The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-07-08
SQUIRMING In AND OUT.


that the duty has been raised OF
ladies' gloves by the present law,wt
are greatly mistaken. Now notice the
substerfuge of the Herald. 1t quotes
from the Dingley bill section AL
Women or children's glaze finish
: lamb or sheep not over IA inches in
length $3.50 per dozen pairs, over IA
and not over II inches in length, $3.50
per dozen pairs, over II inches in
length $3.50 per dozen pairs.
From the Payne-Aldridge bill Sec
ton 456 it quotes: Women or chill
dren's 'glace' finish GOAT, KID or
OTHER LEATHER THAN OF SHEEP
ORIGIN, no: over IA inches in length
SO per dozen pairs, over II and moi
over II inches in length s44.75 pei
dozen pairs. 1t will be seen tina,
the first section quoted as from the
Dingley bill concerns only LAMB and
SHEEP SKIN while the section quot
ed from the Payne-Aldridge bill has
to do with ANY OTHER kind of skin
THAN OF SHEEP ORIGIN. The pres
ent tariff law reduces ladies gloves
SOC per dozen pairs, and all kinds of
hides have been placed upon the
free list. Yet the price of gloves has
advanced. The Herald also quotes
broom corn, concerning which we
were not sure, as having a duty OF
SO per ton under the Payne-Aldridg)
bill. We presume a ton OF broom cor
would probably make several hundred
brooms and, If affected at all by
this duty of SO per ton, +, would
amount 10 less than l cent per broom.
The trouble is that the Republican
party ever made any attempt 70
change the tariff law This country
was never so prosperous in its
history as under the Dingley law and
before any agitation was set in mo-
ton for, its repeal. II is lhe un.
certainty concerning future tariff leg
isladon that is now keeping it from
enjoying the prosperity TO which it is
entitled under existing conCi dons
The Herald knows,as everybody knows
that PresidenS Taft brought about the
reduction of the duty on shoes and
manufac urod articles from leather
and not the Democrats, and this has
not caused any reduction in shoes
but shoes are higher than they were
: before hides were placed upon the
: free lis and the duty on shoes was
reduced. Will the Herald please tel
us why, if it's free trade notions are
correc., the placing of hides upon
the free list, from which shoes arrre
made, and reduction in the manu-.
featured article has not brought about
lower prices on shoes 10 the consum.
er? We presume it will try 70 squirm
out OF this situation as il did last
week by claiming that these article.
are not cheaper because the tariff
was sised upon some other ricle
Aside from any argument at all upon
the question, the Hsesld and otkel
Democrats are in very poor posi.
, ton to howl assut The tariff anywa v
! II is known OF all men that almost a,
many Democratic members OF Con-
gross voted Cor advaItaed duties upon
cersein articles as did the Repub.
Means and shers was equally az musr
Division among than upon the eAes-
ton as there was in the Republican
pfty. For instance, Senator Bailey
the leading Democrat of the Se1ats
voted and worked agsiBsc fpee hides
because OF the Interests Of his con-
stituents in the great state OF Texas
The late Senator McERy, Of Lo,ris-
lana vo:ed and worked for high dutie,
On sugar, rice CO. ton and other ar.
t.cles OF southern produc ION and
eventually voted for the Payne-Ald
/ ridge bin when 1t passed the Senate
Every Virginia Democrat voted Nbs
high duty on peanuts. Every Ken,
( lucky Democrat voted and worked TO,
nigh duty on hemp and so on dpyr
the line. 1t Did not sewm 10 h,
much of party question In Con.
gress and u was every fellow Cor him
self or his own states interest. II
the Democratic psrty was PLACID in
power to-day in bo.h houses OF cen.
gress and with the president Il
could not enact a tarhff cav withou
serious division, upen almost ever,
schedule. The Herald unNvtttnslo
z places itself in an awkward position
when 1t censures the Republican par
ty, in one place, in this wonderful
answer to our challenge, for tseatins
calf skins and cher SKINS wistsi,
weighed no more than twenty I've
!. pounds as duly free and Haista hias