Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-08-19

can isef much more importance Ma
t'onalls than the personnel Of the
ticses nominated. But few voters,
Ioutside Of those of Ohio, know and
care less, who is the candidate for gov
ernor and the other offices, except Ms
the results OF the election may have
influence on the next presidential con-
test. II 10 enough to say that the old
Forsker-Cox-Dick combination con-
trolled the convention and effectuaily
disposed Of the progressive element of
the party, beaded by Garfield.
The candidate for governor In salts
factory to President Taft, and as the
platform endorses all the President
hiss done, and pledges him "hearty
aad united support for the future,
and endorses .hiIn for denomination,
how can he fail to approve II? Pre-
baby he draft Of the platform, or the
important planks relative to National
issues, was Submitted to President
Taft by the managers before the con-
4
As President Taft was persuaded to-
declare in his winona speech that the
/ Aldrich-Payne tariff bill was the best
tariff law ever enacted, and then tried
to modify that statement when he
discovered what hornets neat he
had stirred up, 50 he must have been
deceived in asserting to tha plank just
adopted. II contains declarations
either intended to deceive or put forth
IN pure ignofance Of actual facts. The
first declaration that the new tariff
"did not raise the rate Of duty on a
SINGLE common food prodnctn iaay
be Justified by the political ethics of
Boss cox, or Boss Foraker In his
palmy days, but is not ia accord with
the tariff law.
! schedule e. Agricultural Products
and Provisions paragraph 22i In
ereases the tariff TAX on buctSw heat
flour % per cent. But as these Re-
publican platform builders also de-
elared that "tbe increases male were
on Injuries and articles not Of ord.
nary usen no doubt they desire 1t UNI
derstcod that only the taritf-prctected
rich eat buckwheat cakes In Ohio. II
they would step over into that tariff
fostered aud Republican bossed state
Of Pennsylvania, the most rsbid pro-
tectionist they would run sthwart will
declare that bucN wheat is Il s'common
food product and the good old Dutch
farmers would laugh IN the face Of the
Republican bosses of Ohio who call
1t a luxury.
/ Under the same schedule, In para
graph 244, the tariff tax on the com
Monest kind Of biscuits, valued at Is
cents per pound or less, is increased
from 20 per cent to cents per pound
and 10 per cent al valoiem. So that
If the original cost was cents per
pound the duty OF Q cents would
be so per cent, to which must be added
The al valorem duty Is per cent--in
all, 50 per cent of tariff tax. These
common biscuits may be luxury to-
the children of the "common people
of "Ohio", but they have come to be
a necessity for tho babies of the poor
In the sIums Of the big cities.
| Nobody but scared Ohio Republic
can politician would think of pea soup
as luxury, for it is cheap aud nour-
ishlng winter food; but In spite Of the
fact that it is common feod pro-
duct" the tariff ON split peas was in
creased II. 50 per cent--see paragraph
262.
.A-a.,r&, Il 2G9 yaaa, - Per cent
al vaIo EN-, which were free under the
1 Dingley law. hence, on common
food product" used by the poor ia
place Of the more luxurious sweet po-
tato, the tariff thinkers increased the
tariff tax from nothing to % per cent,
which is an infinite increase that the
Ohio Republican bosses did not care
| To note.
Thus the whole Of Schedule q might
1 be gone through and the increase OF
| figs Is per cent and dates SO per cent
be recorded with many other articles
about which the question whether
they are common food products or
fluxuries might never be setisfactor-
J lily settled, for what is necessity for
some is a iuxury 70: others.
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