The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-04
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Washington, ID. c.. Jan. 2, 1912.
Upon the reassembling OF the Dem
ocratic leaders Of the House of Rep.
resentatives, it becomes palmer than
ever that it will be their policy to try
to prevent any reduction of the tariff
at this session of Congress. This
will sound strange to the average
Democratic voter, but the statement
of few facts will demonstrate its
truth.
President Taft sent to the Demo
cratic House a message before the
holidays declaring for a reduction OF
the wool schedule to point that
would cover the difference between
the cost of production of woolen
goods here and abroad. The President
sent along with his message the re-
port of the Tari Board giving the
facts to show just what this dierence
mas. These facts showed that many
of the schedules could be materially
reduced to cgrtaln point and still
protect Amsricat bp sRd capital
from the csmpssi labor
abroad. q - s3<
The President sate S.
sage that the Tariffs st
work upon the facts a. Ss
er important subjects @ees Ng4ySlI
tariff law, and that he would latter,
from time to time, send messages to
Congress containing these facts, as
soon as they were reported to him.
Democratic Leaders Don't Want the
Facts.
The Democratic leaders now an
nounce that they will not take up the
wooden schedules of the tariff bill,
but that they will take up the steel
schedule and other schedules not yet
reported On by the Tariff Board.
This shows clearly that the Demo
cratic leaders do not want to offer
any bills for the reduction Of the
tariff that will be supported by the
facts furnished by the Tariff Board,
and which therefore would receive
ocratic leaders know that they can
secure a material reduction at once
in the wool tariff schedule by offer
ing a bill containing reductions JUS
tilted by the facts furnished by the
Tariff Board. Instead of preparing
such a bill, they rush off and prepare
bill for the reduction of a tariff
schedule which has not been investi-
gated, and about which they have
not the facts and the President has
not the facts.
How the Democrats Struck Cotton.
Last year these Democratic leaders
prepared and rushed through the
House a bill reducing the cotton
schedule in a radical manner They
knew they were offering a bill so
radical in form that the President
would be forced to veto it. They
at that time that the next
schedule that they would take up
would be the wool duties. They
now have the facts about weel, but
they rush away from the wool sched
ule to take up other subjects, simply |
because they know that the bills
which they offer either will not pass
the Senate or will not be approved
by the President, until the facts re-
ceived from the Tariff Board will |
show whether or not such reduction |
would open the flood-gates of foreign |
and destroy American
business.
The Democratic leaders, while |
rushing through their cotton bill at
the last session, and knowing that 1t |
would not pass. must have known
that the only effect that would result
from the same would be to frighten
aumber of cotton mills and cause
hem to run on half-time or to close
1own until the agitation was over,
md that the only result from the
same would be the falling of the price
,f cotton to the American farmer.
n short, it seems to be clear that
he Democratic leaders are not try-
ng to revise the tariff, but they are
,ent on preparing political tariff bills
hat cannot result in the reducsion OF
single schedule, and that fney are
Ioing this solely In the hope OF max
ng campaign capital.
The Democratic Pension Steal. |
The Democratic leaderl are pursu-