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In tho republican party is as hot in Massachu
setts as it is in Iowa.
"I am not hero to criticise tho proslden or
to say unkind words against him, but I count
It no reflection on him to state that I find It
somotimes necessary to disagree with him and
those surrounding him. Men have crowded to '
the front in his administration who have not
lit heart WOlCare f Uie Pnrty r f the countrv
", am g0,ing t0 haVG some trouble in keeping
nsido tho breastworks of tho republican party,
biit I know something of its doctrines. I do
not intend to retire from it, although I have
been Invited, and declinod tho invitation. I do
not recognizo Mr. Wickersham or any other
man who comes out hero into the west to read
men out of tho republican party, who were
known before ho ever was in it."
The meeting was presided over by Harvev
Ingham, editor of the Register and Leader, who
was Introduced by Robert Fleming, chairman
of the progressive state headquarters. Senator
Dolllver was the first speaker.
Dolliver Attacks Tariff Act
Analyzing, schedule by schedule, and item
by item, the Payne-Aldrlch tariff act, Senate
Dolllver, of Iowa, in an address before progres
sive republicans hero tonight declared dose
scrutiny showed that "so far as the pulilic is
concerned the. tariff revision in fact carries
rates as high or higher than the DIngUy tariff
d0ncodLClGS f US "
"Most of the reductions," said the senntnr
"were so trivial as to be ridiculous and wore
either upon articles which we do not import
to any extent, but, on the contrary, export in
enormous quantities, or wore for the purposS
of further protecting tho manufacturers esn
dally by reducing tho duties on raw material
"In fact a careful 8crutiny of thl particular
items that were changed and the exact triflw
. change of rate in each case, shows how cuii-
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nlngly tho revision was arranged, in order to
deceive the public.
Senator Dolliver prefaced his review of some
of the schedules and items of the new tariff law
by saying:
"In the many attempts to defend the Payne
Aldrlch tariff, frequent use has been made of a
very rpmarkable table of figures quoted by the
president at Winona, indicating that duties had
been decreased by the new tariff on articles
circulated in the United ' States, to the extent
of about $5,000,000,000 while the 'consumption
value' of articles upon which duties had been in
creased amounted to only about $878,750,000,
(and that most of the latter were luxuries, such
as silks, liquors and jewelry).
Figures Not Accurate
- "This would indeed tend to prove a 'most
substantial downward revision' if the figures
were accurate. Fortunately, the necessary sta
tistics to render such an analysis comparatively
easy are available in a public document pre
pared under the direction of tho finance com
mittee by one of its employes. Such analysis
of the figures will soon convince any one how
deceptive and misleading this much-quoted table
really Is."
Taking up schedule A chemicals, oils and
paints Senator Dolliver asserted that two
thlrds qffthe showing of reduction estimated at
$433,099,634, "was made from the consumption
value of petroleum and its products not em
braced in schedule A of the. present tariff or
the old law, and used for the manifest purpose
of padding the amount of the alleged reduc
tions." Of the schedule covering glassware the 'sen
ator said:
"As a matter of fact, while the table indicated
decreased dues on articles of consumption to
the value of $128,358,344, the duties were
quite largely increased upon certain small sizes
of glass, the consumption value of which
amounts to many millions, while 'the. decreases
were negligible, and "were upon the larger sizes
of plate and silvered glass."
The metal schedule was criticised by the
speaker as showing "decreases mainly upon raw
or semi-crude materials, not purchased by the
consumer, while the rates on most of the fin
ished articles of .general use were left at the
old Dingley rate."
Sugar Schedule a Joke
Similar strictures were passed on the duties
fixed for wood and its manufactures, while Sen
ator Dolliver declared that the purported de
creased rates on sugar, consumed to. the amount
of $300,965,953, was "too great a joke to re
ceive serious attention, for the reduction was
but five cents per hundred pounds and in order
to derive a dollar's benefit from this change
oven if the trust gave it to him, the consumer
would have to eat a ton of sugar."
The rates on agricultural products, the sen
ator said, "were also cunningly revised to pro
duce the appearance of 'real and substantial
downward revision,' while examination shows
the figures to be incorrect.
"There Ib also the reduction of" five per cent
on agricultural implements, of a1 consumption
value of $S4,452,164, which we produce more
cheaply than any other nation, and supply tho
world, having exported in 1907, '$26,936 466
worth. No duty is needed for the purpose of
protection. The production is largely in tho
hands of a trust and the trifling reduction of
five per cent was merely for the purpose of at
tempting to fool the farming community"
In conclusion, Senator Dolliver said
"A great deal of stress has been laid on th
supposed enlargement of the free list, and vet
ft? ?ly ne?Jtems f tb-e ee list of the Payne
Aldrich tariff are hides, a few semi-finished
coal tar. products, radium, works of art of over
twenty years old, miners appliances and Brazil
cream nuts. fllwu
"If wo keep on revising the tariff upward nn
finished articles the differences betwlenth
values of importations of dutiablflnd fe
goods will inevitably increase and the averagt
rate of duty collected will decrease even though
new articles are put on the free list For flV
ample if the rates on all article acceptable"
were made absolutely prohibitive and the See
list allowed to remain as at present, all oSr lm!
porta would, of course, he free, but what woSw
be the effect upon the prices of finished I aruSes
and consequent cost of living to the people?"
Senator Cummins1 Address
the gpeech o( Senator Dolllve -and S ??S5
progress republicans to returT &$
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1
congressmen to Washington -and to support
Warren Garst for governor. He said in part:
"While the principal purpose of "my visit to
Iowa at this time is to say a word for others, I
do not pretend to be altogether'iinselfisti beforo
we approach the main subject of my address.
Although not a candidate for office in the com
ing primary, I value mofe than any other thing
on earth that which pertains to public affairs,
the good will, the confidence and Ihe support
which the republicans of Iowa have so gener
ously and lavishly bestowed upon me. I make
no concealment' of my hope that the next' re
publican state convention will approve my atti
tude upon national questions and the course I
have pursued in. congress.
"A few weeks ago there was held in the city
of Dqs Moines a conference of certain republi
cans and these men organized a. campaign with
the avowed object of securing a state conven
tion that would endorse the republican national
administration. The men who composed the
conference are well known in Iowa. I have
had especial reason to know them because in
every fight that' we have had in ten years .they
have been my most persistent and determined
enemies.
"It is not only the right, hut it is the duty
of the republicans of Iowa to declare in clear
and unequivocal terms what they think with re
gard to their senators. The only thing to which
I object is the mask which these men are wear
ing; and all that I intend to do tonight with
regard to the campaign so begun is to politely
ask them to remove the mask and to make their
fight in the open. I have the highest regard
for a fair, brave fighter, but I do not like the
midnight prowler with his dark lantern and -his
jimmy, who hopes to get off with his-plunder
unheard and unseen. . - - ""''
Wants Fight in Open
"If these men decline my mild invitation to
remove the false face which obscures their real
purpose, I am here to take it tfff for them-and
to say to the republicans" of Iowa that' the v fight
which they are making is to get a convention
that will make such declarations as will enable
Mr. Aldrich and his crowd to say that Senator
Dolliver and myself, together -with the' progres
sive members of. the house delegation, have
been repudiated in our own state. If. a"-ma-jority
of the republicans believe that we have
been unfaithful to their interests and to- the
welfare of the country, they ought to say. so;
but if, on the other hand, they believe that' we
are keeping the trust reposed in us, and that
we are doing what we can to project the rights
and preserve the privileges which all citizens
ought to enjoy in a free government, they ought
to say so."
Condemns Aldrich and Cannon
After explaining that an extraordinary con
dition now exists and this alone is excuse for
his being in the state at this time to plead' for
the insurgent candidate for the republican nom
ination for governor, Senator Cummins traced
the development of corporations in the United
btates and declared thjit the present republican
Ho safd In lGagUe WUh th0Be -corPrations.
iircM?tfl0f them ,have been bought UP with
these influences all around them, and there-
rUhenever a law Is Proposed that restricts
ST w n8i ?porate Pwer, their first inquiry
5 w K & S measure bring help to the peo
fiww' l?.i recommended by the captains of
SI y' mTaste of high finance, the direc
our ?,f iftft bUSln?,SS affairs' " managers of
W IJ?Sle. ra,ilway system- As I have
just suggested, the leaders of ours always find
SiSh"? bU? hearing what thesTprince
tlon ihTt SLvT t0 Say about Proposed legisla
"SftS ?ave 8cant timo to consider the
kmiifv l ,iaand nee.ds of the great' mass of
a?e uS nnvt UP, 2? "lions whose voices
then are LSnnd X' but who no and
sfe STSAoo Wh01
leadersaof the rSmSX07 In namIng tho Present
ofadtheSUniede g VSs SuS?
stands nniirnrv o,i i U1Q senate one man
has been law to thnafl0ne and hitaertp his word
AadriclTL ono of ? aususi tribunal. Senator
speaWng men of whom J flave been
come Pavne Tjni-oii T P1' and after bim
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