The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-23
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A strange ding has cone 20 pass,
The NatpnaI stiea5ot Manuts s'
tuners, aa lot I some TWEEN
iyseyenitnniif prominent ~ M nufae'
tuners VITA combined capt. liza ton
exceedtus dtta 81 billioHsl Of dollars
publishes III the cprrerits i iss1e Of It's
piEclal asaa nesIc can Industries, q
tariff tEeea empha sizlHg the reso-
luton iafiayor q immediate tarif re-
vision sasnifaousiy passed at q re-
Gent conyention. The Associa ton
holds that NE Sent tariff schedules are
unequalsnd dealshd q ths lmmed
oppoIntmsnt bg Gone ess and the exec,
n.lve otsa nortpaF ttsal ron:po lteai
commissl0a compo sed q men thor
oughly Competent to seduallse present
.Hehedulsl RMS demanaby the very
class oisInfefests served by the tafitf
q extreaely ignidcant and the agl'
taticn aHaoubtedly WIN lead to a tar
in debse The Greed outlined by
The nssqfacturers association is as
follows
WE HELIEvE In the policy Of q
PRoTECIIyTS tarifI, liberal in scope
and a.t6Ftihe is every American In
dusty iHaegd 81 protection from for
eign competition the benefit Of SEIZED.
ules ample 70 aecomplish this purpose,
lncludiasa suffctent margin Of safety
70 insaretae steady ana profitable op,
erationot Industrial plants and the
paymeatct wage scale compatible
viii thepresent standardof living IN
our country
WE RELt1v E that our present tar
ID, III many 81 It's schedules, Is unjust
and unequal, giving to some a smaller
measure II PRO ELECTION than is
needed and 10 others greater indus
trial adSansases that are equitable, re-
sultlng 81 abuses and in q social IN.
rest disturbing to the body polite.
wiz BHLIEvE that any further re-
vision oisthe tariff under the old
methodsIts wholly to be discouraged
end avoldeS since ii is by these meth
DDS tbat the 81 sent injustices have
arisen. Bopuis animosity engendered
toward s. ia & because Of undue ad.
vansaseS of i few. ana becuse such
socaIleS Vision III a rlgidity of the
lei scbsatiles and a consequent dis:
co.ita renent 81 foreign trade.
Wa BEI3I5y a. that the tariff should
be tallens out 81 politics once for all,
fysates AZ Is business proposition,
n,aiie biSts Va all parties thereto-the
neoble ofSthe limited states as a whole
nIscssInpof 4 sane, and scientific ba.
sis. a tsnis competent 10 treat it in.
4elfiee1tjS without tavorltism : and
ihofousSIy NJ accomplish the purpose
X pRrSTlIEtaTIoN WITHOUT MUS,
TlgF
"a BFIIE III that the time 10 take
ne tatifs otit 81 politics Is NOW and
III attets t3e ,Insettling etfect of an.
otbe4 national satmpaign; NOW when
tSsG e6iStrS X nrosnerous and when IT
l,ss 4 cSief executive in whose integ.
4Itytt Sss cont idence; NOW when the
eyI,s obvious and are Known to an.
VIA REsfsIr,VE IN placing the tariff
nndsF snonspaFtsan tariff commission
notsiInlke NE present Interstate Com,
nsrss commission with semi-fadicial
n,waFs, as tor example to summon
witnessss ia commission to in3esti
tbofonghly and scientifically the
TIossE stE sdnies ana from time tc
5,s sBSmit their conclusions In the
form Il onSniend atious TO Congress
S,,d. ~ n sscntive n sbopld lie with
II tbe Sower 81 this commission and
IA esSSptiye to4,IENcREAsE or DE
RaA the present schedules within
coss,sSs NJ wisdom nav determine