The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-31
WHITNEY ON TARIFF REFORM
WOULD cut DUTIES GRADUALLY
FOR TWENTY YEARS,
T,i They hou Represent Only h Diner-
rnce In Labor cost Here % Abroad
draws Attention to NOosrvelt's
"Absurd' Federal Corporation Plan.

"Absurd' Federal Corporation Plan.
FIrcHBUR0, Aug. SO.-Henry VI. Whitney
delivered an address NJ Whale Park to-day
in which he said in CART;
The quest ions Of most concern 10 The people
OF Massachusetts as we'll as to all other
communities, are those that relate 10 their
industrial welfare. Industrial welfare inn
plies steady employment for The wage earners
of the State. and a. prices that will provide
them with the Decessarics Of life IN The way
Of food. 10th Ing and shelter, together with
some surplus for social enjoyment and some
NJ Wings FOR n so-cHlled rainy" day. That
is alike the purpose OF both political parties.
Rut az to the best method Of promoting this
purpose there IL q wide difference Of opinion.
II is held by one party. the Republican party.
that artificial rest ricLions. a high tariff. and
correspondingly high prices. produce favor
able industrial cond itions. and that the great
development OF the United States within the
last ffty years IL mainly due to the high
tariffs that have pre- vailed during that period.
The Democratic party. on the other hand.
claims that the great development We have
witnessed during the last half century Ia due
mainly To the law of supply and demand, that
the effect Of high tarih taxes. and OF the SUP
preston OF itioD. has been to enable
the few to levy unjust contribut ions upon the
many, and that the policy OF increasing the
cost Of the things that people generally are
Obliged TO buy has retarded rather than
promoted industrial development and pros
perity.
The wealth Of me countr y is in it's Astounding
agricultural and mineral resources. In these
mod ern days. when machinery. even in farm
ing operations, has taken the place TO 30 large
an exte nt OF hand labor. the cheaper the
farmer can buy his machinery and all his
farming implements the cheaper the crop
-A, L. 49, nHl thu AhA IA onH hA
sold TO give the farmer an equivalent profit.
Likewise the cheaper our manufacturer
eau obtain the raw mat erals OF our indus
tries the cheaper they can make their wares.
the chea per they ca sell them and the greater
will he The demand for them. and conse-
~Quently the greater also will be the demand
for the labor required TO produce them.
Dun's index figures OF Wholesale prices for
commodities show that in 1907. az compared
with 1895, The total cost Of living per capita
has increased from s74 to Sos. a rise Of more
than Az per cent Of. while the average increase
in wages varies from 10 per cent. 10 20 per
cent, II follows that the wage Garner In
Massachusetts Is receiving really less for
his labor than before the adoption OF the
DIM ley tarin schedules.
The questions OF paramount Importance TO
our people are questions relating to economies,
IL seems impossible that there should be
two opinions among our people as 20 the
wisdom Of a State policy favorable to the
obtsiuing of the raw materials OF our indus
tries a nd our food supplies by the removal
Of all tariff taxes upon these articles. and
S.uaai.uv yvhan ,hs r.vsnus from tbe.s mn.
80. "a sunnIi.s 10 mo, n.edsd 'The dutv
"a ,nto The Trsa.,rv an auyar alone amount.
s.n,au, a. hatwa.n sso ooo coo md s-o ooo ONO
80 n.aLv AZ Tor each family And the iron
and steel manufacturers, through the eS-
tortionate tarin charges. take from the
noct az. NJ the nsople OF the Uniteu States at
80, s,so 600 ma mors than ,hsv should tske
7" nsv = I;hersI VAC scale and liberal IL not
osnsrous returns upon the capital invest ed.
Knt MISUNDERSTANDING INV belief that the
.xisti,a t.rir has heen an injury instead Of
/. h.na6, .rd will continue IN he an until
.rs.,,v changsd 4 do moi n, this time favor
,av;na v;oIep, bands unop II. think Il adj
vssahIa n. things are to make progress in
the right direction by slow and easy sta res.
u 'S - ovss,Ion If What i. on The
III. a~nadia,t rather Than of what In all
.ain,.,v rtght Nv plan would be tn leave
4, ,ooovna,ant axnsrt. IN Act what the
iakor ons, Ia NJ any nrotected article. Then
,s. dinorsnos bst ween this cost and the tar
;n,nosed NV The cxls,in9 tarin to be taken
~ hv rsd,,o,ions oS 70 per cent. each wear.
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