Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-25
How Much Of The
Tariff do YOU
Pay?

Ir-SnE population Of the United States u.s. in round
bers, one hundred million people ninetythr Million
to be
LIST were three hundred and twelve million dollars.
YOU pay Just $S46 year for protecting the country and
for sarag YOURSELF against the competition Of the cheap
labor and huge surplus manufactures Of Germany and Eng
land France and Italy, and other countries.
Under absolute 'free trade" with all duties removed
you could not save more than this So 40 year Under tariff
for only you would less than that And either
Of these policies would destroy necessary projections and
disaster TO American industry
American products and American labor protected by
tariff foreign goodsand country is prosperous and
our workers enjoy the highest wages in the world.
England taxes her home products ''for only,
throws down the bars to the products and labor Of the entire
world and her workers hopeless and homee their food
clothing shelter and pleasures infinitely below that Of the
poorest American workmen.
The small amount YOU pay for tariff protection $s4e
yearhas almost NO effect the cost Of YOUR food cloth
ing and shelter You paying for living than yon did
few years ago, but you are getting BETTER LIVING
than you did then
used to be- The Republican principle Of protection the Tariff
and President Taft certainly not to blame for conditions
that ,Oord-acide
Look at this in another way
Tea and coffee have up in price and there is
tariff on them at all
Boots and shoes, lumber, COAL bacon beef ham, lard
sugar and salt have gone up priceet the tariff approved
by President Taft and for which he has been mistakenly and
unjustly assaed, REDUCED THE DUTY all these art
clesl
Raw cotton is free of duty And cotton has increased
But cotton and wool hosiery and underw r both pay
and cotton goods and dannels orer in price.
Shingles have gone down in price the duty shingles
The greatest rise prices in twenyone years has been
in duty free goods The smallest increase in prices has been
in manufactured goods which pay fairly high dutyi
Necessities pay less duty than before Injuries pay
higher duty than ever beforel
This clearly shows that the tariff has had little effect
on the cost Of necessities while it HAS made market for
American products and insured steady employment good
and increasing wages for American workmen.
President Taft approved the last tariff bill because it was
the best tariff he could get at the time And because
much better than the tariff law then in effect
1t has proved itself
In less than twelve months it changed deficit of fifty
nine millions year into surplus of fortyseven millions
year, its maximum and minimum clause developed the great
est foreign trade the country has nown the Tariff Board
which it enabled President Taft to appoint the sanes
most commonsense, business method Of tariff making ever
knoWn It revived industry; opened mills and mines filed
oe Ifegn cars; gave work to an Of unempoyed and
Drought unequaed prosperity to the entire country.
u IS good law 1t can be better law And President
Taft intends to make it a better Laao
Mr.. Taft will do this by sane ,,otbod
with definite and practical reason for all that he does
NO one else has made attempt to improve tariff CON
dtons where by careful and systematic investigation IN
proyement found to be desirable and possible
Others offer only rainbow promises, and ''htandmiss,
mat nave brought panic and disaster ceever they
You will be told that such statement is merely an attemnt
to frighten the voters. - A'''''p'
of this country. 1t cannot be deniedl
In 1892 under conditions quite similar to those now exist
ing the voters We're persuaded that they needed CHANGE
They GOT TT
They changed" from prosperity to sudden and serous
camel They changed from work for all to work for none
changed from plenty to want They changed' from
National happiness to National miseryl
And this continued until in 1897 the people reganed their
sanity; and the protective principle restored
EIGHT MONTHS LATER a million idle men had oono
to work. and almost uninterrupted prosperity has continued
ever sincel
NONatter this terrible essonyou are asked in a time
OF unequaed peace and prosperity to AGAIN risk it ALL as
was done in 1921 s -
The tariff that is directly responsible for the country
prosperity and YOUR prosperity costs YOU Just $346
VIII any sane Thoughtful man risk a return of the expe
renee OF 1892 for the sake of attempting to save $46q
DO you want that kind of a Change AGAIN7
Here is the tariff situation in a nutshell
Under protective tariff the United States has reached its
highest point OF prosperity riches and widespread happiness
Under free trade tariff for revenue only it has
gone down into the deepest depths Of disaster and despar
This is not theory--it is HISTORIC
The present tariff, while admittedly not perfect has
brought busy mills agricultural riches plenty of work. good
and increasing wages, unequaed prosperity.
President Taft proposes, by practical business-lke
Tariff Board or Commission take the tariff out of politics
and-whOut any sudden violent upheavas of trade or