The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-23
MR. CARNEGIE
 ON THE TARIFF A Notable Article in
 Century Magazine. EXPERIENCE AND VIEWS
AND VIEWS
Says Infant Industries No Longer
 Need Protection.
TAe rron Master Take. TAs Position That Duties on Luxuries Used By The Rich should
 Be Maintnined.

New York, Nov. 22--A notable arr ticis from Andrew Carnegie. dealing with the tariff, will appear in the forthcoming December number of the Century Magazine, in which the iron master takes the position that ainfant induetries'' no longer need protec- ton; that the steel and other indus tries have now grown beyond the need of tariff protectfon; that duties on luxuries used by the rich should be maintained. but that :. those on manufactured articles should be re- duced greatly. or abolished entirely when no longer needed.
 Mir. Carnegie's article is entitled: My Experience With and Views Upon the Tariff"
 MT. Carnegie says:
 We have already become by far the greatest of all manufacturing na- tions.
 While the tariff as whole even today has ceased to be primarily bene- ficial as a measure of protection. 1t has become of vast importance from the standpoint of revenue, and 1t is to this feature bespeak the special attention of readers of all parties, for duties upon imports. not for protec- tion. but for needed revenue. should not become party question. Reason
 
 ed to approve this plan of obtaining revenue"
 He says:
 "The American tariff In happy con trast to others, almost exempts the poor and heavily taxes the rich. just as 1t should; for 1t is they who have the ability to pay as required by the highest economic authority"
 MT. Carnegie says of future tariff legIslation:
 ssThe next. Congress dealing :. with the tariff will probably be inclined st. first to reduce duties all around, and perhaps to abolish some. but it's first care should be to maintain present duties. and even szSUme cases to In. crease them. upon all articles used almost exclusively by the rich, and revenue, not drawn from the workers, but from the rich. That is the first and prime duty of Congress.
 Its second duty is to reduce duties greatly upon manufactured articles. and to abolish entirely those no longer needed.
 s''The writer has co-operated in making several reductions, as steel manufacturers became able to bear re- auctions. Today they need no pro- tection, unless perhaps, in some new specialties unknown to fIie writer, be- cause steel is now produced cheaper here than anywhere else, notwith- standing the higher wages paid per man. Not a ton of steel is produced in the world st as small an outlay for labor as in our country. Our coke. coal and iron ores are much cheaper. because more easily obtained, and transported, and our output per man is so much greater owing chiefly to the large standardized orders obtain able only upon our continent; the specialized rolling mills; machinery kept weeks upon uniform shapes with out change of rolls. and other advan- tages.
 sarhe day has passed when any foreign country can seriously affect our steel manufactures, tariff or no .aThe writer hopes there are today pfoneers in several new lines requir- ing protection which will be gener- ously given temporarily. The com mittee should welcome such special cases"
 Mir. Carnegie says several other features of the tariff should be care fuIlv looked into more particularly Illuminating oils. thread and cutlery.
 Mir. Carnegie adds:
 ."There Is no occasion for haste Or for any revolutionary step in com nlencing tariff legislation. The re- vision of the tariff could today safely and advantageously be made a radical one upon the lines suggested; but if Congress, in deference to the timid manufacturer, whom we have always with us. thinks it prudent not to dis turb his dreams unduIy. and only halves present duties on some articles, and abolishes them entirely upon others always provided 1t guards zealously the present duties upon the Iuxuries of the rich for revenue--the writer will be thankful and philoso- nhical as usual because one step in inc right direction will have been taken and he knows the final step must come before long. the sooner the better"
 Cbaracteristically enough. Mir. Car reqIes closes his article with laurel wreath for the white bird of peace" which is more or less his exclusive nronerty-..for nothing can keep the renublic from speedily drafting all otber nations injustriously if she onIv continues to frown upon the great navies and increased armies and continues to tread the paths of peace, following the truly American policy or the fathers"