The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22


that he feels certain will be convicted
and hanged. Clearly IL was TO him re-
pulsive job, but 1t had to be gone through
with some way. Ho appeared 10 he III
the frame OF mind of Macbeth when
about TO murder Duncan: If 1T were done,
when It's done then 'twero well IL were
done quickly.
Hard Slap at Payne.
"Mr. Chairman Payne was evidently In
very frctful state. He also seems to |
be afflicted with n now disease. 'intermit-
tent forgctfuness. He remembered with |
great vividneSs the soup houses of 1885 |
and 1894, but when II came TO the soup |
houses OF 1907 n very recent occurrence
and the soup houses Of 1873. his memory
failed him utterly. II does not need a !
psychologist or phrcnologtst TO account |
for this state OF mind on his part, the |
reason being that the soup houses OF 1917
and 1907 were under Republican admlnis- |
tration and under tariff laws passed by |
the Republican party. while the soup |
houses Of 1898, through the outgrowth OF |
n panic caused by n Republican tarih
bill. spranG up when a Democratic prcsi- |
dent was In office.
"The gentleman declared they put UP |
the tariff on hosiery, and as cohse-
ouence the price of hosiery has gone |
down, He declared they put UP tho tarltt
on wines and rs consequence the price
Of wines has gone up. Tie seems 10 DC |
playing both ends against the middle, Tor |
Il must be apparent to any sane man
that. if putt! up the taritt on hos.eIS
made the price of hosiery go down, then;
by the same logic. putting UP the tarlu
on wine would have made tho price OF
wine go down, Consistency. thou art
Mr.. Clark then attacked the sugar
schedules OF the Payne -Aldrich tarin law
and ridicued Republican claims OF ncnS S,
fitng the people by lowering the iarlit
on refined sugar. The reduction. he said
was so small that every man with com,
mon sense knows that the consumer VII
never be benefited by II In any way "na'-
soever.'
Pertinent Objection.
"The gentleman from New York. con- con,
tuucd Mr. Clark. seems 10 argue tna'
TO lower tho tariff on an article the hgh,
or viii be the price 10 the consumer. ana
vice versa. THAT OF course, Is utterly
preposterous and fully answered by ask
ing the simple question: III ihe tarih d docs
not nut up the price OF an article, what
do tho proponcnts Of the tarin want Win
it?' To prove his absurd theory, he CITES
the fact that. though the tarih on lumber
was reduced from So per thousand to $1:26
n thousand. the price of lumber has gone
up, IL is true that before the last OF onn ms
got out of washington In August l9o9
the lumber trust marked up the price Of
lumber 81 n thousand, and II the dcpaft
ment OF justice had done IT'S duty, ~
would by this time have filled the lai.s
so full Of lumber trust magnates that
their arms and legs would stick OUT OF
the windows and doors II seems 10 oe
a pleasant occupation TO convict Iariners IarnS
and members OF labor unions OF violating
the antitrust law, but that law appears
10 be absolutely dead letter when It is
violated by big criminals.
Horns of the Dilemma.
'In one breath the gentleman from New
York glorincs his bin because It shuts out
Jmportatlons In the next he Glorlhes IL
because it has increased impoTtauons:
The gentleman from New York must
take one horn or the other"
The speaker declared that while Amer
ican citizens would prefer TO use Amer
lean made goods and articles rather imah
foreign productions. they were unwilling
l,, American
Taking up the woolen schedule Of the
tariff law. Mr., Clark rldlculed the iuga
BILE for the increased importauons q,
wool, In that. he said. the tariff on No;
and No. wool was the same In t'
Payne law as In the Dingley law =,
''The Dingley and Payne tariff bills,
| said Mr.. Clark. have forced another
sort OF expectation which grieves every
| lover OF our country, and that is the eN-
portation of good American citizens TO
The British northwest. Last year $4,000
| Americans chiefly from the Mississippi
| valley eXpatriated themselves, largely
because they could purchase all products
| including American farm implements and
| other articles manufactured IN America
| more cheaply in the British possessions
! Than tbey can purchase them at home.
| These cmIgrants from the United states
are among our best citizens ana TINS
departure is a. great and serious loss TO
the republic. for they are going at the
rate OF nearly 100. 900 per annum.
Mr.. Clark next took the matter OF the
| tariff on stockings and said that the
| raise In tariff rates on that article was
not for the purpose OF aiding unemployed
| women as Mr. Payne had put II, but for
| the purpose Of giving the American man
ufacturers monopoly on the stocking
| trade.
Dissertation on Hose.
"The gentleman from New York" de-
| cared Mr.. Clark. further says that he
only raised these cheaper grades lS cents
| per pair and that he would be ashamed
TO look an honest working woman in the
| face II he had not stood for that increase
| This sounds we'll as an excuse but Is very
| misleading The book OF imports gave the
unit value for the 30 600 pairs of the
! cheapest hose or stockings at 96 cents
! per dozen pairs or 3 cents pair. Inc
| Dmgley tariff on these 29.000.OoO pairs
| was AIS cents per pair or BT,ll per cent
| ad yalOrem. The raise Of Is cents OF the
Payne -Aldrjch- -Smoot bill will make these
| samo stockings cost cents plus 5.IS
| cents, plus Is cents. or 1853 cents per
pair. or 1916 per cent. The gentleman
! from New York boasts that while rails
| ing the tariff on hosiery he also raised
the tariff on whiskeys and wines. Oh,
yes, You raised whiskey and other spirits
from 10 50 per cent TO S9.l5 per cent while
you raised the cheapest stockings from
67ll per cent 70 S9.75 per cent. and the
next two grades of cheaper stockings to
still higher per cent.
Mr. Clark declared that the Payne tar
iff had not reduced the price Of clothing
shoddler class OF goods. The speaker
then turned his attention TO President
Taft.
/ After the President
81 will now drop the gentleman from
New York. exclaimed Mr. Clark, and
go after bigger game. to-wit, the presi-
dent OF the United States lie is not only
the chief traveller, but is the chief spokes-
man for his party. He deserves to be
treated with candor and respect, but l
have a perfect right 10 discuss his ut
terances as / would those OF any other
public man. l wish TO call the attention
of all concerned TO the fact that the presl-
dent said on the lfth OF August. 1909,
that the bill Is not a perfect bill or a
complete compliance with the promises
made, strictly Interpreted / submit that
declaration OF the president Is flat con-
tradictson OF the assertion OF the gentle
man from New York that his bill is per-
feet compliance with the promises made
prior to the election OF 1908. In Septem-
her 1909. the president went on an ex-
| speech-rnakinR tour. beginning