The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-17

always be with us. he said, is the most
effective, efficient and taircst way ol
, euuallHng the burdens of taxation levied
7 bv the national Government Repuhll
cans have favored taxes not only FOR rev
GNU" but for ti" protection Uf home manu-
tacturpr-. Democrats favored tartf for
/ revenue only.
I "Thr dividing limo between these posi-
tion~ is very clear said Mr. Underwood.
"Whc,, ,ac tarif rates balance the differ
enCc ~ cost at nome ard abroad, inC.ud-
ing an allowances for difference IN freight
rates the tHriN must ~" competitive, and
from that point downward To the lowest
tariff that can I've lcNi"d it " i'll continue To
hc cOfnpetitjy" To- Il greater or less Stent
Who're competition Is not ntertered with
wv lcryng the taN above the highest com
peLItivp point, the profits OF the manu-
faCturer are not protected. In my Jude
uent the protection of any profit must OF
necessity have Il tendency to destroy com
petition and create monopoly.
/ Thirty or forty years ago, continued MIR
I Underwood We had real competition in
| this country To-day we haven {, and the
tarin prevents competition from abroad
There is no reason or Justice he said IN
! the Government attempting to protect
the profits Of the manufacturers and pro
duCers any more than to protect mer-
. chants. lawyers, bankers OF farmers.
(which course is the wiser one for our
Government To take" he said; the one
. IldI tpU'dtOS protection OF DIO'lNS, lll'
continued policy Of dollhouse growth Ot
our industries, the stagnation OF develop
mcnt that follows when competition ceases.
or. on the other hand, the gradual and
inslstent reduction Of our tarih laws to
a basis whore the American manufactured
mist meet honest competition. where he
must develop his business along the best
and most economic lines, where. when ho
fights at home to control his market, h"
IL, forging the way III the economic de
Vnlppincnt Of his business to extend his
trade N the markets OF the world? Ia
my Judgment the future growth OF our
great Industries lies beyond the seas.
Il AIN not IN tavur ut free trade Condl
tious or OF being 40 radical as TO lnlure
legitimate business. | do MEAN that the
period Of exclusion hae PASSED and that
thcrra oi honest CUrnpetItion Is here"
MIR MChdOO Introduced JudsOn I.
Clements az one II the great men oi the
South.
The chairman of the Interstate Com
mrrCe Commission responded TO the toast
Mora! Results of Modern Transportation
and Transmission Facilities. These
modern agencies he SAID have done more
than anything else To advance civilization
/ n tho last hundred years. Because ut
tu"m We are rapidly approaching the time
when petty disputes between nations WIN
no longer h" a cause for warfare. when
reason not guupowder. will be the AT blt"r
IT international dispute. Better aC-
uuarutaucc, better understanding between
-.rtIuu'. ct = country and between nations
will make war impossible. MI Clements
SAID OF the recently defeated reciprocity
trsatV with andud
We are getting ON better terms v,h
OHr u"ichbOr not wlthS'andiug tn. result
Of IN" tau Gle, tons there. Whether the
par;icuIdr treaty would have been more
beneficial 10 ,dnada or 10 orir own people
, cannot say. hat lts defeat was only a
Temporary check to complete under
standing and harmony That anneAd-
ton should hHN. t.ecn used Hs a bOgic
: H. tho more rcgr"ttshl" since II could
4 only nav" boon suggested With reep"'t I
to- annexation hv request \nne could toe
So thurman a. To- declare for anne eNattui,
hv force"
20 ~. advucd ed laws requiring rubI,cnty
~ regard tu ~. lC- Of public service
coruuratI"n-. FIndiuG companies wer"
ron often. he tupugh', only = mask OF
-n'"d through which artists Of the legal
e profession have found way to accom- -
' pilsh indirectly What th"y wouldn hHv"
: hcsu ihl, TO- do directly. Wise and u-,
, regulation nt corporations viii prevent.
N'huu2't. In" douand foY public owner
, snip, tho growth oi socialism and even
wor-s tcnirrrlo. The present genera
tloa has heavy responsibilities SAID NJ
Clements hut he h,lIclr ! these would be
met hray"iv aud wisely
I no 'a~t ~rcake" Wa- Nr Met o1mh-.
whose toast was Public Opinion. He
said.
III u certain Albany patriot is correctly
quoted IN y ~"C"ut statement there lodges
. IN Ni- breast an uncommon fear Of demo
"ratlc form uf government. and tins IN
- NYlNo- H." fclr that tho people ar. in
"tu"i to do ~" wrong thing. He -
o making 80 "fort tu write with the erasng q
: pud It the pencil To-day We are more
I"i a llcm pcra = than ever before"
Mr. y, Combs Champipned tn" progres-
s.'"~ ~ hprh parties. tie said they wer.
nr dealing IN Lea toys. but that they
' w"r" expressing ideas resulting from
. many years of Thought and experience
II" couldn't see that the progressives ire
really radicals any more than Mr.. Lin
D F rrlu was Il radical. He thought it was too
' bad thar ia" word progressive" was N
. frequently uttered as a reproaCh
/ Nr NCComhs believed that the public
opinion Of thes" times is sounder and
, NOR" "T"ctiv" than ever before in the
- nations history He attributed il to the
' uu-nltiSh work Of newspapers and civic
= organizations. Pubic men can't sur
: round themselves with mystery any more
1 and politicians are forced into the open
. The day of the political hirt has gone,
' he added