The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-18
BLAMES DEMOCRATS
FOR BLOCKING PLANS
Declares Wilson Would De-
stroy Protective Principle,
and Roosevelt Overthrow
the Constitution.
By CHARLES D. HILLES.


Chairman National Republican Com
lnittee.
BY Internatio News Service.
RTEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Shall we
nj uphold the constitution and the
IN protective policy1 These are the
two important issues Of this
campaign, the two which are gradually
forcing themselves on the attention Of
the American people. Theodore Roose-
velt stands for what amounts to an
overthrow of the constitution, and
Woodrow Wilson would destroy the pro-
tective tariff policy under which the
United States has so greatly prospered
and attained to wealth and i'm.
portaDce undreaned Of few decades
ago.
President Taft is both protection
lst and revisionist. He was the first
leading Republican to declare for
thorough revision of the tariff schedule
This he did at Bath, Me-, two years
before he was nominated for the presi.
dency.
Taft for Revision.
President Roosevelt, who read Mr..
Taft's speech before it was delivered,
warned him that he was treading on
delicate ground, and that he would
make host of enemies, but with that
fearlessness which has always chsrac.
terized hlm where matters Of priu-
ciple are concerned, Mr.. Taft delivered
ap address In which lie expressed his
exact sentiments and bra7ed the ami
mostly of the "standpat' element OF
his party.
During the seven years Of his adj
ministration Mr.. Roosevelt remained ST.
lent on the subject of the tariff.
On the one occasion when he became
convinced that it was his duty TO urge
congress to revise the Dingley law and
inserted in an annual message Il prom
Use of a special message Oh the subject,
Mr.. Roosevelt IS friends In congress
went TO the White house and pointed out
the danger 10 his popularity of attempt
ing to change the duties, and Mr.. Roose-
welt promptly caused to be stricken
printed but not yet published, the pas
sage referring to the tariff.
Found Needs Conflicting.
No sooner had Mr.. Taft been ipaugu-
rated president than he called congress
in special session to revise the TARIFF
and during the consideration Of the
measure framed at that session, all
his influence was e3erted TO secure
an equitable adjustment Of the rates.
But during that session Mr.. Taft
found that it was impossible to se-
cure a Just or satisfactory revision
Of the tariff without definite and i'm
partial information on which to base
such revision. He found the widest
differences of opinion as to what con-
stituted the differences between the
cost Of production at home and abroad,
to which difference the Republican
party WAS pledged to make the duties
conform, and whatever might be his
personal views he had no proof, no
unquestioned evidence by which to
prove his contentious.
Board Studies Question.
The great essential, therefore, the
president determined, was to provide
a board or commission, bipartisan IN
character, if possible. as free from poll
tics ns possible. which would take up
the industries which enjoy protection,
investigate the cost OF production here
and abroad. and report both to the
president and to congress that differ
euce, in terms which would make evil
dent the rates of duty which should be
imposed. And for the foundation of
such a board the Payne tariff bill pro-
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