The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-27

All the or color politicians in the
country. some with personal axes to
grind and oSbcrs who do not know
what they arss talking about. unite In
abusing the euSisting tariff schedules.
Is It a bunxo. tariff Let President
Taft answer:
Speaking g neraily. the country Is
ia a his n state OF prosperity.
There Is every reason to believe
mat we are on the eve of a
substanti Al business expansion,
and we ave just garnered a har-
vest une rampled in the market
value Of our agricultural pro-
The high pr1c es which such products
bring me. IN Great prosperity for
the farmfug community, but on
the other hand they mean a very
considerab d. increased burden up
on those cl asses in the community
whose yea rLy compensation does
not Expand with the Improvement
in business and the general pros
pcrity.
Various reason - are given for the
high DriCe,J The prOportionate
increase in. the output OF gold.
which todsc- is the chief medium
OF exchang " and is In some re-
spects a N paasure OF value. fur
nishes a 81 itstantial explanation
OF at LEASE part Of the Increase
IN prices.
The Increase in. population and the
more e,cpcl 1sfvo mode OF living
% the peol lie. which have not
bean accom- panied by q proper
Tomato Incl tease in the acreage
production. may furnish a fur
II r. we'll to noto that the increase in
the cost Of wing is not confined
TO this ooun srly' but prevails the
w4rid y, 0ye s ana thp5 ncr esoss
IN prices to the existing pro-
tective tariff must meet the fact
that the rise sra prices has taken
place almost wholly in those pro-
ducts or the "a Glory and farm I'm
respect to vi itch there has been
either no inc rsase in the tariff
or in many in stances very con-
siderable reduction.
This extract is from the message
sent to Congress laEs. December. The
substantial business expansion predict
ed by the President. has arrived and
the country is prOsp s,ring as never be-
fore. Wages have been advanced to
meet the conditionsi imposed by the
high prices paid the farmers. and the
people Of all classes have a share in
the good things OF u - earth.
The only fly in the ointment. the
only possible chance 10 bring this era
Of prosperity to an eI Nc. is to continue
tie agitation or the ts1-f question IN
order to force another revision.
The insincerity of [ he men who are
declaiming against the tariff is shown
by the fact that In Ma rss'achusetts and
the other New Engla nc states the
claim is made that tn ; duties on raw
materials are too his-A. while I'm the
west and south IT is confidently as
serted that the Payne Aldrich bill was
drawn wholly in the interest of the
manufacturers.
Both propositions could not be true.
OF course, yet the disc rurntled ones in
all sections Of the country continue to
attack the tarim law as a whole re-
gardless Of the fact thai the arguments
advanced in the different localities are
wholly at variance with each other.
The truth is that the Payne-AIdrich
law was not sectional. Il was care
fully drawn to meet e-Kiating condi-
lions in all parts of the United States.
The farmer. the worl Cins:man. the
manufacturer and all 9th ver,S including
the lead producer and the wool grow
er, were considered. The result was an
act fair and Just to ALL
EmphaticaIly It is not a ''bunko"
tariff law. But there ana bunko men
here In Utah who are not above work.
ing any kind OF a political game to suit
their own selfish purposes.