Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-08-02
REVISION UP, NOT DOWN

1t appears that the the tariff revision
;.s completed and agreed upon in the
conference committee was, after all is
said and done, upward and not down
ward. The computations made by the
bureau of statistics show that the SEN
ate bill made a 5.65 per cent raise as
compared with the Dingley law, on the
total imports. the conclusion Of the
experts now is that the tariff has still
been revised upward-not violentl y,
not greatly to be sure, not by as much
AS 5.65 per cent, but still upward. This
contrast with President Taft's cam
paign declarations that the tariff re-
vision must he downward makes the
whole procedure cut a sorry figure in
the estimation of the American public.
And when it is seen further that such
downward revision as has been made
was made not on articles of monopo-
tistic manufacture, not so as to affect
the trusts and combines, but bears
heaviest upon the producers of raw
material, SO called the failure to con-
form to the public expectation makes
We iuOIo SOIIy inquire,
1t is bill of shreds and patches,
trades, compromises and concessions
in one part and another, or deep and
Ficious gouges in the way of favorit-
ism in endeavoring to help combines
and turn the cold shoulder upon the
producer of raw materials" eThe
way this was done in one INSTANCE is
very clearly shown by the following
article from the st. Paul Pioneer Press
under the heading, Trying to Fool the
Farmers .-'
"The proposed increase III the duty
Oh wheat furnishes an example that
should enable the northwestern farmer
20 realize what the Aldrich bill amounts
20 from the standpoint Of the people.
The present duty on wheat is 20 cents
Il bushel. The Payne bill left the rate
unchanged. Then Senator Aldrich and
his allies came forward with the idea
that the rate should lie raised to 30
cents
THE senator's idea probably was
that the farmer Of the northwest might
he foolish enough to suppose that he
is getting increased protection; that
the raise would be of some use to him
and consequently he would not object
to the increases the senator proposed
70 grant to the trusts in the east. AS
u matter of fact, the increase on wheat
is absolutely useless. Congressman
'Ironna of North Dakota made the
statement in the house that his OBJ
servation has been that the difference
in the price of wheat i'm this country
and Canada the year around is about
~ cents IL bushel. AS a matter of fact,
wheat is selling for more today at
Georgia Bay points than it is in Chicago.
Certainly no 30cent duty is needed to
keep the Canadian farmer from flooding
our market with his wheat.
eve export wheat, and the price
paid in Liverpool fixes the price here,
in Canada, and i'm other exporting coun-
tries. There is no duty needed to pro
tect us. Certainly it should not be
more than 81 cents. according to Con
gresham GrOnnas figures. The extra
~ cents Senator Aldrich would allow is
useless, SO far a. the farmer is con
G3rned, and worse than useless so far as
the government is concerned, for it
precludes the probability of any
revenue from wheat imports
But suppose the farmers were u
rust and could get together on the
price of their output? They would put
up the price TO the limit. They would