The San Francisco call., 1909-04-01

wv There ingenious people who will try to persuade you
that you become wealthy by paying but
he Payne the bunko Others of this extensive
T m family will tell you that ~the foreigner pays
aIlI II iiaIo the and there
On the Women mOdicm Of truth in that When people deny
because price high
foreigner only consumption by reducing his
price Rather than lose the will compromise
OF production will permit If the home imported
products pays the full OF the If the prohbitve
importation the may be pay every penny
oppressive Tor the benefit of greedy monopoly while
government gets whatever from in1pos
These truths, OF elementary but they usually
ignored by tariff doctors whose eyes
The consumer IS too busy with other matters attack the
fabric of greed detail Besides told that the subject
IS intricate and difficult almost beyond ken of
1t intricate, but the principle complicated
because tariff merely assembage of bargains and com
effected in accord with the
most lhe Payne tariff before congress- further
by the urgent necessity raising increased govern
nent IS this confusion and conflict of opposing
explains Mr. perplextv The logical mind the judicial
temper, abhors compromise derogaon of principle Mr. Taft
that the have but the Payne
the promise of material relief from customs duties
1t includes actually prohbitory imports as in the
hosiery and lines of England
schedules are far in excess of the principle of cost Of nrcton
and reasonable profit laid down by the president campaign
addresses He proposed inheritance that
received because of the depend
OF income but there is always
which the supreme may take of this measure
Representative Crumpacker Indiana strong pro-
tconist stated the other day unfairly prn
opes that ought to govern tariff building thus:
lines s a % % % ] G " eoun @ dos onDs ssn6a 04 M sg n
% 6esd % do9d ] thereby 5 ng h9Hs ne competition petite and securing the
o & aa t5 & @ not a IS s % h1goRy n % with this RneP & are not
ph should If be the bee t Of pofen se S g n aE S
price Of commodities = ~ w. = ~N " p' H' @
Along natural lines" The duty plate is conspicuous
example of industry fostered by duty lines
oppressive operation and hnde development important
natural industries, such the production of canned goods
brings worth mentioning
purely artificial and involves Of capital directly
indirectly 1t maintained only powerful trust
1t is perhaps improbable discuss
the Payne tariff will probably be
something very some respects as in the removal Of
duties important materials aspiration after
genuine helpful sort In other respects it is inoutou
beyond past has been charged that the bill
drawn the interest of New England the expense the rest
of the Undoubtedly the duties wooens oppressivey
high These duties the the present which
figure 20 per Of what
protection order supply trading reciprocity treaties
Reciprocity has proved unstable dream definitely rejected
in favor of the automatic maximum and minimum plan
rToolen schedules remain unchanged.
The Payne tariff grossly the of the
United States The proposed increase of the duty stockings
exhibition OF squad greed utterly discredable who
suffered be fosted them The same thing
be said Of the glove schedules equally intended
pockets impossible believe that these
mposts will debate The country simply stand
them.
The duty is purely revenue proposition 1t has no
bearing questions of protection except proposed
alternative to the reduction OF schedules that
hbiory- In this advocated by standpas but it will
fall mighty hard the of whom the
large part
The committee dropped the proposition coffee tax like
potato when the job unload the Brazilian surplus
profit exposed sought accomplish the same nur
pose although the extent by providing counter
vang duty imports from countries that impose export tax
on this commodity The alleged purpose Of this was 70 naLe
Brazil throw off export this In that view the
proposition fair enough but develops the
Brazilian export repealed because pledged as
security 100000 the coffee surplus of
the vaozaton scheme The duty coffee has
New York spectators and it deserves
the exceptions noted the Payne tariff is fair
protection especially hard of woolen
cotton goods and on tea coffee drinkers Moreover