Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-06-29
HAS TAFT FORGOTTEN ROOSEVELT?
The 81 uation In National Affairs as Re-
ported From Washington.
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER,

Nfall aahlngbOn correspondent,
Of THE WArcHMAN.
Washington, June 81 Why il
1T that the price of articles or
which the tariff was not advanc.
ed, has increased since the pass.
age of the Payne-Aldrich blll7
| put this question to United
States Senator Moses E. Clapp OF
Minnesota, one of the genuine
progressive Republicans Of Con.
gress.
II can answer that question, -
replied Senator Clapp, Sin less
than two minutes, and no one will
successfully contradict my state.
meht.
In the Payne.A .Aldrich revision
Of the tariff the rates on scores
upon scores of articles were advan.
ced. Those increases have advance
ed the price of everything; yes,
have increased the price of arti-
cIes OIL which the tariff was not
changed.
"1ou can t raise the cost of IL
wing TO man who is producing
something to sell, without forcing
that man to raise correspoL dinghy
the price of what he has to sell.
"suppose both of us are in bus
mess, and that each has to use
what the other produces. Sup
pose the tariff Oh the article
handle is increased, while the tar
if OF the article you handle is
Lot increased. By virtue of my
increased protection, I force Guy
to pay increased prices. What
are YOU going to do about it.?
What NJ UST you do about it?
Answer: you must increase the
price Of yyhat YOU have to sell |!
Aud that's just the way it worsk
out all along the line. and in the
end all of the increases fall upon
tie broad shoulders Of the consum
| er.
But yon will hear it said con-
stantly with reference to some.
thing on which the price has been
advanced, oh, that isn't in the
tariff ut all. That increase has
| nothing to do with the tariff. ,
But the fact is tariff revision up
ward on a few articles reaches all
along the lii g.
The new tariff law has cost,
and is costing the American peo-
pie millions on millions of dol
lars, in increased cost of living
And if the Payne-Aldrich bill had
been beaten, those millions would
have been saved to the people,"
BATTLEsHIPs ARE EXPENSIVE.
Congress has authorized two
more battleships 1t ls estimated
each ship will cost $12, 1000, 900 to
build, and LOO 1000 year dur
ing its 20-year lifetime to maiu-
tain. The aggregate ultimate
Get of each ship, as a matter of
fact, is, therefore $32 100000!
The cost of each ship would buy
5000 farms at $4,000 each; it
it would furnish the means of ed
ucatlon through a four.year course
to 10000 mon or women at $500
per aunum; it would build and
equip so manual training schools
with necessary tools and appliance
es, giving trade to $1,000 young
people each year; it would build
a macadam road between Chicago
and New York, or build and equip
40 Y. NJ. G. A. buildings of mag
nifcielt proportions. each build
ing accommodating the young n en-
in city of 100000 peoplel
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
The eve of the Congressional
campaigns is at hand. 1t looks
as if the Republican party proper
will boldly attempt to bluff the
! American people Oh these propo-
sltiong:
That Aldrichipm is a good thing
for the country.
That Uncle Joe" belongs to
the Abraham Lincoln type of
statesmen. (Which will not do
any good hereabouts.-E
That the Payne.Aldrich tariff
bill was the 'best tariff bill ever
passed" and Is a God send to the
consumers.
That the expenditure of more
than double the sum used by
Cleveland to run the government
is really necessary for "party sol.
idar1ty"
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