not discuss the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law. saving that he wished the peo-
pie to look forward and not back
ward. He said the party was united
on the doctrine that the tariff shall
be such as to equalize the cost OF
production here and abroad and that
II should be regulated by a commits
sion He said that under the present
system IT was impossible 10 obtain
satisfactory results and added that
when the commission system was cs-
tablished. there should be government
tai supervision To determine whether
the workmen were getting the bene-
fit they were supposed to have from
the tariff
II was Mr.. Roosevelt's first speech
in the present campaign. The great
Coliseum was crowded TO the doors
with a throng which cheered him ire
quently. 1e began his speech by
commencing Governor Hadley as an
upright and fearless public servant
In reference to the tariff Colonel
Roosevelt said:
AS TO the tariff, IL seems TO me
that the situation is much clearer than
some pcople would have us believe
| fully admit that there was time
when. IL our opponents had acted with
reasonable wisdom. they could have
made us trouble. But they let the
opportunity slip by and did not act
with reasonable wisdom.
THE Republican party Is united on
the doctrine officially set forth In It's
national platform two years ago that
the platform shall be made TO sub
stantiaIly eoualize the cost of produc-
ton here and abroad. AS the cost of
production IS mainly labor cost. this
means primarily that the duty should
be great enough to continue TO give to
our laborlng men that higher stand
ard OF wage which primarily disun-
2ushes the American wage worker
from the wage workers OF all other
countries.
Now. not only is this the doctrine
OF the Republican party, but | believe
il is the doctrine OF the Overwhelming
majority OF the American people.
do not believe that any section OF
the American people at present seri
ously advocates free trade or tariff
for revenue only, most emphatlcal-
ly do believe that If any such issue
is raised there will be an oyerwhelm
ing decision in favor of the policy
OF such measure of protection as that
above outlined.
Now the question is, How TO ac-
complish the purpose thus explicitly
declared? 1t seems TO me, and think
that more and more Ii seems TO the
people of this country, that the meth
ods hitherto obtaining in making all
tariffs for a great many years past,
are ineffective in correctly and just
IL applying the protective principle as
outlined above We wish TO give
proper protection TO each given busi'
ness, and above all tn the workmen in
each given business. as matter OF
right and justice, and not as a matter
OF favor OF preference. and above all
not give proper protection as a mat
ter OF favor or preference obtained
BY log rolling
Therefore We feel that there should
be tariff commission composed OF
impartial experts amply equipped for
obtaining, not merely from the state
mcnts of interested parties, but by
such investigation as will satisfy them
that the facts are accurate, informa-
ton that will enable congress in each
given case TO establish the measure
of prdotection necessary to carry out
the principles above set forth.
Moreover, these investigations
should form a program. each success
siye report being treated on It's mer-
its, so that each schedule can be re-
vlsed by itself in accordance with the
facts developed by this commission oil
impartial experts. and without any
heed being paid To any other conSid-
Grafton than the justice OF that par
ticular case. This will prevent log
rolling and it will also prevent the
far reaching disturbance OF business
which necessarily comes when all the
schedules are revised in a lump
Finally, | feel that it should be the
duty Of some government body at any
time to investigate conditions in any
particular industry to see whether the
workmsn do actually get tho benefit
that the tariff Is primarily created
10 give: that Is. TO see that the la.
borer gets the full share OF the ben
eft of the protective tariff In accord
ance with what | firmly believe to be
the purpose OF the American people
BY enactIng into law such policy
as that above outIned we shall, on
the one hand, do away with the dan
ger OF injury TO American industries
which would follow il they were left
wholly without protection from for
eign competition, and on the other
hand, we make it sure that the labor.
ing man gets the benefit of the tariff
primarily enacted in his interest. do
away with the fayoritism and log
rolling which under present conditions
seem inevitable in the process OF tar
iif making and make it certain that
The amount Of protection granted In
ench case is the amount actually nee.
essary 10 cover the difference in the
cost of protection here and abroad.
and not so exclusive as to represent
improper favoritism any special
group OF men,