Pocahontas star herald., 1911-09-08

A.-Ies. Of course we must
raise sufficient amount of revenue
to run the affairs of the govern.
ment.
Off you can obtain enough
revenue to run the government by
levying duty on manufactured
products, then how will you get the
revenue?
Al would place a revenue duty
on raw materials not produced in
this country, like raw silk, raw
rubber, and diamonds.
Q.-Why do you say you would
place dugy on raw materials not
produced in this country?
A.-First, because whatever the
people might have to pay for the
privilege of consuming such ma
terials or articles manufactured out
of them would go into the public
treasury and not into the pocket of
some special interest.
Q.-What is your second reason?
Well, when it became
necessary to change the duty or
tariff tax on such raw materials
such change would not disturb the
business conditions of the country.
Q.-But, would not this duty
cause these things after they are ad-
vanced to the finished article to
cost the people who use them more
than if they were placed on the free
list?
A.-But, people who wear
diamonds and silk and own automo-
biles are better able to pay taxes
that those who have to buy wooden
clothing.
Q.-Then, you would not lay
down the hard and fast rule that all
raw materials should always be
placed on the free list?
Al would say all raw materials
out of which are manufactured the
necessaries of life should be placed
on the free list, so that the poor
could get those necessaries cheaper
than if the raw materials were taxed
Q.-Where would you place the
highest tariff taxes?
A.--On luxuries.
Q.-The next highest?
A.-On the comforts of life.
Q.-Then what would you do?
Al would place the necessaries
of life on the free list.
Q,-But, if you could not raise
enough revenue IN that way to run
the government, what would you
do? N
A.. I would pass 10 eme tax
law, the most lust arLtl,oL.Mtable tax
..ihat has-.-.sr been devised.
Q.-But, another question on raw
materials, / have read in the Con
gressional Record where some dis,
tlngulshed democrats have said,
"The raw materials of one man Is
the finished product of another"
A.-You mean that great demo.
crat, ex-senator Nelson w. Aldrich
of Rhode Island, said that, don't
your
O. Come off, what are you CIV
ing me? Do you think l am so
ignorant that | do not know that
Aldrich is a republican and has
been one of the leaders of the re-
publican party for the past quarter
of a century? l don't mean Aldrich,
| mean | have noticed where demo.
cratic members of congress and
senators have advanced this doctrine
in recent speeches IN congress. |
want to know who originated this
doctrine, that for tariff purposes
the raw material of one man Is the
finished product of another?
A y am glad you have asked
me that question, because | can
give you the origin of this fallaciouS
doctrine. Back in 1888, when the
Mills bill, democratic tariff meas.
ure, was being considered by con
gress, Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode Island,
submitted to the senate a report on
this bill IN which he said: "The
doctrine of free raw materials as
advocated by tariff reformers is a
difficult one to enforce in legisla-
ton. In the usual division of labor,
the finished product of one man
becomes the raw material of his
industrial successor.
Q.-Well, it seems that demo
Gratis who make that argument are
following in the footsteps of
Senator Aldrich, rather than IN the
footsteps of the democratic fathers.
Is that true?
A.-That is undoubtedly true.
Dwell, | now think our dem
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