American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-10-10
FRENCH TALKS
About TARIFF
Continued From First Page. !

n Onco " . the QlIIerence be
tween the cost Of American an
foreign labor and then foreye
maintained upon that basis througl
the information and the data thu
can be intelligently collected b,
. tariff commission.
When that time shall come
and / trust that it will come soon
then u country will not need tf
60 through the throes of f~inancia
terror every time it may be dis
covered hat a tariff is too high IN.
on this commodity or upon that
commodity, but it may be accentad
by the country that the moment
that 1t appears that the tariff does
not represent the difference in cost
OF production at home and abroad.
either because it is too high or too
low, that modification will be very
speedily made to meet the new
condition. That is the end that
nave striven earnestly to attain
In the last congress. That is the
POLICY for which l stand as a
republican.
I favor in every instance the
scaling down of any duties that
nay be in exces of the difference
OF cost of production at home and
IN countries that compete with us:
but, on the other hand. lust as
1lrmly sustain the protection that
marks that difference.
That is the kind of protection
thai protects the consumer That
If the kind of protection that pro-
tects the producer. That is the
k1nd of protection for which our
country should stand because il is
based upon justice and good faith
toward all alike
The speaker in closing invited
me attention of his audience to
the work of Senator Borah and
the advisability OF his Reelection.
Senator Borah,' said Mr.. French.
in less than one term has taken
a 1oremost place in the United
states senate and is recognized as
one of the strongest men that has
ever occupied a seal in that body
whose membership is made up of
men of large ability. 1 shall not
cover the entire record of work of
Senator Borah during the five and
one-half years that he has been a
member of that body. l want to
remind you, however. of a few of
the things that he has done during
the last year or few years that mean
for the welfare of Idaho and the
welfare of the country at large.
1T was Senator Borah, two or
three years ago, who introduced a
blll that became a law providing
for a bond issue of $40. 600. 900 that
projects might not be
embarrassed, and by hat service
Idaho was benefited possibly more
than any other state.
"The bill of Senator Borab-s
cutting down the residence upon
homesteads from five to three wears
was one of the wisest acts OF the
last congress and was necessary to
meet a situation that unequal CON-
petition of lands in Canada de-
mand that We nee and that
the poorer quality of lands within
our own country. available for
homestead entry, made it neces-
that We nae in order that
settlement might continue in the
great west.
1T was Senator Borah who in
iIoduced the bill that became a :
law in the last congress providing !
patents shall issue to home
stead settlers upon reclamation pro- y
jects Notwithstanding deferred pay
ments and providing that the land A,
may be regarded as the basis of
security to the government for
payments.
1T was Senator Borah who in
reduced the bill that We were able
o push through congress last win g,
.er providing for the establishment
1f a Children's Bureau in the de- .
,artment of Commerce and Labor. :
IN agency of our government that
viii mean for the welfare of the :
thousands of boys and girls, es-
,ecially in our large industrial
enters. around whose lives hard !,
'onditions have been thrown that
be met in order hat the
'outh of our land may attain great
r possibilities.
1T was Senator Borah who in .
he 61st congress introduced the .
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