Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-19
A FAIR TARIFF DEMANDED.

in regulating the tariff schedule is by, no means an easy task when the
 Interests of the entire country are to be considered. Even Texas comes
 in and demands that the duty on
 hides be retained. Judge Cowan of Fort Worth has submitted a supple
 mental brief to the ways and means
 committee in support of the Texas
 conteEtion. Judge Cowan is now in
 Washington and represents the Amer
 ican National Live Stock. association
 and the Texas Cattle Raisers' assocIa-
 ton. It Is generally believed that the
 ways and means committee is dispos-
 ed to eliminate tho duty of 15 per
 cent upon cattle hiCes in the alleged
 interest of the shoe manufacturers
 of New England. and brief was sub uittSo =bg ME- JouSN TUT lht ENdtioAAei4
 Boot and Shoe Manufacturers asso-
 citation few days ago. In that brief
 the chief contention seems to be that
 the hide tariff does not benefit the producer, but is for the benefit solely of the packer. The absurd proposi-
 ton was laid down tfat the buyer of
 cattle on the hoof takes no consider
 ation of the value of the hide when he goes to the. stock yards to buy
 bunch of steers. Judge Cowan in his
 brief called attention to the fact that
 most of the continental countries of
 Europe have a tariff system framed
 for trade and adjustable to that use, and he asserted it should be borne in
 mind that it should be the policy Of the United States to put itself in a position to utilize oar wonderful mar ket as temptation tc their trade to some degree, if we desire gain ac- cess to theirs to 2 still greater de- gree; upon whic:l ground alone can
 4 maximum and minimum system of tariff laws be defended.
 He pointed out the European coun- tries are fast adopting our best tan ing and finishing methods. He also called attention to the fact that we are confronted with tariff, in most European countries. on leather and manufacturers of leather, boots and shoes, which countries are developing rapidly their trade. are training labor of the same sort as is used in the United States and are increasing their efficiency at low wages. He called attention to the fact that we produce more cattle than the whole of South America and more than double the number produced ip any European country and yet ba:ely enough hides [ to supply our own home consumption in normal times of trade. Speaking for his clients, Judge Cowan submit ted that neither hides of cattle, leath. CT, manufactures os leather, or boots and shoes should Dc put on the free list, but that q sensible tariff should be adopted 'to subserye American in terests and to equalize it's burdens and benefits fairly. Supposing tarif system is to be adopted on basis of maximum and minimum schedules, the minimum should be low enough to enable the American producer :G reach the markets of the vGr!G III re- eiprocal trade agreements. phc. get preserve our .iGn'- 4'arkef for our home produ3: .2 .easmable degree, and a maximum higi, enough to ex- ciude those who do not deal fairly with us. He declared that to leave put of tie tariff scheme reciprocal trade agreements IS to hides, leather, boots and shoes, would be suicidal b leave it out in case of dressed beef and live cattle would. he insisted, be