The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-06-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.
How the Tariff Works-What
the Republican and Demo
cratic Parties Offer-Other
Vital Matters.


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the genuine progressive Republi-
cans of Congress. Il can an
swer that question:, replied Sen
ator Clapp, lin less than two min
utes, and no one will successfully
contradict my statement. In the
Payne-Aldrich revision Of the
tariff the rates on scores upon
scores of articles were advanced.
Those increases have advanced
the price of everything; yes, have
increased the price of articles on
which the tariff was not chang
ed. You can't raise the cost Of
living to a man who is producing
something to sell. without forcing /
that man to raise corresponding
ly the price of what he has to
sell. Suppose both of us are in
business, and each has to use
what the other produces. Sup
pose the tariff on the articles I
handle is increased, while the
tariff on the article you handle is
not increased. By virtue of my
increased protection, / force you
to pay increased prices. What
are you going to do about it?
| What must you do about it? An
swer: you must increase the
price Of what you have to sell!
And that's just the way it works
out all along the line, and in the
end all of the increases fall upon
the broad shoulders of the con-
sumer. .
I! "But you will hear it said con-
] stantly with reference to some
f thing on which the price has
been advanced, oh, that isn't in
the tariff at all. That increase
has nothing to do with the tar
: iff. But the fact is tariff re-
: vision upward on a few arti-
cles reaches all along the line.
The new tariff law has cost,
j.. and is costing, the American
. people millions on millions of dol
e lars. in increased cost of living.
d And if the Payne-Aldrich bill had
If been beaten, those millions would
n have been saved to the people. .
f BATTLESHIPS ARE EXPENSIVE.
q Congress has authorized two
more battleships. It is estimat-
! ed each ship will cost SIP, 600, 600
re to build, and 81, 000,000 a year
# during its 20 year lifetime tc
Is maintain. The aggregate ulti.
N mate cost of each ship, as a mat
= ter of fact, is therefore $32, O0O,.
y 600! The cost of each ship woulc
n. buy 5000 farms at $4,000 each
e it would construct l, 600 churche:
1e throughout the country a
II $780, each; it would fur
=: nish the means of educa
III ton throughout four yea
n, course to IT, men or womel
n at $500 per annum; it woul,
lie build and equip so manual train
a ing shoots with necessary tool
~ and appliances. givinga trade
W. Is, 600 young people each year
at it would build a macadam roa
an between Chicago and New York
lie or build and equip 40 Y. M. CT
IN buildings of magnificent proper
40 tons, each building accommoda'
ing the young men in a city {
200. 600 people!
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
e The eve of the COMPRESSION
ae campaigns is at hand. It looks {
ion if the Republican, party prop,
ON will boldly attempt to bluff til
IN American people on these propt
-. sitions:
w ThatAldrichism is a good thir
nj for the country.
vo- That Uncle Joe" belongs
1ey the Abraham Lincoln type
md Sta tesmen.
tho That the Payne-Aldrich tar
'n bill was the best tariff bill ev
acn passed" and is God-send to t
Use. consumers.
That the expenditure of mo
,,,o than double the sum used
oue Cleveland to run the governme
Ies1 is really necessary for "par
alter solididarity."
Ire. WHAT DEMOCRACY OFFERS.
t of Here is the platform the av,
aem age Democratic candidate !
~ Congress will present to the D,
ion- pie:
nre Lower duties on the necessit
e in of life.
oper An income tax that a lar
for part Of the burden of the cost
government may fall upon thu
best able to bear it.
Reciprocity with Canada a
rned our best customers.
lilo Repeal of section 2 of the
hree drich act that forces tariff w,