The Washington times., 1912-08-19
BEING GOOD TO LIPPITT."

At the time when the Payne-Aldrich bill was put
through Congress 1t was currently reported not only
In the newspapers, but by private who ought to
know that the cotton schedule for instance written
by then private citizen of Rhode Island now Senator
from your State, Mr.. Lipptt; and Mr.. Lippitt
credited with making the statement that Mr. Aldrich
had been good to him"-Theodore Roosevelt, at Prov
idence, r. l.
Mr. Roosevelt's speculation is given the flesh of
facts by an analysis of the cotton schedule of the
Payne -Aldrich bill That analysis shows that the
tariff upon the weaves of the Lippitt-McCol mills
which have practically monopoly upon these weaves
was advanced 65 per cent over the rates under the
Dingley law Other cotton mills were favored under
Schedule with an average advance of 26 per cent
over the Dingley rates, but Aldrich was good" to
Lipptt his neghbor and his successor in the Senate
and gave him extra boost
President Taft signed the bill making these sched
ules law and then defended his action by stating
'If had refused to sign the Payne Aldrich bill it
would have maintained the Dngley law with higher
rates than the Payne-Adrich bill" Yet the facts
are against him, which shows that he either
ignorant of what he signed or that he was deliber
ately trying to misrepresent the facts.
If it we're ignorance, then he has had ample time
to learn Of his mistake and remedy it, But he does
not When presented with bill within the past week
revising downward the outrageous tariff upon tex
tiles he vetoed it upon the ground that it was not
scientific. Yet it was only one-half OF 1 per cent
lower than the scientific schedule recommended by
the tariff board, which Taft holds is tine last word
in tariff revision.
1t is absurd to insist that such narrow margin
as one-half of per cent marks the difference be-
tween scientific tariff and one that might result
disastrousy to business Mr.. Taft did not veto the
bill revising the textile schedules because he feared
it unscentic that it might hurt industries
He vetoed it for the reason that Aldrich framed
the original schedues-in order to be good to Mr..
ppitt and other representatives of Special Privilege
1t is not scientific revision Of the tariff that
Taft wants. He wants revision. In view of his
quibbling over one-haf of per cent in order to find
some excuse to maintain the present tariff schedules
no faith can be placed in the promises of the Re-
publican party or its candidate to revise the tarh
scientifically or any other way.
In the same speech in which he related the report
that Lppitt wrote the cotton schedules of the Payne
Aldrich tariff Mr.. Roosevelt stated the truth when
he said the attitude of the Republican party upon the
tariff is "a tariff for privilege in industry and not
tariff in the interest either Of the workngman the
consumer
The writing of the cotton schedules by Mr.. Lip
pitt advancing the rates IS per cent the Ding,
ley BILL the signature of the bill by Mr. Taft and
his refusal to indorse its reduction by pleading
technicality plus the very important fact that Mr.
Iipptt has been named one of the executive COM
| mittee in charge of Tafts campaign, prove concu
sively that Mr. Taft and his party more desrous
of being good to the Lppitts of industry than they
are of being equitable to the employees of the Lip
pitts and the consumers who compelled to buy
the goods made by the Lippits.