Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-12-04
I, Tariff ! RsvisIs 2 ? N MS

Things are waif.lhs Isl;
matter Of taiiff rcsisio >p' car
y on the part of thos *Io ! ,ce
ed a Republican pr, sid iii 4
Republican congress with the di-
defstanding that IA aJIeq al, re-
d .c.Ion of tariff sch 7, 5 wo ld
be made SO that the poeketbooks
OF the consumers will NO. Ia, -
bear the burdens Tor ma, 0. ...a
necessaries OF iii, ia I'll 40 49,.
tons that they have D.ca Il
} ed to during the past few .yv;..,.
AS yet thelt have been
representatives Oh tn1 LeO, ~
consumers, b lore the ways and
means commiy.ee OF. the nouse
of representatives at the hear
ings which are being held Oh
the subject of tariIl sclrtd 5.
but since the memorable aIs--
ment for a just tariff rAi>lO..
and the necessity for one, which
was presented by Andrew tarne-
gle in Century Magazine many
other men Of more or less promi-
hence have begun to follow his
lead and are airing their views
on the question. Although the,
time is short, it is likely thaK
some concerted action will beS
taken to get committee, reprez
senting in a way the CONSUMERS y:
to appear before the house cons:
mittee and present, notMere al.
guments, but facts andsfigures as
to why certain tariff rates sholild
be materially reduced. But if
they are unable to do this aeon
slant agitation Of the subject by
the publication OF their ideas III
the Newspapers and in letters,
to the members of the ways anC
means committee, individually
and also to the other members
Of c. ngresS will help the cause to
4. great extent.
ID Woodrow Wilson, president
CT Princeton university, has adu-
ed his strong voice to the ffay
and joins with Mr.. Carnegie IN
declaring that high protection
is no longer needed by most OF
the great industries of the eOun-
try. He perrinently points out
that it is merely of advantage TO
a privileged law. | was justified
once, he says, but that time has
passed.
Champ Clark, that good Mis-
souri, Democrat calls attention
THAT It is the fact that the people
are the. ones who are really COM
PEELED to pay the tariff and he
emphasizes the point that the
clyirg need for reduction IN
>. tariff schedules, one that will
really amount to something, is
established by the facts already
brought out at the hearings be-
fore the ways and means COM
mittee of the house to the effect
that the products Of many Amer
lean industries which are extern
Sv"ly protected by the tariff, are
. sold abroad at cheaper figures
than they are at home. Admls-
sion to this end have been reluc-
family forced from the manufac-
turers who have been in the wit
ness chair before the house COM
mittee and who have been beg
/. ging that the tariff schedule on
their wares be left where they
are. On American products where
such conditions as these exist
there is the clear duty before the
members of congress Of so rear
ranging the tariff charges that
Americans will be able to at
least buy homemade goods as
cheaply as they are sold abroad.
These are certainly busy days
for the tariff revisionists both
in and out of congress. And OF
a truth it must be said that un-
easy rest the heads that wear
the "stand-pat" crowns.
= Dirippinrs from the Hedgerow