Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-17


when the present tarln law was fixed
mn. What Is the use of deceiving the
taxpayers. us Congressman Payne
does, by declaring that tariffs have
always been made without anything
like adequate information" Mr..
Payne and the other members of the
ways and means committee were ful :
ly advised. when they were consider
Ing the Dlngley tariff law, that the
high rates demanded by Mr.. Carnegie
ana the steel trust people would breed
monopoly. When they allowed the
Standard OIL trust attorney 10 write
tho provlso TO the oil schedule they
knew they were protecting The trust
and adding nj least 90 per cent. to the
price OF kerosene To the American
people and the poorest people at that.
When they accepted the beef trust
schedule on hides they pretended to
be protecting the American farmer.
but they knew they were helping the
leather ana lccf trusts. When they
accepted the wool schedule OF the
Wool Growers Association they knew
they were adding 75 per cent, at
least. TO the cost Of wooden goods 10
those people OF Northern states. who
from necessity have to buy them aud
instead of helping the farmers. 1t was
The hocltmasters Of the great Wes-
Tern plains that were mostly benefit
ed. When they wrote the schedule
that protects the paper trust they
must have known the newspaper
owners would have to pay the tariT
duty In increased profit To the trust.
Not Il schedule. but was carefully
considered and all with the same In
tent and purpose OF adding to tho
burdens of the people for the benefit
of the trusts.
The trusts were we'll acquainted
with the facts and In return have been
most liberal contributors to the cam
paign fund CT not only the Rcpubli-
can national committees, but also to
the committee who manages tho
election OF congressman. Millions
have been paid by the trusts and pro-
tected monopolists to secure the cleo
, ton OF Presidents and congressman
both of the Senate and House. who
were Sound OH the tariff" And now
the same old show Is to be played
again with different title and the
excuse that there must be added max
! imuni schedule rates to protect US
from the paupar labor of England
whose workinRmen are now In better
circumstances than our own workmen
are because their cost of living Is so
much less.
The English workingman has lower
wages, but the world TO draw upon
for his necessities, for every country
including the United States, sells him
It's surplus products In competition
with each ether. with no tariir duties
to speak of to add,to the price. Here
everything imported that Is manufac-
tured i; taxed ana the trusta prof,
Dy adding the tariff rate to their own
mural profit, The only difference
being that the government collects
the tariff tax on the goods imported
and the trusts collect the taria .aS
on their products produced here
while the tariff protects them from
foreign competition. It IS now pro-
posed to promise the people to revise
the tariff after election" but wheth-
or the tarih Is to be revised lower o;
higher is left to the Imagination ol
the voter. AS the Republican leaders
now declare they must enact n maxi
mum tariif rs well as n minimum la
rim. 1t Is evident that some OF the
trusts want still higher rates and ne
doubt they Will be accommodated b,
their friends. the Republican poiiti-
clans.