Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-04

law was enacted by the Democratic
party it was described by that party as
competitive tariff" and through it. sn
'h"se commodities we're reduced to such
lack of protection that your mdusLi les
were crippled or helpless. and in this
whole debate we have not heard from
any representative OF the Democratic
party the complete acceptance of the
term protective tariff" as defined by
the Republican party. and as a matter
of fact the Democratic candidates for
Congress are pledged by their party
platform to another competitive tariff"
If the people of Colorado will check
up the prospective Democratic per-
sonnet of the next House ways and
meens committee they will find the
membership will comprise much the
same leaders who wrote the Underwood
tariff and who opposed the Repub-
lican tariff.
I'm 1922. they voted against all the
provisions Of the Republican party for
protection of the industries of Colorado.
They have continually preached against
1t, and as late as nine months ago
nearly all Of them voted to bring about
the instant reduction Of the tariff. l
do not believe for one moment that you
are prepared to intrust to these men
a revision of the tariff
Nations Market.
Furthermore, the great market of
Colorado is the United States, and I'M
less we preserve the standards of living
among the workers in our great urban
and manufacturing populations of the
East-because If their buying power
were to be decreased they will consume
less of your produce-you will find
cA1x I.ak
countries. in competition with the prod
ucts produced under cheaper labor and
cheaper land. more favorably situated
for transportation than is the State of
Colorado.
This Is no idle assertion. De-
creased wages and standards of living
will decrease the demand for your
products. If you will study the con-
7umption of meat. dairy products and
fruit during the great depression and
unemployment Of 1920, you will find
that in the necessary tightening Of
belts, the first economy was in the re-
fined products of agriculture, and those
are the ones upon which you are
to your interest an advancing of Sec
tionalism. 1t is the very essence of
nationalism for yours II mutual de-
pendence upon the prosperity with our
other States.
The Republican party has ever been
| a party Of progress. Never has 1t done
mere for the advancement of funda-
mental progress than in the last seven
and one-half years, since we took over
the Government amid the ruin left by
the war. l need only to remind you of
the peace treaties with our former foe
which builded the foundations upon
which we have emerged into an atmos-
pherc of friendliness and cooperation
with them in the upbuiiding of the
world. 1 could go further and point out
/ the first practical steps taken in the
history OF the world for the limitation
of armament, and therefore of fllnda-
mental peace, which was carried
through by this administration.
And we now propose new step to-
ward the outlswry of war l need not
remind ycu OF the restoration of en-
ployment to the millions who walked
our streets IN idleness In 1921. I could
remind you of the reduction of six bill
lions of national debt, the transfer of
which money from nonproductive Gov
| eminent use to the productive use Of
industry and commerce, has contrib
uted much to the upbuilding of the
country. I could mention four Sequent
reductions IN taxes whereby the burden
! has been lifted from the shoulders Of