The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-23
CUMM|NS HAS
WAR PAINT ON
Iowa Senator, in Speech at
Council Grove, Kan, Proves
y Genuine Insurgent.
SAYS PLEDGES OF PARTY
WERE NOT CARRIED OUT
Hands Warm Roast to ''UncIe
JOe," Aldrich and Other
Stand -Patters."

COUNCIL GROVE, Kan, July 22.-
Senator Albert b. Cummins of Iowa. in
a speech before a Chautauqua audience
here tonight, asserted the pledge of the
Republican national platform for a re-
vision OF the tarifr was not fulfilled and
Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon and
aarlT bill, have never attempted and never
dntended to keep the pledge
Senator Cummns came into the district
of one of the Kansas regular" congress
men, Representative James NJ. Miller, to
give this message. He said:
Cannon and Aldrich and other stand
pat leaders were driving the nation into
socialism or cooperative. control. and
away from the individual or competitive
theory.
Stands for Progression.
IT am an exponent of the progressive
Republican idea" he said. ''I believe the
Republican party can be made the most
progressive partytpn earth. The one that
does things, for the good of the whole
country. But the special interests man
must be eliminated. That is my sermon.
That is what 1 advocate, and If it helps
or hurts any Of my audience 1T does not
bother me. For ten years / fought for
progress in Iowa and We have won and
at all. but one covering all this country
and affecting other countries
Our forefathers organized this gov
eminent on the broad principle that indi
vidual effort Was better than co-opera-
tive or collective theory of government.
tAat the work OF the individual was Of
More Importance and better for the Coun-
try than the development OF the social
istic. or monopolistic theory of govern
ment and industry, 1t is the competitive
against the socialist theory OF govern
ment Competition in the Individual or
industry is the only safeguard against
ayarlce and greed.
Roast for Cannon.
Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich
are driving the country into d socialistic
form Of government and industry by pro-
noting the cause OF monopolies. They
are unwilling TO take measures 10 pre-
vent the rapidly growing tendency
toward monopoly or TO disintegrate and
destroy the monopoies already In exist
ence, whereby the prices of commodities
arc fixed not by the usual laws Of trade.
but by the will Of single man or group
OF men. Monopoly does not mean Il sin
Sle factory with absolute control of one
article. but a combination of factories
making the same article, whereby the
prices are the same in all, whether or
not the factories are owned by one COM
pany or are controlled through trust
agreement.
1T is only within the last few wears
American and foreign goods has become
SO marked that the people began to talk
nhout the tariff duties being too high,
The people have found the absence of
foreign competition in the markets of
this country has made it possible for the
American manufacturer to increase his
prices at his own sweet will, without
regard TO aktual market conditions,
Pledges Of Party.
'The feeling has grown that something
must be done with the tariff TO re-es-
tablish competition in trade, The Re-
publican national convention realized
this and ii had TO make an agreement
That If 1t were successful it would re-
wise the tariff so monopolios and trusts
could not longer annihilate competition
the first real recognition that the tariff
should be put on scientific basis. where
the measure Of the import duties was
set 10 protect the difference in cost OF
production at home and abroad with
margin for a reasonable profit
''Ju the Republican platform there was
no technical promise 10 revise the tariff
pledged itself TO make such revision OF
the tariff as would euualize the cost OF
production here and abroad and make
Eompetltion possible in this country in
many lines.
'It was the duty OF congress to make
this revision. Congress did not do il.
il did not even attempt TO do it, I'm
the tariff was revised without the slight
est heed to The cost OF production OF
anything. 1t is of no avail to reduce the
duties on any commodity il the duty is
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