Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-16
war CRY N 1917.
SENATOR CUMMING ANNouNCES
He WILL CONTINUE FIGHT
ON RECIPROCITY.
WILL CARRY CONTEST 70
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Hopes 70 Line Opponents Up Against
President Taft-Will Make Powerful
enthusiastically coIIoquy in
Senate Over Presidents Pet Meas
urs.

Washington, Aug. Ex-senator Cum
Minis has served notice to the republic
cans of the country of his intention to
carry the war on the Taft Canadian
reciprocity policy into the next ma
tional republican convention.
Senator Cummins served this notice
urging revision of the steel schedule
as an amendment 70 the cotton bill.
The Importance of what he said did
not go unnoticcd here. 1t means that
the opponents of the Canadian agree
lnent propose to carry their war into
the resolutions committee in the next
national convention and into the con-
vention itself. They purpose to attack
the wisdom of the policy embodied in
the agreement as framed by the adj
ministration.
If they have their way, 1t needs no
prophet to see what would be the eff
feet on the political fortunes Of Will
liam Howard Taft.
His nomination for president prac-
tically will be made impossible for the
daa OF nominating him on an anti-reci-
procity platform or of his consenting
to run on such platform hardly is
thinka BILE.
Will Fight For Control.
Senator Cun1mins' remarks were in
line with Communication he has
heretofore sent to Iowa, He has given
notice that he will fight to control the
o$
next spring in opposition to the sup
porters Of the Canadian agreement.
Now he has made 1t clear that war Is
to be fought all along the line on a
national scale That Senator Cummins
will have the support Of powerful
contingent of the anti-Taft and anti
reciprocity element among the republic
cans in congress is perfectly plain.
Preliminary to discussing the steel
revision question Senator Cummins
dealt with general tariff matters. He
said products Of farms worth $4,000
100000 had been put on the free list
without an examination by the tariff
board into the cost Of production OF
agricultural products in this country
and Canada.
He declared that passage Of the re-
ciprocity agreement made 1t "abso-
lutely impossible to await the slow and
uncertain work Of the tariff board
much as he valued the report OF inde-
pendent commissions he could not wait
for it to attempt to give the farmer
free market in which to buy as well as
to sell.
Keen, Above panser-Point.
notwithstanding what we have done
as to AGRICULTURAL products" he said,
II am not willing to repeat the wrong
as to manufactured products. There
are certain articles covered by duties
which everybody knows are too high.
We do not intend to cut duties below
the danger point, but to remove some
Of the obvious and indefensible ex-
cesses."
He then said there was another
phase Of the matter which 1t grieved
him to discuss, because it launched him
somewhat into political campaign.
II feel" said he, that the revisions
and Misrepresentation that go out
daily from Washington require some
dealing at my hands. The Canadian
agreement has given the whole subject
a new aspect. We must determine, and
I want senator's to understand. and J
want my country to understand, we
must determine, and at the first oppor-
tunity, whether the reciprocity act rep
resents a republican policy. The ques-
does the reciprocity act correspond with
republican policy or Is 1t fragrant vi
olation Of that policy?
I'm this class Of opinion. there must
be referendum and as the republicans
Of the country select delegates to the
national convention they must answer
the question. Is the republican party in
favor Of protection for the manufacture
ers and free trade for the farmer?
1.-THE products Of the farm were as
much entitled to potection on the basis
Of the platform Of 1905 as the products
Of the mandatory"
"The republican parry" said he. "can
not accept declaration on that policy
"Is the republican party in favor OF
protection for the manufacturer and
free trade for. the farmer? This is the
issue and 1t can not be avoided and no
true, honest republican will try to
avoid the struggle Of the next year."
coIIoquy With ovsrman.
Senator Cummins and Senator Over
man. democrat, Of North Carolina. had
sharp colloquy because Senator Over
man. who is fighting the cotton bill
wanted to read into the record certain
of Senator Cummins' past utterances
on the tariff which seemed to be a.
variance with his present Views. Sena-
tor Cummins charged Senator Overman
with being a convert to protection.
He said Senator OYerman was trying
merely to embarrass him and delay re-
vision OF the cotton schedule. Senator
Overman finally withheld what he had
to present until Senator Cummins had
finished his remarks.