The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
The One Question Eternay Present is the Most Effective the
Most Efficient and the Farest Way of EquaIizing
the Burdens of Taxation
Mr.. Underwood Would Have the Question Solved with the
Determination to do the Right, Safe and
Reasonable Thing
Speech Before the New York Southern Society Dec 49, 1911

with ens" n and will the end s d that G" mo a
the National Government 81 The great powers that %e T yielded to &
country one indispensable public
navy courts the
t gOSSrf "G n pFo s nOa the power to were
and therefore, most dangerous governmental power p well as O
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republicans Have Always Stood for Protection.
on Thu p"'a% party has maintained The dOtr that o taxes should not
Gny % home G pu e S@ iG 1Or 5f Psspof Odc
from competition carries with guarantee OF profits In the last Republican
platform s position the party was distinctly recognized when they de-
cost home and abroad but also reasonable @ to American nduss
Democratic Party for Tariff for Revenue Only.
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sary drop prices Slightly point that the law ha.
become bankrupt because have sell G goods '0op o;s
1 ae the P hSme po 2 o raise prices 6 ER v R he
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Inquity of the Protection of Profits
Thirty forty when had numbers of small manufacturers
Of OUR nd factories the danger and the injury e consumer e
country was not SO great OF aPP Sd wnfn s 'Um0 OF
lew corporations because domestic competition was pohOted When we
abroad by protecting profits there NO ref Tor the consumer except TO cry
and producers Of this country than there would protect the profits
ong msn In almost every line industry the United STATES we have
is s s all a our machinery and method o} dgg BUSINESS
nGwlGe American 1a a no 'O the mns s G %
the labor per unit pr9Sa s no greater here than abroad
S saet cost Of EqT9Pso 3 e articles % o a
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article and the total labor production Of
ference labor Only one to
equal difference labor wage apparent
home and abroad and realize , h0w far they have fPisrid into
tue goods Of every
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protecting M profits develop along
Wool Iron and Steel Industries.
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d yaOrm basis ABOUT 9o Of the value Of al
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the fields of
Duty Government-Genune Tariff Reduction Revenue
Producing Basis Only
take? The tina
of profits of hothouse
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hand the gradual and msstent reduction o
Nassw wherein American ma must meet homes
develop his business along the best and
henh o ont his market he
,onomi development Of his business to extend hi
world judgment growth o
the A just equalization of the burden
judgment truths
the laws face