The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-29
WHY TOWNSEND
IS FOR Mr.. TAFT
Senator, Here Tonight For Speech;
Gives His Reasons

senator Charles T.. Townsend wi
sneak tonight in 'iermania hall, Han
cock. in the interest Of the Republican
party.
His coming is coinci1cnt with tn
appearance Of November number o
the American ms gaZine which con
tains an article by Senator Townsen,
telling why he is supporting the can
didacy Of President Taft
The article Is the contribution o
the senator To a symposium writer
hyJ Progressive. Senator TOWNSEND
was selected as 2 leading Prcgressiv,
who is fer the reelection of the Re
publican president.
1t follows:
Mr. TAFT has served as president
for less than three ana one-half wears
and yet his administration. measure,
lay constructive progressive legisla
ton accomplishment. is unsurpassed
by that of any other president in our
history.
He was nominated i'm chicag IN 1905
ON a platform approved by the mos
progressive clement Of the Republican
party and he has come nearer To- full
filling it's provisions than any other
president came To accomplishing the
pledges of the platform upon which
he was elected.
Briefly let me cali attention To the
records
rhe tariff plank of the platform of
sos directed the president to call an
extra session Of The 61st Congress- "a
revise the tarif. II dcclercd for a pro-
tective tariff equal to the difference
1t cost of protection here and abroad.
plus a reasonable profit To the Ameri
can Industry: il declared for a maxi
mum and minimum provision IN the
proposed tariff legislation. This IS, the
substance of that plank. Has Il been
fulfilled.
The president called an extra ses-
sion. The result Of the work of the
Ways and Means committee of which
~. Payne was chairman was laid be-
fore the Honsc. The report contained
the maximum and minimum provis-
ion. 1t also provided for a corporation
lax and for a tariff board to deter mine
the difficult task imposed by the plat.
form. of finding out What the differ
rnce i'm cost If production here and
abroad u.s. The house passed the 5ill
and sent il to the Senate. That ldy
dclibcratcd urun II for Ion; weeks.
during which time The president Tab
ored INCREASINGLY to sccurc such
changes i'm existing tariff rates as
would make the bill comply with his
ideas Of what rates should be imposed.
hfter the bill passed the Senate /.
went Ia conference. The president
was i'm frequent communication with
the coEteroes urging them to reduce
certain duties which to aim seemed
zoo high. No one could have worked
harder than he did to secure this re
suit. Finally bill was agreed upon
and was presented to the president
IT was not inst what the president de-
sired, but it was better than the exist
ing law ana he must either SIGN or
veto 1t. TO veto il would be to retain
the Dinaicy law. To sign IL was to
reduce rates on ircn products from ~
q" 90 per cent; to put leather on the
irco list and reduce the dUty on boots
ana shoes 40 per cent; to reduce the
uuty materially on lumber and Chemi-
Gals, and on hundreds of other arti-
clcs' TO secure a corporation tax and
tariff board. | submit that he would
nave been less than real statesman
II ne had not approved the PAYNE bill.