The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-09

ton came IN y postal rawlings bill hat
been practically agreed upon In ths
senate and the nsht which the pro.
aressIves had made was to Insure the
deposit of tho money put into t1e
&c stofflces in the banks OF the loca
communities
"We had won out, but Just as we
were on the point OF passing the bill
President Taft had sufficient influence
20 rewrite that part of the bill and
everybody recognizes that the law, rs
Is was finally adopted, in that respect
was n victory for the great city banks
and a defeat for the small country
banks t
again, the president was found in
the company of reactionaries and not
with progressives.
-. The progressives were exceed.
lngly anxious to attach an income tax
law TO the Payne-Aldrich tariff act
We had good reason tc be ieve that
the president was with us in this ef-
fort, but at the moment when It SEEM
cd likely to succeed the president un-
der the leadership of Mr. Aldrich,
and his close associates, brought for
ward the so-called corporation tax
law and defeated the proposal to levy
tax upon the great incomes of the
country.
Constitution Not Amended.
"He did this through the instrumen
tality of the most pronounced reac-
tionarics Of congress ! think It must
be conceded that whatever else may
be said OF his action, he did not take
the progressive view
1--WE were encouraged by the sug-
gestion that we might obtain an
amendment 70 the constitution and
We could then have an income tax OF
unquestioned validity, but the consh-
tuition has not yet been amended 20
remove the doubt and It is exceeding
" doubtful whether It ever will be.
So All that care to say Is thai
he seems TO be out OF sympathy with
those who were recognized before his
advent into office as the best expo
nents of the conservation policy, and
80 far as 1 know, hrs appointment oi
Mr.. Fisher as secretary of the interior
was about the first act of his admin
istration which commanded the ar
proval OF the progressives throughout
the country.
&c. With respect 10 the Canadian
tariff bill. there is. of course, the
widest difference of opinion. 1t is 4
false prctensc from beginning TO END
II gives free pulp and free paper 70
publishers using print paper, and II
gives free farm products. but 1t wi
not. in my judgment, widen or en-
large our markets for manufactures
In Canada.
beneficial Effects Imaginary.
ats evil effects have been greatly
exaggerated and its beneficial effects
are almost wholly imaginary.
"The newspapers have their free
nulp and free paper and / can easily
understand why the measure appears
TO them as progressive legislation
but 10 those OF JUS who have been
Iaboring for systematic and eompre-
hensiye reduction of duties so that
they will, lin all the schedules, rep
resent the t1inerencei bdtween' the cost
of production at home and abroad
the Canadian Din rs fthcs most un-
fortunate act of legislation passed
within the period Of the present ad-
ministrstipn. for Il hes desTpyed the
chance for a fair revision of the, tariff
along Republicaus. lines tfor. years &c
come. W 'sf
ut is perfectly apparent that VIC
must now leithert suffer- the liniustlce
of the Payne Aldrich tariff law inde-
finitely or the perils ola Democratic
bill for revenue only. fttf
TITS hard for me to think of the
Canadian bill as progressive, believ-
ing as do that It's passage was the
result of an understanding between
the president and those eminent re-
actionaries, Penrose OF Pennsylvania
and Lodge of MASSACHUSETTS,. thai
they would see it through the senate
II all other tariff bills reducing du-
ties should be vetoed. t
al with regard TO peace treaties
am in hearty sympathy with the
president in the endeavor to broaden
the field of arbitration. but they car
hardly be instanced as a great ad-
vance In the move for peace when they
are construed as the. president him
self construes them In his public
speeches. and as they must necessar-
ily be construed if the senate amends
them as is proposed, for they are
practically the same as the peace
treaty we already have with Grea'
Britain. tHt ttfe
IS. With regard TO the woolen bill
and the free list bill ] have only to
say that I haven't heard OF any pro-
gressive rejoicing over the vetoes
which killed them. They We're both
prepared with the greatest care and
in the full light of abundant informa-
tlon and both amply justified by the
standard OF protection.
81 predict that these bills gave the
president the only chance he will ever
have to sign acts of congress reduc-
ing the iniquitous duties of the Payne
Aldrlch law. but preserving the sys-
tenn of protection. In waiting for his
tariff report he lost an opportunity
which Democrats will not give him
again.
with respect of the veto of the
resolution admitting New Mexico and
Arizona as states, l have this to say:
''Some Of the progressives were OPP
posed to certain provisions in both
constitutions. Some were opposed 70
the initiative and referendum. / was
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