The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-18

of Sal, 600, 900. Schedule flax. hemp
and jute-the articles upon which there
had been a decrease entering into the
tent of $22.OOO,0O0 while those upon
which there had been increase entered
into the consumption to the extent of
! $S4,000,00 In schedule K-as to WOOL
| there has been no change. In sche-
| dule l. as to silk the duty has been
! increased on articles which enter into
| the consumption of the country to the
! extent of $4,000 900 and has been in
! creased on articles that enter into the
consumption of the country to the ex-
! tent OF $100.000,000 ON paper and
pulp the duty has been decreased on
articles that enter into the consump-
ton Of the country to the extent OF
! So. 600 000 and increased on articles
that enter into the consumption OF the
country to- the extent of $1S1,0oo,00O
In sundries the duty has been de-
creased on articles that enter into the
consumption of the country TO the eX-
tent of $1,719.000,000; and an increase
on articles that enter into the con-
sumption Of the country to the extent
OF $l01 100000.
Increase Covers Luxuries.
Moreover. it will be found that in
schedule NJ. the increase covered only
IuXuries. perfumeries and like artl-
cles. Schedule N-wines and liquors,
that are certainly luXuries and remain
ed subject to increase in the revenues,
amounting to s462 600. and i'll sche-
dule l. silks-which are luXuries GER
tainly 900 900. making a total OF
the consumption Of those articles upon
which there was an Increase ana
which were Injuries, of $559.000,00O
consumption. leaving a balance in in
crease of articles which We're not luXu-
ries amounted to $272.0O0.000. as
against 100000 representing the
amount on articles entering into the
consumption Of the country. mostly
necessities. upon which there has been
Il reduction of duties and to which the
e54 decreases applied
Now this statement shows as con-
clusivey as possible that there was a
substantial downward revision on ar
tees entering into the general con-
sumption Of the country, which can
be termed necessities. for the proper
ton is $4,000, 000. 900; representing the
consumption of articles to which de-
creaseS applied to less than $500, 600
600 of articles of necessities to which
The increases apply.
Now the promise Of the republican
platform was to revise every
thing downward and in the speeches
which have been taken as interpret
ing that platform which | made in the
campaign ! did not promise that
everything should go downward
What I promised was that there should
be many decreases and that in some
few things increases would be found
to be necessary; but that on the
whole I conceived that the change of
conditions would make the revision
necessarily dOwnward-and that I
contend. under the showing which I
have made has been the result of the
Payne bill.
Ojdn't Agree to Big Reduction
Il did not agree nor did the re-
pub lean party agree. that we would
reduce r}tes to such a point as to
reduce prices by the introduction of
foreign competition. That is what the
free traders desire. That is what the
revenue tariff reformers desire, but
that is not what the republican plat
form promised, and it is not what
the Tepub lean party wished to bring
about. To repeat again what T open
ed this speech With--the proposition
"f the republican party was to re
duce rates 50 as to maintain a diff
ference between the cost Of prOduc-
ton abroad and the cost Of the pro-
auction here, insuring a reasonable
'rOfit to the IN lnufacturerS on all ar
ticleS produced in this country and
the proportion to reduce rates and to
prevent their being excessive was to
avoid the opportunity for monopolies
and the suppression of competition so
that excessive rates would be taken
advantage of to force prices up.
Nov it is stated that there was no
reduction in a number of the sched-
ules where they ought to be. 1t is
said that there was no reduction in
the cotton schedule.
Under this schedule it was con-
tended that there had been a general
| rise Of all the duties on cotton. This
was vigorously denied by the treasury
department experts. The last senate
conference consented to q reduction
mounting To about 10 per cent on
| 81 the lower grades of cotton and
:nis reduced the lower grades of cot
ton substantially to the same rates
* before ard increased the higher
@raGes to what they ought to be I'M
er the Ding eN law and what they
we're intended to be.
Defends Crookery S1nedu'e.