Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-21
| .T'|||A||F''|l| DEFENDS his
TARIFF BILLS VETO
PRESIDENT AT GRAND RAPIDS
MAKES FIRST sPEEcH ON RE-
CENT LEGISLATION.
WILL NOT ALTER PoL,cx
If CERTAIN OF DEFEAT
Declares Himself una.tsrabiy Opposed
to Revision Except on Information
Secured BY Tariff Board-Raps Pro-
sr...iv.. and Democrat. For Th.,r
. Attitude.

SecGroo BY TaesH 6oaro-HapS FRO.
srsssivss and Democrats For Their
Attitude.
Grand Rapids Mich, Sept. 21.-Pres-
ident Taft made his first speech of his
western trip on the tariff and his ve-
toes OF the wool, cotton and farmers
free list bills here today.
The president attacked the demo-
Gratis and insurgent republicans in the
senate and house who put those bills
thru congress at the special session,
defended hts own course in vetoing
them, and declared that he was unalter-
ably opposed to revision Of the tariff
except upon information secured by
the tarift hoard
He clearly defined his own position
with regard to tariff revision and made
1t plain that even IL political defeat
stared him in the face he would not
alter his policy. The president pre-.
dicted that revising. the tariff with the
"blscksmith's tools" such as he said
ents used will lead inevitably to re-
vulsion OF feeling and a recurrence of
the higher rate and the "old system Of
higi, tariff"
Will FIGHT Il Out, Win or Lose.
This" said the president, II would
deprecate and so far as can with the
powers given me by the constitution
propose to stop such movement, and
to secure reduction in accordance
with the principals Of the republican
platform and on information accurate
and Impartial. II that policy Is not
approved by the electorate then OF
course those OF us who are now In Of
flce must give way to men who will
carry out a different policy. But while
we are In Office our position ought
clearly to be understood. We follow
this ploicy not only because We believe
that a fnll discussion and q close per
ception on the part Of the people WHY
convince them ultimately to approve
and adopt it." - IS,
ousfss From Platfsrms.
President Taft quoted from the plat
form Of the republican party in Ohio,
New York, wisconsin, Iowa and kan
sas to show that his party in those
states had adopted the idea OF per
manent body which should make a
scientific investigation and upon whose
researches and data future revisions
should be based.
In effect he charged the insurgents
with bad faith in having advocated the
creation Of the tariff board and then
with not wishing to wait for its report.
In speaking OF his efforts for sucf
board he said:
II have had in the past the hearty
support not only Of the regular republi-
cans but also and even with more
emphasis those who cali themselves
progressive republicans.
Farmers Frss List Gill.
The free list bill was called the
farmers free list bill, for the purpose
OF giving an impression that 1t was
passed to compensate the farmers for
some sort Of injury supposed to be
done by the Canadian reciprocity
treaty. This reason was finally repudt-
ated by the leader Of the democracy
son the floor of the house OF represen
tatiyes. and is certainly not true. There
vas nothing in the Canadian reciproc-
tty bill that required any compensation
to the farmers, for in a very short PEE
riod after actual operation 1t will ap-
pear that they, as we'll as everybody
else. have been improved in condition
by our larger trade with Canada. But
the bill was framed and came tome IN
form calculated to misiead az TO It's
effect In the first clause all aEricuf-
tural implements were declared to be
free, ana great many We're named.
These same implements were named IN
the Payne bill, and were made free In
that bill from any country! which-per-
mitted our agricultural Implements to
enter It without duty. THIS opened to
England the market Of the United
States for agricultural implements. As
. matter OF fact, the price Of agrtcul-
tural implements in America ia eh9ep.
er, as shown by q report of-the, btitean
Of trade relations Of the state depast-
ment, to the American farmers than tn
any farmers In the world: England is
the one country that exports agrtcui.
tural implements to any great extsDt,
and 80 successful Is the competatlon
against her in this country Of An1eri-
can agricultural implements that prac-'
tically very few have come In from
ENGLAND. This first clause. theref0re.
Of the free list bill Offers no boon to
the farmers at all. altho apparently
drawn for the purpose cS inducing
them to think 20. It does contain s4sne
very general words at the close the
specially mentioned articles pwhic sby
Interpretation might be made TO sin-
cludA 1so different articles. used on the
farm. but used In other voca tons alxp.
And these artfcles-the hammers. the
tools. the cutlery. and the machin1sy
Of various kinds ere now duttabll lay1-