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and the enjoyment of the home marker
he has suffered so much to created
will continue to interpose between the
consumer and the necessar1es OF ne;
There will be tariff on nour ol .g
cents a barrel; on meats, Of IA cents
The pound of fresh and prepared medts'
and 20 per cent on canned meats ana eS-
tracts; on linseed out, Is cents CANON;
But wheat, live stock, ana naxssee sseS"I,t VII
come in free Something far dinerent
from this is needed to reduce the cost
of living. .-,,.o M re-
lief from the excessive cost OF nNlne a., a..
the tariff on manufactures. Canaaa 10
our formidable agricultural competitor
hut Canada can never threaten our su-
premacy in manufacturing. II tne 5,1o-
ident's statement that cost OF p[otuo prSta'o-
tion in the two countries Is supstan
TALLY alike is true as to manulactu -eat
how can Canada compete with our great
factories over a tariff wall! t-ao
"The publishers are promised e h
tbev % spend about $55, 600, 900 annually.
They have been subjected TO eXtor-
tion, to exactions NunWarranteu DS
conditions in the pulp and paper IN
dustry, at the hands OF an ulli" "'
trust.
Case of Paper Trust.
THE paper manufacturers deny
existence Ol
against this, denials are indictments
pleasl of guilty, convictions ana nnes'
or record in more than fifty instances
These conditions demand immediate
relief. ,.I a,
rectly- not by indirection. Recent In
vestigations by the tarin board snow
that with the exceptions OF certain
varieties of pulp, we can MAKE pa
per on an even basis with CANADA.
we should remove the present duty
from print paper. 1t is not the duty
nor should it be the privilege OF the
Executive to secure this concession
from Canada at the expense OF our
agricultural interests.
This whole scheme is an invasion OF
the legislative branch of government bY
the Executive. 1t is plain taTln re-
vision, and more iniquitous man man tnf
IS not the product of the tarin board
Why cut off the low duties on tarm
products, that oppress nobody, and leave
untouched the fagrantly burdensome
duties on trust-made necessi ties?
"This pact has been made through the
same inuences. secret conferences, and
consideration for poWerfui lnteresls,
that ruled in framing the Aldrlcn
schedules It comes before us with all
the pressure of the Administration be,
hind it, We have the same trading ana
barterinE, working the same inlusuce
on the public. This is not the klnd OF
tariff revision Qemanueu ny biIC [NiiiS'
can people.
Sees Complications Ahead.
This pact, If ratified, will involve us IN
serious complications with other couh-
tries. 1t will force upon us the dilem-
ma of making like bargains with the
great nations under the most laNoreu
clause and the maximum and minimum
nroyisions of the tariff. This pact Will
force us to establish new set OF mini !
mum tariff rates, under new negoId-
tions by the Department OF state. Win
any country demanding the sdhe 'ieo
ment as Canada.
THE gross injustice OF the proposed
measure tells me to oppose 1t. rec
ognize no canon of right ana ldII
dealing that will permit me 10 suppof.
il in It's present form. II. however II
is to be enacted. it should not pass
without amendments in the interest OF
the great body Of consumers, lpGludlns
the farmers, who are connpelLeu 70
carry all the burdens of the President
lop-sided pact If the farmer is 10 pc
iegisIated out of $60,OO0,OOO to $I0OOO,OOO |
10 help the Ill railroads to larger owl
dends. the millers and packers to larger
profits, and the newspapers 10 free
themselves from trust eXtOrtion, then
We should avail ourselves of this op-
portunity to reduce in some reasonable
measure the excessive tariff burdens
and high prices which the farmers and |
other consumers are compelled to pay |
for all they buy.
To Revise Other Schedules.
81 propose amendments for compete
revision of the woolen anu cottoh
scheduIes and structural iron and steel;
also the sugar schedule. Such revision
downward. while reducing revenues
less than $4,000, 900, will lower prices to
consumers more than $200,O0T0 year:
II shall ask that manufa cturers Of wool