The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
TOSS WANTS CLOSER.
 UNION OE STATES.
Elimination of Special Tar
 if Necessasry
JUGGLING THE TARIFF
Outlines Progressive Movement of the Democratic Party, Which He Says Furnishes Solution of
 National Problems

Charleston, S. C., November 30.--A closer union of the states for popular government and the elimination oi special tariff and other privileges as the only basis for constructive na- Eugene N Foss of Massachusetts in an address before the St. Andrews so- ciety today.
 He declared the business interests of the country must be built up on con- structiye business lines for the benefit of the people and that the republican party had utterly failed in this regard.
 He outlined the progressive move- ment of the democratic party which. he of our national problems, and declared that the country is calling upon that party to assume the leadership. He declared that the Sherman act had failed to safeguard and develop our industrial prosperity and that it had reacted injuriously upon all business He believed, he said, that each state must now take up the duties of regu- lating its trade and commerce, instead
 
 incorrect federal control and iitiga- ton; called for more business like di- rection of public affairs and declared it to be the duty and the opportunity of the progressive democracy to es- tablish clean cut business methods in government as well as industry and commerce.
 Governor Foss said in part:
 '''rhe people now realize that the pusi- ems of public finance and fiscal policy cannot remain the prey of partisan schemes, but must be raised to the high est level on sound economic principles. Progress is possible on this plan and no other.
 "Legislation in regard to our industry and commerce has hitherto been far more destructive of broad. honest expansion than effective in checking dishonesty or in limiting monopolies
 we now enter upon a new era in which progressive legislation on these lines will take the place of tariff juggling, and it's attendant evils.
 ''The era of the Payne-Adrich tariff has also been the era of a political boss. IL has witnessed the subverson of legisla- lures, the dictation of congressional ac- tion and the disturbance of executive duty through forces that work in the dark against the public welfare. It has been the direct representation of popular will supulanted by the dictates of political machines.
 Relief from present conditions can be and will be accorded by demo- cratic administration and a democratic Congress- These results can be secured by our party through the twin policies of q reasonable tariff and settled pro- gramme of reciprocal trade agree ments.
 But there is, in my judgment, still more important step which remains for us ito take 1t is time for Congress while upholding the principle that i'm terstate and foreign trade shall be free from restraint to define so far as prac- ticable what specific acts shall be deemed lawful and what unlawful, in order that the legitimate business of the country may know what the conditions to which business must conform are. It is time also to reaffirm the principle that each state must do for itself all that human power can accomplish to utilize it's constitutional power.
 "Failure of the states to act effect lively within their common sphere serves as a Justification for undue ex- tension of national authority. We must now face a situation in which the fear of restraint by combinations of capital has given way to apprehension of greater restraint by the national gov ernment itself"