The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-23
"INFANTS" NO
LONGER NEED
PROTECTION
Andrew Carnegie Gives His
Experience With and
Views Upon Tariff"
REVENUE MEASURE
THE THING NEEDED
STEEL is PRODUCED CHEAPER
HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE,
DESPITE HIGHER WAGES.

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. their petitions 20 the Almighty on \
. THANKSGIVING. will pray for a tariff =
= OF zinc ore
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= advocated this idea and the minis =
4 tiers Of the towns have consented =
= On Wednesday preceding Thanks y
= giving fifteen representatives from y
. this district will have Ocen before =
o the WAYS and means committee of
= congress for one dav and the hear y
= ing will be concluded on the Gay fol- y
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New York. Nov. PA notable article
from Andrew Carnegie. dealing with the
tariff. viii appear in the forthcoming De-
c,nber number Of the Century Magazine
The iron master takes the position that
infant industries 10 longer need protec-
ton: that the steel and other industries
have now grown beyond the need of ta--
iff protection; that duties on luXuries used
by the rich should be maintained. but that
those on manufactured articles should DE
reduced greatly or abolished entirely when
no longer needed
M Carnegie's article is entitled NV
Experience With and Views Upon the Tar
lli. He first reviews the tariff move
mcnLs down to the present Dingley law.
giving a number Of anecdotes in which he
figured with the leaders of the various
periods. He adds:
Much water has run un1er the bridges
since then MANY changes nave occurred.
and hence many changes can be iudicious-
~ made in the tariff. There is no doubt
about this; but, on the other hand l have
been led to the conclusion that conditions
have changed 50 greatly in The interval
that the tariff should now be viewed from
new standpoint"
Taken for Granted.
The writer assumes that a decided ma
iorlty of our voters are agreed:
First. that it is advisable for new
Countries 10 encourage capital By protec-
tive duties, when seen to he necessary 10
develop new indusuie les.
second, that after fuli and exhaustive
trials, If success be not Inall,. attained
such protection should cease except as
noted hereunder
Third that should the experiment sue
coed. protection becomes unnecessary
should steadily but gradually be abolished
Wovided that the home supply of any ar.
tcle absolutely necessary for the national
Siety snail not thereby be endangered
Further on Mr.. Carnegie says:
Protection No Longer Needed.
We have already become BY far the
sreatest Of ali manufacturing nations
Our infant industries of the past have
reached maturity. and. speaking gener-
ally. are now quite able To protect them
selves The pulling infant i'm the nurses
arms that congress in 1871 nursed so ten
Derby VIII appear next year before its
guardian as the Stalwart champion who
has conquered IN many fields. thus PROV
lng himself worthy CT the protection be-
slowed upon him IN his youth and fully
indicating the protective policy pursued
While the tariff as a whole. even to-
day, has ceased 10 be primarily beneficial
as a measure of protection. il has become
of vast Importance from the standpoint OF
revenue. and II is TO this feature I be
l. he .s-.F ct
al parties. for the duties upon imports
not for protection. hut for needed reve-
nue., should not become a party question:
Reasonable men Of all parties NAV be ex-
revenues
After giving tables showing that the
hulk of tariff duties are collected on lux
uries used by the rich. Mr.. Carnegie SAYS:
Thus does the American tariff. in hap
ry contrast TO others also exempt the
Door and heavily tax the rich. just as il
should. for IL Is they who have the abil-
itv to pay as required by the highest eco
monte authoEty."
Future Legislation.
iatiOn
The next congress deali.g with the
tariff Will probably be inclined at first TO
I,ouce duties all around and perhaps to
''onsh some, but its first care should be
20 MAINTAIN present duties and even in
some cases 10 increase them upon all. ar
ucleS used almost exclusively BY the rich
"nu this not for protection, but for TeVe-
Lue, not drawn from the workers but
rom the rich. That is the first and prime
GUY or congress We should not forget
mat government expenditures have in
creased enormously in recent years and
'al additional revenue is required.
rs second duty IS to reduce duties
greatly upon manufa ctured articles and
10 abolish entirely those no longer needed.
me writer has co-Operlted in making
TTrNeTal reductions as steel manufacturers
.,'loHe able 10 bear reductions. Today
lney need no protection. unless perhaps
.n some new specialties unknown to the
writer because steel Is now produced
cheaper here than anywhere else. not
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