Arizona republican., 1910-05-11
TARIFF BILL TORN APART Dissection of Il By sena:
 tor Do|iver IS DIsA0NEsIlY DEFENDED \
He Explains Cunning With Which It Was Revised, So That Appearance of Change Would Be Mis- taken for a Reality

Des Moines, May l0-An analysis. schedule by schedule and item by item. of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act was made by Senator Deliver of Iowa in an address before progressive repub- licans here tonight He declared that a close scrutiny showed that 50 far as the public is concerned. the tariff revision cares rates higher on articles of general use, in their finished condi- ton.
 Most of the reductions" said the senator, were so trivial as to be ridiculous and were either upon articles we do not import to any extent, but on the contrary, export in enormous quan- tieis. or were to further protect the manufacturers, and especially by re- ducing the duties on raw materials.
 Tn fact, careful scrutiny of the particular items changed and the exact trifling change of rate in each case. shows how cunningly the revision was arranged to deceive the public.
 Tn the many attempts to defend the Payne -Aldrich tariff law frequent use has been made of very remarkable table of figures quoted by the presi- dent at Winona, indicating that duties had been decreased on articles con- stunned in the United states to the ex- tent of about $5.o00.00o,o00, while the consumption value of the articles up- on which the duties have been in- creased amounted to only about $s7s,- O00, 900 and that most of the latter were luxuries such as silks. liquors and jewelry.
 This would indeed tend to prove a most substantial downward revision 1T the figures were accurate. Fortunately the necessary statistics to render an analysis comparatively easy are avail able in a public document prepared under the direction of the finance com mittee. Such an analysis will soon convince any one how deceptive and misleading this much quoted table really is.'
 In conclusion Mr-Dolliver said:s
 If we keep on revising the tariff up- ward on finished articles the differ ences between the values of the impor- tation of duitable and free goods will inevitably increase and the average rate of duty collected will decrease. even though no new articles are put on the free list.
 For example. if the rates on all ar ticles now dutiable were made abso- ~lutely prohibitive and the free list ai- lowed to remain as it is at present all of our imports would of course be free, but what would be the effect upon the prices of finished articles and the con- sequent cost of living to the public?"
 Senator Deliver referred to Pres ident Taft as the ''titular leader" of the Republican party. which, meant, he said, "a good man surrounded by people who knew exactly what they wanted"
 Senator Aldrich was frequently mentioned as the man allied with the, Guggenhemis, Ryan and Morton. in a mammoth trust. incorporated as a rubber company. which is allowed by the articles of incorporation to participate in any kind of business, and which is the holding company in the Guggenheim syndicate for the control of the wealth of Alaska"
 These are the men who are re- sponsible for the tariff bilL" de- clared Senator Deliver. '.The bill is only a scheme to rob the people and to increase the holdings of gi- gantic syndicates.
 The troubles in the republican party have come not because of what has been said. but of what has been done"
 The meeting tonight followed dis trict conferences throughout the day at which steps were taken to re- construct the old Cummins organi- zation and to organize the state by counties and precincts
 Senator Cummins was given tre- mendous ovation when he arose to speak. He urged the progressive re- publicans to return progressive con- gressmen to Washington.