The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-01
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name for Free-trade, and as one
Republican | am not for it.
A Voice: "Here is another.
A Voice: "Yes, there are lots of
u.s."
The Speakers: Yes, there are lots
of >us all overthe countsg. Now, it
would seem from what say we
mast have a dictionary in order to
define what we mean ny the word
RECIPROCITY" A maximum and
minimum Tariff believe to be
practicable, but tine man who ar
ranges the schedules or the commit
tee that arranges the schedules has
great fnvestigatioE'to to make. If you
do it it4horizontally upon the princi
pal schedules th9t we have, there is
not "a manufacturer within the sound
of My voice whc would not swear
by flhe Great Eternal that we were
raising the price of his raw material
or affecting hislproduct.
First of ally a Minimum Tariff
'Ehe Speaker So, when you come
to look at it, you hard headed busl
mess men understand it is one thing
ITO amend IN general terms, and it is
quite another thing to make your
'scheduls. However, speaking for
myself, and, If | understand it, in
harmony with the concensus of Re
publican opinion in the country,
When SPEAK about minimum and
"a maximum Tariff / speak about a
minimum Tariff that shall run to all
nations and 10 all peoples, SO ad
justed as to afford ample Protection
to American industries. Zap
plause.
! When | have that, then | would
be willing to make maximum Tar
i T TO per cent, if you want to, or 20
per cent higher and what for2
| would make it so that if any
body disseminated against Uncle
Sans children, the Executive
should be clothed with authority to
ascertain that fact, so that the
maximum rate might be applied to
such country.
In other, words, that would be
the big stick.
] understand that Germany has
such Tariff, and France, and pos
sibly other countries. The minimum
Tariff of Germany is the ordinary
Tariff, Protective to all German in
dustries which need Protection, and
her maximum Tariff is retaliatory,
to be used as an argument in favor
of trade concessions to Germany.
How about Great Britain? | will
tell you, however, what country
does nat have this double Tariff sys
tem-Great Britain. When speak
of Great Britain l speak Of a
country whose people speak the
same language that we do, Some
times we have been out, of humor
with her, but we have to keep wide
awake to keep up with her and SO
you have with all of our kind of
people everywhere.
Now Great Britain takes one half
of our total exports. How could
you have reciprocity with France OF
with Germany that would let the
French or German textiles or manu-
factured products in more cheaply
than we let in Great Britain's pro
ducts3 Because you must recollect
that Great Britain has in competing
products no Tariff at all.
So there is something to think
about. 1t could be very readily
managed if with time and investiga-
tion you could make the minimum
Tariff such that it would be our
sufficient Protection, and then have
a maximum Tariff with which we
could punish somebody who was
discriminating against onr products.
A journey towards Free Trade.
There are people who are for
maximum and minimum Tariff. /
have some in my minds eye, some
few of them in my Siate-very