Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-22

have been favored by legislation, do
consplre against the public and enter
into monopoly. what penalty do the
Republicans suggest None whatever.
These men are to be consulted about
proposed changes, and Il the next Re-
publican tariff is made like former Re
publican tariffs, nothing will be done
without the unanimous consent OF the
beneficiarics.
DEMOCRATIC REMEDY.
What would be the effect of the
remedy proposed by the Democratic
platform? Simply this, n law goes in
TO effect at some fixed date in the fu-
ture. and IL the Democrats pass law,
putting upon the free list articles COM
ing into competition with those CON
trolled by a trust, the trust viii have
until that date to dissolve. III the trust
considers the law too drastic, IT can
avoid it by giving up its monopoly.
Secy. Taft calls this remedy utterly
destructive" and In his anxiety to pre-
vent it overlooks the fact that the Dem
ocratic party has other remedies for the
trusts If we can succeed in dissolNlng
existing trusts, and in preventing the
organization OF new ones, there VIII
be no trusts against which to use the
remedy of which he complains. Ihtre
Ia now a law against trusts but IL has
not been sufficiently enforced to pre-
vent trusts. The Democrats demand It's
enforcement; If its enforcement rids the
country of trusts. then this policy
which Mr.. Taft so much fears VIII he
come perfectly harmless If the Demo-
Gratis secure control of bpth the mousse
and the senate, they are pledged to
legislation which viii make a private
ssaHr. fl.l ltl
cans retain control of part of the leg
islative machinery of the government
and refuse to join in the effort 10 make
a private monopoly impossible, they are
not IN a position to complain of tariff
legislation aimed at trust. If they
refuse to assist US In discriminating the
principle of private monopoly, they
cannot well object to legislation neces-
sary to protect the people from trust
oxtortion
HOW BURROWS STOOD.
Mr. TAFT did not refer to the plat
form demand thar wood pulp, print
paper lumber, timber and logs be
placed upon the free list, Why? Be
cause the president vanly besought
Congress to enact law embOdying
part of this demand. It is absurd to
complain of the exhaustion of our for
ests while we encourage their deStTuc-
ton by a tariff on the products Of for
eign forests. But such legislation be-
comes not only a folly but a crime
when it is remembered that a handful
of men monopoliae the benefits moving
from the tariff on these things, while
the whole country bears the burden of
the tax Hon. X. f. Pettigrew or
South Dakota, in speech made in
the United States senate, referred u an
important statement, which appeared
in the Northwestern Lumberman Feb.
"a 1897. Senator Burrows of Michi-
gan had referred to a Mr.. Winchester
as Il man of great reliability and truth
fulness, and Senator Pettigrew quoted |
Mr.. Winchester as saying in the North |
western LumbeIman:
'There We're a lot of gentlemen from
the northwest up Minnesota way, in |
Washington the other day and they |
we're sitting in Senator Burrows room.
An interesting incident occurred there.
Senator burrows is chairman of the
committee. The committee had not
bat a meeting for a long time They
happened 10 be seated In that room,
ana one of the gentlemen from Mime |
sofa had an envelope and lead pencil.
lie walked around the room and cl-
pherod up little bit, and he said:
Mr.. Burrows, do you know what
u thousand would mean to this
crowd of men in here?
There were not as many in the room
as there are here. He said
An advance of 81 a thousand on
lumber would mean $6125OOO on last
years products"
Gould more conclusive proof be de-
sired? And the Senator Burrows men
TONED Is the same Senator Burrows
VINO acted as temporary chairman of
the last Republican national conVen-
tlon' and sounded the keynote of the
How long viii the Republican farm.
ers, merchants and laborng men per-
mt Few men 10 make the tariff laws
Tor their own pecuniary advantage and
at the expense of the rest of the coun-
Try?
HEAVIEST ON THE POOR.
The second step in the reduction of
me tarlH IS material reduction up
IN the necessities of life specially
lnph goods competing with ,dch Am
srican manufacturers a. are soId
abroad more cheaply than at home.'
AZ present the articles used nv tho
Door bear higher rate ad yaiorem
nan the articles used by the rich This
ita tement can be verified by an ex-
lnlltlatloh OF amy Of the schedules \
a ~, upon consumption, even when lald
Nlth absolute impartiallty. bears hoav-
est upon The poor because o,i. npcns
ltels are much more uniform than
)uf possessions People do nor ear Ina
proportion 10 their income. they do NOT
wear clthing IN proportion to their i'm
'oinei they do not use taxed goods
u proportion 60 their income As ali
axes must come out Of ones income
10 Ihltter through what system levied
y collectel they are, In effect in
ONE taxes, and taxes ON cousumntinp
we really graduated income taxes the
aiBest pei cent being collected from
nose with the smallest jncomo
~ me smallest per cent from
nose with the largest income II 10
MY ran therefore, that IN an at
einpl To relieve the people from tho
liqultles of q high tarff. the moor
mo are oNerburdened. should be given
'lst consideration. rhcu. too. n rcduc-
loh I'M the tA1n ON the necessities OF
.le brings % benefit To- an the people,
me reduction in the tax upon Ink
enplo.
FORElGNED FAVORED.
surely no one VIII object TO reduc-
ON being made upon articles which
)mc INTO competition with American
lhnuia,iuros which are sold abroad
ioie ohedply than AT home The Amer
AN manufacturer who sends his goods
? foreign lands aud there without any
rejection whatever, completes success
lily win the manufacturers of an the
ord does NOT need a high tarim q
leet competition in the nome market.
Ahd There alv enough articles sold
broad AT a low price 90 assure "A largs
dNanidge tn the American consumers
trough the carrying out of this one
hank.