Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18

Ousnly pEOleCrlft VI tie lhVuoNly.
1T will be observed that the ob-
pect of the revision under such a
statement was not TO destroy protect
ed industries in this country. but il
was to continue 10 protect them
where lower rates offered n suffi-
Client protection TO prevent injury by
foreign competition. Tint was the
object Of the revision as advocated
by me. and II was certainly the OBJ
ject of the revision as promised In
the Republican platform.
What the Platform Meant.
Il want TO make as clear as | can
this proposition because In order to
determine whether a bill is a compll-
ance with the terms of that plat
form, it must be understood what the
platform means. A free trader is OBJ
posed 60 any protective rate because
he thinks that our manufacturers, our
farmers and our miners ought 90
withstand the competition OF foreign
manufacturers or farmers or else go
out Of business and find something
else more profitable TO do. Those
who contend that the promise of the
platform was to reduce prices by let
ting in foreign competition are con-
tending for free trade and not for
anything that they had the right 10
infer from the Republican platform.
There is nothing quite so difficult
as the discussion of tariff bill for
the reason that 1t covers so many
different items. The meaning of the
terms and the percentages are most
age of new bill, especially where
change in the method OF assessing
an opportunity for various modes and
calculations Of the percentages OF
increases and decreases that is really
most mystifying, or really throws no
light at ali upon the changes made.
One Way Of Stating It.
"One way OIL stating what was done
is TO say what tne facts show-that
under the Dingley law there was p
09e items. This included dutiabie
items only. The Payne law leaves
1,l50 of these items unchanged.
There are decreases in 65i of the
items and increases IN -22o Of the
items. Now of course that does not
give full picture. but it does show
the proportion Of decreases.
Now attempts have been made to
show what the real effect OF these
changes have been by comparing the
imports under the various schedules,
and assuming that the changes and
their importance were in proportion
to the importations.. Nothing could
be more unjust in protective tariff
which also contains revenue provis-
ions. Some of the tariff is made for
the purpose of increasing the reve-
nue. by increasing importations which
shah pay duty. Other items In the
tariff are made for the purpose Of
reducing competitions, that is by re-
ducing importations, and therefore
the question Of the Importance Of a
change in rate cannot in the slightest
degree be teremined by the amounts
of imports that take place.
In order to determine the import
ance of the changes it is much fair
er to take the articles ON which the
rates Of duty have been reduced and
those on whsch the rates OF duty have
Been increased and then Determine
from statistics how large part the
articles upon which duties have been
reduced play in the consumption OF
the country and how large part
those upon which the duties have
been Increased play in the consun1p-
ton Of the country. Such a table
has been prepared by Mr. Payne
than whom there is no one who un-
derstands better wha. the tariff Is
and who has gwen more attention
TO the details Of the statistics.
i In totacco there has been no
change. In agricultural products,
those in which there has been q re-
auction Of rates enter into the con
sumption Of the country to the ex-
tent Of sfs3. 900 900: those in which
there has been an increase enter into
the consumption 20 the extent OF
$4,000 900. in cottons there has been
a change. There has been no -in-
crease in the lover price cotton. ana
Of the increased. the high priced
;cottous enter into the consumption
I-of the country TO the ertent q ST.
O00. 200.
'-On pager and pulp the duty has
been decreased on articles that en-
ter into the cnrSuuEtion TO the ex-
4ent Of So COCOON and the incre7so
on articles that enter into the con
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