The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
ne tariff graft. Not much but still lit

Sumer the SOU,UUU Charge DeCdue dpous
500, 900, to be paid by the agricultural
The manufacturer who would prosper
must make doupie of pr Rroh hnsiuess uee AID an
other by still shrewder manipulation Ill
Washington. ,.a :, ab;,
ping abroad, for we could get as high
prices as at home We are so held up,
however. by our supply people that 70
most of US there is very scant pron' III
asWhen Congress gave us 45 per cent, we
we needing only 20 per cent, they gave
us a congressional permit: fr II hoo n az araat h.
trust and advance our prices 70 per cent,
being the difference between the 70 per
cent needed and the 10 per cent given
Transferred To Purchaser.
Mr.. Miles shows how the tariff raises
prices to those who. in manufacturing.
have to buy other manufactured products.:
This expense is transferred TO the next
purchaser The jobber charges a prom
on the tariff as well as on the cost or the
m product en collects profit. SO that, accord.
$4,000 56 GO becomes bee 100000 by The, tie time f. it it
reaches the consumer t,a mf total MICS Ioss 70 the
people at $500, 900 annually: The state
of Mr. Miles also shows that the tarlf law
is an invitation to consoiidate' ana tnaorY .nmt
that it is needed; the manutacturers iiatu thoE
rally assume that it is intended that they
shall take advantage OF IT, even II 'heS
How will Mr.. Taft explain TO the aver
age man the benefits of protection! He
can easily convince trust that It prontss
by the tariff, but what about the victim OF
the trust? .u
NO Republican leader will now deny
that reductions ought to be made' b oD1r 6ut ~no @
swer given by the Republicans is tnat the
tariff ought to be reformed by its friends;
that is those who made the last tarln law
should be intrusted to the making OF a
new tariff law. But suppose, the people
adopt the Republican idea and intrust the
making of tariff law to Repuelcan
cedure? Fortunately for the voter, ,onH; M.
Miles explains this also. In the April ti90ol
number of American industries Mr.. Niles lies
Congress to grant just, equitable and
ample protection
lis not that just what the Republican
instruct and trust Congress to grant just;
equitable and ample protection: And
what does that mean5 Mr. Miles says
Committee And a Republican leader will
tell you that this is also proper. Then
what? MI; Miles says that this committee th9
that at.S they n they hey''t1 trust the trusts
A Case Of Confidence.
THE method Of procedure is simple 1t
is case of confidence. The voters have
confidence in Republican leaders,; the lead
ers have confidence in Republican Con
gress; Republican Congress has con-
tidence in the men who represent the
and thus secure to themselves the right to
toned tom have have Republican leaders become to
the tariff schedules tna1 so eminent and
honorable a man as Senator Hoar: of
said. in discussing the Nc
Kinley bill, then before the Senate
% Instead of coming before your sub
committee for formal hearing on our
industries l thought the
best way was to carefully prepare taDie
60 or 70 in all, and ask Brother Aldrich
to go over them with me and ascertain
what the people wanted in each case. and
if there were any cases wnere the commit
tee had not already done exactly Wnat the
petitioners had desired or had not 1nfieX-
IDLY passed upon the question. l could
very nts instance stan Z the action of the committee,
as Mr.. Aldrich thinks it likely to be, is
entirely satisfactory to the interests rep
resent, with the exception of one or two:
and the papers in regard to those cases
have handed to Mr.. Aldrich.'
Democratic Plan Outlined.
THE Democratic platform not only de-
mands reduction of the tariff, but 1t
plainly outlines the course to be pursued
that articles which comes into
competition that articles which are con ION
trOlled by trust he placed on the free list.
What better place TO begin? Years
ago Mr. Havemeyer, the head OF the Sugar
Trust, said that the tariff was the mother
retary Taft. in his notification speech. says
that an excessive tariff serves no useful
purpose but offers a temptation to those
the sale of such articles in this country
to profit by the excessive rate
Now suppose the manufacturers who
have been favored by legislaation a DO nto CON
leans I1Hp''s1 suggestE ST. None S whatever These
men are to be consulted about pr proposed stsf
is made like former Republican tarlffs,
nothing will be done without the unani-
nous consent, of the bensfciaries;
by the Demoerate moe tic PLATFORM padst II
some fixed date in the future, and, if the
free list articles coming into competition
will have until that date to dissolve. II
Secretary taft calls this remedy utter
ly destructive and. in mis- anxiety to pre-
" 6as oer remedies tor the
trusts. If we can succeed in dissolving ex-
listing trusts: and In preventing the or.
gan1Zat1On OF new ones, lnere Will De no
trusts against which to use the remedy, Of
which he complains. There is now law
against trusts, but it has not been suttic-
iently enforced to prevent trusts. me
Democrats demand its enforcement; if its
enforcement ,rids the country OF trusts.
then this policy which Mr.. Taft SO much
fears will become perfectly harmless. II
the Democrats secure control OF both the
House and the Senate. they are pledged
to legislation which will make a private
impossible. If the Republicans
x~s. - NJ ~ fhn InfYi cVofi ir0
machinery Of the Government and refuse
to join in the effort to make private
monopoly impossible, they are not in
position to complain of tariff legislation d!Na
us in exterminating the principle Of pri-
vate monopoly they cannot we'll object to
legislation necessary to protect the people
from trust extortion.
Destruction Of tho Forests.
''Mr Taft did not refer to the platform
Der, timber and logs be placed upon the
free list. Why? Because the President
vainly besought Congress to enact law
part of this demand. 1t is alb
forests while we encourage their destruc-
tion by tariff on the products OF foreign
forests. But such legislation becomes not
only folly but a crime when it Is remem-
the benefits flowing from the tariff on these
things. while the who're country bears the
'rtaea Hon. R. .nf F. " Pettlgrew. of South Da-
In made Po in Tine states
ment; which appeared in Il the ISS NSrthgestern Srn
Burrows, Of Michigan had referred to.
as man and o. Pe
tigrew quoted Mr.. Winchester as saying