Evening star., 1932-11-07

| ambition to remove the tariff which to-
day is the sole protection for your cattle
and sheep industry.
Now 1 submit that II any man is
competent to discuss the protective
tariff he must know whether the diff
ferent schedules are too high or too
low. He must know also that through
the Tariff Commission these schedules
can instantly be subjected to re-exam-
/ ination and if found at fault they can
be instantly remedied l have repeat
edly offered to submit any such sChed-
ule to the Tariff Commission. AS have
stated elsewhere, his reply. when asked
why he does not submit these faults
| in order that they may be remedied,
| is that he will abolish the Tariff Com
| mission.
| I do not need to reiterate that l
stand fiatly for the protective tariff
stand for the protective tariff, which
means always the preservation of the
American markets for the American
producer. Further. l stand for the
speedy repair of the breaches in its
walls which have been made by the de-
probation of foreign currencies
This morning l issued the following
statement, which explains itself:
My attention has been called to
the misrepresentation by Democratic
agencies upon the question of the re-
striction of Philippine sugar The
Democratic Hawes-Hayes bill provides
for probation for Philippine inde-
pendence varying from 9 to II years,
during which time the quota of sugar
which can be imported free is to be
increased from the present average of
about 100000 tons to 100000 tons. At
the end Of that period a catastrophe
Will come to the Philippine people
through the total break of their duty
free trade relations with us.
States G. o. P. Position.
The Republican proposal is for a
gradually modified relationship with
| the Philippines. We say they cannot
IN their own interest attain political
independence until they have secured
economic independence. That is the
Interest Of both the Philippine and the
American farmer
The Democratic proposal continues
ana makes worse the situation of the
american farmer for to II years, and
In the end plunges the Philippines into
ruin as the price of their liberty. The
tSepubllcan proposal gives immediate
rellef to the beet sugar grower and
brings about safe basis of Philippine
independence
And, l wish to mention here and
now, that in securing these additional
authorities to the Tariff Commission by
which we have taken the tariff out of
log rolling and placed it on a sound
and effective basis. Senator Smoot of
your State led not only in this fight.
but also in the fight for the protection
OF your industry in Utah and for the
protection Of the entire Nation.
ms has been campaign of peculiar
misrepresentation from our opponents
from failure to properly advise the
Governor as to facts and the conse-
quent broadcaSting time and again of
transformation both as to the origin
OF events and the actions taken with
regard to them and in matters of sta
tlStlcal accuracy which change the
arguments
one OF these Misrepresentation. local
10 the lntermountain States. has been
as to my position as to silver. II 1
mad no broader vision than nv per-
Sonal sympathieS with every man who
works with pick and shovel. every su-
perlntendent and every owner of a
mine, to which industry I devoted my
self over term of years, l would be
anxious that their products could be
saleable at a price which would main
tain their livelihood and the prosperity
of these States.
Hopes for Higher Values.
Increase in the value of silver would
reIleVe us from strain of cheap pro-
duction of goods which flow over our
borders; it would rehabilitate the buy
ing power OF many foreign nations for
our goods. We have long since de-
termined that there can be but one
standard of monetary value, but yet we
should restore silver to greater use
for subsidiary coinage and other pur-
poses in those countries which tradi-
tionally have used it and to do it with
out undermining the gold standard 1t
thus becomes problem which cannot
be solved without international action.
For score of years the Congress has
been passing resolutions asking for an
international conference for this pur-
pose. I took the proper steps through
our diplomatic agents to inquire of the
nations. without which such a confer
ence would be impossible, as to whether
or not they would be willing to join in
such a conference. They stated they
were unwilling to do so. Later on when
the question arose of a world economic
conference to consider steps by which
the international phases of this stu
pendous crisis could be relieved, I
stipulated as a condition of American
entry into that conference that there
should be considered also the methods
Tor the restoration of the use and price
OF silver as full part in that confer
ence. That was finally accepted. 1
nave given assurances to the people OF
the lnter-mountain region that 1 shall
appoint representative on the Amer
lean delegation who will carry their
point OF view to that conference.
l call your attention to the fact that
In the history of 80 years this is the
only administration which has won for
you the consideration of this question
by the nations of the world.
Refers to War Experience
I have referred to my early visit to
this State. The pursuit of that same
profession as an engineer took me into
many lands peopled by many races,
living under strange and divers
PHILOSOPHERS of life and many different
forms of government. Later, during
the World War in Europe, I saw men
of all these origins gathered on their
fields of battle waging the deadliest
war in human history. I am perhaps
the only man who was permitted to
move within the battle zone and freely
among the people on both sides of the
conflict.
In my mission I discussed the wa
with statesmen and generals on all side
of the conflict Their leaders had sum-
moned them to arms on every one of