Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-03-04
PLEDGE WAS KEPT
DOWNWARD REVISION OF THE
TARIFF BY PAYNE BILL
WAS SUBSTANTIAL.
BRYAN's PLATFORM IS FALSE

High Prices in No Way Attributable
to the New Customs Law-Pertin.
ent Remarks by Congressman
BouteII and President Taft.
Washington. - William Jennings
Bryan is advising the Democratic pa.
pers of the country how to run the
congressional campaign of 1910 and
get Democratic majority in the next
house of representatives. He admits
that he has given his advice to each
Democratic member of congress, but
that most of them have Overlooked"
it. Now, here is Mr.. Bryan's plat
FORM" which he says is to bring sue
cess:
The increased cost of manufactured
goods is largely due to an increase in
tariff rates. The increase rather than
a decrease in the tariff rates is due to
a betrayal of the public by the Repub-
lican party"
AS every schoolboy who is old
enough to read knows, this statement
is wholly untrue and every part of it
is malicious, abominable, wicked, VI
cious falsehood. There has been no
increased cost of manufactured goods
that can, in the least degree, be at
tributed to the new tariff.
Raw cotton is high, very high,
though no one but an ignoramus or q
knave connects the price with the tar
if, for cotton is on the free list. II
cotton goods are any higher, it can
therefore in no way be attributed to
the tariff. There was no increase in
the duty on cotton goods save in the
case of few high-priced goods, which
the masses do not buy. In regard to
fax, hemp, and jute, and the manufac-
lures from those materials, practical.
ly all the changes in the new tariff
law were reductions Of the duty. In
wool and woolens there was no
change. In iron and steel. and the
manufactures of. there were very SUBJ
stantial reductions. The same can be
said of wool and manufactures of
wood, and of earth. earthenware, and
glassware and chemicals. There was
a reduction of the duty on boots and
shoes, and the duty on hides was ta-
ken off altogether.
Revision Was Downward.
There were increases on silks and
silk goods, and on spirits, wines, and
beverages and other luxuries. There
were 1924 items in the Dingley law
1850 were left unchanged, the duty on
220 was increased, and the duty on
654 was decreased
The duty was decreased on goods
having the consumptive value of $5,-
000,000,0O0, and, excepting Injuries.
increased on goods having the con.
sumptive value of less than $250,O0O,-
600. In other words, the decreases
were more than IL times the in
creases. considering consumptive val.
tie of products affected.
The public was not betrayed. The
platform pledge to revise the tariff
was not only kept. but it was revised
very substantially downward, as the
people were given to expect by tho
party leaders. Moreover, the new
tariff has already fully INDICATED the
wisdom of it's farmers, those who
passed 1t, and President Taft, who
signed 1t. From a revenue standpoint.
IT. has really exceeded all expectations,
there being an increase already of
over s4O,O00,O0O. The revenues are
now about equal to the expenditures,
and the deficit for the year will be
small, If it be not wiped out alto
gether.
Everyone in the country who wants
work can get it, and besides we are
taking care Of nearly 100000 immi-
grants month. Wages and employ.
rnent are at the highest level in our
history, and the only cloud in a clear
sky Of prosperity Is the high prices of
certain kinds of food This, however,
cannot be in any way attributed to
the new tariff law. as the duty was re.
duccd on nearly all food products.
High prices are the rule the world
over, and 1t is to be hoped that the
cause and remedy will be found, and
that in the near future relief will come
in this direction.
1t is not believed that Mr.. Bryan
and his followers will be able to de.
ceive the people as they were deceived
in 1892. Never were our farmers so
prosperous; never were our mechanics
and laborers so we'll rewarded. Never
were our savings so great as now.
From every standpoint the new tariff
is working splendidly, and under it's
operation we have entered an era of
progress and prosperity against which
Mr.. Bryan cannot make much head.
way with his effort to preach calamity
and treachery.
6outeII on High Price Probe.
AS regards the Investigations con.
corning high prices, they will be thor.
ough and complete. In this connec.
ton the following extract from a re.
cent speech Of Congressman Boutell,