The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-02-20

ufacturers and Commercial associa
tons day earlier, that we will have
tariff revision In 1909, and that the
new schedules will have maximum
and minimum scales. As Speaker
Cannon's view. as we'll as his own
was expressed In those words OF
Chairman Payne. there is not the
slightest doubt Of the intention OF
the republican leaders to revise the
tariff In 1909, to bring the schedule
down to date, and to adopt the duple,
scheme. now in vogue in most OF the
protectionist countries Of the Ole
World. As the tariff bill must orig
mate In the house Of representatives,
and as the country has a reasona
BILE assurance that the party which
controls the government now will ge
new commission in the elections
next November, that promise of thu
new style tariff which the repubM
can platform will carry will bt
placed In the statutes very soon after
the new president and the new con.
gress enter Office thirteen months
hence.
But what would Justin 8. Nor.
rill. John Sherman, "Pig Iron" KEEL
ley, Thaddeus Stevens. James G.
Blaine. James A. Garfield and the
rest OF the republican chieftans Of
the earlier day think of this coming
tariff with double scale OF duties?
What would William Mckinley and
Nelson Dingley think of such an in
novation? All those robust protec.
tionists. as we'll as their Wing progen
itors, levied tariffs with fiat rate,
applicable to all countries alike
Some OF the more recent tariffs, like
the Dingley act Of the present day,
had reciprocity stipulations. and ir
some instances these have been put
into operation in small way. Mr..
Blaine, the most conspicuous cham.
pion Of the reciprocal idea. got that
scheme incorporated into the Nc
Kinley law OF 1890. But that prin-
ciple had many drawbacks. With
each of the various countries with
which we would make special deals
we would have different rates Of du-
ties. Necessarily these breaks in the
different spots in the tariff line would
create jealousy among the countries
which were Disseminated against.
against US would be
threatened or would be perpetrated.
Such reciprocity deals as we made
never had very long career. They
introduced a confusion into our
schedules which did US more harm
than good. Hence. in recent years,
the reciprocity idea has been losing
favor. The fiat rate to all countries.
granting special favors to
any of them. has been preferred to
the special deals on the isolated and
"give and take" plan.
We are taking leaf now from
The book of our rivals, and this max
mum and minimum idea Is to be
by the republican party. and
% be put In operation In 1909,
Messrs. Aldrich. Allison, Cannon.
Payne and the rest of the republic !,
IAN leaders in each branch Of con-
yress are coming out in favor Of the
double scale Of duties all along the
inc. Through the big stick OF the
maximum scale we will compel
'oreign countries to grant US favors
It their custom houses. As we i'm
ported over $1.4O0.000,000 Of mer-
,handise In the calendar year 1907,
access to our markets Is Of great
,alue to the productive countries OF
Europe and Asia. To the countries
which furnish us what we consider
IN equivalent favor we will grant the
over scale Of duties. On the i'm
ports OF all the other countries we
will levy the maximum rates. This
8 the scheme which will be put In
operation in the tariff which will be
enacted by the republicans in 1909,
It will be Blaine's reciprocity under
'orms which will simplify 1t and
make 1t more equable and more
scientific. This is not an American
INVENTION. Germany, France and
most Of the other countries which
rave protective tarriffs-and all the
great industrial and commercial ma
ions Of the world have tariffs for
except Great Britain
nave adopted the double scale Of du-
les. At the outset all of them fol
owed our plan Of flat rate for all
mitigated, sporadically.
Ind in spots, by the old style of re-
:iprocity. But that scheme has been
given up by most Of them, and the
maximum and minimum lines have
'un through the schedules. In some
matters the United States can profit
IDLY 90 to school to Europe. and this
s one Of them. Nelson Dingley, II
le should take glance at our COM
ng tariff, would BE almost as much
'urprised at It as would Henry Clay,
he founder Of the American system,
" as Alexander Hamilton, the origi.
lal American protectionist. But not
nor Clay nor Dingley would
'ay that the Payne tariff Tor what
,ver name 1t may bear) OF 1909 will
lssail the principle Of protection. The
epublican ways and means commit