The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-12
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah
the Principal Speaker at
Dinner of Silk Manufactur-
ers' Association in New York.
UPHOLDS THE VIEWS
OF PRESIDENT TAFT
Bill Passed at the Special SeS-
sion of Congress Last Sum-
mer the Best Tariff Measure
Ever Enacted Into Law,
FINE TRIBUTE TO UTAH
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New York, Feb. 11.-Senator Reed
Smoot of Utah defended the Payne
Aldrioh tariff law last night at the
banquet of the Silk association.
"The tariff bill passed at the last
session of Congress" said Senator
SmOot, lis the best tariff measure
ever enacted into law.
In America we live in better
houses, we sleep in better beds, we
eat more and better food, we wear
warmer and better clothing, our chill
dren attend better schools, we enjoy
more Of the comforts of life than any
other people in any other country on
the globe.
Il take it we are all alike interest
ed in the general prosperity of our
nation. We are all alike DESTROYS of
so safeguarding our industries as to
insure our prosperity. We have such
a safeguard, and we call it prOtec-
ton
Mr.. Smoot said:
Gentlemen, the American standard Of
living is the highest in the world. Ii is
proper that ii should be. l am Ole who
believes that this continent was reserved
10y the Creator for the establishment of
Il government where the oppressed Of the
world might come and find home and
enjoy the blessed privilege of liberty. L
feel safe IN saying that the American Ia
rorer Will never submit TO live and rear
his family under conditions similar 20
lhose tAlSJng IN foreign countries. L
come from state situated in the very
tops of the Rocky mountains, Il state with
which Natures God was most partial
there We have a climate uueXcelled;
mountains filled with gold, silver. coal
non and nearly all the precious metals;
valleys more beautiful than that of the
Nile streams of pure, sparkling water.
an inland sea. one of the wonders of the
world. As a citizen Of Utah 1 appreciate
all Of these things, but above ali as an
american citizen l am proud of her PEG
pie. for they are honest industrious, lib
erty-lOvinS and GOd-fearing.
We assert that we have q great gov
eminent srand republic, magnificent
system Of administration Of our laws, vet
Iu recent years there has been a phe-
Homenal advance IN the cost OF living
1t has reached such a point that an in
Nestieau0n is demanded 10 ascertain the
causes.
Tariff Not the Cause.
Il deny that the tariff act of 1899 is the
cause Of the advance in the cost OF liv-
iug, Strange as il may seem, the great
est advances since the passage of the re
cent tariff act have been upon articles
on the free list. or upon which the duties
were decreased. or upon which no advance
was made over the DinEley rates.
During the Cousdera ton of the recent
tariff bill ! learned that there was an
enormous difference between the price of
goods involced to the importer and the
price paid by the ultimate consumer. It /
was 50 remarkable that / made an exam
nation Of these respective prices on some /
hundred or more articles. The result I
showed difference i'm price of from 20U /
To $40 per cent Mr. TOaSJma ster. there IS I
something wrOnE I a system of distri-
button which VIII allow such results
Il also found some enormous differ
@nC,s between the price Of certain manu-
featured articles in this country received /
uN the manufactured and the cost of the /
same TO the consumer I'm some instances /
IT was almost as much as in the ease of /
imported articles.
The retailer is playing with fire when
h, S-ts out CeNbera trly to deceive the
public, and in some cases I know il has
been attempted. / was purchasing pair
of gloves the other day and after select
ing q pair similar 10 a pair / had pur-
CneScd at the same place last winter I /
asked the price auU was told 50 Oh
leCtcu to paying s.. on the grounds that I /
had heretofore only paid $40 to which /
The salesman replied that tie advance in
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