Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-21

framing Of the amending clause Is such
that II N were 10 20 into law it would
have q serious effect upon the metal
scheduis and would utterly destroy the
principle which was followed in its
framing and would make free OF duty
some OF the most highly wrought arti-
cles under the metal schedule not used
by farmers at all. Then there is a
clause admitting jute and cotton bag
Eing free, and materials from which
made. which would allow common cot
ton cloth 10 como In free for any pur-
pose, altho under the cotton schedule,
even as proposed to be amended by this
congress. cotton cloth is to pay a GER
tain amount or duty. The bill also
puts boots and shoes Of all kinds on
the free list. It did not put on the free
list, except some kinds Of leather, the
materials which. went into shoes. In
other words. Il put on the free list the
finished product and continued the tax
on raw materials. This would be such
q burden on our manufacturers that It's
injustice must appeal to everyone. The
fact is that under the Dingley bill i'm
ported shoes were taxed 25 per cent ad
valorem. while In the Payne bill the
duty was reduced from % per cent to
10 pen cent. the duty on hides was re-
duced from 10 per cent to nothing, and
the duty on leather was reduced to 5
per cent No evidence was taken as to
what effect this putting of shoes on the
free list would have on the very high
ly important shoe industry of the coun-
try. and as it.viola:ed the first prin-
ciples of Justice In a tariff. namely. OF
putting the finished product on the free
list and taxing the materials, it did not
and could not commend Itself to one
who was pledged to the support of a
moderate protective tariff.
Meat and Flour.
Finally the free list has two clauses
affecting meat and floor. AS they went
thru the house they put meat on the
free list and flour on the free list. In
the senate, aa::..eyever. an amendment
was put on Aimiting the operation of
these two clauses to imports from
those countries with which We have q
reciprocal relation and which admit
certain agricultural products Of ours
free. This linn 'tation made Canada the
only country which would be affected
by the provisions Of the clause. Now.
in our negotiations with Canada for
reciprocity We attempted to secure free
meat and free flour. Canada would
not consent to this, because she feared
the effect OF our competition with her
meat and flour. This showed that i'm
portations of meat and flour from Can
ada without duty would not have any
effect to lower the price in this coun-
try Of either in normal times. But this
free list bill was giving to Canada
something for nothing. This congress
a.. the close Of the act approving the
Canadian reciprocity agreement direct
ed me to continue negotiation and ex-
pand its terms, and yet i'll these provis-
ions 1t proposed to deprive me of using
the concessions Of free meat and free
flour to secure concessions from Can
ada. Thus the bill was so loosely
drawn. it was drawn OH such a wrong
principle, and with 40 little informa-
ton, and, its purnprte6 to do so many
things which ii didsnot do, that I had
no hesitation in vetoing 1t.