New-York tribune., 1912-01-18
'GAYN0R TELLS FARMERS
. TARIFF MUST STAND
Basis of Prosperity and Cannot
Be Changed 0ffhand, Mayor
Says in Albany Speech.
CHEERFUL ABOUT TRUSTS
State Agricultural Society Also
Hears Mayor Shank of Ind
annapolis Describe
Price War.
lBy Telesraph to The Trbuneh

tBy telegraph to The Tribune1
Albany, Jan. l7.-Addressing the New
York State Agricultural Society tonight.
Mayor Gaynor of New York declared that
if the politicians went at the tariff like
bull in a china shop they would de-
, moralize the economic system Of the coun-
try and bring about a revolution. He said
the protective tariff might or might not
he right, hut the people had voted for IT
for many years and the prosperity of the
! country was founded on 1t.
Mayor GaynOr also was highly optimistic
about the trust problem. He said he didn't
believe the trusts were responsible for the
/ high prices The prices OF farm products
were high, yet there wasn't a farmers
trust. The very nature Of trusts, he ar
| gued prevented them from charging high
| prices and continually raising them. He
said he never would fear the millionaire
! as long as the country had common
| schools
The Mayor was assigned to discuss the
| subject Of high prices. lie discussed not
| only that. but politics, living conditions
| on the farm and I'm the modern Babylon,
an appellation for New York city which
| he ascribed 10 Horace Greeley. The Mayor
interested his audience greatly by describ-
ing some very early correspondence he had
| with the editor Of The Tribune.
| II was while he was a boy on the farm.
disliking very much cleaning ont the stable
| and hoeing the Cornfelds, he said. So he
wrote to Mr. Greeley-"everybody wrote
to Greeley those days"-and asked him
what to do lie received an undeCipherahle
letter I'm reply, he said, which wound up:
| But whatever YOU do. keep away from
| this modern Babylon"
We'll. couldn't keep away from the
modern Babylon. after all said the
Mayor. And now ! am Mayor Of IT, !
wonder what old Greeley Is thinking about
IL tonight"
Due to Heavy Gold Output.
Mayor Gaynor said the prevailing high
nrices were due TO the great production Of
gold. II was not really that prices wcr"
high but that money was low. Some TIM"
there would come a period when IN" apex
Of gold production was reached then would
| begin a decline in prices. gradual at first,
then becoming more and more rapid
time Of falling prices and tottering mar
kets.
And I don't want to be around then
ho added but some Of YOU young men Will
| have TO be"
Then he branched of on 10 the tarih ana
the country's economic system.
We've begun with this protective tariff, To
he said The people have voted for II
again and again in this century. We may
have been mistaken. will not dispute H.
but the system has been built up and the
country has prospcrcd under IT. and We
cannot do away with II at one Legislative"
stroke without upsetting economic condi-
tons II We try to do so there viii be
revolution We cannot do anything Ike
this offhand We must 20 slowly. W."
cannot reform the world, or even New
York city. In twenty-four hours
Then he said that all good things w"r"
/ Of slow growth
"If the tariff raises prices" he continued.
we must 60 slowly about changing H. not
hike a bull i'm china shop. And even n
! bull tied by his nose 10 a stak" and grazing
around it until he brings his nose short up
! against the stake learns 10 unwind slowly
and not rip his nose out. Tn" politicians
must learn the same lesson"
| The Mayor said the tariff probably need
cd 10 he loycllcd Of. 50 as to produce rove
nues and perhaps protect some industry
which needed protection until II could get on
its feet He was particularly cheerful about
the trust question and the future Of the
country
| This country is not going to tho dogs.
no. sir; no. sir" he declared shaking his
head cmphatically IL is in q high state
| Of prosperity We grumble and Growl. but
| things are not half as bad as the GROWERS
! saw / know they're a lot better than when
| / was boy"
The Mayor pleased his auditors greatly
by relating anecdotes Of his early days on
| the farm. and his present farming expe,
riences on Long Island. He told them the
parcels post would help them and help the
| city dwellers a little by bringing them into
| closer touch, but Il was useless a prac-
! tical matter for them 10 try to eliminate
middlemcn They were necessary under the
conditions Of city living, since the city
dweller couldn't buy things I'm quantity, he
said.
I'VE buy by the pound and by the quart, "
! said the Mayor. Yes. and there are some
who buy by the pint" he added and reused
a great laugh. as the audience evidently
thought Of liquid measure.
After the Mayor finished his address, he
went to the home Of Martin II. Glynn, ex-
State Controller, where there was a recep-
tion in his honor.
Lieutenant Governor Thomas +. Conway
presided other speakers were j. a. Rud-
dick of Ottawa, Dairy and Cold Storage
Commissioner Of Canada, and Samuel Lewis
Shank, Mayor OF Indianapolis. who has
gained countrywide reputation by his sue
cessful war against high prices Of food in
his home city.
The Agricultural Society elected these
+! officers:
President George W. Sisson ir.. OF Pots
dam; Nce-presidents, John J. Dillon, New
York: Ezra Tuttle, East Hampton; Gilbert
NJ. Tucker. Albany; G.. Fred Boshart, Low
| Vile; W. r. Smith. Syracuse: .. l.. Kel-
|! logg, Cortland; w. G. Barry, Rochester;
| clark Allis. Medina, and G. Howard, Mil
brook: secretary. A. +. Brown. Batavia.
| and treasurer, Harry y. Winters, Albany.
CTliOYIMG SIlRWAY EIGllRES