The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-23

Lyons, y. Y. Sept 3.-Representa-
tive Serene E. Payne, chairman Of
the ways and means committee OF tho
ho1sc OF representatives and author
OF the tariff law bearing his name
made warm defense OF that measure
before the congressional convention
which renominated him here today.
He snid in part:
i have always been ready TO give
an account OF my stewardship 10 NV
constituents. There has been 50
much of unjust criticism, so MANY
mistaken statements during the Iast
year and a hall that it seems moro
fitting than ever to speak somewhat
in detail OF what has been accom-
plished
Ihe platform promised a revision
oil the tariff that should provide a
duty equal to the difference In cost
oil labor here and abroad. with rea.
sonable profit 10 the manufacturer
IL promised this as to each article
whether it resulted in raising OF Iow,
ering the tariff on that article Or
course intelligent men generallv 70
mlliar with the tariff. believe sncb T,
IeFls,on should be downward on most
articles.
The matter of preparation of
tarlu bill is most perplexing one
Undor the definition of what the hill
Suorid contain. in a platform as plain
as that adopted at Chicago I'm 1905
the task Is not easy With different
wage scale In every country and with
dinerence in wages in every mart of
each country. honest men seeking the
difference In labor cost here and
abroad. Will not agree in all their con-
clusionS- To reconcile these differ
ences among twelve men selected for
tne task was part OF the labor we
mad before us. and In the last ANALYSIS
these differences had 10 be settled by
majority vote
The result oil our deliberations waz
most satisfactory 10 me in general ro-
suits, although there were other
Items, like those OF the wooIen sched-
uie, which | was anxious to revise.
1t was source of great disappoint.
ment 10 me, after two exhaustive and
extended hearings. that | was not
able to present any program that a
majority or the committee would
adopt for a revision OF this schedule.
The reason was not that the COM
mittee was undulv influenced by
those interested, but that they could
not agree upon the labor cost OF pro-
oucing wool and woolen goods in this
country and abroad with u reasonable
profit TO the producers or course.
ln1s left the woolen schedule where
t was in the Dingley act with one or
Wo small reductions in duties.
Some OF the amendments proposnd
,! the senate were good and improved
ne bill. and when it got into confer
,nce' SO Tar as was able. en-
leavored TO have such amendments
greed 10, and all OF them were
The law rs it was signed by the
PRESIDENT has resulted in a general
evision downward. and no amount
II special pleading. no misstatement
# facts and no suppression of mn
erial facts Will ever make IL appear
therwise.
The law has turned a deficit of
oS'OOO.0o0 into n surplus of mora
nan twenty-five million dollars in itS
rst years operation. 1t is a revenue
roducer. We pat increased duties
n wines, liquors and Ike luxuries
We have no apologies to make for II
hese are the articles on which tho
eVenues of the government should
raised as far as possible
1T is an easy thing TO say that tho
resent tariff law increased tbe onsr
living, but II is impossible tn provo
: II is almost impossible to find
ngle item on which the tariff was
creased on which the prices have
Town a similar increase. On fbo
her hand. on nearly evory itan
mere we reduced the tariff or where
lett 1t the same as under the old
w. they have maintained the old
Ice and sometimes increased 1t We
duced the tariff on lumber from
to S1.25. and lumber brings the
me old price. We Increased The
Ity on shingles from 30 10 so cents
ID the price OF shingles has been
wcr ever since the act became a
W. could enumerate these items
the hour, showing that the price
S no relation whatever to the
anges in the tariff act,
The increase in price of oriicIos ,e
No other country d,r,n,
last three or four years has conc
'opgn general tariff revision. and
every country shows the ssma in
'ase on the necessities of lie