Show GOV CUMMINS ON TARIFF REVISION I The latest utterance of Governor I Cummins of Iowa an authorized Interview In-terview given out in New York al the request of an enterprising reporter I pldgeji time Republicanism and time Prl tccllonlfin of hiM Slate to stand by their colors long after the time powlbly when certain pretended Republicans and protended Prolcctlonlots hnvn gone over to the 1iieiny for he points out thai Iowa Is one of our strongest llc publlcun and protection Slates and now In lila midst of all this llpcuF < < ion about the I Iowa platform simply demands de-mands that the tariff should be revised re-vised by Its friends and not by i Its enemies That ns wo add nnd we are clad to notice that a fine strong choiuK of cdltoro throughout the country look upon the mutter In the tam wayIs time whom Republican proposition A protective tariff fostered and repeated ly I defended by the Republican party has built up our country no otbor cause half contributed to our prosperity prosperi-ty so mllha thing susceptible of proof for this reason also that when the free Irado experiment or oven the threat of It has ben tried disaster baa inevitably followed Now it would seem to be preposterous thai a majority of the voters of our country would decide de-cide especially after discussion that It would be the bcul public or private policy lo turn over I to destructlonlatB or doctrinaires lie very agency Hint bus made us great But there is no danger of this The only danger is I that the voter will nol understand the issUe perfect ly The Republican party devoted as It la to tho tariff docs not worship any I special schedule If any special schedule sched-ule Is wrong aa a business proposition I proposi-tion the Republican party does not I want It But It will be Republican leaders and not Democratic leaders who will have the wisdom to know and the courage to declare what the I I good schedules amid what the bud sched I ules are Governor Cummlnn a Western West-ern Republican of great eminence and I power understands this perfectly He Is right too as a matter of public pub-lic policy to declare his position arid the position of Iowa and Western Re publlcana so clearly If a revision of the tariff must comp It is the friends of protection who nre the first lo Dee it to know where the difficulties Ho to realize how lo correct them The 1 proposition of Secretary Shuw that revision I vision might beat come by means of I trade ncgotlallons corresponds exactly with the other It would Involve aim ply a scientific effort to correct the tame tariff Inequalities These arc two leaders of Republican thought no one cnn question their party loyalty nor their political or business wisdom |