Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-10

THE EVENING
and workings of the tariff operations by
which the many are plundered for the
enrichment of Mr.. Aldrich's favored few.
trickery and indefensble defiance of the
popular will that il will intensity the
growing impatience with any and every
measure or modicum of protection
The Presidents Statement.
From the Louisville Courier journal
President Tafts statement admitting
the failure of the Payne bill to comply
with promises made. strictly inter
preted. is admission that the party
i'm power is not sovereign and that the
beneficiaries of the tariff system have a
hand in the business of making federal
laws.
President Taft makes an apology to
the American people when he says that
the new law is "a sincere effort upon
the part of the party TO make down
ward revision and comply with the prom
ises of the platform He apologies
further by saying that there have been
few increa in rates" When he says
that the decreases constitute a sufficient
amount to justify the statement that the
bill as a whole is a substantial revision
downward he expresses an opinion and
provokes discussion.
Scientific Tariff Law
From the Minneapolis Journal
The tariff we are about to have. like
the tariff we at present have, is po-
litical tariff That is to say. the Payne
tariff. like the Dingley tariff. resulted
ing interests. What do you want?"
was asked of each '.As much as we
can get" each replied. Then every in
terest was given as much as the traffic
longer fill the bill. They are too mae
curate. too arbitrary. too oppressive.
What the future demands is not a politi-
cal tariff, but a scientific tariff. a tariff
that fits the economic facts closely, that
affords the country the advantages of
protection, and vet avoids the injustices
of such overproducton as coddles mo-
nopolies.
Bill Is o. K
From the Wheeling Intelligencer.
Naturally. our low-tariff friends are not
pleased with the Payne-Aldrich bill 1t
| recognizes the protection principle too
strongly to suit them. The New York
press is almost unanimous in condemning
the. measure but the metropolis always
was a low-tariff center because of the
influence of the great importing interests
The northwest. too. is discounted be-
cause it wanted free coal iron and steel
and lower rates on products which are
HI the east anu SOIu III
the west.
Lower on Necessities.
From the Omaha Bee
What stands out in the law more prom
inently than any other one thing is that
the rate reductions have been made gen
orally on the necessities and the in
creases on luXuries. In spite of the many
and large decreases on necessities the law
| is expected to produce s4,000.OOo more
revenue from customs than the Dingley
law.
Consumers Stung.
From the St Joseph News-press
Hallelujah. It's done. The tariff bill is
signed. sealed and delivered, and the
thinkers are speeding headlong for their
several homes. each to receive the plaud-
its of his most interested constituency
and the abuse of the ultimate consumers
generally who are fully convinced that
they have been Stung.
The Heroic Ten.
From the Minneapolis Journal
Ii was right for the courageous ten
to stand out for the common people. 1t
was right for them TO vote against priv
ilege, plutocracy and the betrayal of
party faith And by plutocracy there
is meant sluT upon honest wealth
honestly got. Capital. like labor. is
worthy Of its hire. But it must have
no exclusive privilege in this republic.
1t must not be given law-created ad-
vantage, whereby 1t may add unmerited
and unneeded increases in the prices of
its product. Let 1t be protected duly
from foreign competitions: let ii receive
in addition fair and just profit, and
let the rest of the benefits of this coun-
try's enormous resources. ingenious en-
terprise and indomitable industry go to
those who develop and create them-the
common people.
Tariff Needs Apology.
From the ST. Paul Dispatch
The Presidents statement with regard
to the tariff bill is an apology for the
failure of Congress to give to the people
what was promised. if not directly in
the republican platform directly in his
own speeches. The President is described
as having written his signature with
some exhibition of pleasure. He was,
no doubt, glad to be rid, for the time
being at least, of the whole miserable
business
The PRONUNCIATION of statement of
this character under such circumstances
is unusual, but it must have been that
the President felt the necessity of it,
Not a Good Tariff.
From the Oklahoman.
1t were odd indeed, for President Taft
to be unaware of what the whole coun-
TRY knows at this time-that the tariff
measure. so far as genuine downward
revision of the schedules is concerned, is
fraud. President Taft's training as
lawyer and as a jurist should have en-
abled him to ascertain certain facts con-
corning the nature of the tariff measure
to understand that it does not repre-
sent genuine downward revision and does
not meet popular expectations based upon
the implied intent of his party's plat
form pledge in the last rational cam
paign.
CARNCROSS MINSTREL DEAD.