New-York tribune., 1909-09-18

extent Of only S11, 100000.
Take Schedule D-lumber. The articles in this
schedule upon which there has been a decrease
enter into the consumption Of the country to the
extent of s566WoOo9 whereas the articles
been an increase enter into this consumption 20
the extent Of S31,O00,eo0.
NO CHANGE IN TOBACCO.
In tobacco there has been no change In ag-
ricultural products those in which there has
been a reduction or rates enter into the con-
sumption OF the country to the extent of s4s3.-
100000: those I'm which there has been an in
crease enter into the consumption TO the extent
liquors; the articles on which there has been
an increase enter into the consumption of the
country to the extent of s462,OOO.O0O
In cottOns there has been a change In the
higher priced cottons and increase. There
has been no increase in the lower priced cot
tons. and OF the increase the high priced cottons
enter into the consumption OF the country to the
extent of s4l 100000. Schedule flax hemp
and Jute-the articles upon which there has been
country 10 the extent Of s22,OO0.000 while those
upon which there has been an increase enter
into the consumption OF ss40OO.0O0. In Schedule
j. as TO wool. there has been no change.
In Schedule L. to silk. the duty has been
decreased on articles which enter into the con-
sumption OF the country 10 the extent of $780,
600, and has been increased on articles that en-
ter into the consumption of the country 20 the
extent Of 500, 900 On paper and pulp the
duty has been decreased on articles that enter
into the consumption of the country to the eX-
tent OF 900. and the increase on articles
that enter into the consumption Of the country
TO the extent OF S1Sf 100000.
In sundries, or schedule ". the duty has been
decreased articles that enter into the con-
sumption Of the country si.719,000, 900, and an
increase on articles that enter into the con-
sumption OF the country s101 100000
Moreover. it Will be found that in schedule
A the increase covered only luXures perfum
cry and like articles; schedule II. wines and
liquors. that are certainly Injuries and are
the revenues. amounting 10 s462. 1000. and in
schedule L. silks which are luxuries certainly
sl06 600. making total OF the consumption
OF those articles upon which there was an in
crease, and which are luXuries. OF s579,0O0, 900.
leaving balance OF increase on articles which
were not luxuries of value in consumption OF
only s2T2OOO, ,000 against $4,000 00O.0 900. rep
resenting the amount OF articles entering into
the consumption Of the country mostly necessi-
ties. upon which there has been a reduction OF
duties and TO which the $50 decreases applied.
Now. this statement shows as conclusivey as
possible the fact that there was a substantial
downward revision on articles entering into the
general consumption Of the country which
be termed necessities, for the proportion is
s5,OO0.Oo0.OO0 representing the consumption of
articles TO which decreases applied, to less than
$500 100000 of articles of necessity TO which the
increases applied
Now. the promise OF the Republican platform
was not 10 revise everything downward and in
the speeches which have been taken as inter
preting that platform which made in the cam
paign did not promise that everything should
go downward What / promised was that there
few things increases would be found 10 be neces-
sary, but that on the whole / conceived that the
change Of conditions would make the revision
necessarily downward-and that contend, un
Ger the showing which have made, has been
the result of the Payne bill.
DREAM OF FREE TRADERS.
/ didn't agree, nor did the Republican party
agree, that would reduce rates 20 such a
point as 10 reduce prices by the introduction of
! foreign competition. That Is what the free trad
ers desire. That is what the revenue tariff re-
formers desire, but that is not what the Repub-
! lican platform promised, and il is not what the
To repeat again with what / opened this
| speech-the proposition of the Republican party
was 20 reduce rates so as 20 maintain differ
! ence between the cost of production abroad and
the cost OF the production here insuring a rea-
sonable profit 20 the manufacturer on all arti-
I cles produced in this country, and the PROPOSE
| tion TO reduce rates and prevent their being
/ cessive was 10 avoid the opportunity for monOp-
olies and the suppression Of competition so that
excessive rates could be taken advantage OF 20
Now, it is stated that there was not reduc-
tion in a number OF the schedules where there
ought TO be. 1t is said that there was no reduc-
tion I'm the cotton schedule. There was not.
The HOnse and the Senate took evidence and
! found from cotton manufacturers and from
other sources that the rates upon the lower class
/ Of cotton were such as to enable them to make
a decent proft, but only decent profit, and
they were cOntented with IL: but that the rates
| on the higher grades Of cotton cloth by reason
/ OF court decisions had been reduced that
they were considerably below those OF the
| cheaper grades of cotton cloth. and that by
dervaiuations and otherwise the whole cotton
!
items were disproportionate in respect TO the
/ varying cloths Hence in the Senate a
/ system was introduced, attempting TO make the
duties more specific rather than ad ValOrem. in
order to prevent by judicial decision or other
| wise disproportionate and unequal operation of
/ the schedule.
there had been a general rise OF all the duties
on cotton. This was vigorously denied by the
experts OF the Treasury Department. At last the
! Senate in conference consented 10 a reduction
amounting 10 about 10 per cent on all the lower
grades of cotton, and this reduced the lower
grades Of cotton substantially 40 the same rates
/ as before and increased the higher grades 10
/ what they ought 10 he under the Dngley law
and what they were intended 10 be.
QUESTION OF EVIDENCE
Now. / am not going into the question Of evi-
dence TO whether the cotton duties were too
high and whether the difference between the
cost Of production abroad and at home allow
/ ing for a reasonable profit To the manufacturer
| hete. is less than the duties which are imposed
under the Payne bill It question OF evil
dence which Congress passed upon after they
heard the statements of cotton manufacturers
| and such other evidence they could avail
| themselves Of. I agree that the method of TAX
| ing evidence and the determination was made in
/ a general way. There ought 10 be other meth
DDS of obtaining the evidence and reaching
conclusion before that evidence is satisfactory
| Criticism has also been made Of the crockery
schedule and the failure to reduce that The
question whether II ought TO have been reduced
or not was a. question OF evidence. which both
| committees Of Congress took up, and both con-
4 cluded that the present rates on crOckery were
such were needed 10 maintain the business
/ in this country. I had been informed that the
! crocl1ery schedule not high enough and
| mentioned that I'm one of my campaign speeches
| as schedule probably where there ought 10 be
some increases. II turned out that the difficulty
| was rather in undervalua tOns than in the char
| acter of the schedule itself. and so IL was not
| changed II is entirely possible TO collect evil
| dence TO attack almost any OF the schedules. but
! one story is good until another is told and l
| have heardflO reason for sustaining the conten-
/ schedule