The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
.CANDLER BEFORE RED BAY DEMOCRATS Mississippian Urges Burnett Be Returned to Congress DISCUSSES THE TARIFF Enthusiastically Urges Support of the National Ticket--Contends Tariff
 the Great Issue of the
 Campaign
DISCUSSES THE TARIFF
By JOHN F. DAVIS

the First district of Mississippi, spoke here today in advocacy of the election of Wilson and Marshall for President and vice president and J. L. Burnett for Con gress. and was given a rousing reception by a large assemblage of voters from Alabama and Mississippi
 Mir. Candler is always an entertaining speaker. and the people of this section of the country always hear him gladly, but he was at his best today and his presen- tation of national issues created great enthusiasm among his hearers. He dis cussed at some length the record of J. L. Burnett the member of Congress from this district and demonstrated con- ciusiyely that he was thoroughly ef- ficient and energetic representative who always voted and worked in the interest of the people, and that therefore 1t was for the welfare of the district that he be reelected, and especially in view of the fact that the next Congress will surely be democratic, and MT. Burnett being chairman of important committees, could render greater service than any new man who might be elected. He there fore earnestly urged the voters to turn Oul HEAL lhC6dd3 anu BANC hth. ihNNe o great majority. He likewise enthusias- tically urged the support of the national ticket and in discussing the tariff ques- ton which he eontended was the great issue of this campaign, he spoke in part as follows:
 Democratic Revision of the Tariff
 "The wool schedule or schedule K. This ia1 b.a highest protective rates. Senator Aldrich called it the citadel of protection The Payne revision left it unaltered, so that the high rates of the Dingley law are the lawful rates today. President Taft, in speaking of the Payne law. said that it's rates on wool and woolens, or the rates of schedule K, were lndefensibe. The people in 1910 returned the democrats to power in the Houes of Representatives more on account of the indefensibllity of the tariff on wool than for any other single cause. if not as a cause greater than all others combined.
 "The President called Congress in ex- tra session In 1911 and the first tariff act of the democratic House was to reduce 1 the rates on wool and woolens, or a thor ough downward revision of schedule k, ! in what was called the Underwood bill. 1 Raw wool was reduced from a general | average of 42 per cent to fiat 20 per 1 cent advalorem rate. Manufactured wool ems. such as clothing, women's and chill dren's dress goods, blankets, fannels. | etc, were reduced from a general aver age of 90.10 per cent In 1910 to an ay- craze of 2.55 per cent. Tn other words, 1 the democratic revision was real, 1t act- ualy reduced, 1t cut the old rates nearly In two.
 "The saving on manufactured goods was 1T 55 per cent ad yalorem The total l consumption of manufactured goods In | the United States in 1905, according to | the census of manufactures, was $57S, ,000 | 900 with a value excluding all tariff of $35o, COOL coo; thus making the difference paid | in price by consumers about $220 coo, ,o00 | The Underwood bill saved nearly one half of this or approximately sl10oOO. 900 per annum
 "The republicans reduced the tariff on wool by leaving 1t unchanged, the demo- crats made their promise good by re- | duction giving the people saving of more than $100 ,0O0 a year on their wool en purchases. The President, true to his high tariff instincts, promptly vetoed ] the bill.
 Reciprocity With Canada
 "rhe President negotiated reciprocity 1 treaty with Canada by which both coun- tries were to lower their tariff walls on certain articles, each to the other and reciprocally The "standpat" republicans were opposed to the measure and would have killed it but for the democrats, who | believing that 1t was a reduction of the 1 tariff, voted for 1t and carried 1t through Canada. however turned it down. Had it become law 1t would have saved the American people from s5O0o0,000 to $l00, 100000 per annum.
 | The Free List Bill
 '"rhis was a democratic measure to l place on the free list agricultural im- 1 plements, cotton bagging, cotton ties, 1 leather. boots and shoes fence wire, meats. cereals, flour. bread. timber, lum- Der, sewing machines, salt and other articles.
 1 "The census of manufactures for 1905 gives the consumptive value of these articles at $2.S76.O0O,000. with tariff rates 1 from 15 to 05 per cent or an average of over 30 per cent. Republicans claim not all the tariff rate is reflected in the advance of prices of the present high cost of living. Lumber was advanced 4S per cent, bacon 60 per cent, salt pork A per cent, ham 32 per cent, corn meal 34 per cent, lard 45 per cent, etc. Brad street has calculated the rise in prices
 
 proves the Payne law was far from be- ing a reduction, simply made a bad mat ter worse.
 Grant the whole 30 per cent tariff rate is not reflected in the advanced price of domestic goods as republicans claim, it still stands that some part Is admit tedIy added In woolens the tariff board reported that while the manufacturers could add 125 per cent to the price un-' der the tariff rates that as a matter of fact they only used half their power. They could charge 125 per cent advance but they would only use 65 per cent of it, or a little over half
 If this rule of using half of the tariff as advanced price rate on domestic goods be applied to the articles on the free list, then the saving to the people would be 15 per cent of over s2.0oO.000, eco; if only one-third be added. then 10 per cent Of s2 800, ,000. 600 will be saved or s2S0, 100000 a year Taft promptly vetoed the bill.
 The Cotton Bill
 "The Payne bill claimed to be reduc- ton on cottons; Deliver claimed that it was a raise, as did the democrats. At the end of the first year of the opera ton of the law it was found at the treasury that the Payne rates on ordinary cotton goods were nearly 5 per cent higher than the Dingley rates for the pre~ed- ing year, and that on mercerized goods the advance was nearly ' per cent. Thus
 )oliver and the democrats were proved
 o be right and the republicans wrong
 ''The democrats in 1911 passed cotton
 eduction bill reducing the average rates of the Payne law 43.12 per cent to the gen eral level of 27 per cent, or little less than one-h half. Domestic cotton goods are