The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-19
NILSSON EXPLAINS
IIIUD TOWARD
Tariff REDUCTION
Stands Not for Extreme Of
That Policy But for In
telligcnt Revision
DECLARES M'KINLEY.
WAS IA FREE TRADER
Candidate Bases Argument
to Westernt r, on Lack of
Duty Between States
OF Union

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81, PAUL, MIMI, Sept lin
his speech q the auditorium here to.
Might Governor Wilson. for tho hrxt
Tina, In the campaign, explained his
attitude towards free trade. saying
that he was not for the extreme Of
that policy, but for an intelligent re-
duction o4 the tariR that would bring
more revenue to~the government.
The governor said tn part
ANY man who resorts 10 the
1fckfnt6y for the arguments IN favor
~ protection In the year. 1919, has
been Hls Rip Van Winkle. asleep since
thoea gpeeches were made: because
the circumstances upon which those
gentlemen relied for their arguments
havs absolutely disappeared from
America The argument that Blaine
ana Mckinley used FOR the tarin was
free trade Argument. You may not
believe II. but Ill tell you In what
sense Il Wal . free trade argument.
The government OF the United
states was set up In order to prevent
the states establishing protective
tariffs against one another, and over
IN AreA Of unprecedented extent We
have preserved An area OF absolute
free trade. xnd Elaine and Mckinley
relied upon that circumstance TO prove
thai the protective tarfn WIS not de-
strim1ntAl to thu American consumer
hecause they said within this vast area
~ domestic competition the laws Of
competition govern the processes OF
price and We arc not imposed upon
= Tespect Of the cost Of the article.
hecause there II composition hers
upon 3 splendid scale, upon = scale
n which men Of every cart Of re1ource
are ose free 70 No. their own geutua
and ttley o&eaef enc anotAefs ana in
Also us9anf1tEte :, nominAl level Of
pricsaI AAd must say thAt although
think yxen tisen ths arxumsnt 49,
Ia Part 4K1tacious. neyerthelesS the
tanned the argument. and 90 long ~
there was domestic competition there
W1s neither monopoly NOR an excee-
eiyely htgh cost OF living In America.
Ne Danger a. Free Trade
n don't mean that we are going TO
have NO tarin duties. There IL not
the slightest danger Of free trade m
tbs United States. because we hare
cne Of the most expensive central
Gossrnmsnts in the world. one OF the
mo9k extravagAnf central governments
~ the warid, and our chief resource
Tor Supporting II must. / dare say.
a1wnys within our time. be duties COL
1octnA 1t the ports. But the inter-
eekin9 thing about taFi6 b that the
naose e1lcient protection doesn't pro-
4itsoo any revenue worth mentioning.
that the higher you put your rates.
the less ycu collect At the ports. and
aams gentlemen thrive under = tarin
- high that there are practically NO
impOrtations ~ all.
Now, when the Democrats come
forth and say very modestiy, We
are in favor Of tArif for revenue.
they mean that they are in favor OF
i tnrin that VIII support the federal
ecvernment ~ against = tariff that
wont. And II you lower the rates
sufIIeiently to Let In = good many for
eien goods. you will get q big revenue
for the federal government. and you
viii bextn to know what the business
of government 10 an contrAsted with
the business of patronage.
Cen Cordial Reception
Few candidates for public once
have had = more cordial and en-
thusiastfc reception or one more per-
fScf " To detail ut arrangements than
fhat accorded Governor Wilson nc
Mfnueapohs and st. Paul today. IL
seemed AZ IL the twin cities had sus-
0ended business to do honor to the
6emocratic nominee for president. The
pubic schools took recess ~ the
SeAaaada&a passed through Minneapolis
81 n automObile.s and the children
wars lined up along tho main thor
4 ouSA1nr1a waving small american
flaes. .It 49, pretty sight, and one
that tOuched the governors heat.
Ones ~ sfopped and addressed slx
Nundrcd cf the children, telling them
that M himself ha0 been IN ntd
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