The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-30
Washington News Letter.

is it that the price of articles on
which the tariff was not advanced,
has increased since the passage of
the Payne-Aldrich bill?
| put this question to United States
Senator Nose E. Clapp, of Mime
sofa, one of the genuine progressive
republicans of congress. a
II can answer that question" re-
piled Senator Clapp, Sin less than
two minutes, and no one will sue
cessfully contradict my statement.
In the Payne-Aldrich revision of
the tariff the rates upon scores of ar
ticles were advanced. Those increases
thing; yes, have increased the price
of articles on which the tariff was
not changed
You can't raise the cost of living
to a man who is producing something
to sell, without forcing that man to
raise correspondence the price of
what he has to sell.
Suppose both of us are in bust
ness, and each has to use what the
other produces. Suppose that the
tariff on the article ! handle is in
creased, while the tariff on the arti-
Gle you handle is not increased. By
virtue of my increased protection,
force you to pay increased prices.
What are YOU going to do about it.?
What MUST you do about it? An
swer: You must increase the price Of
what YOU have to sell! And that's
lust the way it works out all along
the line, and in the end all of the in
creases fall upon the broad shoulders
of the consumer.
but you will hear it said con-
stantly with reference to something
on which the price has been adj
vanced. Oh, that isn't in the tariff
at all. That increase has nothing to
do with the tariff But the fact is
tariff revision upward on a few arti-
cles reaches all along the line.
THE new tariff law has cost, and
is costing the American people mil
lions on millions of dollars, in in
creased 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 is estimated that
each ship will cost 100000 to
build, and $1,00O,0OO a year during
its 2O-year lifetime to maintain. The
aggregate ultimate cost of each ship,
as matter of fact, is, therefore $780,
100000!
The cost of each ship would buy
5000 farms at $4,000 each; it would
construct 1000 churches throughout
the country at $4,000 each; it
would furnish the means of educa-
ton through a four-year course to
$1,000 men or women at $500 per
annum; it would build and equip SO
manual training schools with neces-
sary tools and appliances, giving a
trade to $4,000 young people each
year; it would build a macadam road
between Chicago and New York, or
build and equip 40 Y. M. C. A. build
1ngs of magnificent proportions, each
building accommodating the young
men in a city of 100000 people,
8, The Republican Platform.
The eve of the congressional cam
paign is at hand. 1t looks as if the
republican party proper will boldly
attempt to bluff the American people
on these propositions:
That Aldrichism is a good thing
for the country.
That "Uncle Joe" belongs to the
Abraham Lincoln type of statesmen
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 thar
double the sum used by Cleveland tt
run the government is really neces
t,o,, 20,
What Democracy Offers.
Here is the platform the averag'
democratic candidate for congress
will present to the people:
Lower duties on the necessaries o
life
An income tax that a large part o
the burdens of the cost of govern
ment fall upon those best able t
4 bear it.
y Reciprocity with. Canada and GU
best customers.
Repeal of Section of the Aldric
act that forces tariff wars and retail
alton.
Election of senators by diree
vote.
Old-time democratic economy i
public expenditures
Restoration of popular govern
ment in the house of representative
Roosevelt and Taft.
ellison Gardner, newspaper COZ
respondent who joined the Rooseve
party in Egypt and accompanied
to Washington, and who had almo!
daily interviews with the expires
dent, stakes his reputation on til
prediction that the Taft administr;
ton has been so thoroughly bad tn;
Roosevelt will not endorse it in ar
shape, form or manner. He declare
q Taft deserted the Roosevelt policit
cold-bloodedly. In connection wit
Gardeners statement, it is significal
that Roosevelt should have been tn
long on American soil following b
h long absence in Africa without ha
ing seen the man he made presiden
or having mentioned him in any wa
Roosevelt and Taft have not m
since March 4, 1909.
Aldrich "Stands Pat"
Hear We! Hear We! Senate Bo
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich stands d
on his original statement that ii
government is wasting 100000