The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-07-24
UPWARD AND DOWNWARD IS
PROMISED.
PROTECTION IS TAKEN AWAY
From Farmers Entirely BY Unjust
Principle of Downward Revision
On Raw Products, and Upward
Revision on Manufactured Goods.

Washington, July 2J-B.evision
downward on raw products, ,vevisiou
upward on manufactured products!
Lit IS now practically certain that
this is what the revision of THE tariff
by the Republican party is to amount
to. The principle is so uruiust, in
the opinion of many, that it will go
long way toward spelling tine death
knell for high protection. Ira a few
words downward revision on raw
products and upward revision orr
manufactured products mearss that
every bit OF the benefit of protection
has been taken away from the far
mer and the little fellow, and tho
benefits to the tariff baronri have
been correspondingly increased
The public has not yet fully awak-
ened to the meaning of the words
OF President Taft in demanding free
raw materials, without saying
word about corresponding reduc-
ton of rates on manufactured goods.
When the significance of the. latest
development lis fully appreciated,
| President Taft's eleventh-hour inter
cession, even though ini good
faith, will be resented even BY
many Republicans who favor honest
/ downward revision.
The President is insistent for free
raw materials. Free raw materials
represent less than three per cent.
of importations affected by tariff
rates. The total imports uf hides,
lumber, coal and iron ore agpregat-
led, in 1907, about $a8, 5000, 900 in val
lie, but consisted chiefly of hides,
whereas the total imports of clutiable
articles in the same year aggregated
i'll value about $500, ooo,oool The
! big press associations misrepresent-
ed the importance of the Presidents
statement, directing all attention to
| the Presidents demand for free
raw materials, and saying nothing
about the comparative insignihoanoe
OF raw imports as compared with
other imports.
Angus McSween, who has been
writing the truth about the tariff re-
|
American, a Republican organ, says:
"At the present time the reports
going from Washington describing
the situation are, with few exoep-
ions, colored to deceive and fool
the public as to what is actually go
ing on
Editorially, under the caption.
"Too late" the North American
says:
cit is known that the industries
of New England arc demanding
free hides and free coal as additions
to the protection they already en-
JOY.
The country has watched the
President allow Aldrich to work his
will without a sign OF disapproval.
1t has seen him rebuff every appeal
to lend his influence toward making
the law conform with the ideas he
now announces.
, "There will be reductions that
/ will leave the duties still prohibitory
e The objections to certain excessive
= wooden schedules will remain The
= theving Dutch Standard will
stand for the enrichment of the su-
gar trust The steel trust has ex-
. pressed its complete approval of all
s schedules in which it is interested
s The deceptions of the cotton duties
; exposed by Doliver will stand.
5 'Ne see but one way by which
9 President TAFT could justify fully ev-
4 cry word he spoke the other day.
5 Yet we fear that there is little hope
of his regaining the respect and
? confidence OF his countrymen, which
} have been slipping from him. by
o adopting that one mcans-thc exer-
: else of the veto power"