The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-07
DECLARES We MUST
HAVE HIGH TARIFF
Congressman Tayler's TestimO-
ny to Industrial Commission.
IS OPPOSED TO TRUSTS
BUT SAYS PROTECTION DOES
NOT FAVOR THEM.

Washington, June 6.-The industrial
commission. at its session today, con-
sidered the tariff question, with incl
dental reference to trusts. the wit
nesses being Congressman Robert W.
TayIer Of Ohio and George r. Gunton.
president of the New York institute Of
Social Economies. Mr.. TayIer took the
position that any discussion in congress
Of the tariff at this time would have a
damaging effect upon the country. He
said the Dingiey law was the most
equitable tariff law the United States
had ever had He took a deci6ed po-
sltion against trusts, and said they
were not fOstered by the protective tar
in, Mr. Tayler also said that he be-
lleved in the principle of reciprocity
but that he did not endorse any of the
recently negotiated reciprocity treaties
Mr.. Gunton devoted himself especially
10 replying to an argument recently
made before the commission by Ed
ward Atkinson for freer trade. Mr.
Gunton said that the freedom con
is analogous TO freedom of the savage, a
freedom which, if INDUCED in too
freely. not only brings injury to others,
but ruin to himself
Mr. Tayler aunounced the general
principle that the history OF the cOun-
try for the past few years and the con
d1tiOns demand that there should not
be the slightest relaxing of the tariff
principle as now embodied in the Ding
ley law The relation Of the tariff to
trusts, he saidi, is only incidental.
Civilization on a High Plane.
The DingIey law embodies, he said,
the idea that the American civilization
is on a higher plane than any other
and requires a higher reward for its
labor TO maintain that excellence.
Whenever the labor cost is greater
than elsewhere, it is necessary that
there should be an eQualiZiug influence
such as the DingIey law. Primarily
therefore, the protective tariff law was
in the interest of labor. Then the
farmer. he said, gets a reciprocal .bene-
How is the farmer benefited by the
tariff on steel?' asked Colonel Living
ston.
In the first place" replied the Wit
ness, there is not much tariff on steel
and iron, except possibly in tin plate.
We pay out in wages not less than
$40. 600 600. That means that the con-
Stunning power of the American people
at home is increased to that extent
and / think that the effect o. that in
creased consumption is sufficient to re-
coup the farmer for any supposed in
crease of the cost TO him of iron and
steel articles which he may purchase
Mr.. Tayler announced himself as op-
posed TO the principle involved in
trusts, because. he said, he considers
human nature too weak to entrust in
q few people such a power as is in
volved in trusts. He thought abuses
were certain, and that the result would
be what he called governmental social
ism or governmental ownership of the
articles controlled by the trusts
do you know Of any combine that
actually controls any Industry Mr.
Clarke asked.
Mr.. TayIer said that he did not
is not the United States Steel cor
poratiou on the border Of attaining alb
solute control" asked Colonel Living
stOn.
Cannot Control Coal Supply.
Il cannot answer that question either
yes or no., replied the witness, but
there are many large iron and steel
concerns not in the combine. Iron ore
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