The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-07
New York SUM-
The Presidents Speech.

eFSSNMS
I am here to speak words Of encour-
agement as to the outlook for Republic
can success. You have O state election
Immediately before you into which, it
seems to me-, national issues ought to
enter. We have just finished an extra
session OF congress, and there matters
were considered Of such importance to
the commonwealth OF Massachusetts
that l do not see how the people Of
the state can withhold an expression
OF opinion upon them. The extra ses-
sion of congress was called for the
purpose Of confirming the Canadian
reciprocity treaty. which 1t did by a
support made up Of votes from both
parties. have no doubt Massachu-
ssett by both parties would confirm
its adoption.
Our Democratic friends, however,
were not content to allow the session
to pass with the accomplishment of
the purpose for which it was called.
They assisted-most Of them-in the
passage Of the reciprocity bill be-
cause they believed in its usefulness,
and in SO doing they united with the
Republican support and did not-as 1
have had occasion to say to their cred
ibid not play politics" in its pas
sage. I am very sorry to say, how
ever, that having pursued a purely
statesmanlike course with reference
to reciprocity they did play politics"
Of the most irresponsible character
in respect to three tariff bills. which
by uniting with certain Republicans
IN the senate they We're able to pass
and present to the executive for his
signature.
"Tarih for Politics Only"
The bills bear interal evidence Of
the fact that they rested on a basis
OF not tariff for revenue only but
tariff for politics only" The first
the wool bill-was introduced into the
house by MIR. Underwood, the Demo-
cratic leader, with the statement that
1t was a free trade bill and was not
intended to provide protection to the
wool or wooden industry, but that the
twenty per cent tax which was placed
on raw wool imported into this coun-
try was made necessary as a revenue
measure by the prospect Of Q deficit
in the national revenues.
This was a most profound error
made by MIR. Underwood through a
mistake in adding up the columns of
the estimated revenues and expendit-
ures. so that instead of there being
a deficit of $50, 100000, as he suggest
ed, there is III reality a surplus of
S40,0 0 900. Though this error was
made known to him, the twenty per
cent tax upon the raw wool was never
theleEs retained. The measure then
passed as a free trade cas- to the
senate Of the United States, where
being defeated the Democrats and the
%so-called Republican insurgents unit
ed in passing as a substitute the
amendment of a bill proposed by SEN
ator La Toilette on the floor without
reference to or investigation by any
committee. The bill as proposed inn
posed q duty of forty per cent ad val
orem on wool and an average of sixty
per cent on wooden manufactures. This
bill Mir. LIZ Toilette claimed to be q
protection bill.
The Democrats Of the senate pro-
cured a reduction of five per cent from
him and then with his assistance and
his associates passed a bill providing
a duty Of ~thirty-6ve per cent on raw
WOO! and On average Of ffty-1ve per
cent on WOODEN manufactures. The bill
went to conference and emerged after
a further compromise providing q
duty Of twenty-nine per cent on raw
wool and an average of f%orty-nine per
cent on wooden manufactures. This
compromise was adopted.
"A Compromise Between Avowed Free.
Traders and Avowed Pr0tec.
tiOnistG."
Thus the bill is seen to be a COM
promise between avowed fr%ee-traders
and avowed protectionists, a bill con-
ceived in IN unnatural alliance, q bill
the product of political log rolling
for the purpose of securing its pas
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