Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-04
The TARIFF BILL.

House last Saturday This removes
all uncertainty as to the fina
outcome of the measure. The bill i
now before the Senate and after i
has been debated will be passed am
signed by President Taft. The rc
publican Insurgents in the House
who We're sincere in their oppositio
to the bill voted against it, Som
who were classed as insurgents whe
the bill was first before the House
concluded, evidently, that they ha
made demonstration enough fo
home consumption, and voted for i
notwithstanding the fact the bi
was much more oppressive in Til
form it was handed back to th
House by Senator Aldrich.
John O'Laughlin, the political wri
er for the Chicago Tribune gives tn
following analysis of the bill whic
will soon become law:
"This is the kind of tariff revisio
the people have secured in the cor
Ference report which will be adorte
Nby the two houses CT congress ard d
jproved by the president.
An increase of duties on. cotton
Including hosiery.
No change in woolens.
A tremendous increase in the dr
ties on silk.
Slight decrease in duties on flas
hemp, and jute.
Some decreases on agricultural pre-
ducts.
An inappreciable reduction on 81
gar.
Heavy increase in duties on wine
and liquors.
No change on tobacco.
A slight reduction OH earths ant
earthenware.
Substantial reduction on rough lum
Der.
Substantial reduction on metals an
manufactures thereof.
Substantial reduction on chemicals
oils, and paints.
Slight increase on paper and pulp
Substantial reductions on sundries
Competition Is Not Assured.
Where decreases have been made
it does not follow necessarily tina
large importations will ensue t.
cause competition with home indus
tries. Indeed, Representative Payne
in his conference report, explicit!
stated that duties had been lowered
where they We're too high under tht
present law-sometimes prohibitive il
character-and for that reason i'm
portations We're comparatively small,
Con the other hand" to continue
to quote him, they have been RAISED
in some instances where the tariff
was insufficient for protection ant
importations We're great"
AT no point in the revision is there
found evidence of a serious purpose
to reduce duties in the interest OF
lower prices The protective principle
has been carefully observed Many
of the duties which prevented impor
tations have been reduced, but there
is little likelihood that importations
sufficient to affect home prices will
result.
1t may, however, be said for the
bill that it probably will carry out
the presidents idea to prevent heavy
advances in prices through monopoli.
zation of an industry
Administrative Features Praised.
1t will be to the administrative feat.
nres of the measure that Republicans
can point for justification of their re
vision The maximum and minimum
section cannot be too highly praised
1t will place the United States in a
position to secure for its commerce
the same treatment as accorded 9th
er nations.
1t is most unfortunate that congress:
refused to authorize tariff commits
sion. Instead ii granted to The
president the right TO appoint ex-
perts to assist him in enforcing the
maximum and minimum rates.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Taft to
go beyond this limitation and as far
as possible to organize the experts
into a board for the purpose of Sc
curing data upon which future re-
vision can be made on scientific lines
The sections to stop fraud and insure
the collection Of every cent of duty
rightfully belonging to the United
States are ironclad and are generally