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pelp>t|e miSt.ien.nix. bodk and ps<c. 1nl 4
Mr. M1lEer and ~ him tenJ o. cxpiair licu
away n - can Tbs e.n1IeIinl rIoli ~ l9aq.
Gal ability t.'t err1|e1i production q re ass,
> - rIr'EIl |It m11<r10. trTuns tAII = %
gon1.<'1I ~ ne ho1>r1I'. Sccre,r'I Should
1rre I-i1tel e. hc = 50 - have d.,nc) under
,As ,1.>zIps - q Pro'rs'.s den - sedea :.
~ ihins 8 prove g. mud Is be irue; bat he
tqAk % working efror inie truth > 100 great for
ffe1 he sublime genius he hercuieau abiliry q
Me- walker hiInscIf; nd I ~ 4 4 10 roldcr
Ne 3iD.S2I u1i1f he attempt
8if, tile hoo6rahle SS1cfary has n hit Fepon
lire great oiicrts n Fieu- The frsi = % p1gre
thai loN duties always produce increased reFe-
me l1e seeo1d j y FhBse dat the rednetioa q
duties ms produced A onlF an increase q i'm
pous but q expDrls I'D especially u the exports
u brr1tstl1s ana rf1Fi.isns, ana he bird ! .
shOw ihAt. 81 reducing he duiics and Increasing
iInportz Ne has benefited Or farming merhani-
e1l and Misunderstanding inirre,as Of the eountyy.
Yes . show thli inpadn< fsreign gods By
millions % millions, and sczdiHg money out d
he country % pay or liza i the var 70 help the
Interests q American labori Yet 50 says the
Seetary.
The frst position fkisIrpot attempts 10 esia-
hlise j. hat bis pFuieri q reduring duties has
Produced an in<EsnN of eief nsli0Hs u dollars il
The revenue. So Ear isihislnlm being true. OF any
thing like the truth thar VIII show that instead
Infringing inlqthe Trrasusy eigbtmillions NOR,
4 has actually brought 81 2j2 657 less han would
have been receivcd during the last year, had the
farin of 1872 te NAMED IN O3efatiUn blnnslcr of
The small am5unt u fifteen millions Of dollars in
! Fingir year.
lfg-niIernen will look n the frxt pages Of the
three IA, ANIMAL reports IL he Secretary they
win find that. by BIZ own showing. the saEiG Of
I5i2 produced u 1855. Sz7J95. Ii2; IN 1916,
- i7i2 667 and ID 1877. under Mr. Walkers
tariff 81 l5l6, he received only S9J9f1.S'ii. al
most three millions less than ras received in
isi5 AMI nearly fstir,millions les than in 1875.
Now, sir by looking II the late FcpHt Of the Sc
cretary Il app .ars dat las, year We fnported D.
bout ten and half millions more dniiabie goods
than in 1915, which, at % per cent, the avefage
duties under the tariff Of f5i3 would Weld 81
4i6, 429 which, with the excess received IN 1915
over laf7. 80 7i6'3sS makes 81. 6J7 Isere
revenue which wou5d have been received ifi the
tariff Of 1872 hal NOT been repealed This Is
seth maicaliy true; and Vet, IN The face Of these
facts lhe President and Secretary says the Eeve-
me has been inereafcd more than eight millions
Of dollars
In his report OF last session be gives his own
Eestimatt fur the prDceeis Of the present or last
year (iat7) at $27 S3s 73i; yea Il has actually
produced but S33 iIi7. 8s;i. more than four mil
lions less than his own official estimate. Yet
both he and the model President say that the Ia
riff has more fhanE rallied the most sanguine
hopesuf is triendsf confess do noi compre-
bend statements liiEe these. Perhaps the Secre-
lary may explain them.
Now as 10 toe lholus operandi, the lexerde-
maia, Tn sleight-ot-hand bg which faisehoods
are made 70 appeal true, the plan by which he
aiiemptss0 make Il out thai he has received more
revenue under the tariff OF 1876 than was receiv-
~. r. Z, <.
done BY cutting up the years; taking a few
months Of one year and four or Eve months Of
anoiher--iive months ander the tariff Of 1872 and
seven under the tariff Of 1916. Every body
knows the tariff Of 1916 was passed in July, and
did not 60 into operation till December; dursng
this tiInc imports paying duties were almoSt en-
tirely arrested The fact being that the dudes
would In few months be greatly reduced, very
large amount OF goods which would have ccme
In and paid duty according 10 the then existing
tariff OF 1912 were withheld tillthe dniies came
down. TheJ were piled up in warehouses or
kept in bond till the tariff Of 1876 and low duties
lock effect; besides, goods which had paid heavy
duties were rc-exported, and the duties withdrawn
from the Treasury. During this period, OF
course, little revenue, in comparison, was com
ing 10, though the country was sin nominally
months which his very fair and candid Secretary
takes for his estimate ofihe produce Of the tariff
Of 1912. As soon as the reduced tariff Of 1916
went into operation, all these goods which had
been held back waiting for the reduced duties,
were al once poured IN, and in pours revenue by
millions. The goods and duties withdrawn from
the tariff Of 1912 now return under the tariff Of
1876; and these are the months which this truth
seeking Secretary takes, as showing the compara-
tive product cf this molel tariff contfaSted with
FIVE months OF the tariff Of 1912, giving little
over seven millions, when for two years before,
the revenue had exceeded an average Of twenty
seven millions Aud this IS nut forth as fair
comparison. This Is no deception. Oh, no
this Is fair This Is the way 10 bring truth 10 the
people He might as well compare the strength
OF giant and that OF n child, by putting down
what The giant could lin when on his sick he'd
and IN his last hours. and what the child could
lin ID the vigor oi health and under sudden and
violent excitement Would this be very salts
factory way ofproving that the child was stronger
than the giant1
The next thing the learned Secretary attempts
10 prove IS that under low duties more rercnue is
always obtained than under high duties. To show
this he selects ten years income under high Ia
rid and ten years under low one He selects
Ten years, from 1882 to 1912, under the compro-
mise hill, for his loo tariff, and ten years from
1891 10 1891 eight years under the high tariff OF
1924 and 1928, with two years under the tariff Of
1872, as the Aga tariff period Now, I assert
that, In the very years on which he relies, and
has selected fur The comparison, his own
figures prove, not that he got less revenue under
the high than the low paid, but il proves that he
got eigAtytico millions more under the high tariff
Than he did under the low. For the proof, refer
gentlemen and the Secretary 10 his own official
report ON the finances In 1916, page ei6. Hero
you have his own report Take itdown, gentle
men; desire you 10 take a minute Of what 1
state; for what l say | can prove. | hope the
chancellor OF the exchequer that was Mr.. Nc
Kay) will pay special attention 70 these stale
meats. I say, on MIR. Walkers own showing.
that under the ten years Of low tariff the receipts
were S2ii 8S5 $50 aud that under the high tariff
years the receipts were S297 ,6i22l5 The differ
cnce i'm favor of the high tariff Is So, $50 $50
- 90 CPS per year; and yet the Secretary and
The President say thar all experience proFes that
low tarifs give the most revenue e Whether
such siaiements proceeded from Ignorance or de-
sign he would not say but twas one or the other.
/ refer (sah Mr.. 81 % day, to dafc. book, and
page. Letthem look At l.. Iwant Mr.. Walker
himself 10 look al L. suppose when he sent rs
his book, with all these confident statements. sun
ported by figures too. he thought Il would answer
is purpose HeoWes Il % his character for truth
and candof 20 come Out and admit or deny this
statement, OF authorize some friend 10 do il for
him en- this door. Win il be done We win
&c.
And now for bis positions on the subject q ex-
ports. The Secretary aflinns that the balance Of
rade is always in our favor under 4 low tariff;
hal our exports exceed our imports, and that the
'xpofis d. hFeadstiS and provisions are especial
! increased. Now say that deduciing the inn |
mrs during the I'm years &c high tariffs select
Z hy The Secretary Cor comparison, frVm the i'm !
.orts during the In years Of low iarifIs and q |
runid APPEAR that he balance against The cofln-
y under tie low tariff was SioI 976 e76 equal |
oSfo. 1871 GD7 year; and, dedncting during each |
,eriod thn goods re-exporied. The haisnec Ag&ins,
he country would b. increased % he sum oil
sf23 455 III And how had i been paid By ,,
Vo bnnlted millions ~ Stale bends. sem % E1- |
ops b pay for GOODS mercantile delf 81 near |
= An eQnai amodnt resulting a. The end Il the /