New-York tribune., 1908-11-23

ing duties UtahS four leading proouclS. II 10
also of interest that Mr.. Dalzell has told some
of his friends that, in so far as the ways ana
Means Committee has gone in the investigation
Of the tariff schedules, he sees ground for re-
ducng any duties.
SENATOR BURROWSS VIEWS.
senator julius c. Burrows. of Michigan. who
is the ranking member of the Finance Commit
tee and viii. therefore, be of the conferrees
on the tariff bill enacted at the special session.
said Of Mr. Carnegies article:
Mr.. Carnegie's declaration in favor Of tariff
for revenue only is so utterly at variance WIN
the policy Of protection, which has oeeI the
policy of the Republican party from the peglh-
ming Of the government that II vitates the I9rce
of the remainder OF his assertions ana I deuuI
tions. OF course. to steel, Mr.. Carnesie
should be authority and yet MS pfopoSl'ioI
strikes me as astounding. While shouid oE
prepared to give due weight TO his assertion,
should deem il my duty very carefully 10 l1Nes-
tigate the conditions before accepted SO ania%-
ing a statement as fact. 100000.
Mr. Carnegie l assume. made his fortune
manufacturing steel under the protective poncA
OF the Republican party, but having mace ual
fortune he seems disposed 70 tear oo"n tie
walls which afforded him protection and en-
abled him to amass wealth mat sulheS me
very much as il would We're a Dutch farmer
who had made fortune and retired from p@usI- @
nass 10 cay. u think these dkes no longer
needed to keep out the sea nave never had
any trouble from the overflow of my lands Tor
the last Atty years so that / am convinced II
would ilSt well to destroy the ulhtS-
OF course Mr. Carnegie recalls the time when
ve made no steel rails in this country but
bought them from England and had to pay Si4V
or $3.50 ton for them Now they can pe
bought for someu here around S24 ton and are
made by American wOrkmen, in American
plants. and the capital invested al alone ~
line from the mines the transportation or the
finished product. is kept at home. Certainty
that IS pretty good argument for protectloh-
And If Mr.. Carnegies bellet that we can pr =:
ducs steel cheaper here than anywhere else in
the world should prove true. II would be an
ever better argument for protection OF al IN
dustries which had not arrived at that point.
In my Judgment the Republican party viii
give to the country most careful and con
scentious tariff revision. but II" schedules VIII
be changed without the most careful ana pains
taking effort to get at the facts. to go 10 the
bottom of every industry investigated. Win
the facts in our possession Ne viii endeaNor 20
adjust the tariff as 10 edlaiize me cost "'
production here and abroad. with q small mar
gin Of profit for the manufacturer. but-and
this rs very important-we must not put the
duty so low as to offer premium 10 foreign
competition If maintain a balance OF
trade Of say $500. 600 600. see how much better
off We shall be. That $500. 100000. instead OF
going abroad to swell the wage funds OF for
eign Hcrkngrnen, the profits Of foreign manu-
faCturers and merchants and AFFORD capltat loi
the increase of foreign industries. remains al
home to increas Sc our own wages and profits, to
1naintain the higher standard of living to which
the American WorkingTnan is accustomed and
10 which we deem him entitled, and to swell the
CO pital to be invested IN American industries
Some of Mr.. CaTnegie's recommendations
not prepared to discuss until have looked
into the situation and satisfied myself OF the
facts. but I have no hesitation "naIeVer ,If III
saying that the Republican party viii never
follow Mr.. Carnegie in his advocacy Of a tariff
for revenue only policy. That is pure Demo
cratic doctrine. and probably even the Demo
Gratis would not have advocated it had they not
been forced to take an extreme position by our
declaration in favor Of tariff revision,
MAY BE ATTACK OR EULOGY.
Joseph H Gaines Of West Virginia. who is
considered one Of the most valuable members
of the Ways and Means Committee. much
Interested in the Century article. and after
reading it carefully said;
II is difficult TO tell whether Mr.. Carnegie's
article is more powerful an attack on the
Dngley bill. on the ground that much OF It's
protection is no longer needed. or eulogr
Of the law for it's equity II Nr Carnegie can
convince the people that the s216.00o.o0o out of
s832 100000 raised for the public treasury b.
customs duties are paid by the rich while de-
Tending the sugar tax the infant industry
theory of protection. and further convince the
people that much of the rest Of the protection
should remain. this article viii be one ot me
strongest defences the Dingley law has had.
do not limit my defence of protection TO tho
infant industry theory. but regard IL also, and
chiefly 2 question OF relative cost Of production
here and abToad d. The main increase in Amer
ican cost is the Ia Dor cost I do not want that
eouaI IizeI unless the other countries raisn
their wage standard up 10 ours. This | do not
believe they can do under their conditions, IT,
however SfIpaTior efficiency or machinery IN
America permits US 10 make and sell thing
cheaper than the rest Of the world. then We dn
not need the protection ! agree with Mr.. Car
Degie and ever, ono else who thinks that if any
Of the schedules are higher than fair protection
requires the excess should he Topped off To
my mind. one of the strongest portions Of the
article is that where disarmament is urged.
Senator Thomas H Carter of Montana, ger
orally regarded of the most progressive
Of the elder statesman in the Senate, had this
70 sax regarding Nh CarDegieS Fundamental
propositions:
There is no higher authority than Mr.. Car
negie on the cost of producing steel. and he is
undoubtedly we'll informed the cost of pro-
ducing cutlery and all articles largely made
from steel consequently his opinion as to ou~
than they can be produced elsewhere is entitled
great weight. but his proposition that the
tariff should be revised with q view to raising
revenue rather than to affording protection can
scarcely ne accepted by Republicans generally.
Tariff duties levied for revenue only must
logically be placed on the steadiest and most
modities. Those things which generally con-
sumed. but not produced here are. of course.
the most reliable sources Of revenue. and there
fore under tariff for revenue only duties would
be levied foreign productions which do not
come into competition with our domestic pro-
duCtions. According TO that theory. should
levy a duty coffee. which is extensively con-
suned in the United States and is not produced
here at all on the other hand sugar would b.
placed the free list. because it is produced in
the United States, and consequently domestic
production Increases its revenue producing
power must Droportonately diminish.
1t is inconceivable that Republican Con-
sress commissioned to revise the tariff along
protective lines Will make such d radical de
parture as Mr.. Carnegie suggests by revising
The tariff With a view to raising revenue rather
than to affordinS protection to our own indus
tries.
REPRESENTATIVE PRAY INTERESTED.