The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20
THE TARIFF OF 1913
FRAMED ENTIRELY FOR REVENUE
AND DISCARDED.
Early History OF Democracy Showing the
Position of tho Party the Tariff.
Planks of the Platform.


Editor Constitution: 1t is not worth while to
discuss now whether the tariff in the last cam
paign was the sole issue or only u leading
issue, since it's Importance as an issue was
admitted all sides. The lines were sharply
drawn. Not only the Mckinley law. but the
policy of protection was asSailed by the sue
cessful party. The democrats in their platform
denounced the former as the 'culninating
atrocity Of class legislation and the latter as
Il "fraud-a robbery of great majority of
the American people for the benefit of the
few" They went to the root Of the matter
and declared it to be fundamental princi-
pie of the democratic party that the govern
mcnt has no constitutional power to impose
and collect dollar for tax except for purposes
Of revenue only"
70 carry out this democratic platform the
Mckinley law must be repealed and the tariff
for revenue only must be enacted III its stead.
[ shall take for my text the most famous
revenue tariff ever OF force in this country,
the act OF July 80, 1916, commonly called the
Walker tariff" from Robert J. Walker OF
Mississippi, secretary of the treasury in the
cabinet of President James * Polk
Henry Clay's compromise tariff went into
effect January 1, 1884, and was supposed to
be final settlement Of the tariff question,
but it only lasted until August % 1872, when
it was superseded by the protective tariff of
that date. Public opinion again took sides
and the tariff was an issue iii the campaign
of 1914 which resulted in the election of
President Polk and Il democratic congress,
there being thirty democrats and twenty six
wings in the senate and 141 democrats and
eiGhty-four wings in the house.
Tariff reform, i'll this instance, came from the
administration, the bill which became law
being framed in accordance with the views OF
Secretary Walker, in recommending which he
laid down the following principles:
First-No more money should be collected
than is necessary for the wants OF the gov.
eminent economically administered.
Second No duty Is to be imposed upon any
article above the lowest rate that would yield
the largest amount OF revenue.
Third-beloW such rate discrimination may
be made descending in the scale of duties,
or. for imperative reasons, the article may he
placed on the list of those free from al duty.
Fourth-lhe maXin' u rate OF duty should
be imposed on luXliIies.
Fifth MinilluLiS ana all specific duties
should be abolished, and ad valorem duties
substituted in their places, care being taken to
guard against fraudulent invoices anu unQeryai,
uation and to assess the duty upon the actual
market value
:iisth-'rhc duty should be so imposed to
operate as equally as possible throughout the
uniCn discriminating neither for nor against
any class or section
X bin framed on these lines passed the
casting vote of Vice President Dallas and was
approved by President POLK July 80, 1Si6
TO take effect january L., lS4!
The present Mckinley law is printed by the
government as a pamphlet Of l@2 pages, and
contains. besides its general provisions, t0l
classfcations, some of them referring to a&
many as MY n ltinn az az ra@s snorc "r nd
yolorem, or both, SO strung together that ne
one . oH M an w SIIc tarif or9Inios only 4 Ill
tie over seven pages in the St&tuteS-at large
mas ollV ceHch SNo ti AZ n,I a. tho rrnroInr
cIauSe and contains only nine schedules, Wlth
rates OF duty as follows: A, loV per cent
and free list ,u,oar -, nossih,o +ha law
ouuluisr II 40 'iAO"1 %
WAS as lpii'"H too nor copt-prandv and all
, HcmeLno -, i ZION, i'o fr,'it or ,rain
ul Snhonrf hp'i'' 40 Nor cent-ohacco wines
canned mca6%i cut G Tmrss anu '''' NUS
tIiEgs ciaS9St "a a. NOV ,a1f AIn beer ana Dor
ter in CASKS all ftS oi We" W. NJ - di"
carpets carTlaE1S uUH oarti,np .binn and
monds' gems ,rn jym nlsin class hats and
stone Wear 1ufluItie' il.ahii ,e l9' NO % sl5bs
bonpets hemp ron III n"iS, n,",.lN, opIG iron
nlai,uiavr4 t Itinn silver in cotton linen
itu' ptNiei. ll11'ti,aI1' ioss IrItI,rr rnirlje
, nnN W." T",od fire. arms plated ware, ru,bSr
ptller' 1871 tob,rrn Northumberland raw
wn"l etc fc"p'
q t>nt, ~ M ~ o{+inr of Aax iute or grass
li""s .'''ti Ia % ,ynoIon and vorstcd yarns
r4 roo 'i"'e''
etc. =, On r,or oon+-Acid and 4 lot Of
druggistS Srtl@inSi nl"nNe'S' "o'''u9
~ uSrT /" ~ Tor -ppruviau harly
, %rng1,HG 5,onds p,rod and silver leaf raw
e!aAeta u5" . itns lin fnii zine spel-
SILK I'm anu 'ei"c pi''''' IN '
Ter cN. - 20 ,,o,. oo,+ Rocks 1nogozines
Hrheduie ~ ~ p pr 0.', dia,""Mds md CONS
hulihnS ana nHr S'o e va NV, no cEir ta1
net set enSriiFhl@S' ~ nv ,.tt,{"fs hair Of
l4W; Watcn"T a,I WI, rnbhnr etc
az KINGS; uIlhtl t - Bu ,nntaI borrioe
Sched1e f ~, = Hrr brass and coDucr in pis
cue, useu int US ~, horns vegetable
or bars mus, oF hoofs and shoes, pew
,'of!; iIaIior ,'t bIgIcS and skins big
Ter Ior HUI, In1ut ~ 'ul u '''''~
o2r ana nloGA Ell snl'c Animals Tor breeding
,,,to,ns c.oid 1Hd silver bllili0n coffee and
tea imported dlrecr' cVipgr or .1 q Tni,
den seeds CONS; Sht I LII H. W. mt = large
'ther articles Inc Tree HS' "' ~
one =, ..,oc not s,,ncioIIyy p-oyid-
IN addition an ar5 on rH n ,"nf
eu TOT were . ill., - ~ tr,o nurnose only of
ms hu iraiie" i", 1 va Hi.ir. ,bn FIRST one
producing reNFiluYii az ,.oi7ro,n dutios Was
Wh'ch olSrafuf'! al! u'It tN ~ and fought b;t
particularly opJFCli9in:aue ~ snrte Of lirnfnl
tefly ny th most nrartical he
progresses were Hi., t oiso sI,fJici,nt revenue
n: tf;lt II Won" I5 ~ IoI,nson Of NnrvlHnd
i';tin Scialpd ~ amount Of rcyc-
me nIil WIZ ~, 4 No ttants Of the c0un-
nue. sulnHieao 10 M No,ii ,V"hstrr Of NasSa-
try. Sald senator i,','l,cl a',nt in INV opln
thusetts: "ihe treasury ~ With h1e hccu
ion, be supp''ed at ihe [i''IU VIM, ny 1,nssihIe-
started ana - eApr ,,, t,+inn of iulporta-