The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-10-25
AMERICAN PEOPLE
/ SHOULD RETURN A
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
VOTE FOR THE PRESENT MEM
BERs AND PLACE THE STAMP
OF APPROVAL THEREON.
DEMOCRATS PROVIDE RELIEF
Every Instance of Reduction of
Tariff Originated With the Demo-
cratic Members.-Taxation Falls
On Poorer People.

Tariff Originated With the Demo-
cratic Members.-Taxation Falls
On Poorer People.
Special to The Herald:
WASHINGTON, Oct z2.-If the
American people wish to give credit
to whom credit is due, they ought to
support the present members of con-
gress and thus place their stamp Of
approval on the record of the House
of Representatives.
Since January /, 1912, Democra-
tic House has passed tariff bills
which would have reduced the high
cost of living $3.50, 100000 year.
Every bill which in the slightest
degree provided relief for the masses
was vetoed by the President.
The Farmers Free List bill, pass
ed by the House, would have saved
the people $39O,OO0,OO0 annually.
This bill removed the duty from sgri-
cultural implements, of which $780,
100000 worth were exported and only
$165,00O worth were imported during
the last fiscal year; sewing ma
chimes, fence wire, bagging and cot
ton ties, lumber, laths, shingles,
meats, -four, salt, leather, shoes, etc.
Under our tariff law. barrel of
-four valued at 81 abroad is taxed
25 per cent. ad valorem at our ports,
or 81 on the barrel. This bill re-
moved the entire tax.
Beef valued at $3.50 per 100
pounds abroad pays a tariff tax
equivalent to 1888 per cent, or $1.5o
per 100 pounds. This bill proposed
to remove this entire tax.
The Democratic wool bill propos-
ed to reduce the average rate of
duty on wool manufacturer from
90.1O per cent. to 1895 per cent.
President Taft's veto of this measure
means that the American people will
pay $50,000,000 more for their
clothes this year than they would
have If President Taft had signed it,
A wool hat valued at 81 abroad
| land taxed 70 cents upon its entry
into the United States, under the
present tariff law, would have been
taxed only 40, cents.
Flannel underwear valued at $27
Iper dozen suits is taxed under the
present law at the equivalent ad
valorem rate of about 106 per cent
The Democratic bill proposed to re
duce this to 40 per cent A suit OF
Ready-made wooden clothing worth
in Europe $40 is taxed under the pre-
sent law at the equivalent ad valor.
EN- rate Of rs per cent, or $3.50
The Democratic bill proposed to re
duce this tax from rs to 40 per cent
and save the consumer $40 per suit
The cotton bill reduced the duties
on cotton manufactures from 4S.12
per cent. to 2706 per cent, a reduc.
ton of the tariff burdens under this
schedule from not less than $780,
100000 to about $112,O0O,O00 for a
year, or a saving Of about $4,000, 900
for twelve-month period.
Mems cotton half hose valued at
eighty cents per dozen pairs whole.
sale are taxed under the present law
at the equivalent ad valorem rate of
about so per cent The Democratic
cotton bill proposed to reduce this to
40 per cent.
1t proposed to reduce the tax on
cotton thread from an equivalent rate
of "a per cent. to Is per cent. A
suit of ready-made cotton clothing
valued at the foreign port at IS is
taxed under our present law so per
cent. ad valorem, or So suit. This
Democratic bill proposed to reduce
this tax to 30 per cent. and save the
consumer $1.20 per suit.
The bill revising the metal gche-
dule reduced the average rate of duty
on the entire schedule from 1895
per cent. imports of 1910) to 22.42
Iper cent. This revision, 1t : is esti-
mated. would have saved the Ameri-
can consumers in a twelve month
period more than $S0.000,00O.
The present burden of indirect
taxation falls upon people having In
comes Of less than $4,000 per year.