The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1912-10-26
ANSWERING A VOTER
eTATGMENTs WHICH ARE OF IN.
rGRtsT IN ALL sEcTioks o.
THG COUNTRY.
TARIFF REVISED DOWNWARD
oppssItier 70 Prss,ssst Tan sNms-
lated BY Magazines Which were
Made to Pay Additional Postage,
and Thvs Relieve the Pee.
pls's Asditisna, Cost ~
pesta, esrvies.

A Republican voter In Grand Ran-
Ne. Mioh., rscdutly addressed = bst-
tsr to the headquArtsrs Of the Repub-
toan National committee II Chicago.
" which he said
u have been q Republican all ny
life. cad for 80 ysars have been vot.
ias nothing but Q straight Republican
tSckst for president Of the United
States"
He does not say that he will do 9th.
srwtse this year. for he believes Pres
iisnt Taft to he honorable and worthy
of the many honors that have come
Ia him. He adds, however. that the
Republican platform Of 1908 called for
. downward revision OF the tsriR and
that this solemn pledge has not bees
kept. He also asserts that the large
majority Of the lab0rsrs In the wool
en- mills are foreigners instead OF
Americans. and are employed ut starv-
alton wages instead VI being paid
wages upon which people In this coun.
try can live decently. lie further
calls attention to the fact OF Q state.
facturers are forming \ trust to CON-
pete with American companies that
are said TO be running the English
market. In conclusion, he wants sOms
Information about the panic Of 1907.
The explanations and information
desired by this Republican voter are
90 general In their character that the
answer forwarded 10 him viii certain
ly be Of interest to other voters In
every section Of the country The rs
ply ssys:
TariN Revised Downward.
"Ths past four years have indeed
been mOst prosperous ones, with few
Industrial or other disturbances, aad
with conditions generally satisfactory.
| And after all. ID not the real test
Of Any administration the conditions
which exist In the country while II -
II power!
1T 10 doubtful n you could nnd .
statemsnt Of Mr.. Taft In which he
ssid there had been no promise Of q
revision downward. His letter Of se-
ceptsnce states clearly that he did %
! construs The pledge Of the platform
In 1908. Furthermore. the tariR was
| revised downward. The impression to
the contrary 10 due to three sources
One IL the attack made upon the
Payne law by the inasasipes. That
attack WAS prompted chiefly BY the
bitter resentment toward President
Tsft because he he'd recommended
that the second class postage rate bs
| advanced % that the nASasines would
sems sOme whore near paying the gov.
srnmeut Whist II cost to transport their
editions. II costs the govern nent
now about $50. 1000. 900 . year to carry
The magazines through the maiis. and
they pay II In postage about 10000.
600. leaving = clear subsidy Of $50 OOe..
900 . year. The president sugsested -
congress that this Was not Q square
DEAL toward the government. and the
maSssinss determined to break him
1Own"
ospeslsIsn 70 Tan Gxplsinsd.
The reply further stated that the
! opposition VI the metropolitan press
% President Taft 10 due to the fact
that he declined to put print paper on
the free list. while the third source
from which the people derive the I'm.
preston that the Payne Law shows re-
vision upward instead Of downward
was the declaration by Mr.. Champ
CLARK in his speech opposing the bill
whom Il WAS before the house OF rep
rsssntatives Mr.. Clark, speaking as
q prophet and not a. sn historian,
said that the duties under the Payne
bill would show IN average increase
" III per cent. over the DinSley la~.
! The letter continued:
That statement went out to the
country, and was accepted ~ q fact
when II Was merely . susss But
the law has been In operation now for
nearly three years. and We DO not have
to guess. because We know Aud
these are the facts shown BY the
books OF the treasury department:
Under the DiEsley law <%.3 per
cent Of all imports were on the tree
ust. Under the Payne law blS per
cent. are free.
Under the Dingley law the aver.
ase duty on all dutisble imports was
SIS per cent. while under the Payne
law the average duty has ben s0i per
ceat
In ether words. the Payne Law
shows . reduction OF ton per cent. he
low the Dingiey law on duliabis goods.
while on all goods Imported II show
. reduction OF 81 per cent This 10
not prophecy. AZ Mr. Clsrks state
! mant vss IL II hintOrv"
MT Roossvslt. ina signed article 10
the Outlook. said: The Payne Law -
better than the one It succeeded. snd
very much better than the Mckinley
hv."
Wssl and Wseisn Cloth.
Regarding wool. Il 10 stated that TIE
last Dsmocutic wool schedule r~
vision put the sheep growers out OF
business and closed W % psr cent.