The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
PRESENT TARIFF STATUS.
Well directed Revision Necessary for
Relief of American
Consumers.

The passage by the German reichstae
OF Emperor Williams special tariff bills
postpones for year and four months
the tariff war which Germany had an
nounced her intention TO begin upon
our products on the list Of March.
These bills authorize the German
government to 50 on until June 80, 1904,
admitting our products at the same tariff
rates which Germany assesses upon I'M
ports from countries with which she has
reciprocity treaties. The arrangement
says the St Louis Republic, leaves our
commercial relations with Germany ~
the same unsatisfactory and threaten
ing condition which called forth the
protest and the warning Of the rcciproc.
Ity convention In August.
We maintain undated the Dingey
tariff boycott on German trade and Ger.
many only postpoues her threat of re.
! tallation until another and final session
Of the present congress shall have been
held and a new congress has come into
| being.
adjustment, for mutual benefit, OF
our commercial relations with Ger.
many, and with other nations which
stand toward us in the same position as
Germany. was rendered impossible IN
the present session by the narrow, self,
ish and stiff-necked opposition OF Ding
ley standpatters in the senate, and by a
pact between tho president and the
speaker to choke OFF tariff discussion
| I'm the house.
In the short session OF next winter
the Republican congress will do no bet
ter than 1t has already done. Relief
! can come only from the SiXtieth con-
gress TO be elected in November OF
this year, The issue 30 sharply
raised between tho interests repre-
'ontcd In the reciprocity convention
and the standpatters in Washington
| viii necessarily, therefore, be fought
ont at the polls in the election Of the
new congress
During the campaign Democrats
will, of course. aggressiyely attack
The trade killing excuses of the Ding
ley schedules. pledglng themselves tc
: initiate and support such reciprocit,
arrangemonts as will open wide thu
ports OF foreign nations to American
products and extend American mar
kets in every quarter where a demant
Exists for our goods.
Moderate and well directed tariff re
vision to relieve the American con
sumer OF tho onerous tribute now palt
10 specially protected interests, and tC
,nrb the monopoly taxing powers o
tho great industrial trUsts Is likely
also. to be prominent in Democratic
platforms and in Democratic discus
sion between now and the Noyembe
elections
The protective system was not bull
In q day. and II cannot he tore dow
in year. nor. perhaps, In n decade
Discriminating duties and expor
bounties by other nations may max
II necessary to approach with circum
spectlon the complicated task Of cut
ting out robberlcs Of the Dingley act
but the task must be performed, an
the Democratic party is ready to lit
iertake Il.
One point in the tariff discussion
Of the year may b" accepted as set
tied In advance It Is that Democrat
Of the west ana south, while advocat
Ing wise and conservative tariff re
vision. will not consent to the remoy
al of the tariff from their raw m7
terlals of manufacture so long MS tn
tariff taxes them heavily on the good
and wares made from those mater
ais.