The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-23
MINORITY HITS
TARIFF BILL

Special 10 tue Daily Leader
Washretoa, Mcli 90 Tha Che
payne ann bin win nciease the cost
II living thai !, Is crude. indefinite,
sectional aud proniDlilve. and that 81
y an open challenge 10 tiade war
with every other nnlion on earth are
some Of the criticisms OF thar measure
made BY the Democratic members oil
he ways and meane committee N the
minority report submitted to the House
lymlnorily leader CLARK yesterday.
The report is Seyere arralgnment OF
.he revision which The Payne bill pro
poses, The countervalllng duty lro
visions for coffee and petroleum, the
maximum and minimum features The
Cuban reciprocity clause. the woolen,
class. agricultural and sugar schedule
IRE bitterly attacked
There are many changes--gor the
most part minor changes says tho
report, "of the DinRley rates. some up
and some down. Most Oh the changes
ID q downward tllrecliop are tho0retl.
,al reductions more than real. the
Payne rates being az prohlbitive In
heir results IN many ceses aa the
Dingley rates, IN some Of the sched.
'les containing the most exorbltant
rates. there are no changes giving any
lppreclnhle rellef ID tho great body
u consumers
Declaring that q tariG rs d tax nsid
BY the consumer and that the only
unction of a tsrlf law Is 70 raise rev
niue 70 supply the needs Of the govern.
nent, the minority members Of the
iommitoe lnslra thai instead OF "a ln
irease ip taxes or nev ihsue Of bonds
he correct remedy FOR the growing de
aclenoy h The revenues ls The cutting
down Of the oapensaA o. running me
government.
The Report
The report declares.
THE hole maximum and minimum
tariff scheme as set forth in the Payne
lill enables foreign countries 70 force
rs 70 raise tho ratea Of the Payne
'choaules 70 per cent which would AZ
Ter making ample allowance for an re
'uctlcns IN the Payne blll increase
our tarih rntea on the average much
iboye the rates 0f the Dlngley law, O
irospecl which will bring sorrow and
iismay 10 the arent body OF The people
We are IN faycg of such maximum
md minimum iafiff nc will enable our
government to negotiate lhe tariff Rr
by making concessions ln
lther governments by reducing the
ales Of our atntula whom such olhei
countries Will make equally valuable
concessions to us; the maxlmum rates
should be the rates OF our ssasHfaB
whatever they arc, and the minimum
\ reasonable rate below oNr statutory
'atea; bul aH 4 Htan#H. lhe maximum
md minimum tRrlH plan III lhe payn
iil u IN 0pen challenge to Itadn
var with every other nstiOn on earth
I Is seking irade with a club or
neat axe. We are opposed 60 such so
lnwlse md Unnecessary performance
The bin Is in many RESPECTS crude.
sectional and pruhlbltige
Il seems To rs from our examination |
which was necessarily hnAty. that on
he whole. Fl increases thg cost Of
living For example li WIN increase
he price of hosiery about 30 pei cent
md certainly nobody Will claim laat /
hosiery Is q luxury in numeraua ln- /
stances tha protection exceeds che /
,ntro labor cost OF production
The rep0fi mantalns thHl the lsf
~ arrangement with the Philippines I
should be considered va separate /
measure and not IN the general Jsrih |
inl
The eliam that the bin Is a 8aetIonal
mo made bg the Democratic mem
icrs Of the committee Is based lafEe
i on the cotton schedule the fapor,
contends that che bill does not llfi
.ny burdens from the shoulders 81
he Southern farmer. although ihe
Of oottsn goods Is pro.
ected By S heavy tax
"The treatment Of the farmer hy
his bin Is along the same llnea els
lave characterized Republican meth.
IDS IN the pasg sayn the report 4He
tets practically no relief and the ln
lorer and producer have greater BAR
lens imposed upon them Every ar-
icle of food the laborer must have to
I've comfortably, Is heavily taaea
wen the salt on his table Is nat ex.
,mpi This schedule tagriegliurhl
lr0ductsl which evidently prepared
" the same mind which has tomlnat.
"a this bllia mind certainly MOI an.
air 10 the great trusts
"Ths Standard Oh company Is rs
handsomely cared for IL the Payne
,lll IS In tie Dingley BILL" the report
continues ~ant BY reason Of the proyi
Continued On rage flye
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