The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-11
7 TAR|FF BILL
DENOUNCED
Senators Dolliver and
Cummins Make Ring
ing Speeches

DES MONIES, Ia. May 10.-RinG-
ing denunciatlons OF the tariff bin and
the men who passed II, characterized
the speeches of Senators DolliNcr and
Cumm,ns who opened the progressive
campaign in Iowa tonight al the
Coliseum, The meeting tonight fol
lowed district conferences throughout
the day. at which steps were taken
70 reconstruct the old Cummins or
sanlzstion and TO organize the state
by counties and precincts.
Senator Dolliver referred 10 Prcsi-
dent Taft as tho "titular leader" OF the
Republican party. which meant, he
said good man surrounded by peo-
people who knew exactly what they
wanted.
Analy2Ing, schedule by schedule.
and Item by item. the PayneAldrich
tariff act, Senator Dolliver declared
close scrutiny showed so far as the
public is concerned, tho tariff revision
carries rates as high or higher than
the DinEley tariff law on most articles
OF general use in their finished con.
dlion.
Most of the reductions" said the
senator. were so trivial ae to be
ridiculous and were either upon ar-
ticles we do not import TO any eX.
tent, but on the contrary export in
enormous quantities, or were 10 fur
ther protect the manufacturer espe-
cialIy by reducing the duties on raw
materials.
Tn fact a careful scrutiny Of the
particular items changed and the exact
trinlng change Of rate in each case
shows how cunningly the revision was
arranged 10 deceive the publlc
I'm the many attempts to defend
the Paync-Aldrich tariff frequent use
has boon made of a very remarkable
table of figures, quoted by the pTesi-
dent al Winona, indicating duties had
been decreased on articles consumed
In tho United States TO the extent OF
about I'VE billion dollars, while the
consumption value Of articles upon
which duties had heen increased
amounted to only about sS7S.750.0OO
land that most OF the latter we're lux
uries. such as silks. liquors and jew
elryl
This would indeed tend to prove
a most substantial downward revls,
ion n the figures were accurate. For
tunately. the necessary statistics to
render an analysis comparatively easy
are available In public document pre-.
pared under the direction of the
finance committee Such an analysis
Of the figures Will soon convince any
one how deceptive and misleading this
much quoted table really is
Taking up schedule A-chemicals.
oils and paints-Senator Dolliyer as
serted that two-thlrds Of the showing
of reduction, estimated at S433,099.-
S34 was made from the consumption
value of petroleum and It's products
not embraced IN schedule A OF the
present tariff or the old law, mani
festly to pad the amount of the alleS-
ed reductions"
or the schedule covering glassware.
the senator said:
"As matter OF fact. while the
table indicates decreased duties on
articles OF consumption to the value
of s12S.35S .3i4. The duties were quite
largely increased upon certain small
sizes Of glass the consumption value
or H0lCn aIuOuulS W many hiiiiVh"'
while the decreases were negligible
and were upon the larger sizes OF plate
and silyered glass,
The metal schedule was criticized
by the speaker as showing decreases
mainly upon raw or semi-crude ma
terials, not purchased by the consum-
er. while the rates on most of the
finished articles Of general use we're
left at the old Dingley rates"
Similar structures weer passed on
the duties fixed for wood and Its
manufactures, while Dolliver declared
the purportcd decreased rates on su-
gar, consumed to the amount OF $500"
,952. was too great joke to re-
ceive serious attention, and In order
to derive a dollars benefit from this
change. oven II the trust gave II to
him. the consumer would have TO eat
a ton of sugar"
The rates on agricultural products,
the senator said, were also cunningly
revised TO produce the appearance of
real and substantial downward re-