The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-27
BRYAN SPEAKS ON
TARIFF QUESTION
Continued From Page Three,)

ed AT trubts' II they reluSe TO as
sist us In exterminating the principle
OF private monopoly, they cannot
we'll object to legislation necessary
TO protect the people from trust ex-
tortion.
MIR. Taft did not refer to the plat
form demand that wood pulp, print
paper lumber, timber and logs be
placed upon the free list, Why?
Because the President yainly be.
sought congress to enact a law en-
bodyIng part Of this demand, 1t Is
absurd TO complain OF the exhaustion
OF our forests while we encourage
their destruction by tariff on the
production OF foreign forests, But
such legislation becomes not only
folly but crime when II is remem-
bered that a handful OF men monop-
Ollie the benefits flowing from the
tariff on these things, while the
whole country bears the burden OF
rIe tax. Hon. h, f. Petigrew, OF
South Dakota, In speech made in
the United States senate, referred to
an important statement, which APP
peared in the Northwestern Lumber
man, February a. 1897, Senator
Burrows OF Michigan had referred to
Mr., Winchester as a man of great
reliability and truthfulness and SEN
ator Pettlgrew quoted Mr.. Winchest-
er as saying in the Northwestern
Lumberman:
There were a lot OF gentlemen
from the Northwest, up Minnesota
way, IN Washington the other day,
and they were sitting in Senator Bur
rows room. An interesting incident
occurred there. Senator Burrows is
chairman of the committee. The
committee had not had meeting for
long time. They happened TO be
seated in that room and one OF the
gentlemen from Minnesota had an
envelope and lead pencil He walk
ed around the room and ciphered
up little bit and he said
Mr.. Burrows, do you know what
81 a 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 $6,125,OOO on
last years product
Could more conclusive proof be
desired? And the Senator Burrows
mentioned is the same Senator Bur
rows who acted as temporary chair
man OF the ISst Republican national
convention, and sounded the key
note of the campaign.
How long will the Republican fa
mers, merchants and laboring men
permit few men to make the tariff
laws for their own pecuniary advant-
age and at the expense of the rest
of the country?
The second step in the reduction
Of the tariff is a material reduc-
tion upon the necessities OF life, es-
pecially upon goods competing with
such American manufacturers as are
sold abroad more cheaply than at
home" At present the articles used
by the poor bear higher rate, ad
valorem, than the articles used by
the rich, This statement can be veri-
fled by an examination OF any of the
schedules. A tax upon consumption.
even when lad with absolute Impair.
TALLY, bears heaviest upon thu poor,
because our necessities are much
more uniform than our possessions,
People do not eat in proportion to
their income; they do not wear
clothing in proportion to their in
come; they do not use taxed goods
in proportion to their income. AS all
taxes must come out OF ones income
no matter through what systm levied
or collected, they are, in effect, in
come taxes, the largest per cent be-
ing collected from those with the
smallest income and the smallest per
cent being from those with the iarg-
est income. 1t is only fair, therefore,
that in an attempt to relieve the peo-
pie from the iniquities Of high tar
iff, the poor, who are over-burdenei,
should be given first consideration.
Then, too, a reduction in the tariff
on the necessities of life brings a
benefit to all the people, while re-
duction in the tax upon luxurieS
would benefit but portion of the
people.
Surely no one will object to a re-
duction being made upon articles
which come into competition with
American manufactures which are
sold abroad more cheaply than at
home. The American manufacturer
who send, his roods In foreign lands