Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-01
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ti9i whether any one who knows would
cab him democrat. As MacVeaghwas an
administration man. In the war era, went
ovdr to Cleveland only on the tarin IS
sue, and voted for Mckinley, Roosevelt
ak4 myself. he does not impress me as
aIifthing but a progressive regular.
IEpeaking Of the tariff issue, Mr.. Presi-
dent. If you could begin your administra-
tion again. would YOU repeat your Winona
sb9ech tomorrow?
= Explains Winona Speech.
Elm phraseology. no: in effect, yes. Had
known as much, then as ] do now. /
should have realized that there are some
things one cannot leave to be taken for
gnanted- dictated that speech to stenog-
r9nher on the cars between two stations.
ard glanced through IL only enough to
spAighten its grammar: ii was sent out
By. the press with correspondingly little
cssemony. so that the papers received It
mall sorts of shapes. If 1 had prepared
it.9wo or three weeks before and revised
its1eliberately, as 1 ought to have done,
Should have clarified several passages.
AID. particularly, L should have changed
tfW sentence where l proclaim the Payne
tayin act the best ever passed. The com
p4fative would have been a better de-
sosiption than the superlative, for. what
taps less to be criticised than its prede-
ceasors, and it did, as whole, revise the
existing schedules downward
Supp0slng. for. arguments sake, that
yolr tariff board should bring in a report
hsetile to any change whatever in the
wepl schedule. would you be governed
b3ethat conclusion, regardless of the po-
sition you took on the popgun wool and
weolen bill?''
srhe contingency is remote. I think
that even the inner circle of projections
iste comedies that the. wool and wooden
t3nff. needs trimming down. the only
.2e~ftn INafy
mathod. l had no fault to find with
either democrats or insurgents for trying
t9,reduce any duties they chose. What Il
O6ject to Is disturbing the business of the
country today. when there is nothing bet
tsE than guesswork to proceed upon. and
then disturbing it afresh six months
LAGER. when the best available informa-
tith is before us.
: Should Have Foreseen Veto.
- do not join in the charge of ineon-
sisfeney against the democrats for conn
pf1mising with La Toilette on the wool
schedule instead of standing by their own
figures. If they could not get all the re-
dyttion they asked, for, they were quite
Justified in taking what they could get.
NJ chief criticism on their tariff activi-
tifS last session was that they were WILL
in9 TO send to me legislation so crude
aHp~ al digested that they must have
ktpwn, if they had paused to think, that
could. not possibly approve It." =.
us your tariff-reducti6n program based
on, the theory that II. will bring about
ir" -
overestimated. My. chief objection to a
NEED essly high tariff Is that it nour-
fstes monopoly. 1t holds forth constant
temptation to the formation Of. little
trtssts. which often are more directly
0T5Dr6SSiVp 10. no
owes. For example, we have found local
lumber markets controlled by, retail lum-
bes trusts. growing out Of the big trusts.
which dictate prices to the wholesale
trHde and which draw their chief sup
paSt' from duties which I believe quite
unnecessary for purposes of legitimate
ptetection And the same principle holds
gQ3d everywhere YOU look"
ssNas your adoption of low-tari6 pol
icy due to any recent change Of mindf'
: Trying to Keep Faith.
have long been convinced that we
wkre OVERRIDING the tariff business The
republican platform of 1908 gave express
sim to this view. for it committed the
paxtyfof protection to q revision. i have
h4en trying honestly to keep faith with
~ people who elected me on that I'M
Outstanding. OF course We feared that
there might be opposition from the ex-
CQPSEess and not. a few Of my friends
have blamed me for not breaking with
them. throwing down the gage OF battle,
and vowing that / would stand or fall by
heYever. that I, was not only. Presiderit
Oh 2he spnitsds States. bat head Of the
pGh3E< to ;whicEs. these men .3bol0ng red Il
e9HG not hope to have assistance from
fefesM wassbegun. unless, Jbyspatiept ef-
foSess1- could get feinfofce ments from the
ra1 Of Pr2tection rspublicans.. Some Of
ti3ss mSS were A@eHabie to atgnmsfir
gffta. One must not lose sight 81 thefacg
thaat while I was pledged to insist upon
l0ter tariff duties. there were many rep
refentatives whose motive to protect the
Industries of their districts was just as
s4ong as mine to comply with my. con-
stluction of the platform. Former Presi-
debts had worked with these party lead
ere in Congress. with whom they were no.
in$ entire sympathy, in order to make
px9gress. Looking back now on the rec
orr of those first few months. do not see
tHet could have done otherwise: for.
however far the results may have fallen
short of an ideal standard, 1t is on the
regular republicans 1 have had chiefly to
le&n for support.
3in spite of such handicaps. I did secure
taffn reductions on number of items
including several raw materials. I In
diced Aldrich to cut down his AMENDED
cotton schedule about 10 per cent. made
alike attempt with wool. but it wouldn't
wyrk in either house. l. got hides ON the
ftfe list. and a lower duty en- ceal, iron
oH, and scrap iron.
Bill Injured in Senate.
ss1f the Payne bill had passed the Sem
az in the shape in which It passed the
ICuse. there would have been little seri-
oV6 censure of it in the country at large
IsSealize now. though, that made one
nestake: 1 ought to have made as strong
APPOINT on paper as / did ON hides Chair
INAn Payne In the House did not like to
n down to two-dollar duty on paper
bSt he svofed for itsEather than cause q
split. Mr.. La Toilette I consulted as to
tlte amount of duty needed on paper, and
Ia thought 81 was too low for immediate
;tPplcationz and wanted q sliding scale of
iNties from a higher rate AS It was, we
cGnpromised on. 1915. The tariff board