The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-04

ways will be. In my business protection
has had tendency to increase manu-
featuring in this country and this has
brought about cheaper prices. This helps
| the consumer, and that is the man that
we are trying to help. The old Brit
ish hose and manufactured in England
| exclusively before the Mckinley tariff
| went into effect, and was sold by the
jobbers at 1928 per dozen. The McKin,
ley bill protected this industry and
manufacturing plants were established
in this country and the price is now
$l.15 dozen. Competition is what reg.
ulates prices"
S. B. Wilson's: ''Yes. The progress
of the age necesstates changes from
time to time. | would consider change
beneficial to the agricultural interests
of this state
George Pass: Not to any extent We
had one tariff revision, and if we have
another we will have hard times again.
No doubt some things are wrong about
the tariff, but revision will not help the
matter"
''E. j. Moore: Il think so. Revision
would be for the general good of the
whole country, | believe
l.. j. Colson: IL would like to see
the tariff off of tobacco little. 1t has
made the price of the raw material very
high
Judge Lorin Cray: 'Yes, for believe
to practically remove the tariff from
trust made goods would break up the
trusts
NJ. B. Haynes: Il don't know where
it would do us any good. This talk is
all buncomb as far as Minnesota is con
cerned"
Paul Iverson: 81 don't know much
about the tariff, but l have been study
ing it up a little. | think the tariff is
too high. Everything is getting higher
| don't know whether it is due to the
tariff or the trusts-but | think the
tariff is too high"
w. r. Geddes: 81 am not in favor of
tariff revision by piecemeal. When the
time seems Opportune for revision the
only safe way to revise will be to con-
struct an entirely new tariff BILL in
Guiding whatever revision it may seem
to congress to be best | don't believe
that country and the conditions are
ready for that yet While there are
undoubtedly some things that it would
be well to revise the tariff on now, it
is not safe to undertake it in any other
way than / have suggested, in my opin-
ion. | have been giving it considerable
thought"
Z. NJ. Carrier: &c Yes and no.. II. de-
ponds. Some things about the tariff
should be modified; for instance free
alcohol would be great thing for this
country all along the line. l am not in
favor of general revision, for there
are other matters that should be set
tied first, such as rate revision and in
terstate commerce, and it is not well
to have too many pokers in the fire.
S. ID. Works: Il certainly am, and
have always been, for L think that the
general public will profit by it. Espec
tally should the tariff on lumber be re-
vised, for prices are beyond where a le-
Canadian lumber is placed on the free
list the price will be reduced in this
country. As for reducing the tariff on
other articles, / am for it on general
principles"
John E. Diamond: eyes, there are
enough things upon which the tariff
should be reduced to warrant this, but
am not in favor of any radical
changes"
Thomas Hughes: 81 would favor it
to certain extent. | am not well
enough posted to go into details, but [
am against the trusts strong"
Louis Janda: 81 should say so. Not
only that, but very strong. Some of
the items on the traiff schedule are
simply absurd. They benefit only the
millionaires and large corporations"
G.. j.. Benedict: 81 am in favor of it
when they get to it. but | am not in
favor of throwing the country into a
panic by meddling with the tariff sched-
ules all along the line"