Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-09-22
ne Mr.. Aldrich and his followers IN

were Mr.. Aldrich and his followers in
the Senate; Mr.. Payne, Mr.. DalzeA,
Mr.. Cannon and other followers IN
the House. 1t seems to me am jus
titled in the conclusion that he did
not take the progressive view with
respect to this measure.
2. One of the notable laws passed
in the present administration is the |
act amending and charging what is
commonly known as the Interstate |
Commerce Law If this bill had pass
ed as insisted upon by the President |
the work Of nearly a quarter of a cen
fury would have been swept away and
we would have taken a long step
backward in the regulation of our rail
ways. The committee bill was recon
structed upon the floor Of the Senate
by the progressives against the vio-
lent opposition of the reactionaries
who were acting for the President.
believe that people generally will
agree with me that with respect
to this measure Mr.. Taft did not take
The progressive view Of the subject.
Defeated the Income Tax.
4. The progressiveS were exceeding
ly anxious to attach an Income Tax
Law to the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
We had good reason to believe that
the President was still with us in
this effort, but at the momen when
it seemed likely to succeed the Pres
ident, under the leadership of Mr..
Alfrich and his close associates
brought forward the socalled Corpora
ton Tax Law and defeated the pro-
posed to levy tax upon the great in,
comes of the country. He did this
Through the fundamentally of
the most pronounced reactionaries of
Congress. l think it must be con-
ceded that whatever else may be said
OF his action, he did not take "the pro
gressive view
5. Conservation of our natural re-
sources. ALI that l care to say is that
he seems to be out of harmony with
those who were recognized before his
advent into office as the best expo
nents Of the conservation policy, and
50 far as 1 know his appointment of
Mr.. Fisher as Secretary of the inter-
Tor was about the first act of his ad-
ministration which commanded the ap
prevail OF the progressiveS through
out the country.
:. 6. With respect to the Canadian
Tariff Bill, there is of course, the wild
est differences of opinion. Reciprocity
is a progressive term, but | think IT
is true that most of the progresSives
have been unable to find in the Can
adam Bill the essential elements Of
RECIPROCITY. l do not desire TO repeat
the arguments have already made II
another place against this measure. II
lis a false pretenSe from beginning
to end. 1t gives free pulp and free
, paper to publishers using print paper
and it gives free farm products, but
II will not reduce the cost of living,
and it Will not, in my judgment, wild
en- or enlarge our markets for manu-
facturers in Canada
Not a Real Peace Movement
7. With regard to peace treaties |
5 am in hearty sympathy with the Pres
r ident i'm the endeavor to broaden the
field OF arbitration, but they can hard
4 y be instanced as great advance IN
9 the move for peace, for they are prac
3 tically the same as the peace treaty
r we already have with Great Britain.
8. With regard to the Wooden Bill
e and the Free List Bill l have only to
say that l haven't heard Of any pro
gressiyes rejoicing over the vetoes