The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-04
MORE TARIFF
INCONSISTENCY

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In the Senate a few days ago the
Senior Senator from Utah, Hon. Reed
Smoot. brought to light some more
democratic inconsistency and from
the appearance of things democrats IN
other states seem to be just the same
as they are in Utah-that is they
want Republican protection on their
own interests, and democratic free
trade for the other fellow.
1t appears that a committee report
recently placed machine tools on the
free list. This was in accord with
the action Of the House Of Represen-
tatives. Under the Dingley law the
rate on machine tools was 40 per
cent ad valorem. The manufacturers
in the hearings on the Payne-Aldrich
bill asked that IL be reduced to so
per cent ad valorem. The Democrat.
ic House now places machine tools
on the free list.
Under consideration in the Senat.
or, Senator Pomerene OF Ohio nov
asks to remove II from the free list
and place 20 per cent ad valorem
thereon. On this matter Senator
Smoot spoke as follows:
mir. President, | can not altogether
understand the present situation. This
item of machine tools was discarded
in the comm ttee. Every member Of
the majority Of that committee voted
against IT. We had testimony, pages
and pages of 1t, and now a Democrat
ic Senator offers an amendment plac.
ing machine tools on the dutable list,
and the minority members of the cont
mittee accept the amendment.
or course, | understand why this
is done. That is, think do. A
delegation from Ohio came to Wash.
jngton-and, by the way, most OF the
machine-tool manufacturers are In
Ohio-and we find the Democratic
Senator from Ohio offering an amend.
ment TO place machine tools upon tie
dutiable list and to take them from
the free list as provided for in the
Democratic House bill. The Demo.
cratic members of the Finance Com.
mittee had ample opportunity to make
that change before the bill was re-
ported to the Senate, and did not. Arc
we to understand that this amend
ment, offered as it is at this time, is
the sentiment of the Democrats of the
Senate?
! merely wanted to call attention
TO the fact that It looks to me like
trying to play politics with this i-.'r
and | hardly think 1t is the proper
thing to do"
Later on in the debate Senator
smoot clinched his point as follows:
"The position of the Senator from
ohio is this: He does not want ma
chine tools to be put upon the free
list because the material that goes
into machine tools Is dutiable, and not
minutes before he made that state.
ment he had voted to put Implements
Of all kinds-threshin machines,
shovels, hoes, stay choins, and neal.
ly all the tools that are used around
a farm-upon the free list"
Just before taking the vote senat.
or Pomerne said:
Mr.. President, do not intend by
the amendments which have offer.
ed or by the remarks which have been
made by several Senators to be placed
In false attitude. did not offer
this amendment as a protectionist. /
do not offer 1t as a protection duty.
] am not asking for protection for any
single industry in Ohio. | am asking
simply that justice be done under all
the circumstances OF the case
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KILLING CRIMINALS
BY LAW.
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Under the above heading the Og
den Standard writes as follows:
Another paper has ioined rht