Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-19

,,One OF the best summaries OF the
new tariff law was that Of Represen-
tattiye Longworth, son in law Of ex-
4 President Roosevelt. 1t Is not likely
that he expresses an opinion differ
emit from that Of Roosevelt himself.
He said:
Stripped Of all nonessential YER
biage, the question stands out clear
and clean cut. A vote against this
Legislation meant vote for no legis-I
lation. The man who voted NO on
the adoption Of the conference re-
port voted against a reduction Of
las per cent on lumber. He voted
against reduction Of 60 per cent on
iron ore; against a reduction OF DO
per cent on steel rails; against re-
duction of 3. per cent on coal;
against reduction of 80 per cent
on dressed meats; against a reduct-
ion in the duties on sugar and salt;
against a reduction of the duties on
many vegetables; against free hides;
against free oil; against free art;
against free trade with the Philip
pines; against a maximum and mini
mum tariff, as advocated by Thomas
jefferson a hundred years ago;
against a tariff board; against cor
poration tax; and last; but not least,
against increasing by more than
| $50 ,0O0, 900 year the revenue OF
1.-THE government over what could have
possibly been produced had the Ding
Iiey law been allowed to stand.
The Republican platform, up III
which We 81 stood. promised a re-
vision a. the tariff to be based uEon
! two principles: First, that suffi-
Gent revenue should be raised for
the needs Of the government; and,
second, that duties should be placed
on articles sufficient to equallSe the
difference between their cost Of pro-
duction here and abroad, with -rea-
. sonable profit to the producer. In
the first of these we have undoubted-
;. " been most successful. As the
President has repeatedly pointed out
the Payne law has already prov d
: to be an enormous revenue pro
Queer, larger by many millions thar
: the Dingley law ever was; larger BY
u many millions than the Dingley Law
y could possibly have been If the op
y ponents of the Payne law had tri
umphed.
. "If we have made mistakes in oul
% second pledge, if we have made SOM
d duties higher than was necessary tt
II euualize the difference between tn
cost of production here and abroad
b. and If, on the contrary, we hav'
ID made some duties not sufficiently
le high enough to eQualize this differ
IN ence, it is to be regretted. But W
lis never guaranteed that the law woul'
IT be perfect. 1t was difficult. If no
n, impossible to ascertain the cost o
ID production here and abroad Of ever
I'd article produced by or imported int
g. this country. And while we ma
en- much fuller information than an
at preceding congress ever had, in tn
e. very nsure of things this informa
he ton could not in every case be exact
n 1.-THE Payne law provides for a tai
IT, if board, and largely through tn
e. efforts of President Taft the pc W"r
re of this board have been SO great
ny extended, rs TO cover the Investigation
or OF lhess questions; and If Cong ID
an shall In the future vote for sufti
he Glen. app orr;stions, ! have no do Il
Of that when It may become necessar
" to revise the tariff again 1t wi
in have, through this board, the fullei
and most complete information upo
=, which to base a tariff readtustmen
. And when that time shall come
:. have no doubt, that, provided onl
- the Congress shall be Republican
" the law will be as much better tina
: the Payne law as the Payne law
better than the Dingley law. Blu
y, that law will not be perfect, and tn
!, Republican party then will be Gale
J, upon to combat the floods Of mil
= representation that we are combatin
!, now.
"In the future, as in the past,
" will be misrepresentation Of the fact
! that the Republican party has to fea
and not the facts themselves. ]
y this campaign 1t is misrepresentation
Of the facts that we have to fear an
not the facts themselves. We sha
:, have to go before the people an
explain the facts with regard to tn
= tariff law. ami We will DO It witho'
distortion or demagogy. We wi
ey not claim that this tariff lie SOLE
at in the interests Of the consumer
rs and on the other hand, we wiz nj
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