The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-01
PROGRESS IN TARIFF REVISION

The Democrats are reported 10 have
practically completed tho framework of
their proposed revision downward Of
the tariff At the same time, it is evi-
dent from the dispatches that much re-
mains to be done, and that number
Of important points are yet to be de-
cided by President Wilson. among these
being the question whether the tariff
bill shall be in one measure or whether
il shall be broken into separate bills,
revising the tariff schedule by schedule
as separate measures rather than in one
entirety. The probability is, however,
since the Democrats have got so far
along in their tariff work, that the re
vision will take the form of single
bill
There are indications, however, that
as to q number Of the proposed revi-
sions, there will be opposition not only
from Republican Senators but from
Democratic Senators, as on the sugar
schedule, and probably on the wool
schedule and the schedule on lead and
zinc. It is explicitly stated that Demo-
States will oppose any destructive
tariff reductions on those articles. The
same will doubtless be true as to the
tariff on lead and zinc, where the
Democratic Senators from Colorado,
Missouri, and other States may be
counted upon TO defeat any ruinous
reduction on those metals, And this
opposition will be quite in accord with
President Wilson's repeated assevera.
tions that he would not consent to any
thing that involved destruction Of bust
ness or industry.
Those who have followed the ten
denotes Of the times and have noted the
protestations Of the Democrats against
the alleged extravaganza of Republi.
can Congresses, Gan extravaganza ex-
ceeded by Sl00,OOo,o 900 in the Demo.
cratic House appropriations of the
Congress which has just ended,) must
be disappointed at the seeming assur-
ance with which the imposition OF an
income tax is foreshadowcd. There
had been no expectation OF an increase
Of taxation or the imposition Of new
taxes by the Democratic Congress; on
the contrary, every criticism made BY
the Democrats had led the country
TO expect there would be relief from
taxation. and not the imposition of
IL
between q party out Of power and
that same party in power. AS a party
of complainants against Republican ex-
travagance, the Democrats were vocif-
as economists Of the first water; and
yet, they spend hundred million dollars
at session Of Congress, beyond the
alleged extravaganza of the former Re.
publican Congresses. II the Democrats
would save that hundred million dollars,
and economize by getting back to the
Republican basis Of appropriations
there would be no need whatever for
the imposition OF An income tax. This
is perfectly plain upon the face of it,
LOT II IL bOt pIOpo5cu 10 IdiSS pE IHe
income tax more than hundred mil
lion dollars; so all that the Democrats
have 10 DO to "save their facep is to
refrain from passing an income tax law
and draw in on appropriations so as to
get back to the old basis Of Republi-
can "extravagance. The super-e1-
travagance Of tho late Democratic
House should be abandoned. When
that is done, the account will be cleared.
and tho Government g expenditures will
be squared with it's revenues. without
the Iimposition Of an income or any