Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-23

FELL DOWN ON SCHEDULE
BECAUSE OF DISAGREEMENT .
Payne Renominated For consre 3 n
Now York District-Declares o
mics of Tariff Measure CS- NOT
Provo Assertions That New Law Has
Increased Cost of Living.

Lyons, ~. 'Sti't. 49,
tive Serene e. Payne. chairman or the
ways and means committee or 'ne
house OF representatives. and author OF
the tariff law bearing his name, mace
warm defense of that measure be
fore the congressional convention which
renomlnated him today. He said IN
part:
The platform promised revision OF
the tariff that should provide a duty
equal to the difference in cost OF LABOR
here and abroad with reasonaoie
profit to the manufacturer. 1t prom
ised this as to each article. whether
Ii resulted in raising or lowering the
tariff on that article OF course. m
te,ligent men generally familiar with
the tariff believed that such revision
would be downward on most articles
Apoloaizes for Woolen Schedules.
The matter of preparation of tar
Ill bill is a most perpleXing one. Under
the definition of what the bill should
contain in platform as plain as th<Lt
adopted at Chicago in 1908, the task Is
not easy. With a different wage scale
In every country and with differences
in wages In every part OF each coun-
try honest men seeking the difference
In labor cost here and abroad, VIII not
agree in all their conclusions. 10
reconcile these differences. among
twelve men selected for the task. was
part Of the labor we had before us: and
In the last analysis these differences
had to be settled by a majority vote
Tho result Of our deliberation Was
most satisfactory to me In general re-
suits. altho there were other items, Ike
those of the wooien schedules. which
was anxious to revise. 1t was source
of great disappointment TO me. after
two exhaustive and extended hearings,
that I was not able to present any
program that a majority OF the COM
mittee would adopt for a revision of
this schedule. The reason was not that
the committee was unduly Influenced
by those interested. but that they could
not agree upon the labor cost OF pro-
ducing wool and woolen goods In this
country and abroad with reasonable
profit to the producer. or course. this
left the wooden schedule where 1t was
In the DlnElcy act, with ono or two
emall reductions In duties.
Says It's Downward Revision.
"The law as It was signed by the
president has resulted In a general re-
vision downward, and no amount cf
special pleading. no mis-statement of
facts. and no suppression OF material
facts. will ever make it appears other
wise.
The law has turned deficit of
SIS. 900, 900 into surplus of more than
$4,000. 900 in Its first years opera
ton. 1t is a revenue producer We
nut Increased duties on wines, liquors
and like luxuries. We have no apollo
gies to make for H. These are the
articles on which the revenues of the
government should be raised as far as
possible
Enemies Can't Prove Assertions.
"It Is an easy thing 10 say that the
present tariff law has Increased the
cost of living. but it is Impossible to
prove It, 1t is almost impossible to
find n single item on which the tariff
was increased on which tho price has
shown similar increase. On the
other hand on nearly every Item whore
we reduced the tariff, or where wc
left it the Same. as under the old law.
they have maintained the old price
and sometimes Increased it. We re-
duced the tariff on lumber from 81 to
s125 and lumber brings the same old
price We inceraesd the duty on
shingles from 30 to 80 cents. and tho
price Of shingles has been lower over
since the act became n law. I could
enumerate these items by the hour.
showing that the price has no relation
whatever to the changes In the tariff
act.
THE increase In price of articles is
world wide. No other country during
the past three or four years has gone
thru n general tariff revision and yet
every country shows the same increase
or, the n nseities OF life"