The Washington times., 1908-05-21
Indiana Senator Tells Manu-
facturerS Present Rates
) Are Obsolete.
HOME PRODUCERS
DERIVE NO GAIN
Under Scientific Revision America
- Should Rank First in Com
mercial World.

What is looked upon as a careful and
accurate statement OF the position OF
the Republican advocates of early and
genuine tariff revision, was presented
bv senator Beveridge in his speech 10
the National Manufacturers Assncla-
ton AZ New York last evening. Senator
Beveridge was talking TO a sympathetic
audience. and he was Cheered re-
peatedly-
He said IN part;
For the first tine "a our history
American manufacturers are demand
fne a change IN our tarin methods
For the first time the manufacturing
interests are in accord with all other
great producing interests on the tariff
in accord with the stock growers, tha
meat packers the farmers,
Must Be Made Modern.
you want the tariff TO be made
modern. Tt is the business men who
must do business under the Tarl1f. and,
therefore. you want business men s
tariff. You want a scientific tarln.Jus 10
all interests and 10 all men. and nos
loe-rolling tariff that does injustice 10
some interests in order 20 do more than
1Ustice 10 other interests. You want
tarin which Will open the doors OF FOR
eien markets 10 your products. Above
all. YOU want a tariff based on facts,
and NOT on suggestions.
Next year when it IS revised. the
Dinglev law viii have been IN force
more than ten Years, longer period
than any other tariff lasted since the
civil yyar-louger than any tariffs but
Two I'm our whole history. Yet. during
the last ten years conditions nave OeeL
reVolutiOniZed and the whole luQusLllal
world has speeded forward more f4p-dly
rhsu in gnv nftV nrcViGus years. Tar
if rates which were just ten years ago,
changing conditions nave made UNJUST
now. And YOU gentlemen OF me Ma
JiOnal Manufacturers AsSQCldIOn ma g
demanded no more than that these Cd
sOlete rates be changed TO SUIT lne
situation IN which you find yourselves
today
All Reforms Move Slowly.
"No wiser action was ever taken 10y
any wiser body of business men than
your action demanding a permanent tar
IA. commission. This could not be Sc
cured in a day or a year-perhaps no
IN a decade. AL such reforms move
slowly.
When our next tariff IS made W,
shall at least have a maximum and
minimum tariff-a tariff not only fol
which viii not only preserve our hom
markets, but which also will open for
eIen markets. a straight out revenu
tariff is so obsolete that no modern
economist now champions IT..
ION The contrary. q sJraignt-out pro
teCtive tariff gives nothing away an
gets everything In return. our straight
out protective tariff has developed ou
internal resources end domestic manu-
features. Ii had the same erect il
France and Japan and other countries
But. having realized the dement's Of
protective tariff these countries went
step further ahd adopted a maximum
and minimum tariff. by which the
opened the markets Of other countrle
10 their products every time they open
cd tneir own markets 20 the products o
other countries.
America Is Losing Trade.
considering her small resources an
late start. This simple principle ha
mace Germany the first power in tn
world in Ler foreign commerce. and
speeding Japan toward second plac
with amazing rapidity. Yet German
is nineteen times smaller than III
United States has a uigsardly soil an
meager re-ources. Japan 10 even pOore
than Germany in comparison with u'
But by These methods both German
and japan ana oilltE powers aAAAesA4
are distanclng as In foreign trade,
Farm implements and dress trim
mings. are classified together; button
and DClTs-eye lanterns are Classlned JC
gether- electric dynaIn0s and steel wire
are classified tOgeIher-and SO on fC
hundreds OF articles This is grOJesqu
but it's serious phase is that the in
porter has not the slightest idea VIVA
Cuty he must Fay until the board
appraisers and the courts tell him whi
class the imported article belongs TO-
Opposition Gives Way.
Every reform in business is oppose
by the preiudices of the ancients. tt
idea OF doing anything at all with III
tariff was met with arrogance and r,
fusal. We were told that nothing woUl
be done. and yet within two months II
declRra ton was made by those who ~
sisted YOU that whenever the tariff we