The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-18

have been reduced play in the consump-
 ton of the country, such a table has
 been prepared by MT Payne, which has
 given much attention to the details of the schedules
 Schedule A.
 Now, let us take schedule A-chem-
 icals, oils and paint The articles upon
 which the duty has been decreased are consumed in this country to the extent of, s433, 900, 600. The articles upon which the duty has been increased are consumed in this country to the extent of $11. 1000. Take schedule B-earthen and glassware, the articles on which the duty has been decreased, entered in the consumption or the country to the amount of SIPS 100000, and there has been no increase in duty on such articles Take schedule C. metals and their manufactures. The amount to which such articles entered into the consumption of the country is s1 24S.O00 600. whereas the articles of the same schedule on which there has been increase enter Into the consumption or the country to the extent of only S11 OOo,- coo Take schedule D-lumber. The ar ticles in this schedule upon which there has been a decrease enter into the con sumption of the country to the extent Of
 S566 900, 900, whereas the articles under
 the same schedule on which there had been an increase enter into consumption to the extent of S31000, coo
 "In tobacco there has been no change. In agricultural products those in which there has been a reduction of rates en- ter into the consumption of the country to the extent of $4s3.000.000 those in which there has been an increase enter into the consumption to the amount of $4co0,000.
 Take the schedule of wines and liquors, the articles on which there has been an increase enter into the consumption of the country to the extent of $462, 100000.
 Cotton Goods.
 ''In cottons there has been a change In the higher priced cottons and an increase.
 There has been no increase in the lower. priced cotton, and of the increases the
 high priced cottons enter into the con- sumption of the country to the extent of $41, ,O00O00. Schedule J-flax. hemp and
 jnte The articles upon which there has been a decrease enter into the consump- ton of the country to the extent of $22.1 .000 while those upon which there has been an increase enter into the consump- ton to the extent of sS40Oo.0 0O0 In sched- lle J. as to wool, there has been no change.
 "In schedule L, as to silk the duty has been decreased on articles which enter into the consumption of the country to the extent of ss.000000 and has been in- creased on articles that enter into the consumption of the country to the extent , of $100.000.000. On paper and pulp the duty has been decreased on articles that ! enter into the consumption of the coun- | avtn nf md ho ] increase on articles that enter into the 1 consumption of the country to the extent of s1s7, 100000. In sundries. or schedule l N, the duty has been decreased on arti- | cles that enter into the consumption of | the country, s1.719,000. 900, and an increase l on articles that enter into the consump- l ton of the country $101, ,000, ,000
 Increase on Luxuries.
 Moreover 1t will be found that in | schedule A. the increase covered only the 1 luxuries. perfumeries and like articles; , schedule N, wines and liquors that are 1 certainly luxuries and are made subject to 1 increase In order to increase the reve nues. amounting to $462. ,000, and sched- l ule L. silks, which are certainly luxuries l $106, 0000.000, making total of the con- | sumption of these articles upon which ! there is an increase, and which are lux | uTleS or A0fJVUV,UuU lcdNiuB d puidhC0 VII | increase on articles which were not lux uries of value in consumption of only i s272 0OO. 900 as against $5,000, 000,000 repre- senting the amount of articles entering l into the consumption of the country
 mostly necessities, upon which there has
 been reduction of duties and to which the decreases applied.
 Now this statement shows as conclu-
 sively as possible the fact that there was substantial downward revision on arti- cles entering into the general tconsump- tion of the country which can be termed necessities, for the proportion Is $, S,000.0 .000- GOO, representing the consumption of ar ticles to which decreases applied, to less 1 than S3O0 O0O, ,OOO of articles of necessity to which the increases applied.
 Now the promise of the republican | platform was not to revise everything ] downward, and in the speeches which have been taken as interpreting that
 platform which I made in the campaign. l did not promise that everything should go downward. What I promised was 1 that there should be many decreases and | that in some few things increases would be found to be necessary but that on i the whole I conceived that the change | of conditions would make the revision ! necessarily downward-and that. I con I tend under the showing which I have
 made, has been the result of the Payne | hill