The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-01
BY j. De WATSON

the Democratic House caucus adopted the
Underwood bill reducing the rates on the iron
and steel schedules
AS the bill will likely pass the House, the
reduction made by Mr.. Underwood is sweep
ing-it begins with pig iron with cut from
the present rate of 1856 per cent to per
cent-it continues all the way through the
steel and iron schedule at the same proportion.
Knives and cutlery are cut from 77.66 per
cent to IS per cent; razors from Il to 35;
scissors and shears from 1886 to 80; table,
kitchen and hospital utensils from 40 to 25
iron ore, wire fencing, hoop lron nails, horse
shoes, tungsten ore, zine ore, tools, printing
presses, typewriters, cash registers, sewing
machines and baling wire are placed on the
free list.
This is reduction that is reduction in
fact as well as IN name-lt is reduction that
{ viii benefit most the man who needs relief
! f,om the present tariff rates-the articles on
/ which the rates are lowered most are the
!. articles of every day use-they are the articles
/ that the average man or the average family
\ has to have.
~ Inives and cutlery, tools, wire fencing,
n ye utensils, scissors and shears, sewing
Eli chimes, baling wlre-are all needed in every
I,H lseholl or about every farm-they are
sN Essaries that cannot be done without as
aR 1.-THE automobile that is reduced only from
I'll Z Der cent to 40 per cent.
II bhis is along the right line-it is reduc-
u zion that will relieve those who need relief
n . is not a reduction that reduces what the
VI Itch man uses and makes the poor man pay
a Il0re for what he uses-it is not a reduction
bn luxllries and a high tax on necessaries-lt
i is the other way
Under Mr.. Underwood's bill the poor man
will pay much less duty on what he needs
L and is obliged to have, such as tools, table and
kitchen utensils, and his wife's sewing
4 machine. than the rich man will have to pay
\ on his automobile is one bill that has been
4 drought before Congress in the interests Of
#THo people, instead Of in the interests Of some
big Trust.
The Underwood bill reducing the tariff on
iron and steel has caused a panic among the
Steel Trust tools in Congress.
n MS soon as the Democratic Caucus accepted
Y the Underwood measure, Payne, Dazell and
@NcCan were anic-striclzen-they iInmedi-
!. lately hot-footed it to the White House to see
#B{r Taft to persuade that gentleman 70 save
ESt1a Steel Trust from ruin
b. Report has it that Mr.. Taft has promised
0them that he will yeto the Underwood bill
S tthat BE will veto any tariff measure that IS
mot based on the report Of the Taft Tariff
& Commission, and the Tariff Commission has
4 not vet reported on the iron and steel schedule
Mr. Taft may be foolish enough to listen
to the advice Of Payne and Adrich again,
] as he did when he made the Payne-Aldrich
! tariff bill law--Mr. Taft may save the life
Of the Steel Trust, but when Mr., Taft does
: so. he forever and forever kills William IT,
Taft's chances to be again elected President
= of the United States--he not only buys the
vehicle to convey the Taft political remains
IT, the rr9ve-he navS the preacher in advance
& for the funeral GRAFTON.