Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-25
] Why cuaaAalNs opposEs
1AFT4 TRADE TREATY.
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- for Inconsistency in the position
. have just announced. The news {
. papers which have treated me so
. generously in the past are saying {
. to me that III you were sincere in {
. your declaration for reduced dut- {
. les you ought to accept this pro- {
. position without attempting to {
. modify e in any respect. for 1t Is {
. at least . step In the right direc-
. ton" I am never very much {
. concerned about consistency, for I
. long ago learned that the only {
. course 10 to 60 straight forward.
. doing exactly what believed to
. be right, and allow my acts to
o square themselves with each other G
o without any conscious effort to
. larmoni1e them. am, however.
,sa most DESTROYS Of proving. not only
ito the newspapers, but to all the
5 people. that what I am insisting {
, ] upon now is not only right and G
So practicable, but IL in exact ac-
3 D cord with the principles which {
. have heretofore guided me upon
o this subject.
. Ny position Is that the bill G
. which was introduced in congress,
. and which. with the amendment {
o have suggested. passed the house.
O should be amended 80 as to put
. upon non-reciprocal free {
@ list; that il to say, q free list G
O which win apply to imports into {
q the United States fr,r1 Canada,
o and which will not apply to inn
O ports into Canada from the Unit
O ed States. a series OF articles and G
O commodities which in rome form {
O or other the farmer must buy In
o order to carry forward his voca- {
O ton. and with respect to many Of G
o which all the people are pu-chas- I
O ers. I have already outlined the {
@ scope OF these Auditors to our
@ free list and shall not now at {
q tempt to make them specifically {
o complete. but in order that you {
O may have them clearly In your {
O minds rs proceed. mention the {
@ following: Meats Of all kinds:
O flour Of all kinds; oatmeal. rolled {
O oats. and cereal foods Of all kinds: {
O laths. shingles: sawed boards ana {
@ planks, whether finished or un-
@ finished. and generally lumber Of {
y all Kinds; iron ore: coal: manu- {
O. featured iron or steel: agriculture
% nj implements Of all kinds: auto
% mobiles and motor vehicles, in
@ wooden cloth OF all kinds. and cot {
(; ton and wooden clothing.
o AS have more than once said
O there are some of these articles {
O that IL put upon our free list G
@ would give us no immediate relief.
O but am disciple as we'll as an
q apostle Of competition, and there
o may speedily come a time when G
O their free admission from Canada Il
O would protect Us against the ex-
O actions Of monopoly at home. It
O 10 impossible, I think. for any
O man to give any valid reason for {
o maintaining duties upon these G
O things AZ against Canada that G
o does not apply with an even
O greater force to agricultural pro- G
O ducts, and every lover Of Justice.
O and friend of humanity must
O agree that when we remove all
% barriers between the agricultural G
70 products In Canada and the mar G
y kets Of the United States. 1t Is G
. fundam entaily right that we
= should also remove all barriers be-
@ tween the manufactures OF Can
@ ada and the markets Of the United G
@ States. with regard to those things G
o which the farmer must buy in or G
O der that he may be producer in G
O Agriculture. These propositions are G
O 20 manifestly sound that intend G
q to leave them without further ar
O gument ana pass on to the OBJ G
@ sections which have been urged G
O against the course have pro-
O posed. G