The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-08
WHY NOT BE HONEsTY

lis noH King.
WHY NOT BE HONEST?
President Taft has consistently up
held the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, the
Republican tariff law, If you please,
for Republicans one and all stand by
that measure in company with the
President The Democrats and some
Of the insurgents insist that down.
ward revision was promised. Be It so.
Downward revision was accomplished.
Compare the Dingley law with the
measure enacted at the special session
OF Congress and it is not difficult to ar
rive at a conclusion Following is the
summary Of Mr.. Taft:
One way of stating what was done
is to say what the facts show
that under the Dingley law there
were 2,024 items. This included
dutiable items only. The Payne
law leaves 1,150 of these items
unchanged. There are decreases
in 654 of the items and increases
in 220 of the items. Now, of
course. that does not give full
picture, but 1t does show the pro-
portion of decreases to have been
three times those OF the in
creases. Again, the schedules are
divided into letters from A to n.
The first schedule is that of
chemicals, oils, etc There are
232 items in the Dingley law; of
these, 81 were decreased, 80 were
increased, leaving 129 unchanged
a.. Under Schedule B-earths, earthen
and glasSware-there were 10
items in the Dingley law; 46
were decreased, IL were in
creased. and 112 left unchanged.
. l. he sob 10 nG afo 1o mo \
ufactures. There were 321 items
in the Dingley law; 1S5 were de-
creased, 80 were increased, and
LOG were left unchanged.
D is the schedule of wood and manu-
features of wood. There were 50
items in the Dingley law; 1s were
decreased, were increased, and
II were left unchanged.
There were SO items In sugar, and of
these, Were decreased and SO
left unchanged.
Schedule T covers tobacco and manu-
features Of tobacco, of which
there were items; they were all
left unchanged.
In the schedule covering agricultural
products and provisions there
were 1S7 items in the Dingley
law; IA of them were decreased,
19 were increased, and 154 left
unchanged.
Schedule H-that of spirits and wines
contained 33 items in the Ding
ley law; were decreased. % in
creased. and were left un-4
changed.
In cotton manufactures there were
261 items; of these % were de-
creased, Al increased, and 1S6 left
unchanged.
In Schedule FLAX. hemp and jute
there were 254 items in the
DingIey law; 1S7 were reduced. 4
were increased, and So left I'M
changed.
In wool and manufactures thereof.
there were 70 items; were de-
or Sased, none were increased, and
IS left unchanged.
In silk and silk goods there were rs
Items; of these, 81 were de-
creased, 81 were increased, and
&c were left unchanged.
In pulp, papers and books there were
SO items in the Dingley law, and
of these IL were decreased, 9
were increased, and 80 left I'M
changed.
In sundries there were 27O items and
of these 81 were decreased, 20
were increased, and 196 left I'M
changed.
So that the total showed 2,O24 items
in the Dingley law, of which 654
were decreased, 220 were in
creased. making S74 changes, and
1,15O left unchanged.
There were decreases in 654 items
and increases in 22O items. The law
left 1.150 items unchanged. If that
ISN'T downward revision, what in
heavens name could 1t be called? If
the intention is to clip all the duties
off, why not say so at once and boldly
proclaim that free trade Is what the
Democrats intend? We have had
downward revision, and the balance OF
trade is against us to the extent of two
Or three hundred millions.
If those who are not satisfied with
he result will be honest, let them
come to the front and say that they
favor importing all our commodities
from abroad; the VIC rc'ngmen will
hen know what TO expect. Without
or making a. assertions
of proof, come out into the
open and spread the free trade doc
.rine. That's the honest and manly
hing to do II Utah is to be convinced
hat her wool and lead industries are
lot worthy of being protected.
When the campaign ems in this |
tate the Democratic orators should |
'egin on these two items. If the vot- |
rs can be convinced as regards wool |
md lead, the rest will be easy Until |
hey are so convinced it will be use
ess to pursue the subject further
BRITISH JUSTICE