Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-18
NO GENUINE NOTIFICATIONS
EXCEPT BY A COMMISSION
Manufacturers Contribution to the
Campaign Fund the Stumbling Block
in the Path of Revision-Tariff Com
mission is Harmless-No Relief
From High Prices in Low Tariff.
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country, said today There will never
be a genuine revision of the tariff. free
from the control OF the manufacturers
and the special interests, until it is
done by tariff commission
The congressional campaign fund
which is gathered every two years from
the manufacturers and the interests
occupies the same relation to the tariff
that the free pass did 10 politics in gea-
eral. 1t prevents anything being done
that the manufacturers and the inter-
ests do not want done.
In one district in Iowa I noted the
last campaign that $4,000 was spent
from the congressional campaign
fund That fund was collected
by the congressional campaign
committee from the manufac tur-
ers. They wouldn't contribute un-
less they expected that the tariff
would not be revised or changed as
they did not want it changed and they
are never disappointed.
Politicians Are Timid.
The trouble is everyone seems to be
afraid to take this thing up. I wrote
letters calling attention to it of some
of the big republican and independent
papers and 70 republican politicians. /
called ii TO the attention of Deliver and
Cummins. 1 also called the attention
OF democratic papers and Mr.. Bryan.
Nothing has been done. The manu-
facturers contribute to the campaign
funds of both parties and that may ex-
plain why the democrats voted along
protective lines during the last tariff
revision.
The old railroad pass represented a
value of about $1,000 year to the man
who travelled much. In one district in
Iowa there was spent $4,000 from the
congressional campaign fund repre-
senring $500 a year
Revision Upward Instead of Down.
Governor Packard has been in Seattle
discussion but he kept abreast of the
progress of the bill and today said he
considered it a revision upward rather
than downward
There were some good changes
made in the tariff laws continued
| Governor Packard. These had to dc
more with the administration than with
rates however. For instance. the
change from ad valorem to specific
duties was decided Improvement as
/ it removes the temptation of the i'm
porter 10 undervalue his goods Cotton
| and woolens We're both so changed. An
! other change provides for valuation
at the point of sale rather than at the
point of shipment. In many instances
/ there is no market for an article at the
point of manufacturer or production
They are produced for export. Take
! the case Of the hay fed steers in Can
/ ada. There is no market there except
! as they are bought for shipment 10
Chicago. A steer will be valued at s45
there but when put over the scales al
Chicago viii be found to be worth sS5
or more.
Tariff Commission Harmless.
There will be nothing done by the
tariff commission created by the bill
! recently passed. 1t is perfectly harm.
4 less commission. Then there is no ap-
preparation of money to pay the sal.
aries, and until there is the presden
! can not appoint them and if ne die
+. they would do no work. But Senator
| Hale explained on the floor of the sen.
+! ate that this commission would d.
nothing but investigate questions O
/ cost of manufacture and report to tbs
president. L. has no authority t.
| change schedules.
Authoritive Commission Needed.
The commission that is needed i:
/ one that has authority to chang,
| schedules. In the early days when in.
dus-riAs were all new and needed al
the protection they could get Their,
/ could not be the same criticism of tn.
congressional campaign fund that Their,
is now. At that time it seemed prop.
er to bleed the manufacturers for tn,
purpose Of keeping the right party il
power. There is none now. During tn,
last campaign the contributions I,
Eitehcock's fund were published &C
cording to the laws of New York bu
Mckinley's congressional campaign
fund was not published. Some con
gresham ought to be able to get hole
of that list of contributions and / be
lieve it would be very interestin,
reading. On Hitchcocks list there wa
not single manufacturer Or corpora
ton that would be interested in tn
tariff question. I believe the McKin
ley list would reveal number of them
No Relief in Low Tariff.
When product is not manufac
tured OF produced 81 this country tn
people can hope for no relief from
high prices in low tariff. The foreigl
manufacturer will take advantage o
every opportunity to bleed the Amer
lean people il he can. For nstanc
when I first went to Liverpool in 1877
steel rails were selling In this countr
for s72. None were being manufac
tured in America. A tariff was put O,
them and the manufacture began here
Before left they were selling at $32
ton. The same was true OF tin plat
under the Mckinley law.
Zone Of the greatest benefits in tn
tariff discussion was the action o
Senators Dolliver and Cummins in op
posing the tariff bill. Formerly it lla
been the custom to vote for it whethe
or no because 1t was party meas
ure. This will never be done axai
and next time there win be more in
surgents, tho do not look for anot1e
general revision. There should nav
been none this time"