The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-20
EFFECT or TARIFF REVISION
ON OKLAHOMA INDUSTRIES

north and east. the republican states
and the south and west. the producing I
and democratic states. will pay the
bills This will bee done by placing
raw material on the free list or as
near it as possible. and al the same
time reducing the tariff on mauufac.
tured articles just enough To still
keep foreign manufactures out Of the
United states. This will leave the
American manufacturers still in con
troll Of the market with foreign COM
petition effcctually shut out. As Con-
gressman Randell of IeXas express
es II the tariff bill will be So drawn
as TO be- another lesson 10 the demo
cratic states. The democrats that
favored low tariff revision will find
their states. which are large produc.
crs Of raw materials bearing the
burdens o fthe new tariff, by having
raw materials on the free lists. or
very low duties In other words, they
will have to pay price for being
democrats.
The democratic leaders are divided
as to whether they should fraiae
complete tariff bin Of their own and
make a fight for It. or whether they
shall simply remain negative to the
republican bill when It comes in.
Congressman Clayton of Alabama,
who was chairman of the democratic
national convention urges a complete
democratic tariff bill Congressman
Lloyd believes that a good plan. pro-
vided the democrats could agree am.
ong themselves on bill. Senator
Owen fears that local interests would
inject themselves so strongly that II
would be impossible for the demo
Gratis to agree. Senator Culbertson is
inclined to the same opinion but Is
not committed In fact, the democrats
have not yet outlined definite poll.
cy to pursue on the tariff fight. There
Is no unity between the house and
senate on the democratic side II is
doubtful If the leaders of the minority
of the two houses will be able to
, agree on a policy.
, There is one issue on which the
democrats are pretty generally
Z agreed. however, and that is TO re
sist the policy Of the republicans to
!. make a reduction of duties on raw
materials, unless there is a cores
ponding reduction on the manufactur
ed articles. The leaders OF the minor
ity who have committed themselve,
are for tariff for revenue There are
word only" when they make this
statement.
Perhaps the most important singl,
factor in the pending tariff bill is the
condition Of the national treasury
- with an annual deficit OF hundred
million dollars staring congress in
the face, II looks bad for the demo
cratic idea of revising the tariff
downward to any material extent. O
course, It remains to be seen whether
the increased importations under tn,
low tariff would bring more money
through the custom houses than
-, smaller importations with highe,
: duty on them. But the money has go
to come from somewhere.
Most clearly outlined is the repub
lican policy of benefiting the repub
lican states and chastisng the demo
cratic states I'm the issue between
the shoe manufacturers and the cattl,
interests Of the south and west. Tn,
shoe men are demanding free hides
y and they agree to proportonate re
" duction in the tariff on shoes. Tn,
cattlemen are fighting this bitterly
The records show that the shoes i'm
ported amount TO $4,000 annually
while hides imported from Soutl
" America amount To millions of dol
lars annually And yet the reduction
on shoes would not be sufficient to
' let in European manufacturers
oklahoma more perhaps than any
other state would be effected b,
ths policy of free raw materials
oklahoma Is a great producing state
Likewise Il Is a great consumin!
u state To put raw materials on tn,
free list and keep tariff sufficien
10 shut out foreign competition OF
manufactured articles would burn IN,
y candle at both ends in Oklahoma. Blu
then thi swould be "A good lesson L
teach Oklahoma according TO the re
publican idea, as expressed by Mr.
Randell.
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