Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-10-25
RECORD OF THE PRESENT DEMO
CRATIC HOUSE.

If the American people wish to give
credit to whom credit is due. they ought to
support the Democratic candidates for Con-
gress. and thus place their stamp of ap-
proval on the record of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Since January /, 1912. a Democratic
House has passed tariff bills which would
have reduced the high cost of living $780,
100000 year.
Every bill which in the slightest degree
provided relief for the masses was vetoed
by the President.
The Farmers Free List bill. passed by
the House. would have saved the people
100000 annually. This bill removed
the duty from agricultural implements of
which $36,000.000 worth were exported
and only $l65.000 worth were imported
during the last fiscal year.
Under our tariff law barrel of -four
valued at 81 abroad is taxed rs per cent
ad valorem at our ports, or 81 barrel
This bill removed the entire tax.
Beef valued at $3.50 per hundred pounds
abroad pays tariff tax equivalent to 1888
per cent, or $3.50 per 100 pounds. This
bill proposed to remove this entire tax.
The Democratic wool bill proposed to re-
duce the average rate Of duty on wool
manufactures from 9010 per cent. to 48. SO
per cent President Taft's veto of this
measure means that the American people
will pay $50 .00O. 900 more for their clothes
this year than they would have paid il
President Taft had signed it.
A wool hat valued at ST abroad and
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 per
dozen suits is taxed under the present law
at the equivalent ad valorem rate of about
106pe cent The Democratic bill proposed
to ruduce this to 40 per cent. A suit Of
ready-made wooden clothing worth in
Europe $40 is taxed under the present
law at the equivalent ad valorem rate
Of rs per cent. or $3.50. The Democratic
bill proposed to reduce this tax from rs tc
40 per cent and save the consumer So. &C
per suit.
The cotton bill reduced the duties OF
cotton manufactures from 1912 per cent
to 27.06 per cent. reduction of the tarif
burdens under this schedule from not les
than 100000. 900 to about SIP 900, 900
for year, or a saving Of about $4,000.
900 for twelve-month period.
Mems cotton half hose valued at eight,
cents per dozen pairs wholesale are taxed
under the present law at the equivalent az
valorem rate Of about 90 per cent. Tn,
Democratic cotton bill proposed to reduc,
this to 40 per cent.
Il proposed to reduce the tax on cottol
thread from an equivalent rate of 81 pc
cent. to is per cent A suit Of ready-mad
cotton clothing valued at the foreign por
at Sc is taxed under our present law 81
per cent. ad valorem. or So suit. Thi
Democratic bill proposed to reduce this tai
to 80 per cent. and save the consumes
$L20 per suit.
The bill revising the metal schedule re
duced the average rate Of duty on the en-
tire schedule from $685. per cent. 0mport
Of 1870 to 22.42 per cent. This revision
1t is estimated. would have saved the Anne
rican consumers in twelve-month perioC
more than $S0.000.000.
The revision Of the chemical schedul'
would effected saving to American con
sumers Of about $i7.000,000 by reducing
the price Of all chemicals and at the SAM