The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-01
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that the price of articles on which
the tariff was not advanced, has in
creased since the passage Of the
Payne-Aldrich bill?
put this question to United States
Senator Moses e. Clapp of Minnesota,
one of the genuine progressive Re-
publicans of Congress.
81 can answer that question:" re-
piled Senator Clapp, "in less than two
minutes, and no one will successfully
contradict my statement.
"In the Payne-Aldrich revision of
the tariff the rates on scores upon
scores of articles were advanced.
Those increases have advanced the
price of everything; yes, have in
creased the price of articles on which
the tariff was not changed.
you can't raise the cost of living
to man who is producing something
to sell, without forcing that man to
raise correspondingly the price of
what he has to sell.
Suppose both of us are in business,
and that each has to use what the 9TH
er produces. Suppose the tariff on
the article handle is increased, while
the tariff on the article you handle is
not increased. By virtue of my in
creased protection, force you to pay
increased prices. What are YOU 60
ing to do about it? What MUST you
do about it? Answer: you must in
crease the price of what YOU have to
sell! And that's just the way it works
out all along the line, and in the end
all of the increases fall upon the
broad shoulders of the consumer.
But you will hear it said constant
ly with reference to something on
which the price has been advanced,
oh, that isn't in the tariff at all. That
increase has nothing to do with the
tariff But the fact is tariff revision
upward on few articles reaches all
along the line.
"The new tariff law has cost, and is
costing the American people millions
on millions of dollars, in increased
cost of living. And if the Payne-Ald-
rich bill had been beaten, those mil
lions would have been saved to the
people,"
Congress has authorized two more
battleships. 1t is estimated each ship
will cost $12,000,000 to build, and ST.
100000 year during it's 20-year life
time to maintain. The aggregate ulti-
mate cost of each ship, as matter of
fact, is, therefore $32,OO0,O00!
The cost of each ship would buy
5000 farms at $4,000 each; it would
construct 1,600 churches throughout
the country at $4,000 each; 1t would
furnish the means of education
through four-year course to 10000
men or women at $500 per annum; it
would build and equip so manual
training schools with necessary tools
and appliances, giving a trade to 75,-
900 young people each year; it would
Uuliu d MdCdudHn IOdu peIWSSu Shi-
cago and New York, or build and
equip 40 Y. M. G. A. buildings of mag
nificent proportions, each building ac-
commodating the young men in city
of 100000 people.
The eve of the Congressional cam
paigns is at hand. 1t looks as if the
Republican party proper will boldly
attempt to bluff the American people
on these propositions:
That Aldrichism is good thing for
the country.
That "Uncle Joe" belongs to the
Abraham Lincoln type of statesmen
That the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
was the "best tariff bill ever passed
and is a God-send to the consumer.
That the expenditure of more thar
double the sum used by Cleveland tt
run the government is really neces
sary for party solidarity"
Here is the platform the average
Democratic candidate for Congress:
will present to the people:
Lower duties on the necessaries o
life