The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-11
WARM ROASTING
OF TARIFF BILL
Continued from Page One.

sumption value of which amounts Il
many millions, while the decreases wer
negligible and were upon the larger size
or plate and silVered glass"
The metal schedule was criticised b,
the speaker as showing decreases main
~ upon raw or semi-crude materials no
: | purchased by the consumer. while tb
rates on most of the finished articles O
general use were left at the old Dingle.
rates
Similar structures were passed on tn,
duties nNed for wood and it's manufac
lures, while Senator Dolliver declared tn,
pufported decreased rates on sugar, con
Sumed to the amount OF $500 .965 g5S wa.
too great joke TO receive serious at.
tention. for the reduction was but five
cents per one hundred pounds, and in or.
der to derive a dollars benefit from thi.
chanGe. even il the trust gave it To him
the consumer would have to cat a ton o
| sugar"
The rates on agricultural products. tho
senator said. were also cunnngly re-
vised TO produce the appearance OF 'rea
ana substantial downward revision, while
| examination shows the figures TO be in
| correct
Roasts Cotton Schedule.
The cotton manufactures schedule Sen
ator Dolliyer stamped as "one OF the most
| darlngly iniquitous features OF the new
| tariff In which the rates were either ad-
Vanced or unchanged on articles of "A
consumpttve value Of $500 900 900, touch
Ing particularly cotton cloths for wo-
men 5. and chidren's summer wear"
|
| Schedule y, sundrtes-is the master
piece, however, OF cunning tariff jugglery
| to look like real revision downward, for
here the Aldrich table claims decreased
rates on consumption value $l.719. .i2S. .069.
| against Sl0l. ,59S Increased. and that
| the Increases were only on luXuries. To
be sure. they overlooked the increased
| rates on rubber goods. the consumption
J OF which amounts to $50 900, 600 "a year"
| Included in the grand total is the item
OF bitumlnous. coal amounting TO $685.
| more than we import, and on which the
remarkable reduction OF twenty-tw cents
ton was made-for the benefit only Of
the Atlantic seaboard manufacturers.
who may thereby get their coal little
cheaper from Nova Scotia,
There Is also the reduction of five per
cent on agricultural implements of a con-
sumption value OF sSi.452, 1874. which we
produce more cheaply than any other ma
ton, and supply the world. No duty Is
needed for protection, The production is
largely in the hands of trust. and the
trifllng reduction OF five per cent was
mostly TO fool the farming community"
"A great deal OF stress has been laid
on the supposed enlargement OF the free
list, and yet the only new Items on the
free list of the Payne Aldrich tariff are
hides. a few semi finished coal tar
products. radium. works OF art over TWEEN
" years old. miners appliances and
Brazil cream nuts.
'If We keep revising the tariff upward
on finished articles. the differences be-
tween the values OF Importation Of
dutiable and free goods VIII inevitably
increase and the average rate OF duty
collected will decrease, even though no
articles are put on the free list. For
example, II the rates on all articles now
dutiable were made absolutely prohibitlve.
and the free list allowed 10 remain as
at present, all our imports would, OF
course, be free but what would be the
effect upon the prices OF finished art
cles and consequent cost of living 10 the
people,"
Ovation for Cummins.
Senator Cummns was given d tremen-
dous ovation when he rose to speak. lie
urged the progressive Republicans to re-
lngton.
lie said in part:
while the principal object OF my visit
10 Iowa is To say word for others. l
do not pretend TO be altogether unselnsh.
Although not candidate for Office
in the coming preliminary primary,
make no conceament OF my hope the
next Republican state convention Will ap-
prove my course in congress.
"A few weeks ago there was held in
the city OF Des Moines conference OF
ganiZed d campaign with the avowed OBJ
lect OF securing a state convention that
would indorse the Republican national adj
ministration. The men who composed the
conference are well known In Iowa.
Objects to the Mask.
Il have had special reason TO know
them. because in every hight we have
had In ten years they have Ucen my most
persistent and determined enemies. 1t
Is not only the right, but the duty oil
the Republicans Of Iowa to declare In
clear and unequivocal terms what they
think of their senators. The only thing
10 which ] object is the mask those
men are wearing; and all l intend TO do
tonight. with regard TO the campaign SO
begun, Is TO politely ask them 10 lie.
move the mask and TO make their fight
in the open.
81 have the highest regard for a fair.
brave fighter. but | do not like the mid
night prowcr with his dark lantern and
his Jimmy, who hopes to get of with
his plunder unheard and unseen. If
these men decline my mild invitation TO
real purpose ! am here to take II off
for them. and say TO the Republicans OF
Iowa that the night they are making is
10 get such a convention as Will enable
Mr.. Aldrich and his crowd TO say Senator
Dolliver and myself. with the progressive
members OF the house delegation. have
been repudatcd in our own state
Makes Bold Charges.
Senator Cummns declared the present
Republican leaders are In league with the
corporations. lie said.
Most OF them have been brought up
with these influences all around them and
therefore whenever u law is proposed
restricting or reducing corporate power
ure bring help to the people, but is IL
recommended by the captains OF industry.
the masters OF high finance. the dlrec-
tors OF mighty business affairs, the man
ayers of our unparalleled railway sys-
TEN? AS l have just suggested. these
leaders OF ours always find themselves
so busy hearing what these princes or
the earth have to say about proposed
legislation they have scant time 10 con-
slider the wants, desires and needs Of the
great mass of humanity, made up of
millions whose voices are usually faint
and distant but who now and then are
heard In tones that shake the whole
structure OF organized society.
Il have no nesitancy in naming the
present leaders OF the Republican party
to congress Of the United States, In the
senate one man stands solitary and alone.
and hitherto his word has been law to
that august tribunal. Senator Aldrich is
one Of the men Of whom ! have been
speaking. In the house Mr. Cannon, the
speaker. has exercised a dominating con-
troll, and after him come Payne Dalzell
and few others of the same type.
They look at this vital problem from
the corporate standpoint and are always
fearful that any step in the further and
better regulation OF those ovcrmastering
n rtol fo NIL Il