The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

do It. IL did not even attempt 10 DO
ii. Under the leadership OF Cannon
aad Aldrich. the tarifl was revised
without the slightest heed to the cost
OF production OF anything. IL is Of
Go avail TO reduce the duties on any
commodity If the duty is left so higa
that the domestic producer can still
maintain his prices by keeping ou,
competition or even make his prices
higher than before and stlll have low.
or duty Some duties were reduced
hut not so II would benefit the Amer
lean people In any way because there
was no effort made 10 get at the pro
cuctlve cost OF the article.
In many cases the charges were
left so high that the price on NAM
articles was Increased In the face Of
reduced tariff and because the do
nestle manufacturer was not afraid
OF foreign competition
Sample of Revision.
Here is a sample. The duty "a
steel rails was reduced from $7a
ton TO s5.93 a ton and still the
United States Steel corporation IL
able TO maintain a price OF s2S a ton
because we make rails so much
cheaper here than in other countries.
The cotton schedule was actuaIly
raised an average OF % per cent sins.
ply by changing the duties from al
valorcm 10 specific duties and this
was one OF the biggest frauds Derpo.
trated by congress in revising the
tariff
In all the long debate on the tar.
in bill. Senator Aldrich never at
tempted TO apply the standard OF the
Republican platform pledge. He and
his followers openly and contempttp
ously repudiated every word OF that
platform pledge. In all the evidence
taken by the house ways and mean,
committee there were not a dozen
Items OF the six thousand In which A
showing was made as To the cost OF
production at home and abroad
Reputation Of Republican Platform.
IT was an open ano explicit repu
dlation OF our platform and per.
version of tho protective theory. |
am not an inSurgent Republican II IL
Is said that ] am insurging against
the Republican national platform. I
am insurging against men OF the Can.
ron-Aldrich stripe. men who are open.
~ violating the pledges OF the party
and advancing causes OF monOpolistle
control OF Industry.
The insurgents or progrcssives. q
better term, offer two remedies
First, knowledge OF the cost of pro
ducdon. No one knows what the
different items OF cost now are Whal
We need Is the constant work OF an
intelligent, independent, impartial
and nou-partisan tariff commission
that can get the information and then
tell congress just what Il wants 10
know. The first intention OF the
DrOGressiyes Is TO establish such q
commission. We have made a start
In the tariff board. but it is not the
best way OF doing the work.
The second remedy is to make
rule whereby any schedule OF the tar.
in bin may be revised at will with.
out going through the whole OF the
tariff schedule. This would elm.
mate the intolerable vice OF the pres
ent system whereby a congressman
Will make combination with other
members and will vote for MANI
schedules be believes are absolutely
wrong TO get a schedule he believes
is right
Il and all progressive Republicans
sincerely believe in the protection
theory, but We do not believe In a.
lowing monopolies 20 control the iD-
dustries OF the couutry."