The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-30
PRESIDENT TAFT
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
The President Tells the Reasons Why
He Vetoed the Popgun
Tariff Bills.
SCORES SENATOR IA TOILETTE
In Opening Massachusetts Campaign
He Speaks With Great candor
Concerning Tariff Legislation


Concerning Tariff Legislation
Standing on the broad terrace o.
Congressman A. p .Gardner's farm
with Senator Lodge and other Massa
chusetts republican leaders, the pres
ident seemed to scent the smoke Of
the coming battle. Many of the SOC
members of the Essex County Repub
lican club gathered TO listen thought
they heard the Keynote" speech Of
the coming campaign, and their cheers
were loud and long.
Senator Lodge supplemented the
presidents tariff remarks by few
words, while two of the three candi.
dates for republican nomination fol
governor in Massachusetts, Lieut.. Gov
Rockingham and Speaker Walk, also
spoke.
Address Of President.
The president said in part:
II am here to speak words of en-,
couragement as to the outlook for re.
publican success. You have state
election Immediately before you, in
which it seems to me national issues
ought to enter. We have just finished
an extra session Of congress, and the
matters considered were of such i'm.
pOrtance to the commonwealth OF
Massachusetts that l do not see how
the people of the state can withhold
an expression of opinion upon them.
The extra session of congress was
called for the purpose of confirming
the Canadian reciprocity treaty, which
it did by support made up of votes
from both parties. l have no doubt
Massachusetts, by both parties, would
confirm its adoption.
Our democratic friends, however,
We're not content to allow the session
to pass with the accomplishment of
the purpose for which it was called.
They assisted-most of them-in the
passage OF the reciprocity bill, be-
cause they believed in it's usefulness,
and in so doing they united with the
republican support aud did not play
politics in its passage. am very sor-
Ty to say, however, that having pur-
sued Q purely statesmaniike course
with reference to reciprocity, they did
play politics OF the most irresponsible
character in respect to three tariff
bills, which, by uniting with certain
republicans in the senate, they We're
able to pass and present TO the eXecu-
tive for his signature.
Tariff for Politics Only.
"The bills bear internal evidence Of
the fact that they rested on a basis
of not tariff for revenue only but
tariff for politics only. The first
the wool bill-was introduced into the
house by Mr.. Underwood, the demo-
cratic leader, with the statement that
it was a free trade bill and was not
intended to provide protection to wool
or wooden industry, but that tire 20
per cent tax which was placed on raw
wool imported into this country was
made necessary AS revenue meas.
rre by the prospect of a deficit in the
national revenues.
This was most profound error
made by Mr.. Underwood through a
mistake in adding up the columns OF
the estimated, revenues and expend-
lures so that instead of there being
deficit, as suggested, there is in reality
a surplus of $40,eO0,U00. Though this
error was made known to him. the 20
per cent tax on raw wool was never
theless retained. The measure then
passed as free trade measure to the
senate OF the United States, where,
being defeated, the democrats and the
SO. called republican insurgents unit
ed in passing as a substitute the
amendment of bill prepared by SEN
ator La Toilette on the floor without
reference to or investigation OF a COM
mittee. The bill went to conference
and emerged after a further compro-
mise providing duty OF 20 per cent on
raw wool and an average of 40 per
cent on WOODEN manufactures. This
compromise was adopted. Thus the
bill is seen to be compromise be-
tween avowed free traders and
avowed protectionists, bill conceived
in an unnatural alliance, a bill, the
product of political log rolling for the
purpose of securing its passage; bill
framed in ignorance of the exact effect
OF it's operation, and presents only
those methods in it's adoption which
had been generally condemned in the
making OF previous tariff bills.
Trio Demanded Tariff Board.
'Mr. Underwood and Mr.. Clark in
the house, and Senator La Toilette
and his associates in the senate had
90 rl;or hean cOnSuic,iOus in the SUD-