The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-06-09
~ WILL TELL JUDGE DOUG
LASS FRANKLY AN NOT IN
FAVOR OF NEGRO CITIZEN
SHIP.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
IN CONGRESS IN
TRODUCE A BILL TO REDUCE
THE TARIFF ON WOODEN
GOODS.

The Democrats who are in a majority
in the Honse Of Representatives, through
the chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, introduced bill to reduce
the tariff on wooden goods, and it is now
ibefore Congress and it is expected the
House will pass the bill in the course OF
1.-THE next two weeks This is long step
in the right direction-one of the most
Oppressive forms of tariff oppression is
,the tariff on wooden goods. Wooden
clothing and blankets are prime neces-
vsity to the people, and especially all the
Epeople, except the wealthy, who can as
soon as fall comes go to warm climate
and remain till warm weather returns
The great body of the people cannot do
hat and they have to remain at their
homes and business and must have wooden
clothes and blankets. The Republican
party put tariff of one hundred per cent
IN manufactured wooden goods, about
'louble what it ought to be, and the Dem
icrats have cut it down to about fifty per
ent in round numbers. They have re
ouced the tariff one half on wooden cloth
lg and blankets.
This reduction of the tariff on woolens
rean much to the people. and especially
n The great mass of the people, who have
YES to a difert because they have not
addresses. live without work or
The woman wind or character.
Nffher' dated bno has a family, say of
ana Lib ahdren, this reduction of the
en.y 81 is very large item in his
NJ = ..t4ar, besides that he will get
81 Thopf goods, because the re-
and ~ tariff will permit compe-
cram, sat will insure the manufacture
NsE& goods so as to command the
I as matter Of simple justice the
4 if on wooden goods ought to be re-
ced because, as we above stated. the
SIS of people who are wealthy can
ctically do without woolens. and escape
taxes, but in all other classes wooden
IDS they must have, and when they go
buy them they have to pay two prices.
~ pay the price of the goods the real
t-and then they pay the tariff which is
al to the price OF the goods which is
al to two prices.
low this is not the worse. but this
Id be bad enough.
iNlN2 1,nrca Is tbot urhiie. thav nav the
Eaue of the goods to the manufacturer
hem, he is told that he must pay the
Z amount again for the same goods,
tariff on the goods to the govern
=, when the truth is the government
not get cent of this supposed tar
ut the manufacturer puts it in his
pocket as a bonus, or what the Re-
cans call protection against foreign
Retition where no foreigner can
eete, and the poor man has to pay
ie only on his own clothes, but also
c clothes that his wife and children
rv to the ordinary family this is an
nous burden, but TO the poor man
large family it is often impossible,
ant and suffering necessarily fol-
K
re may be some difference of opin-
long the Democrats as to whether
''he tariff ought not to be taken off
d, but we are ef the opinion that
fmmittee did right
government must have revenue,
e expenses Of the government by
f the Republican waste and ex-
a'e, have become SO great, that
Tenue is a necessity For this
wome Democrats had to retain some
STEERS or a deficiency would have
ose' d that might have effected
inuu osperity of the people and
,olicy of the Democratic
roy but to increase the
ines Enc people, but they want
ington. nest methods, and meth
e inViil not Cypress the great
oeople, to make small and
rich at the expense of the
avante Democrats are justified
on because President Taft
!. different speeches declared
Gaol schedule of the Payne
Unfit Bill is absolutely indie
lat I
jury tth is that the wooden tariff
Of tlsnd most oppressive of all
he tariff and has been the
@,,aa m the v,aonfa o,J ~ :.