New-York tribune., 1911-01-04
Great Audience in Boston En-
Enthusiastically Cheers Reply
to FOSS.
REVIEWS VOTES IN SENATE
Has Nothing to Conceal or Apol-
ogize for, He Tells His Con-
stituents-Forced to Speak
by Gross Misrepresentation.

/ Henry Cabot Lodge, IN an eloquent ADDRESS
at symphony Hall tonight. reviewed nus
| eighteen years record I'm the Senate. 'lS
address was IN the nature OF an answer 10
| the long campaign against him led DE poN-
ernor-elect Foss. yet throughout MS re-
marks he never mentioned the name or any
Of his opponents.
| A majority of the Republican memperS
OF the House and Senate sat Immediately IN
! front Of Mr. Lodge. Behind them were
many party leaders. The multitude mat
stormed the hall an nour before the meet
! ing began exceeded It's capacity, ana an
overflow meeting was held in an adjoining
building. where Senator Lodge repeated
portion Of his speech.
! In Symphony Hall the audience was
armed with flags, and was enthusiastic
| that when Senator Lodge came on the stage
he was obliged to wait five minutes for the
cheering to cease
He carefully reviewed his career IN the
| United States Senate and his part in many
! important legislative acts.
! "I have been invited here tonight to
speak upon questions connected with the
| approaching election OF a Senator OF the
! United States by the Legislature Of Massa-
chusetts," said Mr. Lodge. in beginning
| his speech. 81 come with unfeigned reluc-
tance for, while | have a wide ana long
experience in public speaking, ] have never
yet learned to speak i'm favor or my own
election I have been accused of silence,
ana IL IS true that I have been silent. 20
| far as my own personal fortunes are con-
cerned During eighteen years OF service
] Ia, ,l,n ia
part Of the commonwealth. in many other
states / have discussed every public aues-
tion Of national importance, and have been
silent as to none.
/ 'I have supported the policies and the
candidates. both state and national. OF the
Republican party, but in all these years |
have never before made speech In my own
behalf. have preferred to let my record Of
service speak for me- and for that ! have
hoped 10 receive the consideratc judgment
OF my fellow citizens. Without strong rea-
son II would III become me now. after hav-
ing been honored with the confidence of the
| people OF Massachusetts for so long a
| period to depart from this rule OF conduct.
| But compelling reason exists in the mis-
representation. going far beyond the ord-
nary MISREPRESENTATION that disfgures all
! public life, which has been poured out upon
me. | intend not | hope at too great
length, in order TO confute these misrepre-
| sentations and i'll simple justice to the peo-
| pie who have honored me, well as 10
| myself, to recall what / have said and done
during my service as Senator and to re-
state my oft expressed opinions upon the
public questions Of the day
Mr.. Lodges Address.
Senator Lodge then took up the tariff
| question, saying in part:
| ! have been a member Of the Committee
! on Finance only two years, but during that
time that committee, which deals with all
matters relating TO the revenue and the
| Treasury, as well as banking and currency.
! considered and reported the tariff of 1909 I
| knew that II had defects like all tariffs, but
! ! also knew that II was a great improve
ment upon the law which 1t supplanted. I
| voted for II because II established GUS
toms court, the maHimum and minimum
provisions. a great measure Of reciprocity,
and the Tariff Board. the first step in what
! think a great reform. | voted for IT be-
cause it removed the duty on hides, for
which / had labored for years and upon
! which ] broke with my committee and led
| the fight in the Senate. ! voted for il be-
! cause IL made art free and mineral oil free
! and reduced the duty on meat. lumber, coal
| iron ore and scrap iron, because il read
| iusted the schedules on jewery, watches,
| cotton goods and other great industries of
| vital Importance 10 New England and TO
! Massachusetts. This IL not the time or
| place to enter upon a detailed discussion
Of that law. which | helped TO frame, or of
| the comparative merits OF protection or
| free trade. 1t will suffice that | restate
briefly my own position on this important
| subject.
Always a Protectionist.
am Republican and a protectionist. I
! believe that protective tariff is absolutely
atVafa al .Nf Na,f
can wages, which is a higher level than eX-
| lists anywhere else. believe that the
measure Of protection should be that stated
by the Republican National Convention in
| 1908 which IL that the rate OF duty should
equal the difference in the cost OF produc-
tion between this and other countries, with
due allowance for a fair margin Of profit.
In order 10 determine this difference | be-
lieve that there should he q permanent
| tariff commission composed of independent
experts whose duty ii shall be TO collect all
facts showing comparative costs Of pro-
ducton. and 10 submit them 10 the Pres-
dent and to Congress as rapidly as they
are gathered for each successive item.
slppOrtei the provision creating the Tariff
| Board in the act Of 1902 I supported the
appropriation which has enabled the board
10 carry on its work, in the sundry civil
| which | had voted, in my first speech in
the campaign on June 2s at Someryille. |
| continued to urge II I'm almost every speech
made from that time until November.
|
/ am a protectionist and am convinced
that an unbiased disclosure Of Industrial
| costs AT home and abroad VIII fully sustain
the protective policy. II the report OF an
EXPERT commission shows that a duty is too
high II should be lowered. ! have passed
through five tariff revisions. the last one at
very close quarters. and ! am satisfied that
the methods of revision hitherto employed
are i'm a high degree defective, and that the
time has come for a reform of those meth
ii | "A X
sion. | am therefore opposed 10 another I'M
mediate and wholesale revision under the
old methods by either party or upon any
theory as to rates OF duty Wholesale re-
visions are an injury TO business, and a
rapid repetition Of such revisions gradually
shakes the entire industrial fabric, and II
we can trust 10 experience, eliminates in
panic and disaster. Let changes be made
schedule by schedule or subject by subject
on the reports OF the tarin commission as
rapidly az they are presented and when
ever they demonstrate the need Of change.
! have been asked my opinion a. TO food
products and raw materials. and ! can
only reply by a general proposition Whch
covers both and when heleNe 10 ne SOUND
alike in reason and i'm fact As repre-
sentative OF a great industrial state
should regard a system which made every
thing we consumed free and which pro
tected everything We produced as mighty
desirabl, for us III the agricultural states
arc ready to remove the duties on raw
sugar and give up their beet culture, If
thGE are READY lp Tt,loNf we uhNlfS bi W.
hacco and wool and all their other prod
, urts no one representing an industrial
community could do otherwise than vel
come H. But YOU cannot. except When pro-
| tecticn * not needed, as. for example, in
Tho case of cotton. hides. beef, and mineral
oil do this against tho will Of the agri-
cultural states. You cannot give iree trade
10 tho farmer and protection 10 the manu-
facturer Tha' which is one mans raw
material is another mans finished product
Yon cannot give protection 10 watches and
utt.h your watch spring comes. In word.
Won can have protection for all who need