The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-13
NEED or SOME REVISION.
Republican Organ Admits the Neces-
sity OF Tampering with the
sacred Tarin.


lection organ blf at lasta CLEAN 81 iisht
seems % have penetrated Us hitherto
dark~a4d mind The Mai has discovered
that re sacred iarin can be revised TO
some extent al least We would call me
attention says The indianapolis Sentl-
mel ttthose republicans in Indiana that
beil,,e now. IS the Mai! formerly did.
thar the tarn schedules are sacred. 90
this om.ncus quotation from i.s co.-
umns Secretary shaw utters am inns
pogtant Ii obvious. truth when he says
.hat the policy " public Improvements
cannot B ENLARGED upon without proyid-
ing some measure for correspondents
increa- u revenues Thus the cesira-
bilty OF some revision Of the tarln IS
suggested by the needs " the govern
ment as well as by the change IN indus
trial conditions since il was enacted.
There We have first Secretary shaw.
who al asst owns up that public i'm
proyemen,s must stop unless the rev
enues are increased. Then the Nail With
It's ardent belief in the old hag and an
appropriation jumps at the conclusion
that a reduction OF the tariff is neces-
sary t'1th on account OF the needs Of the
government ana the change in industrial
conditions NOW 70 revise the tariff for
the purpose OF producing more revenue
j. an unnecessary proceeding. for II
economy was used ID making appropria-
tlons there is no doubt that the present
revenues are sufficient II more rev
tuues are raised from the tariff or from
any Other source OF taxation the people
vii. have Is pay those taxes. either d..
rectiy or Indirectly through the increased
cost 81 what they purchase The repub-
lean claim taat the foreigner pays the
tariff TAX is acknov ledgeG 10 be an ex
1,odel idea
Just what rate Cd tariff duties Will pro-
duce rhe most revenue IS o disputed
point T. the Mail anu are the repuo-
lican leaders also willing 10 revise the
tariff Is low as necessary 20 produce the
most revenuee That Is the democratic
position A tarin for revenue one can
fancy the lismayed faces Of the trust
barols ana the tarla monopo.sts ifsucl
q revision was proposed by the commit
tee on WAYS and means under a repub-
lican administration We know that
tariff lower than the present one as the
tarin vas will not produce
more than the present tariff does. So the
cut would have 10 60 deeper than that
though that depends upon business com
dit.ons which govern the importation OF
foreign goods 10 some extent regardless
" rates
There Is however more important
matter -0 the masses Of the people than
the amount OF revenue a certain tarin
Will produce and that j. how much the
rate must be reduced to prevent the
trusts and monopoiists from adding
more than fair price to their products
The fairest tariff 70 the manufacturers
and 20 he consumers would 81 the ac-
iustment Of the schedules 80 that TOO
mang fore en- goods Will not ~ imported
and yet low enough 10 prevent the price
Of home manufactured products from
being solo for more than a fair profit
AS long as the people OF ths United
States are satisfied with raising revenue
on imports. the above happy medium is
a. near perfection a. can h- arrived a.
~ would prevent orr products being
sold for Jess - f0relgners than they arr
here wou.l produce the maximum IL
revenue and should be collected with
much less expense than an present for
-mueg.ing and thar other curse az
high protective tariff. underyaluaton
would be eliminated
How can any fair man that Il. not an
arrant partisan. object 70 such a reason
able revision as IS here outlined. Yet
we have no idea that the republicans
will revise the tariff after this fashion
and looking al IL from the democratic
partisan side We can hardly wish IL. 1T
would eliminate their most potent polit-
icai Issue. but for the good 81 the whole
people We believe the democrats would
vote for and help r. enact such law
and allow the republicans t9 have the
credit for o.