The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-18

The articles in these schedules on
which the greatest reductions will be
made will be blankets, underwear ana
mems, womens and children's cloth
ing. The Democratic idea contem-
plates the placing of the lowest tax
on the cheaper grades of wearing ap-
parei used by the poor. Under the
Payne-Aldrich law articles used prin-
cipally by the poor are taxed twice
as much as the higher priced articles
used by the rich.
In addition to reciprocity, tariff re-
vision downward, direct election OF
United States senators, publicity Of
campaign contributions before instead
Of after election, will come separate
statehood for Arizona and New Mex
leo.
LaFoilette, the Prophet.
While Senator LaFollette of Wis
consin was making his famous rail
| road speech five years ago, Senators
Aldrich and Hale, to show their con-
tempt for the views being expressed
retired to the cloak room. AS they
passed out of the chamber LaFollette
| said:
Mr.. President, l pause in my re-
| marks to say this. / cannot be who'll
| ly Indifferent to the fact that Sena-
| tors by their absence at this time in
| dictate their want of interest in what
[ may have to say upon this subject
| The public is interested. Unless this
| important question is rightly settled
seats now temporarily vacant may be
permanently vacated by those who
have the right to occupy them at this
| time"
Again, while the tariff revision was
under discussion, IaFollette was IN
suited, and he said:
| L warn you that if you refuse to
consider every proposition advanced
in behalf of the public and carry out
| your determination to make this tar
! if legislation but the instrument by
| which special interests may enrich
the public, the public will hold you
| responsible and prove it's resentment
as certainly as elections are held
| When the Senate convened on
April 4, LaFollette's name was called
| and he answered. But the names
| Of Aldrich and Hale We're not called.
White House Economy.
Economy in public expense, that
| labor may be lightly burdened," is
| evidently not a Taft policy. While
the Democrats have been endeavoring
I to abolish every useless office in the
| House of Representatives, President
Taft has just made increases in the
salaries of White House EMPLOYEES
as follows: Rudolph Foster, assistant
secretary, salary increased from So
! 900 to $4,000; &C. Wagner, conf1den-
| tial stenographer to the President, in
crease from $4,000 to $4,000; H. p.
Webster and F. NJ. Hendricks, expert
stenographers, increases from $4,000
to $4,000.
The Democratic Program.
1.-THE Democratic legislative pro-
gram says ellison Gardner, friend
/ of Roosevelt and one of the veteran
| Washington newspaper correspon-
, dents, sis one more in the interest of
the people and less in the interest of
special privilege than any program
| outlined in Congress for many years.
| The new ways and means committee
| for a change Is made up of men who
are not committed to special. privii-
| eyes,"
| A Suit of Clothes.
| A speaker told the National Wool
| Growers association: THE suit !
have on cost me $50, and it contains
| just So worth of material. All we
deal" The difference between the
! price the producer gets for the raw
| material and the price the consumer
| pays for the finished product is, then,
$50 on a $50 suit. 1t has been pref
! ty easy money for the combination of
wool manufacturers.
| Taft Is Committed.
Practically all the tariff bills pro-
posed by the Democrats have already
been Endorsed by President Taft He
has characterized the wool schedule
! as 3indefensible" and he has admit
ted that the cotton schedule did not
meet with his approval. Minority
| leader James r. Mann introduced 4
bill last session creating a long free
list, and while he did so merely as
! an incident to a filibuster, it will be
| hard for him to explain now that he
was not in good faith. Thus it will
be difficult to justify a presidential
veto for any of these bills.