The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-29
JUSTICE c. A. HUGHES
STRONG PROTEcT|ON|ST
NOTABLE SPEECH IN WHICH HE
HE REFERS TO NECESSITY
OF TRAIFF ON ZINC.

In the campaign of 1908, Charles
Evans Hughes, at that time governor
of New York, made number of
speeches in support of the republican
candidate for president, William Ho-
word Taft. One of these speeches
was made at Carthage, Missouri, in
the county In which Joplin is located
and In the midst of the greatest zinc
producing district in the world. Much
of his speech was devoted to the
tariff and the necessity for an ade-
quate protective tariff on zinc was
given much attention. Here Is an ex-
tract from his speech:
Importance of Protection.
Il do not suppose that you here de-
sire to see zinc ore, which Is pro-
duced on a low scale of wages, brought
into this country, driving American
workingmen out of employment and
reducing the output and business of
our own industry. Mr. Bryan says
that he will attempt to reach this re-
suit of securing "A tariff for revenue
only by degrees, and that means in
definite. Tariff tinkering. 1t there
is one thing American business can
not stand 1t Is that. Whatever the
tariff is to be, 1t must be certain. II
we are going to have our leg cut off,
cut it off but don't cut 1t off by inches
But we are going to save that leg and
walk on it, We need it. And policy
that proposes after the years of our
development under protection to put
this nation upon free trade basis Is
opposed to the legitimate business in
terest of the country and the common
welfare.
IF party were put in power to-
morrow pledged to achieve that end,
and in a position to secure 1t, 1t would
demoralize American industry and
PROSTATE the country, and to the ex-
tent that it may be threatened and to |
the extent that it may be endorsed as
a policy by the electorate, to that ex
tent our industry, progress and pros |
peflly are put III JeOpdTuys
Our Industries have been developed |
under a system which is intended to
protect American business from the
competition of underpaid labor of 9TH
er countries. 1t is intended to pro-
tect the workingman in this country
In receiving a scale of wages higher
than that which is paid elsewhere. 1t
cannot be defended as a policy for
particular interests against the general |
interest, but it can be defended, as
I believe, and has the support of the
American people as a policy when |
rightly applied in support of our Am
erican scale of wages, and for the
gain and expansion of American in
dustries, You know, perhaps, in this
locality something of this matter"
Address Before the Republican Club
of The City of New York.
In his address before the Republican
Club of the City of New York, January
81, 1908, Governor Hughes said:
Il believe in a protective tariff. 1t Is /
an established policy. Our opponents
would not undertake to present to
the voters of the country the issue of
free trade.
"A protective tariff is essential to
the interests of our wage earners, in
that it makes possible the payment
of wages on the scale to which we are
accustomed in this country and thus
maintains our American standards of
living. Hence the difference in the
cost of production here and abroad is
the fundamental consideration.