Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-18

increases the high protected cottons
enter into the consumption of the
country to the extent of $41,00O,OOO.
Schedule FLAX, hemp and jute-the
articles upon which there has been a
decrease enter into the consumption Of
the country to the extent of $22 000O,
While those upon which there has been
an increase enter into the consumption
to the extent of $S40O0,000 In schedule
X, as to wool, there has been no
change.
In schedule L. as to silk, the duty
has been increased on articles which
enter into the consumption of the cOun-
try to the extent of SIS, 600 900 and has
been decreased on articles that enter
into the consumption of the country
to. the extent of $1O0,OO0,OOO
non paper and pulp the duty has
been decreased on articles that enter
into the consumption of the country to
the extent of S67.00000O and increased
on articles that ehter into the con-
sumption of the country to the extent
Of S181, ,000 900. In sundries the duty
has been decreased On articles that
enter into the consumption of the coun-
try S1,719, 100000 and an increase on ar
ticles that enter into the consumption
of the country $101, 100000.
Luxuries Included
Moreover, it will be found that in
schedule NJ the increase covered only
luxuries, perfumeries and like articles;
schedule N-Wines and liquors-that
are certainly luXuries and are made
subject to increase in order to increase
the revenues amounting to $462, 000, 600,
and in schedule L-silks-which are
uXuries certainly, $1oe,000,0O0, making
a total Of the consumption of those ar
ticles upon which there was an increase
and which are luXuries, of S579, 100000,
leaving a balance of increase on ar
ticles which were not Injuries of value
in consumption of only S272, 100000, as
against $4,000, 100000 representing the
amount on articles entering into the
cOnsumption of the country, mostly
necessities, upon which there has been
a reduction of duties and to which the
$50 decreases applied.
Nov this statement shows as con-
clusively as possible the fact that
there was a substantial downward re-
vision on articles entering into the
general consumption of the country
which can be termed necessities, for
the proportion is $5,000,000; represent
ing the consumption of articles to
which decreases applied, to less than
5000, 900 of articles of necessity to
which the increases applied.
What 1t Promised
''Now the promise of the Republican
platform was not to revise everything
downward, and in the speeches which
have been taken as interpreting that
platform which l made in my cam
paign l did not promise that eve. y
thing should go downward.
What l promised was that there
should be many decreases and that in
some few things increases would be
found to be necessary; but that on
the whole I conceived that the change
of conditions would make the revision
necessarily downward; and that. 1
contend, under the showing which
have made, has been the result of the
Payne bill.
Il did not agree, nor did the Repub-
lican party agree, that we would re-
duce rates to such a point as to reduce
prices by the Introduction Of foreign
competition. That is what the free
traders desire. That is what the rev.
enue tariff reformers desire, but that
is not what the Republican platform
promised, and it is not what the Re-
publican party wished to bring about
ITO repeat again what I opened this
speech with-the proposition of the
Republican party was to reduce rates
so as to maintain a difference between
the cost of production abroad and the
cost of the production here, insuring
a reasonable profit to the manufac-
turer on all articles produced in this
country, and the proposition to. reduce
rates and to prevent their being exec
sive was to avoid the opportunity fo-
monopolles and the suppression OF
competition so that excessive rates
could be taken advantage of TO force
prices up"