Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-23
WILL INCREASE cost Of L|v|AG
Apparent Reductions Mostly Shams-
Really a Duty on coffee-standard
Oil Protected-users OF Hosiery and
Cotton Paw Tribute to Manufac tur.
ers-Other Serioue Flaws.
IBy Associated Press>


Tia; the Pavne, tariff bill increases
the cost OF living: tina, it l.; crude.
indefinite. sectional and pcohibi,irc.
and that il is an open challenge to
trade war win every other NATION
on earth are some OF the criticisms
@: tina. measure made h. tn" Demc-
cratic members of the ways ana
means committee in the minority re-
p r; submitted to the House by MI
nori,y Leader Champ Clark today.
The report is a severe arrangement
IF the revision which the Payne bill
proposes.
- Tlc countcrvailins duty provisions
for coffee and petroleum. the MAN.
mum features, the Cuban reciprocity
clause. the WOODEN, glass. agricnltnrll.
and sugar schedules are bitterly al
tackled.
Reductions Only Apparent.
There are many changes. f,g the
most part minor changes" says the
report. of the Dingley rates. some
up and some down. Most of the
changes in a downward direction are
reductions more apparent than real.
the Payne rates being as prohibitive
in their results in many cases as the
Dingley rates.
Declaring a tariff is a tax paid by
the consumer. and that the only func-
tioa of a tariff law is TO raise revenue
TO supply the needs CT the govern
ment. the minority members Of the
increase of taxes or new issue OF
bonds, the correct remedy fer the
growing deficiency in the revenues Is
the cutting down CT the expenses or
running the government.
Crude and Sectional.
THE bill is in many respects crude
indefinite, sectional and prohibitive.
1t seems to us frcm our examine
ton what was necessarily hasty, that
living For example, it will in
crease the price of hosiery about 30
per cent. and certainly nobody will
claim that hosiery is luxury in this
day. In numerous instances the pro.
lection exceeds the entire cost Of pro-
duction."
The report maintains that the
tariff arrangement with the Philip
pines should be considered in a Sept
tate measure, and not In the general
tariff bill.
The claim that the bill is a sec,
tiOnal one made by the Democratic
members Of the committee. is based
largely On the cotton schedule. :.
Manufacturer Looked After.
The report contends that the bill
does not lift any burdens from the
shoulders of the Southern farmer. al
though the manufacturer Of cotton
goods is protected by heavy tax. il
claims.
his bill is along the same lines as
have characterized Republican
methods In the past. says the report
he gets practically no relief and the
laborer and producer have greater
burdens imposed upon them"
Isborers' Necessities Taxed.
Every article Of food the labOrer
must have TO live comfortably. is
heavily taxed: even the sal; On hts
table is not exempt This schedule
agricultural productst was evidently
prepared by the same mind which has
dominated this bili-a mind certainly
not unfair 10 the great trusts.
That the bill Is a sectional one.
Is shown because CT the failure q! the
majority of the committee to hit
any burden whatever from the shout
ders OF the Southern farmer
The grower Of cotton must sell
his product In the open markets. In
order. however. 20 benefit the manu-
faciurer Of COTTON, the Republican
party makes him pay a heavy tax on
every pound Of Z! mat is exported
and comes back into the United
States In the shape Of manufactured
goods. Thus he sells in free trade
markets and buys in projected mar.
kct. Not only have these burdens