The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
CURTIS AT HOME,
Senior United States Senator
Returns, Hale and Hearty.
Will Give Some Attention to
Chautauqua Dates.
TALKS OF THE TARIFF
Not Satisfied With Provisions of
the Bill.
viii Work With President Taft
to Secure Better Law.
TALKS OF THE TARIFF

Senator Charles Curtis returned to-
day from Washington, D. c., in excel
lent health and spirits and apparently
well pleased to set back to Kansas
after his long siege in connection with
the work of the tariff revision. Senator
Curtis discussed at some length this
| morning the results of the special ses-
sion of congress. He has not as vel
| made definite plans for the summer. but
| mas accepted numerous engagements
/ condItlonally. He will have a definite
| schedule arranged by the last of the
week. On Saturday he is booked to
speak at the Oberlin Chautauqua He
mad the following to say in regard to
the work of congress:
Is Not Satisfied
In revising the tariff. the president
and large number of the mem bers of
| the senate and the house commended
that the promise in our platform com
hltted us to downward revision
whenever it could be done wfthout in
jury to American industries. and with
out Gripping the revenues In making
Such revision it was necessary for all
concerned to take into consideration
the interest of the people the needs of
the treasury and to so shape the Iegis-
latlon that sufficient revenue would be
produced to pay the running expenses
OF the government. In this connection,
1t was imperative to give due consid-
Grafton to the fact that a deficit of
about sixty million dollars resulted last
year. and while doing this it was the
duction as we could without injury to
the American peonle. I believe that
congress, in the law Just enacted has
provided for the needed revenue. and
al the same time has made over 700 re-
dUctions. none of which injure any
American industry. In enacting the
tariff law. the interest of every section
necessarily had to be and was duly
There were fourteen schedules in
the law and all of them were most
carefully considered in the house and
senate. There are many provisions in
the act which I would gladly have seen
changed. but the bill as finally agreed
upon was the best which could be Sc
cured under all the circums stances. and
is admitted by all to be an adminiStra- |
ton measure, favored by the president, |
and acceptable to majority of the Re
publicans of the house and senate. I
voted and worked for free lumber for
free iron ore. for free wood pulp. a re- |
duction on print paper, and favored |
many reductions which we were not
able to secure. and. while the measure
is not just I would like to have seen |
it, yet | believe when it is thoroughly |
understood it will meet with the ap- |
prOVal of a large majority of the peo- |
pie of the country. A considerable |
number of the Increases were upon lux
urieS Articles, If imported, should con- |
tribute to the revenues of the govern |
ment. such as those mentioned in
Schedule 8, Spirits. wines and other
beverages in which schedule over 100
increases were made. and this should /
increase the revenues at least 20 NIL
lion dollars each year. There are a
number of increases in Schedule N,
such as precious stones, for
eign built yachts, pleasure, boats. Or
vessels not meant for trade. ostrich,
and other feathers. Other duties were
retained or slightly increased because
1t was contended and believed that
such action was necessary in order to
protect American industries. The re
ductions were such will greatly
benefit the people.
"Thero were about 20 reductions in
schedule "A WI ich covers chemicals,
,ils and paints. and only about 10 in
,reases. In schedule b 'earthenWare
md glassware there were over so re
iuctions and only 10 increases. In
schedule 'C' Cmetals). there are nearly
00 reductions and only about 80 in
.reases The reductions in this sche
lule will especially benefit a large
lumber Of our people In schedule b
woods) there are further reductions
nd only two increases. In schedule
c. (agricuIturaD there are about 20I