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TAFT DEFENDS HIS POLICIES (Continued from page 1.) has been established by shutting off foreign competition that domestic com petition will lead to the reduction in price so as to make the original high tariff unnecessary. pt. “In the new tariff there were 654 decreases, 220 increases, and 'll5O items of the dutiable list unchanged but this did not represent the fair proportion in most of the reductions and increases because the duties were decreased on those articles which had a consumptive value of nearly $5,000,000,000 while they were increased on those articles which had a consumptive value of less than $1,000,000,000. Of the in creases the consumptive value of those affected which are luxuries, to-wit: silks, wines, liquors, per fumery and like articles, amounted to nearly $600,000,000, while the in crease not on articles of luxuries af fected but about $3OO 000,000 as against $5,000,000,000 of consump tion. I repeat, therefore, that this was a downward revision. It was not downward with reference to silks or liquors or high-priced cot tons in the nature of luxuries, but it was downward in respect to near ly all other articles except woolens . which were not affected at all. “Certainly it was not promised that the rates on luxuries should be reduced. The revenues were falling off, there was a deficit promised and it was essential that the revenue should be increased. It was no violation of the promise to Increase the revenues by increasing the tax on luxuries, provided there was downward revision on all other arti cles. The one substantial defect in compliance with the promise of the platform was the failure to reduce woolens. Revisions Are Not Perfect. “Does that defect so color the ac tion of the republican party as to make it a breach of faith leading to its con demnation? I don’t think so. Parties are IF YOU NEED A MEDICIKE, YOU SHOULD HUIE THE BEST. 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SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY xoAIL In order to prove what Swamp- Root, the great kidney, liver and blad der remedy will do for you, every read er cf the Sau Antonio Daily Light and Gazetto who has not already tried it, may receive a sample Lottie by mail ab solutely free, Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Write today. SUNDAY, fir. Patrick J. Quirke, Before He Started to Use Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey, Weighed 147 Pounds. Now He Tips the Scales at 240 Pounds, and Feels as Healthy and Lively as He Did When He Was a boy. He writes as follows: —“In this com munication I wish to state facts which are facts. I was born in Ireland, and at the early age of 18 I was accidentally unhorsed at a hunt, receiving internal injuries, which I never overcame, though the best physicians on both sides of the ocean were sought to discover my ail ment, but without success, until some eight years ago a friend gave me, for a trial, halt a bottle of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey (which he was then using him self for a general broken down com plaint, as he called it), and the results accomplished by it were such that I con tinued to use it to the grand satisfaction of not only myself, but of my friends and acquaintances. “Before its use I weighed only 147 lbs. I now tin the scales at 240 and like men. Revisions are like the work of men—they are not perfect. The ehauge which this tariff affected was a marked change downward in the rate of the duties and it was the recogni tion by the party that the time bad come when instead of increasing duties thev must be decreased wheu the party recognized in its platform and in much of what it did that the proper measure 'of protection was the difference in cost in the production of articles here and abroad, including a fair profit to the manufacturers.'’ ( In this connection the president took j the subject of the change of duties of ' material entering into the manufacture ■ of print paper and intimated strongly I tjiat much of the adverse newspaper criticism on the entire bill had been through publishers who were directly affected by this feature of the bill. Comparing' the results of the Payne- Aldrich bill with the Dingley tariff, the president said: “The bureau of statistics is au thority for the statement that dur ing the first six months of opera tion of the Payne law, which has just ended, the average rate of duty paid on all dutiable imports was 21.009 per cent ad valorem. The average rate of duty paid on all imports for the same six months for the four preceding years under the Dingley law was 24.006. This would show that the reduction in the Payne law is 2.94 per cent of the value of the goods, or that the reduction below the previous tariff rates is 12 per cent, showing a downward revision of this extent in those goods which are dutiable. “Jhis is not all. Under the Payne law 51.6 per cent of the gross imports for the last six months have been en tered free while during the four years preceding for the same six months thbe free lists amounted to 45.46 per cent of te total importations, so there was not only a reduction of duty on imports of 12 per cent, but also an enlargement of about the same percentage of the free list. “For the production of revenue the Payne Jaw is even more of an improve ment on the Dingley bill. During the six months that the Payue tariff was in force the customs receipts amounted to $166,002,856.54. Under the Dinglcy bill the semi-annual average was $130,- 265,841.64.” Considerable attention was then given to statistics comparing the Payne bill with former tariff laws in various ways with the Renewed deduction that the Payne bill is the best the country has ever known. Postal Savings Bank. The postal savings bank project was then taken as follows: “The republican national platform contained the following: ‘We favor the establishment of a postal savings bank system for the convenience of the people and the encouragement of thrift. ’ “A bill has been introduced to estab lish a postal savings bunk. The great difficulty in the bill seems to hav* been to secure a proper provision for the management and investment of the money deposited. The great advantage of a postal savings bank is the encour agement to thrift of those who fears of the solvency of any depository except a government depository tempts them I away from saving. A government prom ise to repay seems to be specially ef fective in leading people to save and deposit their savings. The postoffice department, with its 60,000 postoffices and 40,000 money order offices offers an economical and far-reaching ma cmne for the receipt of money in places remote from banks and among people who fear-banks, and but for this op j portunity they would not' save, but ispend. ■ j “The low interest offered, that of 2 ■. per cent, prevents such postal savings | banks from interfering with regular . J savings banks nose rate of interest al- ways is in excess of 2 per cent. In fhe same bill there have been inserted amendments drawn apparently for the purpose of having money thus deposit, ed as savings in government post offices distributed and deposited in the banks, state and national, and so deposited ns to make it impossible for the trustees of funds approved under the law to withdraw the money or in vest it iu any iorm. Amendment Would Defeat. “I regard such an amendment likely to defeat the law. first, because it lakes away the feature which ought to be present to assure its constitution ality. If the Inw provides that th® trustees to be appointed under the law could meet the financial exigencies of the government by purchase or re demption of the government 2 per cent and other bonds, the measure would certainly be within the federal power because the postal banks would then clearly be an instrument of the na tional government in borrowing money. We have now about $700,000,- 000 of the 2 per cent bonds, with re spect to which we owe a duty to the owners to see that those bonds may be taken care of without reduction, below the par value thereof, because they were forced upon national banks at this low rate in order that .the banks might have a basis of circulation This implied obligations of the gov crument the ppstal savings bank fund would easily bo able to meet. “Secondly, if the fuuds are to be arbitrarily deposited in all banks, state and national, without national supervi sion over the state banks, and a panic were to come. it is difficult to see how the government could meet its obliga tions to its postal savings bank depos itors because with every bank suspend- , ing payment, the funds of the postal savings banks would be beyond the control of the government and we would have a financial disaster great er than any panic we have heretofore met. A provision that when the money is not needed to invest in gov ernment bonds or to redqem the. same, it may be deposited in national banks in the neighborhood of the place of de posit, will avoid the great danger of a panic and will strengthen a banking system which is an arm of the federal government. Will Give It Validity. “I sincerely hope that before the measure is hammered into its final shape it may take on those character istics which shall give it a constitu tional validity and sound financial I strength and usefulness. Those who j insist upon the elimination of these I two necessary characteristic features of the bill will put the party in the j position where it cannot escape the | charge that it is not in good faith in I seeking the passage of a postal sav- i iugs bank act and is not • seeking ‘ therefore to comply with the promise ; of the republican platform in that re gard.” Concerning the republican party’s | efforts to carry out its promises with regard to railroad rates, rebates amd discrimination, the president said: “A bill to carry out these declare i tions (tho platform pledges) has been i ' introduced in both the hoilse and sen- I j ate and is now being considered be-1 fore the appropriate committees of | these bodies and there is every hope i that the bills will be passed. Indeed, j this railroad measure goes further thin 1 the promise of the platform for, while it subjects the issue of stocks and bonds to the restrictive supervision of the commission and prevents future watering o 4 securities and forbids tho 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 wav the ease of supervision by the com mission of the railroads to secure a compliance by the railroad with the rights of the public and shipper.” Issuance of Injunctions. In the matter of the platform utter ances regarding the issuance of injunc tions by the federal court, the presi dent said: “A bill to carry out exactly this promise has been introduced into both the house and senate and the house bill will doubtless come up for consid eration and passage. It does not go as far as Mr. Gompers and the Federation of Labor demand, but it goes as far as the republican convention was willing to let it go and it is so drawn as to make an abuse of the issuance of in junctions without notice very improb- “It requires that no injunction shall be issued without filing and bearing, unless to prevent injury, and that in such cases the courts shall make a find ing from the evidence adduced, point ing 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 injunc tion shall lose its force at the expira tion of five days, unless a hearing is had. b The platform also promised state hood to Arizona and New Mexico and the b : U providing such statehood has passed the house and has been favorably considered by the committee of the *en ate so that there seems to be no reason able doubt that this promise will be fully kept.” Mr. Taft expressed his belief that the republican platform pledges regarding conservation of natural resources would ho kept. The Conservation Promise. “Measures for the conservation of the public domain.” he said “for the re-classif'cation of lands accord’ng to their greatest utility an< j vesting nf power of the executive to dispose of coal, prospbate, oil and mineral lauds and of water power rights in such a way io to prevent thgir monopoly and union of ownership in our syndicate or cor poration have been introduced and will doubtless be made into law. The sub ieet has attracted the widest interest and its import is being more and more impressed upon the American people. Continuing the president said: “The river and harbor bill has taken the plan for the improvement of the । Ohio river from Pitsburg to Cairo as a । project to be carried out- iu a certain number of years ami it has treated simi -1 . P To J®cts for the improvement of the (Missouri from Kansas City to St. SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE Louis ,for the improvement of th® Mis siasippi from St. Paul to St. Louis and from St. Louis to Cairo and by continu ing contracts and regular appropriations these ‘ projects will go until -they are completed.” Regarding government revenues, the president said: “Following the panic of 1907, govern ment revenues fell off and the expenses continued as before, leaving a deficit in thd| whole administration of Mr. Roose veß when the expenses are compared with the revenue. Indeed, it will be found that under the operation of the Dipgley bill which covers most of his administration and the first six months of tho present administration, the sur plus on the whole was about $2-50,000,- 000. , - “At the beginning of this administra , tiou, however, it was perfectly evident ‘hat with the expenses increasing and ' the revenues decreasing there would bo I a continuous deficit and the republican partv with its majority in congress and the 'responsibility placed upon it, has proposed to‘meet this'by reducing ex penses and increasing the revenue. Expenses Are Cut Down. “I hnyc already shown what the in crease in revenues has been. The pres ent administration, i* eUi mates' for tho I year ending June. 1911, cut them some , ♦40,000,000 below the actual expenses of the year before and now it is propos'd to appoint a committee of congressman, senators and members' appointed by th’ executive who shall examipe the organ! zat’on of the various departments ad bureaus and by the elimination of du plication, the consolidation of bureaus and the increase in efficiency of the in dividual civil servant, shall decrease the regular permanent eost of -govern mental operation.” After reciting trust prosecutions that ere now being made by the govern- । tuent the president said: “It has been said that the repub lican nartv made a promise to so amend the law as to amoborate and soften the anuli cation of the trust law in its interdiction upon busi ness conducted by the greatest cor poration. but I find nothing in the platform to justify such a construc tion. The princioal of the anti trust law is that those engaged in modern business, esneeiallv of man ufacture and transnortation shall pursue the nolicy with respect to their competitors of ‘live aud let live’ and that thev shall not use the bigness of their concents to frizbten exclusive patronage from customers and eliminate smaller con cerns from competing and thus con trol prices. “The attorney general has prepared a bill which he thinks and f-think, will of fer to those who wish to pursue a law ful method of business the means of easily doing so. A lawful interstate business under the protection of a fed eral charter which while it will subject tho business of the concern to the close scrutiny of the government officers will save the business from harassment by state authorities aud will give it that protection which peaceful pursuit of its business as a feilerul fcorporhtinn will necessarily secure it. “This measure has not met the ap proval of those who fear too great con centration of power iu the federal gov. eminent and of those who deny the right of the federal government in such cases to grant incornoration. I believe the act to be excellent and I believe that if enforced, it wou’d furnish a so lution of c.ur present difficulties, but as : t was not specifically declared for in ♦he republican platform. I don't feel justified in asking the adoption of such an act as a party matter. I have brought it forward, however, as a sug gestion for meeting the difficulties which arc likely to be presented in the prosecut’on 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 busi ness. “If the other measures to which I have referred are enacted into laws and the party pledges of the republi can party performed, there would seem to be no good reason why the party should not receive renewed approval by the electors of the country in the coming congressional campaign. But there are signs which many construe as an indication that the majority in the present congress will change to a democratic majority in the next. This is based chiefly upon the dissension in the republican ranks and upon the very attacks made by many of the newspapers upon the party and its leaders in congress and in the nation. I am glud to say that insofar as the legislation which’ I have indicated is concerned, there seems to be a clear party majority in house and senate in favor of its passage and the conse quent redemption of the party pledges. There is, however, a very decided dif ference ns to the proper rules to pre vail in the house and ns to the person nel of the leadership. “It would seem as if these questions were questions that might well be solved within tho party lines, but they have been so acute as to produce what has been called an insurrection and to awaken the country over a contro versy. “I am hopeful that as we approach the lines of battle for the next year the settlement of these internal ques tions can be effected without such a breach of tho party as may prevent our presenting an unbroken front to the enemy. We of the republicans may lie discouraged when w e consider our own dissensions, but when wc look to the possibility of any united action on the part of tho democrats for any policy or any line of policies wc must take courage. Opponents Scared, Too. “It was General Grant who said that when he first went into battle he had a great deal of fear, but he over came that feeling by retaining in his mind the constant thought of how mneh more afraid his opponents were. And so we find ourselves at times given over to the thought that repub lican control is at an end, and wc should not forget to consider not only our own factional strife but also that of our cncmv. “President Roosevelt aroused the common people to the danger we were in of haiing all our politics and all our places of governmental authority controlled in corpcTate limits and to Dissension in the Ranks. SPRING HATS 'ARE HERE SPRING OXFORDS ARE HERE serve the greed of selfish but power ful men. During his two terms of of fice, by what may almost be compared to a religious crusade,’ he advised the people to the point of protecting them selves and tho public interests against the aggressions of corporate greed and has left public opinion in an apt con dition to bring about the reforms need ed to clinch his policies and to make them permanent in the form of enact ed law. “But as an inevitable aftermath of such agitation wc find a condition of hysteria on the part of certain indi viduals and of others a kind of hy pocrisy manifesting itself in the blind denunciation of al) wealth and im peachment of the motives of meh of highest character and by uleniooratte appeals to the imagination of the peo ple greatly aroused on the subject of sdfw.rity'and honesty iu the adminis tration of government. “The tendency is to resent attach ment to party or party organization, au I to an association of individual opinion and purpose at the expense of toward factionalism aud small i groups rather than toward large I party organization and the lead ers of the party organization are subjected to the severest attacks and to the questioning of their mo tives without any adequate evidence. Party Is Not Perfect. “I am far from saying that the re publican party is perfect. No party which has exercised such power as it has exercised for the last 17 years could be expected to maintain either in its rank ami file or in its manage ment, men of the purest and highest motives only. And I am the last one to advocate any halt iu the proseeu- Our cut price clean-up sale of men s high shoes is nearing an end. We have still a good assort ment of styles and sizes left. Come in and see All our $5.00 Men’s High All our $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes go dur- p Men’s High p ing this sale w Shoes go dur- X at . . . .*.... ing this sale at ‘ All leathers, all shapes ; nothing reserved. Your choice while they last at above prices. 4.j, • Are you tak vjCVvlilV ingadvantage _ _ , of this tre- y ours ' men d ous Avz vLX • money - sav ing sale of Men’s Suits and Over coats. We gain room for Spring goods, you gain by getting your next fall’s clothes at almost half. Don’t Put It Off The picking is good, but they won’t last long at these prices Every Suit and Overcoat as A AE high as $17.50 for Every Suit aud Overcoat 4 CMC as high as $22.50 for... Every Suit and Overcoat 4 QC as high as $30.00 for... Frank Bros. San Antonio's Greatest Clothiers TWO STORES ALAMO PLAZA MAIN PLAZA tiou and condemnation of republicans, however prominent and powerful, whose conduct requires criminal or other prosecution and condemnation. “It should be well understood that with the republican party in its pres ent condition; with its various divi sions subject to the cross fire of its own newspapers and its own factions, any halt or failure on the part of those in authority to punish and condemn corruption, or corrupt methods will bo properly visited upon the party itself, however many good men it contains. “Wc shall be called upon to respond to the charge in the next campaign that the tariff for which we are re sponsible has raised prices. If the peo ple listen to reasonable argument, it wii] be easy to demonstrate that high prices came from an entirely different cause and that the present tariff being largely a revision doimwCril except with respect to silks and liquors, which are luxuries, cannot be charged with having increased any prices. “But this will not prevent our dem ocratic. friends from arguing that the high prices followed the tariff, and that therefore they are the result of it. “And we must not be blind to the weight of such an argument in an electoral campaign. Real Reason for High Prices. “Tho reason for the rise in the cost of necessities can easily be traced to the increase in our measure of values, the preeiens metal, gold, and, possibly, in some cases, to the combinations in restraint of trade. “Tho question of the tariff must be argued out. The prejudice created by the early attacks npnn the bill and the gross misrepresentation of its charac ter must be met by a careful presenta- Mister Man! You had better hurro! ■ Only a few more days left in which you can JJ buy good shoes for the price of cheap ones. a*EBKUARY 13. 1910. tiou of the facts as to the contents of the bill and also as to its actual oper ation and statistics shown thereby. “I believe we have a srong ease if we can only get it into the minds of the people. Should disaster follow us and the republican majority of house become a minority in the next house, it may lie possible that through tho democratic exercise of power the people. of the 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.” In conclusion Mr. Taft said: “I ain glad to be here at the meet ing of the republican club on Lincoln's birthday because my knowledge and information with resjiert to the club is that it stands for stalwart publicism, believes iiA patty* organization ami party discipline, but insists on high ideals and method in formulating the policies of the party and carrying them our. ’ ’ Mr. E. A. Kelley, Belvidere. 111., writes us. ,“I am an ex-engineer with 22 years active service to my credit. About three years ago my kidneys were affected so that I had to give up my engine. First T was troubled with se vere, aching pain over the hips. Then followed inflammation of the bladder, and specks appeared before my eyes. A sample of Foley’s Kidney Fills that I tried, so benefited me that I bought more. I continued to take them until now I can safely testify they hava made me a sound aud well man.” Bexar Drug Co. Clips—many kinds. Clarke Frtg. Co.