The Boise citizen., 1910-03-11
La Toilette Waking Them Up

caor La Toilette in his weekly magazine printed at Madison
Wisconsin is taking much satisfaction in pointing the manifest
- of faith and inconsistencies in the of the present adj
oton and of Congress- says the Salt Lake Tribune In his
he takes up President Tafts recent utterance in which
etely stued his campaign declarations to the revision
ne tariff which promised by the Republican party La Foil
- orotes President Taft euogizng the new tariff
p pm and as saying that nothing expressly said in
% a oIatforn that this revision to be downward
sneak proposition wholly unworthy of the President
anv nrbc man of repuation for the understanding of the
e was that the revision to be downward Further quoting
m President Senator La Toilette presents this with
ito oaion him above given The implication that was
he downward however fairly given And upon that La
% grows both sarcastic and statistical showing that this PROPOSE
n to revise the tariff downward did upon implication
m # was definitely promised by Mr. Taft himself his speaking
moagn which he made his platform 1t all the
snq therefore find President Taft denying his own former
on and treating his personal pledges the people this
mesion as a implication
For President Taft Milwaukee September "a 1908 at
hes Mones September 26th at Cincinnati September 22nd posi-
nev promised revision downward Senators Arich Hepburn
and others have heretofore claimed that the pledges of Mr. Taft
candidate the Presidency not binding the Republican
party which bad enough but for President Taft himself to say
that his pledges not binding, much that his
m to that effect might well appall the American public
La Toilette also grows sarcastic the Payne tabulated
m of what comprises uxures these being all hands conceded
be proper subjects of heavy import duesaways provided that
thew are in uxuries But class ures such things
cotton cloths something and this find irony when La
Toilette says
"The Payne committees tabuated publication of Estimated
Revenues adopted theory of luxury for the American people Pres
da Taft has his New York speech made that theory his
We nation should avoid luxury for, the books tell luxury
caused decline Of Rome and has been the disease of nations
throughout historic time Luxury dreadful thing We can
afford as nation to those who indulge their passion for lux
w pay the piper Therefore if the revision upward only
% and downward necessities may not be able to prove
that downward revison but may well cease cav11ng
and let go good thing anyway.
The first luxury the cotton schedule is cloth not exceeding
the square inch, counting warp and hlng-not
he Dyed coored stained painted printed valued at over
cents per square yard The luxury beached cotton cloth
having threads the nch and valued at over IL cents
square yard The luxury taxed in this schedule the same
1917 per square yard These things OH luxurious
fellow citizens give the lover of his country pa1Se DO not
pore you indulge yourselves your WIFE, nor your maid
xur-President Taft says He jufes the PayneAd
bill by saying 1t the only way justify it Go to the store
yard-and if you can't find any, this of high cost OF
living the first ash barrel will mayap to send you home decent
y if not comfortably But by all means avoid l1Xurles!