THE STJXDAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 13, 1910.
PARTY PROMISES
KEPT, SAYS TUFT
President Says Business En
terprises Must Be Made
to Conform to Law.
NEW TARIFF IS DEFENDED
Wool Schedule He presents Only
Failure of Downward Revision
Policy Interior Water
ways to Be Improved.
(Continued Prom First Page.)
filling a great position and doing his duty
with absolute fidelity. For that reason.
Mr. Taft will be renominated and re
elected." Governor Fort, of Now Jersey, said:
'"There Is room in the Republican party
for advanced thinking. Senator Dolliver,
Senator Nelson and Senator Beveridge
are not thoughtless men. They know
their people and they are familiar with
conditions tn the Middle West. They are
only a little In advance of the rest of us.
But they are no more bo than was Lincoln
in his Springfield speech In lS5fi."
President Taft said:
Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Repub
llcai Club and Fellow Guesta: The birth
day of the man whose memo.-y -we celebrate
toalpht Is an appropriate or-caston for re
hewing our expressions of respect and af
fection for the Republican party and our
pledges to keep the part whU-h It plays In
the history of this country as higrh and as
useful as It was during the Administration
of Abraham Lincoln.
The trials which he had to undergo as
President, the political storms which the
party hud to -weather during the -civil War,
the divisions In the party itself between
the radical anti-slavery element and those
who were mont conservative in observing
th.e constitutional limitations, are most in
teresting r-adinp: and serve to dwarf anfl
minimize the trlala through which, the Re
publican party Is now passing and restore a
sense of proportion to those who allow
themselves tfo be daunted and discouraged
In the face of a loss of popular conildenc
thought to be Indicated by the tone of the
press.
In what respect has the Republican
party failed in its conduct of the Govern
ment and the enactment of laws to perform
Its dutyT It was. returned to power a year
ago last November by a very large -majority,
after a campaign in -which It made cer
tain promises in its platform and those
promises it has either substantially com
plied with or It is about to perform within
the present session of Congress.
Party Promises Reviewed.
Let us take up these promises In order:
In the Republican platform of last year,
upon which the campaign was made, ap
pears the following plank In regard to the
tariff;
"The Republican party declares unequiv
ocally for the revlsiun of the tariff by a
special session of Congress Immediately fol
lowing the inauguration of the next Presi
dent and commends the steps already
taken to this end In the work assigned to
the appropriate committees of Congress,
which are now Investigating the operation
and effect of existing schedules. In all
tariff legislation the trus principle of protec
tion Is best maintained by the imposition
of such duties as will equal the difference
between the cost of production at home and
abroad, together with a reasonable profit to
American industries. We favor the estab
lishment of maximum and minimum rates,
to be ndmdnlstered by the President under
limitations fixed in the law, the maximum
to be available to meet discriminations by
foreign countries against American goods
entering their markets, and the minimum to
represent the normal measure of protection at
home, the aim and purpose of the Republican
policy being not only to preserve, without
excessive duties, that security against for
eign competition to which American manu
fac Hirers, farmers and producers are enti
tled, but also to maintain the high standard
of living of the wafie-carnrrs of this coun
try, who are the most direct beneficiaries
of the protective system. Ret ween the
United States and the Philippines we believe
in a free interchange of products, with such
11m i tut ions as to suar and tobacco as will
afford adequate protection to domestic inter
est." We did revise the tarff. It is impossible
to revise the tariff without awakening the
active participation in the formation of the
schedules of those producers whose business
will be affected by a change. This is the In
herent difficulty in the adoption of revision
of a tariff by our representative system.
Revision 1m Downward.
Toothing was expressly said In the plat
form tliat this revision was to be a down
ward revision. The implication that It was
to be generally downward, however, was
fairly given by the fact that those who up
hold a protective tariff system defend it by
the claim that, after an industry has been
established by shutting out foreign competi
tion, the domestic competition will lead to
the reduction in price so as to make the
original high tariff unnecessary.
In the new tariff there were 664 decreases,
220 Increases and 1130 items of the dutiable
list unchanged, but this did not represent
the fair proportion in most of the reduc
tions and the increases, because the duties
were decreased on those articles which had
a consumption aiue of nearlv $..X0.(jl0
MH whiie they were Increased on those ar
ticles which had a consumption value of
less than 1.0OQ.OO0.0O0. Of the Increases,
the consumption value of those affected,
which are of luxuries, amounted to nearly
$rtO0.0O0.(XK), while the increase not on ar
tirlea of luxury affected but about $300.XX.
nH. as againt decreases on about S5.000,
tKiO.Ooo of consumption.
And I repeat, therefore, that this was a
downward revision. It was not downward
with reference to silks or liquors or high
priced cottons in the nature of luxuries. It
was downw ard in respect to nearly all other
articles except woolens, which were not af
fected at ail. The revenues -were falling
ofT. thera was a deficit promised, and It was
essential that the revenues should be in
creased. It was no violation of the promise
'v win revenues py increasing the j
tar on luxuries, provided thera was down
ward revision on ail other articles.
WoolrAa Are Single failure.
Th one substantial defect in compliance 1
with the promise of the platform was the fail
ure to reduce wooleu. Ixes that defect so
color tii action of the Republican party as
to mak it a breach of faith leading to its
condemnation? I do not tWnk u. Partlos
are like men. Revisions are like the work
tt men they are not ptrfect. The change
whioh this tariff effected was marked by a
change downward In the rate of duties and
it was a recognition by the party that the
time had conw when Ins-trid of increasing
duties, they must be decreased, when tb
party recognized in its platform and in much
of what it did. that the proper measure of
protection was the differencs in cotrt in the
production of articles here and abroad, in
cluding a fair profit to the manufacturer
There was a dispute as to what that difference
Is. and whether it was recognised in the
chanKv af nil duties downward.
Particularly waa this th caw on the ma
terlatm thu.t enter in 10 the manufacture of
paper and paper itself. The reduction on
print purer was from to $3.75, or about
ST per cent.
There was a real difference of opinion on
the Que.atl.n of fact whether the new duty
correctly meatured ti?e difference In the cost
of production of print paper abroad and print
paper here. It affected the counting-room
of the- newspapers of the country and invited
the attention of the newspaper .proprietors who
had asmci.tted themselves together like other
Interests, for the purpose of securing a re
duction of the tariff. The failure to make a
larger reduction showed Itself clearly in the
editorial columns of s. great lumber of the
aewepapera, whatevw their party predilection.
Time Needed for Proof.
The amount of miare presentation to which
the tariff bill tn its effect as . downward
revUion bill was suljected has sever been ex
ceeded In this country and It will doubtless
tke the actual operation of the tariff bill for
several year to show to the country exactly
what the legislation and ite effect are. It
Is. perhaps too early to institute the alren
mrntjyTHins betwtoa isypq uirlna, but
-REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN NEW
QUESTIONS OF
Aldrich bill has been in operation now for
aix. months and figures are at hand from
which we may make a reasonable inference,
nnst, as to whether It is a revUrion downward,
and second, as to its capacity for producing
revenue, for it must be borne in mind that
the passage of the law was demanded not
only for the purpoee of changing rates in
their effect upon the industries of the coun
try, but also for the purpose of increasing
trade and revenues, and the success of the
measure is to be Judged by its results In
both these respects.
The Bureau of Statistics is authority for
the statement that during the first six months'
official operation of the Payne law. which
has Just ended, the average rate of duty
paid on all dutiable imports was 21.9 per
cent ad valorem. The average rate of duty
paid on all imports for the aix months for the
four preceding years under the Ding ley law
was 24.3. This would show that the reduc
tion in the Payne law la 2.&4 per cent of the
value of the goods, or the reduction below
the previous tariff rates Is 12 per cent, show
ing a downward revision to this extent in
those goods which are dutiable.
Free XJst Lengthened.
But this is not all. Under the Payne law
51.6 per cent of the gro&s imports for the
last six months have been entered free, while
under the four years preceding for the same
six months the free list amounted to 43.4G
per cent of the total importations; so there was
not only a reduction of duty on dul table Im
ports of about 12 per cent, but also an en
largement of about the same percentage of
the free llot.
For the production of revenue the Payne
law la even more an improvement on the
Ilngley law. During the six months that
the Payne tariff bill was in force from August
& to the night of February 6. the customs
receipts amounted to 166,002. 856. 64. Under
the Wilson -Gorman tariff the semi-annual
monthly average was $13,857. 937. ti. Under
the Dir. g ley tariff the monthly average
was 21.710.973.ti4. wnile under the
Payne tariff the monthly average
ha been $27,677,142.75, or 10O per cent
greater than the monthly average under the
'Wilson tariff, and 2ti per cent greater than
the monthly average under the Dlngley tariff.
Of course as the country increases in pop-,
ulatlon the customs receipts increase, but
even considering, the population, the increase
In the tariff receipts has been marked. Under
the "Wilson tariff the annual average customs
reeoipts per capita were $2.38; under the
Dlngley tariff, $8.23, while under the Payne
tariff they are $3.71.
Deficit Will lie Eliminated.
For the six months that the Payne tariff
has been in force the total receipts, both
from customs ' and internal revenue, have
been $32a,Sitf,231.91, while the disburse
ments have been S332.7S3.2S3.03. showing
that the expenditures exceeded the receipts
by only $S,SS4.051.17, with no collections yet
from the corporation tax. For the corre
sponding period last year the expenditures
exceeded the receipts by over $40,000,000.
The showing Indicates that under the pres
end customs laws the deficit will be prompt
ly wiped out, and that to meet our internal
expenditures we shall have ample revenue.
I, therefore, venture to repeat the remark
I have hud occasion to make before, that
the present customs law Is the best customs
law that has ever been passed, and it is
most (Hgnificant In that It indicates on
the part of the Republican party the
adoption of a policy to change from an in
crease in duties to a reduction of them and
to effect an increase of revenues at the
came time.
The act has furnished to the executive
the power to apply the maximum and min
imum clauses in order to prevent undue
discrimination on the part of foreign coun
tries and thus securing additional conces
sions in respect to the impositions on our
foreign trade.
This act has done Justice to the Philip
pine Islands by giving them free trade
with the United States.
More than all this, the new tariff act has
provided for the appointment of a tariff
board to obtain impartial evidence, upon
which, when a revision of the tariff shall
seem wise, we shall have at hand data, from
which can be determined with some de
gree of accuracy the difference between the
cost of producing articles abroad and the
cost of producing them in this country.
The great difficulty in the hearing and
discussion of the present tariff bill was the
a-b pence of satisfactory and credible evi
dence on either side of the issues aa to low
or high tariffs. The Importer on the one
hand and the manufacturer on -the other
were present to give their fallible Judgments,
affected by their own pecuniary interests,
as to the facts under Investigation. Men
who were struggling to find the truth were
greatly perplexed by the conflicting testi
mony. The tariff bill authorizes the President to
expend $25 OOO In employing person s to as
sist htm in administering the maximum
and minimum clauses and to assist him and
other offices of the Government in the ad
ministration of the tariff laws. I have
cone trued this to mean that it may use the
board appointed under this power not only
to - look into ths foreign tariffs, but aiso
examine the question with respect to each
Item In our tariff bill, what the cost of
production of the merchandise Is, and what
its cost is abroad. This Is not an easy
task, for Impartial experts, and it re
quires a large force. I expect to apply to
Congress this year for $250,000 to organize
a force through which this investigation may
go on andethe results be recorded for the
use of the executive and Congress when they
desire to avail themselves of the record.
Data Will Aid Revision.
In this way. any subsequent revision may
be carried on with the aid of data secured
officially and without regard to its argu
mentative effect upon the question of rais
ing or lowering duties. Taken as a whole,
therefore. I do not hesitate to repeat that
the Republican party has substantially com
plied with its promise in respect to the tax
iff. and that it has set itself stroncly In
the right direction toward lower tariffs and
I tariffs can properly and safely be fixed.
An investl gation by tne tariff board of
the sort proposed will certainly take a full
two years or more. Meantime, the operation
of the present tariff promises to be con
sistent with the prosperity of the country
and with the furnishing of sufficient funds
with which to meet the very heavy but
necessary expenditures of carrying on our
great Government.
1 he Repubilran National platform, con
tains tha following:
' We favor the establishment of a postal
savings bank system for the convenience of
the people and the encouragement of
thrift."
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a postal savings bank. The great diffi-
culty in the bill seems to have been to ob
tain a proper provision for the management
and investment of the money deposited.
The great advantage of a postal savings
bank is the encouragement to thrift of those
whose fears of the solvency of fny de
pository except a Government depository
tempts them away from saving. A Govern
ment promise to repay seems to be specially
effective in leading people to save and de
posit their savings. The machinery of the
Postoffice Department, with Its 6O.O00 post
offices and 40,000 money order offices, of
fers an economic and far-reaching ma
chinery In places remote from banks, and
among people who fear banks, who, but
for this opportunity, would not save, but
spend. The low Interest offered, that of 2
per cent, prevents such postal savings banks
from Interfering with regular savings banks.
ose rate of interest always is in excess
of 2 per cent.
Amendment Means Defeat.
In the present stage of the Senate bill,
there have been Inserted amendments drawn
apparently for the purpose of having money
deposited as savings in Government post
offices distributed through the locality where
it has been deposited, in the state and Na
tional banks, and so deposited as to make
it impossible, for the trustees of the fund
appropriated under the law to withdraw
money for investment In any other form.
I regard such an amendment aa likely to
defeat the law. First, because it takes
away a feature which ought to be present In
the law to assure Its constitutionality. If
the law provided that the trustees to be ap
pointed uuaer the law for the funds thus
deposited, could meet the financial exigen
cies of the Government by the purchase of
redemption of the Government 2 per cent
and other bonda, the measure- would - cer
tainly be within the Federal power, because
the postal banks would then clearly be an
Instrument of National Government in bor
rowing money. We have now about ?X0,
000,000 of 2 per cent bonda with respect to
which we owe duty to the owners to see
that those bonds may be taken care of
without reduction below the par value there
of, because they' were forced upon National
banks at this low rate in order that the
banks might have a basis of circulation.
This Implied obligation of the Government
the pcatal saving bank funds would easily
enable It to meet.
Secondly, if Uie funds are to be arbi
trarily deposited in all banks, state and Na
tional, without National supervision over
the state banks and a panic were to come,
it is difficult to see how the Government
could meet its obligations to Its postal sav
ings bank depositors, because with every
lank suspending payment the funds of the
postal savings banks would be beyond the
control of the Government and we should
have a financial disaster greater than any
panic we have heretofore met. A pro
vision that when the money is not needed
to invest in Government bonds or to redeem
the same, it may be deposited In National
banks In the neighborhood of the place of
deposit, will avoid the great danger of a
panic end will .strengthen a banking system
which is an arm of the Federal Govern
ment. I sincerely hope that befone the measure
Is hammered Into its final shape., it may
take on these characteristics, which shall
give It a constitutional validity and sound
financial strength and usefulness. Those who
insist upon th elimination of these two
necessary characteristic features of the bill
will put the party in the position where it
cannot hope to escape the charge that It is
not in good faith In seeking the passage
of a postal savings bank act, and is not
seeking, therefore, to comply with the
promise of the Republican platform in that
regard.
Kallroad Bills Under Way.
On the subject of railroads the Republi
can platform said :
"We approve the enactment of 'the rail
road rate law, and the vigorous enforce
ment by the present Administration of the
statute against rebates and discriminations
aa a result of which , the advantages form
erly possessed by the large shipper over
the smaller shipper have subsequently dis
appeared, and in this connection we com
mend the appropriation by the present Con
gness to enable the Interstate Commerce
Commission thoroughly to investigate and
give publicity to the- accounts of interstate
railroads. We believe, however, that the
Interstate commerce law should be further
amenuea so as to give railroads the right
to make and publish traffic agreements
subject to the approval of the Commis
sion, but maintaining always the principle
of competition between naturally compet
ing lines and avoiding the common control
of such lines by any means whatsoever. We
favor such National legislation and super
vision as will prewnt the future over
issue of stocks and bonds by interstate car
riera
A bill to carry out these declarations has
been Introduced in both House and Senate
and is now being considered before the ap
propriations committee of these two bodies,
and there is every hope that the bills thus
introduced. In substantially the same shape
as introduced, will be enacted Into Law.
, Promise Is Exceeded.
Indeed, this railroad measure goes further
than the promise of the platform, for, while
it subjects the issue of stock and bonds to
the restrictive supervision of the Commis
sion and prevents further watering of se
curities and forbids the acquisition by a
railroad company of stock in a competing
line, it also puts very much more power
Into the hands of the commission for the
regulation of rates and It facilitates in every
way the ease of supervision by the Com
mission of the railroads to secure a com
pliance by the railroad with the rights of
ths public and of the shipper.
The bill was prepared by the Attorney
General, after a full conference with the
Interstate Commerce Commission, with rep
resentatives of the shippers and represen
tatives of the railroads, and while It was
not the result of an agreement between
all parties in Interest It was drafted with a
view to meet all the fair objections and
suggestions made by every one of them.
The platform further says:
The Republica party will uphold at all
times the authority and Integrity of the
courts, state and federal, and will ever
Insist that their powers to enforce their
processes and to protect life, liberty and
property shall be preserved hrviolate. We
believe, however, that the rules of pro
cedure In the Federal Courts with respect
to the issuance of the writ of injunction
should be more accurately denned by
statute, and that no injunction or temporary
restraining order should be issued without
notice except where Irreparable injury would
result from delay. In which case a speedy
hearing thereafter should be granted."
Injunction Bill Discussed.
A bill to carry out exactly this promise
has been Introduced Into both the Senate
and House and will doubtless come up for
consideration and passage. The b!Il dees
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Over -Eating Worse
Than Starvation
Seven Deaths Arise From This Cause
to One of Lack of Food.
A Trial Package of Stuart's Dyspepsia
'lab lets Sent Free.
An English medical observer claims
that for one death to starvation there
are seven from over-eating.
His Investigation is appalling and
leads one to believe that among- the
Anglo-Saxon race over-eating" is a na
tional crime.
This investigation proves over-eating
to be the cause -In ten cases out of
twelve of dyspepsia, indigestion and
stomach trouble.
These diseases bring on decay and
decline of the other organs and death
ensues because of inability of the sys
tem to furnish proper nourishment to
the" dying and afflicted parts.
When one over-eats, one exhausts
the gastric fluids, throws undigested
food into the intestines where it creates
poison and germ life and is finally ab
sorbed in a putrid state oV thrown from
the system in a decaying form.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will over
come the . ill effects . of gluttony and
Irregular eating. They will digest an
abnormal amount of food and will not
leave the stomach until everything has
been digested.
A single one - grain ingredient of
these tablets will digest 3000 grains of
food and In this proportion is seen how
even gluttony can fee overcome or at
least its most harmful effects removed.
Make up your mind to try Stuart's
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eratlon of Labor demand, but It goes as
far as the Republican convention was will
ing to let It go, and It Is so drawn as to
?hake an abuse of the Issuance of injunction
without nqtio very improbable. It re
quires that no Injunction shall be Issued
without full notice and hearing, unless to
prevent irreparable injury, and that in such
cases the court shall make a finding from
the evidence adduced, pointing out what the
injury anticipated is. and why Irreparable
and why there is not time to give notice,
and after the Injunction shall be Issued
without notice It is provided that such in
junction shall lotwa its force at the ex
piration of five days, unless a hearing is
had.
The platform also promised statehood to
Arizona and New Mexico, and the bill pro
viding such statehood has passed the Houao
and has been favorably considered by the
committee of the Senate, so that there
seems to be no reasonable doubt that this
promise will be fully kept.
Conservation Policy to Be Carried Out,
The Republicans In their platform spoke fur
ther aa follows:
"We indorse the movement inaugurated by
the Administration for the conservation " of
natural resources; -we approve all measures to
prevent the faste of timber; we commend the
work now going on for the reclamation of arid
lands, and reaffirm the Republican policy of
the free distribution of the available areas
of the public domain to the landless settler.
No obligation of the future la more insistent
and none will result in greater blessings to
posterity. In line with this splendid under
taking is the further duty, equally impera
tive, to enter upon a systematic improvement,
upon a large and comprehensive plan. Just to
all portione of the country, of the waterways,
harbors and Great Lakes, whose natural adap
lability to the increasing traffic of the land is
one of the greatest gifts of a benign , provi
dence." In accordance with this plank, measures' for
the conservation of the public domain, for the
reclassification of lands according to their
greatest utility and the vesting of power in
the exeuctive to dispose of coal, phosphate,
oil and mineral lands, and of waterpower sites
In eaich way as to prevent their monopoly and
union of ownership In syndicate -or -combination,
have already been introduced end will
doubtless. In a form approved by Congress, be
made Into law. The subject has attracted
the widest interest and ite importance 1st be
coming more and more Impressed upon, the
American people.
Rivers to Be Improved by System.
The river and harbor bill, which has just
been reported by the rivers and harbors com
mittee of the House, has been framed with, a
view to complying with the plank of the plat
form which I have above quoted. It has
taken the plan for the improvement of the
Ohio from Pittsburg to Cairo as a project
to be carried out in a certain number of years
and it has treated similar projects for im
provement of the Missouri from Kansas City
to St. Louis; for the improvement of the Mis
sissippi from 9t. Paul to St. Louis and of the
same river from St. Louts to Cairo, and, by
continuing contracts aad regular appropria
iioup, mtae projects will go on Until they are
completed. This is a change from the pre
vious plans, and is the result of an extended
popular agitation in favor of such a system.
Expense Kept Within income.
Following the panlo of 1907, the Government
revenues fell off and the expenditures con
tinued ao before, leaving a deficit for the years
190T. lttOS and 190&. There was, however,
no deficit in the whole Administration of Mr.
Roosevelt, when the expensea are compared
with the revenues. Indeed it will be found
that under the operation of the Dlngley bill,
which covers most of his Administration and
the first six months of the present Adminis
tration, the surplus on the whole was about
J250.O0O.0OO. At the beginning of this Ad
ministration, however, it was perfectly evi
dent that, with expenses increasing and reve
nues decreasing, there would be a continuous
deficit, and this the Republican party, with
its majority in Congress and the responsibility
placed upon it, has proposed to meet by re
ducing expenditures and increasing revenues.
I have already shown what the increase In
revenues has been. The present Adminis
tration, in estimates for the year ending June
80, 1911, cut them some forty odd million
dollars below the actual appropriations of the
year before, and now It is proposed to ap
point a Joint commission consisting of Con
gressmen, Senators and members appointed
by the executive, who shall examine the or
ganization of the various departments and
bureaus, and, by the elimination of duplica
tion, the construction of bureaus and the in
crease la efficiency of the individual civil
servant, shall decrease the regular permanent
cost of sTovernmental operation.
An tl-Trust Law Enforced.
With respect to trusts the Republican party
spoke as follows in lis platform;
'"The Republican party passed the Sherman
an tl-trust law over the Democratic opposition
and enforced It after Democratio dereliction.
It has been a wholesome Instrument for good
In the bands bf a wise and fearless Administra
tion. But experience has shown that its ef
fectiveness can be strengthened and Its real
objects better attained by such amendments
as will give to the Federal Government greater
supervision and control ever, and secure
greater publicity - in the management of, that
class of corporations engaged In Interstate
commerce having power and opportunity to
effect monopolies."
Since this plank was adopted ' prose cut lorn
of the tobacco trust and the Standard Oil
trust, begun In the last Administration, have
gone on and have resulted in decrees in the
Court of Appeals of the Second and Eighth
circuits which are now pending on appeal In
the Supreme Court. The decrease in eacb
case tear apart the congeries of subordinate
corporations, which,, united by holding com
panies, make up the trust in each case, and
enjoin individuals from a further mainten
ance of the illegal combination of such cor
porations to carry on the business for which
it was organized. J
Law MOU Kot Be Relaxed.
It has been said that the Republican party
made a promise so to amend the law as to
ameliorate and soften the application of the
trust law In its interdiction upon business as
conducted by the greater corporations, but I
find nothing In the programme to justify such
a construction. The principle of the anti
trust law that those engaged in modern busi
ness, . especially of manufacture and trans
portatloni shall pursue the policy with respect
to their competitors of "live and let live,"
and that they shall not use the business of
their concerns to frighten exclusive patronage
from customers and the elimination of smaller
concerns rfom competition, and thus control
outpnt and fix prices.
The Attorney-General has prepared a bill
which he thinks, and I think, will offer the
means of easily doing so to those who wish
to pursue a lawful interstate business under
the protection of a Federal charter, which
while it will subject the business of the con
cern to ' the closest scrutiny of Government
officers, will save the business from- harass
ment by nate authorities and will give it that
protection which its peaceful pursuit of its
business as a Federal corporation will neces
sarily secure It.
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those who fear too great concentratloa of pow
er In the Federal Government, of those who
deny the right of the Federal Government in
such cases to grant Incorporation. I believe
the act to be constitutional and. I believe that,
if enforced, it would furnish a solution of our
present facilities, but as It was not specifically
declared for in the Republican platform, I do
not feel justified In asking the adoption of
such an act as a party matter.
I have brought it forward, however as a
suggestion for meeting the difficulties which
are likely to be presented in the prosecution
of suspected illegal trusts, as a means by
which they can put their houses in order and
take their places among those engaged in
legitimate business.
11 vision Is Only on Rules.
If the other measures to which I have re
ferred are enacted in to law an d the party
pledges of the Republican party performed,
there would tem to be no good reason why
the party should not receive renewed approval
by the electors of the country In the coming
Co n gres sional campaign.
But there are sins which many construe as
an indication that the Republican majority
In the present Congress will change to a
Democratic majority in the next. This is
based chiefly on the dissensions in the Re
publican party and upon the severe attacks
made by a great many newspapers having
Republican tendencies upon the party and its
leaders In Congress and In the Nation. I am
glad to say that, so far as the legislation
which I have Indicated above Is concerned,
there seems to be a clear party majority
in both houses In favor of Its passage and the
redemption of the party pledges. There La,
however, a decided difference as to the proper
rules to prevail in the House and as to the
Senate personnel of the leadership.
It would teem as if these questions were
questions that might well be solved within the
party lines, but they have been so acute as
to produce what has been called an insur
rection and to awaken the country- over a
controversy between the insurgents and the
regulars, so-called. I am hopeful that as we
approach the lines of battle for the next year
the settlement of these Internal questions
can be effected without such a breach of the
party as to prevent our presenting aa un
broken front to the enemy.
Democrats Also Divided. y
"We among the Republicans may be discoor
aged when we consider our own dissensions,
but when "we look to the possibility of any
united action on the part of the Democrats
for any policy or any line of policies, we
must take courage. It was General Grant who
said that when he firs went into battle he
had a great deal of fear, but he overcame
that fear by maintaining In his mind the
constant thought of how much more afraid
his opponent was. And so we, who find
ourselves at times given over to the thought
that Republican control Is at an end, should
not forget to consider, not only our own fac
tional strife, but also that of our ancient
enemy. Tf the Democratic party were a
solid, cohesive opposition, guided by one prin
ciple and following the same economic views,
the situation would be far more discouraging
than It is.
The Republican party is the party respon
sible for the Government for the last 17 years.
The troubles growing out of the Spanish War
and those which have come from the - rapid
accumulators of fortune. It has fallen to the
party to meet, and while they have not yet all
had a' perfect solution, the record Is one of
which, we have no reason to be ashamed.
Hyst-erla Attacks Parties.
Mr. Roosevelt aroused ths country and the
people to the danger we were in of having all
our politics and all our places of Govern
ment authority controlled In corporate inter
ests and to serve the greed of selfish but
powerful men. During his two terms of of
fice, by what almost may be compared to a
religious crusade, he aroused the people to the
point of protecting themselves and the public
Interest againts the aggressions of corporate
greed, and has left public opinion in an apt
condition to bring about the reforms 'needed
to clinch his policies and to make them per
manent in the form of enacted law.
But as an Inevitable, aftermath of such agi
tation we find a condition of hysteria on the
part of certain Individuals and on the patr
of others a condition of hypocrisy manifesting
itself in the blind denunciation of all wealth
and in the impeachment -of the motives of
men of the highest character, and by dema
gogic appeals to the imagination of a people
greatly aroused upon the subject of party and
honesty in the administration of government.
The tendency Is to resent attachment to
party or party oreanlwition and to an apser-
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tion of Individual opinion and purpose at
the expense of party discipline. The move
ment is toward factionalism and small groups
rather than toward large party organization,
and the leaders of the party organization are
subjected to the severest attacks and to ths
questioning of their motives without any ade
quate evidence to justify it.
No Halt In Pursuit of Criminals.
I am fa from saying the Republican
party Is perfect. No party which has
achieved such power as it has achieved for
the laat 17 years could be expected to
consist in its entirety, either in its rank and
file or In its management, men of the purest
and highest motives,, and I am the last one
to advocate any halt in the prosecution and
condemnation of Republicans, however prom
inent and powerful, whose conduct requires
criminal or other prosecution and condem
nation. . -
It should bo well understood that, with
the Republican party in its present con
dition, with the various divisions subject
to the cross-fire of Its own newBpajers and
its own factions, any halt or failure on the
part of those in authority to punish - 'and
condemn corruption or corrupt methods will
properly be visited upon the party itself,
however many good men It may contain.
Tariff Did. Not Raise Prices. . .
We shall be called upon to respond to
the charge. In the next campaign, that tho
tariff, for which we are responsible, has
raised prices. If the people listen to reas
onable arguments, it will be easy to demon
strate that high prices proceed from an
entirely different cause, and tRo-t the present
tariff, being largely a revision downward,
except with respect to silks and liquors,
which are luxuries, cannot be charged with
having lncreasedsany prices.
But this will not prevent our Democratic
friends from arguing, on the principle of
"post hoc propter" hoc." that because high
prices followed the tariff, therefore, they
are the result of it. And we must not be
bblind to the weight of such an argument In
an electoral campaign.
The reason for the rise In the cost of
necessities can easily be traced to the In
crease in our measure of values the
precious metal, gold and possibly in some
cases to the combinations in restraint of
trade.
The question of the tariff must be argued
out. The prejudice created by the early
attacks upon the bill and the gross misrep
resentations of its character must be met by
careful presentation of the facts as to the
contents of the bill and also as to its ac
tual operation and statistics shown thereby.
I believe we have a strong case tf wo
can only get It Into the minds of the people.
Defeat Will Test Democracy.
Should disaster ' follow us and the Re
publican majority in the House become a
minority in the next House, it may be pos
sible that in the Democratic exercise of Its
powers the people of this country will see
which is the party of accomplishment,
which Is the .party of arduous deeds done
and which is the party of words and Irre
sponsible opposition.
I only want one more word. From time
to time attacks are made upon the Admln
istrntlcn, on the ground that its party pre
tends to create a panic in Wall street and
to disturb business. All I have to say upon
that subject is this: That certainly no one
responsible for a Government like ours would
foolishly run amuck In business and destroy
values and confidence just for the pleasure
of doing so. No one ras a motive as strong
as the Administration in power to cultivate
and strengthen business confidence and busi
ness prosperity.
Business Most Conform to Law.
But it does rest with the National Gov
ernment to enforce the law mid. If the en
forcement of the law Is not consistent with
the present methods of carrying on busi
ness, then it does not speak well for the
present methods of eonducting business, and
they must be changed to conform to the law.
There was no promise on the part of the
Republican party to change the anti-trust
law except to strengthen it, or to authorize
monopoly and a suppression of competition
and the control of prices, and those who
look forward to such a change cannot now
visit the responsibility for their mistake on
Innocent persona.
Of course, the Government at Washington
can be counted on to enforce the law in the
way best calculated to prevent a destruction
of public confidence in business, but that It
must enforce the law. goes without saying.
Hughes Good Farty Asset.
I am glad to be present and meet your
distinguished Governor, whose name is such
a power before the people of this state
and of the country that to lose him as a
candidate for Governor by his voluntary
"withdrawal is to lose the strongest aset
that the Kepubllcan party has in the state
to enable it to win at the next election.
TAFT WANTS BRIBERY PROBED
Executive Confers .TVitli New York
Leaders on Scandal.
NEW YOPK, Feb. 12. President
Taft, sitting for an hour and a half
today in conference with Republican
state leaders, said little, but heard
much concerning' the latest 'scandal
the Allds-Conger bribery case at Al
bany and, departing-, 'confided to in
timates that "the situation looked very
bad."
The President thus, passively, at
least, waded into the troublous whirl
pool of New York State Republican
politics, brought to an acute stage of
late by charges of bribery by one
State Senator against another.
The conference was held at the New
Xorkc residence of Lloyd C. Griscom,
ex-TJnlted State Ambassador to Italy,
but recently elected president of the
New York Republican county commit
tee, succeeding Herbert Parsons. Be
sides the President and Mr. Griscom
there were present Timothy L. Wood
ruff, chairman of the Republican state
committee; Senator Depew. Governor
Hughes, James V, Wadsworth, Speaker
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Seventh and Stark Sts.
of the State Assembly, and Otto Ban
nard. Discussion centered almost solely on
the Allds-Conger case, involving the
following leading proposals: Whether
the party should investigate to the
limit, or If possible, smother It.. The
consensus of opinion appeared to be
to probe to the bottom regardless of
results.
There had been a rumor that a de
mand had been made for the resigna
tion of State Chairman Woodruff. Mr.
Woodruff, asked about this, said:
"We talked about nothing but the
Allds case. No call was made upon
me to resign and you can quote me
as saying so. 1 will not say that X
shall conduct the next campaign, but
I shall be chairman until the next state
convention."
Train Crew Blamed for Wreck-
ROSE! BURG, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
The board of inquiry as to the cause
of the wreck of the Shasta Limited.
No. 11, near here Friday morning
blames the night yard crew for the
accident. In cutting the helper engine
Off from No. 221, the through freight
switchman forgot to set the brakes,
therefore two cars ran away down the
track, causing, the wreck.
Roseburg Revival Opens Today.
ROSE BURG, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Roseburg tabernacle is completed.
Two evangelists, C. Fenwick Reed and
Clay Grant, arrived here today and
will begin services tomorrow. These
two well-known speakers were met- at
the train by various ministers.
Would-Be Teachers Pass Exams.
ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Teachers' examinations were held in
Roseburg for 'Douglas County this
week. Out of 62 applicants only
four failed. Six applied for state papers,
the rest for county papers.
When telegraphs were first employed the
speed of transmission was only four to five
words a minute.
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