The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-29
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FlR|FFF Bill Witt
RELIEVE PEOPLE
SENATOR RAYNER.
Maryland Statesman Says Schedules
Have Been Arranged BY Agents of
Trusts and Urges Separation of
Taxation From Politics.
Characterizes Wool Schedule As
Insult To People of United
States.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-"The Re-
publican party and the American Pro.
tective league have carried out their
promise In revising the tariff 10 suit
themselves and the American people
have again been fooied-just AZ they
will be fooled to all eternity unless
this whole subject of federal taxation
q rescued from the communicating
touch OF politics and these great CON-
binations OF fabulous dimensions that
taday practically own the government
OF the United States are told that the
hour has come when they must dis
solve and retire and make way :vr the
people
This was the keynote OF the speech
of Senator Rayner, OF Maryland, today
n the senate, on the Alcrich tariff
bill.
Both in the Payne and this BILL
he asserted. upon critical analysis.
you can easily discern the delicate
touch of fine Italian hand. or rather.
two hands. one OF them reducing du-
ties, and the other still keeping them
up to such a figure that the reduction
will be OF no actual benefit 10 the
American consumer. That constitutes
tie genius OF this bill. Under the
magic touch OF architects OF this bill.
the American consumer will have eY-
h,bited before him n large number OF
reductions in the tariff and he will be
delighted and the industries that are
furnishing the articles. upon which tho
duties are reduced will, at the same
time, fully realize that the reduction
still enables them TO command their
own prices and they Will be more ee'
lighted.
Upon q careful examination of this
bill. I now assert that I cannot fnd
within any OF It's provisions any change
that will relieve us from the exac-
lions and oppressive tribute thst have
been levied upon the American peo-
ple by the combinations Of centralized
wealth--the trusts. I do not md
..urSAhsnt this bin iine or sentence that
weakens their grasp upon the. com
r,erce OF the country"
Mr.. Rayner specified the schedules
In the bin which he thought 'parucu-
iarly outrageous" characterizing
schedule K-wools and their manufac-
tures-as an insult. as II always mas
been to the America npeople, wnlcn
challenges their right to live. except
with the permission OF the interests
that have dictated their own exces-
sive ngures."
The remedy which the Maryland
senator proposed to escape the sys-
tenn of ravenous rapacity OF the
trusts" was to open all the ports,
bringing them into competition with
the world.
.sThey have" he said. raised prices
Is almost impossible for persons In
moderate circumstances to procure
the comforts Of life: worse than this,
they have deteriorated the products
and supplies that they sell and Inn
pose upon the public articles OF In
ferior grade and quality and lay the
whole country under tribute to their
exactions and extortions."
The Maryland senator spoke for the
timehonored Democratic doctrine or
"tariff for revenue only"
He declared the present bill was
an utter failure In the raising OF reve-
nue.. and would not add any appre-
cable amount to collections now made
under the Dingley law, The reason
for this he asserted, was that the bill,
though under the guise OF raising the
revenue. nevertheless had for Its OBJ
ject the furnishing OF protection.
"Tf I had hand In the framing OF
a tariff BILL" he continued. Il would
take the schedules and divide and ap-
portion them as follows:
'Tn the first place | would take the
necessaries OF life. and place them In
a separate column; I would next take
the luxuries and do likewise then
the lawful Industries that are repre-
sented In the list likewise and I'm the
last column I would place monopolies
that Are practically controlling the
American output. would levy the
lowest tax possible upon the neces-
saries of life and the the highest tax
possible on the luxuries, and would
protect American labor 80 as to main
tain at all times the standard OF
American wages"