The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-08-21
BROUGHT FORTH a MOUSE.


The primary reason for tariff re-
vision Was to grant relief to the "ul-
innate consumer" from the high cost
of living enforced by the trusts with
the assistance of the high tariff wall
which the Dingley law erected about
the infant industries of the country,
remarks one of our valued exchanges.
This being the case, now that the
tariff has been revised, prices will
Immediately come down and the con-
tents of the Saturday pay envelope
will 90 farther than they have for
years. Logical, isn't it?
The first reQuirments of man is
food. The staff of life is bread.
Bread Is made from flour. Flour is
made from wheat. The Dingley law
placed tax Of % cents per bushel
sOn wheat, which amounted to over
xl per barrel on flour. The whole
country has recently been stirred to
dts foundation by the sensational rise
In the price of wheat In the face of
this agitation, naturally the first
schedule to be revised was wheat,
which was placed on the free list,
Bnt was 1t?
Look over the summary of the new
law and see what was done with
wheat. Did you hear President Taft
say anything about free wheat? Sec
how quickly the size Of that loaf of
bread which was reduced when wheat
went up is restored
Potatoes under the Dingley law
were taxed 25 cents per bushel. They
are one Of the staple articles of diet
of laboring classes. How much was
the duty on potatoes revised, or on
corn, or on barley?
The other great recruitment of man
is clothing. Naturally the schedules
on wool and cotton were radically re-
vised so that citizens may clothe
themselves more reasonably and may
buy clothes that are all wool and
not largely shoddy. Senator Dolliver
declafmed vehemently about the I'm
EQUITIES of the wool and cotton SEIZED
Suies but when the bill became law
wherein did the new duties differ
those In the Dingley law?
Why was President Taft given to
understand when the bill was in con
ference that the wool and cotton
schedules could not be reopened :?
Why did certain senators give in on
free hides when they were told that
II they did not the bill would be We
toed, at an extra session in October
the wool and cotton schedules would
be revised in reality? Why did not
President Taft make firm stand
Tor arevision of those schedules? How
much has the ultimate consumer ben
Gifted from revision so far as wool
land cotton are concerned?
One cotton manufacturer says that
he and his associates have got SC
much under the new law that they
are afraid that there will be such q
public clamor at the next regular SEES
sion that the duties on their products
will be revised radically. He ought
to know.
What then has the ultimate con
a.sumer" gained?
Well he has free hides. That was
the sine qua non Of the President
Who wanted free hides? Who throng
ed the hotels of Washington and the
corridors of the capito! when the con
ference committee was in session,
Was it throng OF ultimate con
;sumers?' They may have been ant
probably are consumers of othel
things, but they manufacture shoes
One shoe manufacturer, iii burst
-of enthusiasm over the success Of
free hides, declared that this actor
v,ultl n.ei,l, better shoes and "ul
Innate ly' cheaper shoes. Everyon,
will be glad to learn that it will be
possible to secure better shoes but
the vital interest centers in the dur
alton of the period of time covered
by that word ultimately"
President Taft's second demand wa:
for a reduction in the duty on lumber
This may enable the working man tt
build little home for himself will
less sacrifice than Is at present en-
tailed, but he would probably be will
ing to forego that privilege If h,
could receive some assistance in hi
struggle to provide food and c!othe
for an increasing family.
They sat down hard on Roosevelt
and Cannon's friend, Littauer whel
1t came to the glove schedule an,
refused to allow Cannon to pay hi
political debts at the expense of thos
who wear 16-button gloves. They ais
did some little tinkering with tn