The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-09-10
WHAT IS WHAT and
and why IS Why?
Pointed and Pungent Queries Re
garding the Tariff Law Just
Passed by Congress.

brands will be used In the manufac-
ture Of leather?
How much will hide bound free
traders be able to save in the pur-
chase of leather medals now that hides
are on the free list?
How much will the decrease In the
Tariff on lumber eject or decrease the
cost of toothpicks?
How much will the increase In duty
on hops enhance the cost of glass
! of Coney Island beer?
How much will the reduction in
Tariff rate on print paper decrease
the cost of advertising "all the COM
forts Of a home" apartments in our
large cities?
How mitch will the Increase in duty
on lemons enhance the cost Of glass
of circus lemonade?
How much less smuggling will be
done on account of the decrease in
duty on ladies sox?
| How is it possible for foreigners TO
sell goods in this country at less tina
the cost of production and make a
reasonable profit?
[ What effect will low foreign trans
portation rates have in multiplying
many of the Tariff schedules under
the rev Tariff law?
How many Democratic votes in
Iowa will Senators Cummins and Dol
, liver require to prevent their retire
ment to Canadian farms or otherwise?
At what TERMINALS do the Repub-
: lican insurgents" in both houses
expect TO get off?
Why has William J. Bryan changed
his mind about locating in Texas?
Why will some of the Northern
states be in line for States Rights"
in 1912?
/ Why do people in large cities pay
at the rate of from 50 10 81 per bushel
/ for potatoes which cost from As to
60 cents per bushel on the farm?
What do Professors Francis Green
wood Peabody of Harvard.and Bur-
CESS of Columbia Universities. think
of the maximum provisions in new
Tariff law.
What effect would an adequate ma
Wy and an American Merchant Marine
have on insuring the peace of the
world?
What effect has the enforcement OF
the Pure Food Law" had on reducing
the ad valorem rates OF import duties
on food products imported into this
country?
Why should not our sister repub-
lies 10 the South contribute to the
building up of a Monroe Doctrine"
Defense Navy?
What effect has the payment of
ship subsidies, subventions and boun-
ties. the granting of ocean terminals
and dock facilities by foreign govern
ments to steamship companies. on the
competitive price on foreign merchan-
disc Id in this country?
What effect do high Tariff sched-
ules have in the development Of in
dustries in all new countries?
Do high or low Tariffs produce
the greater revenue?
Would low Tariff schedules force
foreign gold (onee American) back to
this country?
Is a high or low Tariff the Moth
er of Trusts?
What would happen if the Tariff
was removed from all commodities
manufactured by the trusts?
What would Hamilton, jefferson,
Clay. Lincoln, Blaine. Morrell. Nc
Kinley, Dingley have recommended as
a solution of the trust problem?
Would farmers who raise cattle,
railroad employees. ct all he JUS
titled in buying their footwear and
other articles from other manufac-
turers advocating the admission, of
duty free hides into this country?
To what extent would our forests
be conserved should newspapers. mag
azines, periodicals. dime novels, etc,
limit their space to only news that's
fit to print?
Should foreign or domestic
T9"iff expert commission be appoint
ed? II.