The Hayti herald., 1912-09-26
HAYTI, MISSOURI, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1912.

of the silk ana cotton samples was leTi
unchanged
On the forty.five OF the ninety.tve
all cotton samples there was no chang"
in duty.
On the three remaining samples
completing the total of lOOI no com
parison is made because of apparent
lack of authentic foreign prices.
And still President Taft SAID in his
speech at Boston. April % last:
~. nh. povnn. idrirh hiil,
vastly better bill than the DingTey
bill. II had refused to sign the Payne
bill it would have maintained the Ding
ley bill with higher rates than the
Payne bill"
When Mr.. Taft made this statement
he must have known hat il was un
true. AS for the wool schedule. he
knew that the rates were not higher
in the Dingley law than in the Payne.
Aldrich law. for right after signing the
latter bill did he not denounre its WOOL
rates as "indefenSible!" And. AS for
the cotton rates of the Payne bill. he
knew they were just as "indefenSibe"
as the wool rates. for at the time he
made this statement in Boston he had
the tariff boards report on cotton be
fore him.
1t is true that the cotton report of
the tariff board did not make this in
formation available at glance to Mr.
Taft or to congress or to the public
The tariff board carefully avoided Civ
ing this information in Il getatable. up.
derStandable form.
Suppressed tho Answer.
"WaS the tariff raised or lowered ?"
has been an mSlslent question ever
since the Payne Aldrirh Jaw was en-
acted three years ago The tariff
board avoided answering it.
In making my Oihria! report TO the
board ] submitted u table that did
answer this question III respect 10 each
one. excepting three. of the lW cloth
samples around which orr months of
investigation crntered After much side
stepping and discussion th!s table was
eXpurGated and published in il, elias
culated form. The boards excuse was
that it WIS not its duty TO answer the
uupSrIOn; congress roiIu ulHke IFS own
computations The otiiciai explanation
for refusing to publish the table show
ing whether the tariff mad been raised
or lowered walls that the market tiuctu
atoms made it OF no value. This was
only quibbe. because the respective
tariff acts We're 80 arranged that the
increase in duty on sliding scale kept
pace with the price tluctuntionS
| The tariff board chose to print tables
that would show only the assessment
OF duty under the two acts and left it
to anybody VIII" desires the informa.
ton to figure out for himself the sig
niticant facts above set forth.
Benefit Only to Privilege.
From every point of view Of the
tariff CRATER it is no doubt highly de
sirablp that such facts. staggering as
/ they are to the dishonest pretenSions
| that the cotton tariff WIS really lower.
ed, should he buried rs deeply as pos.
sible in mass of unexplained statis-
tics. But it is to the advantage of
every honest manufacturer and mer'
chant who is seeking stability In busi-
ness and fair opportunity to make a
reasonable profit that the truth should
be made known. Just such policies OF
official evasion and suppression have
made possible in the past the Juggling
Of tariff legislation by and in behalf OF
the privileged few.
1t Is undisputed that the cotton
schedule as written in the house ways
and means committee by Representa-
tive Serene f. Payne Of New York did
not provide the full measure Of ''revi
sion downward" that the Republican
party had promised. Still 1t was not
until after the Payne bill went to the
senate finance committee. Of which
Mr.. Adrich was chairman. that the
Interests" got In their most deadly
work 1t Is well known that Senator
Aldrich freely consulted. If he did not
actually permit. the Lipptt McColl in
| tereSts to write into the amended bill
the duties affecting their own products
the fancy weaves made by only &
few of the largest and richest New
England mills.-Ncw York World.
Will Campaign In New York.