The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-06
OLD TAX RETAINED
ALDRIcH BILL OFFERS NO RELIEF
TO THE PEOPLE.
Republican Leaders Have Entered De.
Itberately Upon Their Old Scheme
Of Humbug--outlook for Tar.
IN Revision is Poor.

IL begins to look suspiCiously ms
/ though congress were getting ready
TO line up on the basis of the old
| Dingley duties. We see what has hap.
pcned in regard to the glove and
stocking duties. They were greatly
increased by the house OF representa-.
tiVes, and II was said at the time that
the demand made by the manufaCtur.
ers for an increase of duties was in.
tended solely to forcstall and prevent
lowering Of them. Now the finance
committee of the senate has simply
restored the Dingley taxes The manu-.
lacturers viii get what they had be.
fore get probably all they expected to
get, and the women will be content.
And yet on all the important articles
In these schedules there has been no
revision. The situation has been so
beautifully handled as to make the
people quite satisfied If they are only
asked to pay the Diagley duties
Having made this remarkable "cou.
c"ssion," concession which carries
with II not the slightest reduction OF
duties, Mir, AldriCh as our Corrcspoud.
ent said the other day, "hasrcstoredt the
heaviest of unseen taxes in the tex.
tile schedules "The real question"
as our correspondent said, which the
tariff bill faces. is whether the men
and women who are delighted to get
free cocoa. tea and coffee which they
had before, will be satisfied with that.
or whether before the bill finally
passes they will wake up and discover
that most duties have not been re.
duced at all" WIN the people be
grateful at being exempted from nay.
ing taxes which they are already OK.
emptod from paying. grateful at hay.
ing taxes that had been increased by
tho house put back to the old level.
level which was so high az to have
forced tarlff revision on the Repub.
lican party? For instance bacon.
ham, lard, fresh beef, veal, mutton,
pork and game were all cheapened
by the Payne bill Under the Aldrich
bill they win pay the old Dingley
taxes. In some cases, as will be seen. |
duties have been lowered to the Ding. !
ley standard, and in others they have
been raised TO that standard From |
all OF which II seems fair TO conclude |
that Dingleyism Is still the model |
Yet II was the generally recognized
eNorbitance Of the old duties which /
reused in the people the determine. /
ton TO have the tariff revised-and /
downward. As the house raised taxes |
that the senate might lower them IL .
may be that the senate will raise some .
OF them that the house may lower .
men, and IN the end We may settle |
back on the old Dingley basis.
On the whole therefore taking the .
situation as 1t stands to-day. II can.
not be said that the outlook for a
helpful revision Of the tariff is en-.
couraging The Republican leaders
DO not seem to be impressed by the
popular demand for lower taxes
There Is small chance that the people
VIII be deceived by any lowering To
the old level OF taxes previously
raised In order that they might be
lowered II will be well for our Re
publican friends to remember that the
light was on the Dngley tariff that it
was that tariff which created the dis.
satisfaction which eliminated IN the
movement against It in the Republic.
an party The eastern men may not
realize 1t. but the people out this
way do realize It. They are in no
mood to be trined with When thew
said that they wanted revision down.
ward, revision in the interest of the
ultimate consumer they meant what
they said. They meant. first of all,
hat they wanted no more Of DInglev.
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