The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-10
SCHWAB AND CARNEGIE
NOT AVERAGE MEN

T atives, Mr.. Utter OF Rhode Island
$ spoke as follows;
"Mr. Chairman, II is long time
since | have heard more adroit pre-
] sentation of a case than that which
= was made by the gentleman from Pen
nsylvania (Mr Palmer when he APP
= peared as the champion of the Demo.
crazy He said some thinges however
J during his presentation to which, IL
we did not call particular attention.,
it seems to me we should be unfair
! to ourselves and unfair to him also,
tcertainly unfair to his party.
All during his argument he used
two illustrations. One was the illustra.
ton which conferred around Andrew
Carnegie and the other was the illus.
tration which centered around Char
les M. Schwab. Any man who knows
the history Of those men--and who
does not, If he knows the history of
the United States for the last few
years--knows that II either one were
dropped on desert island, by even.
ing they would own the island and
have 1t organized. You can not frame
a tariff bill with Charles M. Schwab
and Andrew Carnegie as your typical
men. A tariff bill must be framed for
the average man, and Charles Nj.
Schwab and Andrew Carnegie are
mt ayhropa man Tharafnra 7 u,ont
to call particular attention to the fact
that while we have been discussing
this bill, perhaps not Intentionally, we
have had in view how II may effect
Charles M. Schwab and Andrew Car
negie, and We have apparently for
gotten the other 10000 people who
: are employers of labor, and the million
and a half laborers and the three bill
lions Of capital that are interested out
side of those two men. II seems to
. me we ought to remember that the
, people outside of those two men are
|, as much interested as are the two
. men themselves.
A The gentleman from Pennsylvania
= said another thing, and we on the Re-
A publican side applauded. He said he
? was proud of what had been accom-.
plshed in this industry, and, we be-
, lieve through the protective system.
, am proud too, and every American
, citizen must be proud, that under a
, system that has built this country up
to its present position, we have been
q able to develop not only Charles NJ.
I Schwab and Andrew Carnegie, but the
, men who work with their hands and
who receive better pay and more com.
= forts and more of the luXuries of life
than they would anywhere else on the
face of Gods green footstool. Cap
plause on the Republican side.) 1t is
something to be proud of. Now what
Is the proposition? II is proposed 10
bring in bill that the Democrats
themselves admit will push back this
line that limits the competition and
saves the market to the American
workman. They have admitted that |
the purpose of this bill is to push |
that line back, back. back, and the !
further you go the more satisfied they |
are. AS an American citizen, as
believer in the principal of protection
my idea is to hold the American mar
ket for the American workingman,
and TO hold 1t faithfully.
Another statement made by the '
gentleman in the first part of his
speech did not agree wholly with the
last part of his speech In almost the
second sentence OF his remarks he II
began by saying that he had no spec
ial information upon the subject, and II
yet later, when the question was put Il
to him by the gentleman from Con
necticut (Mr. HID, II the committee
had had any hearings, he said No,
they had not. Pity, the remark! Pity
the confession Of man who stands in
the American Congress, ready to lie.
gislate for all the people of America,
and who admits at the beginning of
his speech that he has no special in
formation upon the particular sub
ject about which he desires to legis-
late. and who would not ask 1t from
anybody else! 1t seems to me We
ought to remember as Americans that
the American people stand not wait.
ing so much for legislation as they
do for information: 1t is not because
I -.
them on the tariff question that they |
are finding fault. 1t is because, as they |
say, so much information has been
thrown at them. The Republican party |
in the last Congress and in this Con.
gress stands ready and back of our |