The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
NEW RIFLES
 FOR ARMIES Destructive Arm Show
 in England. NAY CHANGE TIE WEAPONS England Torn Up by Tariff
 Issue.
1sr Robert Hart, the Famous EaglisA Admanistr.tsr. Talks sf the Chi- .es. and TAeir wsy.-He-
 rsdity is strengest .h
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f London, April 17.--Mr. Haldane. Sec- fetary of State for War. recently said 1n the House of Commons that all the chief military nations were Agreed that the time had come for re-arminR with k rife embodying an automatic sys- Rem. The new Sjogren system. de- 4monstration of which was given at 1Iendon a few days since. offers such Advantages over the ordinary weapon Ahat its compulsory adoption would keem to be only a matter of time. The wartfcular merit of the Sjogren sys- Rem is that the soldier is. enabled. af- Ter firing shot. to keep his rifle at 4he same level and to correct his aim 1mmediately without giancing away from the object at which he Ia aim- Ing Such weapons in the hands of hidden defenders of position would enable so deadly fire to be maintain ed at an attacking enemy that suc- cessAui advance would be simply im- possible.
 x At the demonstration at Tendon it was proved that over HOO shots per Mour could be fired. without any of the disadvantages of the ordinary auto 1natic rife. The new weapon has met Mfth the enthusiastic approval of nnil- Htary experts in France, Germany and An Austria, and apparently the re-arm- lament of Europe is a step nearer. Af- ter all. 1t only means a trifie of so.- 100000 rifles and an expenditure Of $500 0oo, 900. and fl. the competitive sys- Hem of armaments is to be maintained the powers will have to face much narger figures by the time aeroplanes are perfected. A really efsicient auto Mnatic rifle would be almost as formid- mble as military aeropiane, and is Apparently much nearer realization.
 Tariff ARftafion.
 The Daily Chronicle has this to say .wegarding the tariff reform agitation. Mariff reformers in this country are agitating for the imposition of . gen. Eeral tariff Tn the United States they fare pressing for a reduction of theirs. rThe contrast is instructive, and one les- tson of it may be carried further. While nn the United States the movement Is Rewards a reduction in duties, in France ht is towards an encrease. Tarin re- hormers tell us that the imposition of Ih general tariff is the only way.and the ssure way. to national health and and everybody win be the better. Rev. knue, employment. trade will all sinaui- Aaneously benefit. Yet if we look taround at the principal countries which hare already in possession of the ale heged panacea. we find that in all of Ithem there Is tarift-trouble. The state hof nations under a tariff Is like that = kwnys to be hiest."
 We in this country are confronted with a considerable deficit and the Ehanceiier of the Exchsuuer fs in some lperpiexity as to the means of meeting 1t. There would be no diffculty. we laref told, if only we had tariff But lwiiat do we find in other countries2 The United states Germany and France Iare all confronted with the same, or #reafer, dificu1ty.% The real cause was lRiven by President Taft in his inau- hural message of Congress. In all pro- kgressive countries alike the sphere of Government action Is being continu- kously expanded. And how do the pro- Rected countries propose to make their hccounts balance7 In each case they hare falling back upon British expedi- fents. Tn France the prolonged strug- kEie for a progressive income tax Is sdrawinR to its final stage. In Ger Inany the Government hankers after hieath duties. in the United States an Nlnheritance tax" is Included in the tnew tariff bill. So far from a general
 tarIff affordinG a simple way of meet Ang all additional expenditure, the pro- Aected countries are all looking instead to increases in direct taxation.
 Is a tariff a panacea from the point 1of view of employment and wages7 No. sforfously it is not. The United Statet
 has been suffeSkng grievously from un. senDioynent; and Germany has devoted much of her admirable thoroughness tS Eahe elaboration of remedies and palli. fatives which would be superfiuous il tthe assertions of our tari6 reformeri 4about work for ali" were true Al for wages and cost of living, the work.