Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-22
PAYNE Bill WAS
DO v n v Ard
REVISION

the number or compensation Of his
workmen he is to be mereilessly pros
ecuted and punished. Although he
viii be forced by this bill to compete
with cheap labor. nevertheless he
must continue TO pay full prices. and
Ecyen if he becomes bankrupt he will
i be punished for assisting in a panic.
This reminds me of the boy who
Twas training bull pup. who insisted
that his father should move over the
floor on all fours. when he would sic
him on. The old man was persuaded
10 go through the motion, and when
the pup fastened his teeth In his
flesh the young teacher shouted.
fbear it, pap, bear it; il win be the
maxim of the pupil" (Laughter.) And
So you say to the manufacturer when
foreign competition based on cheap
labor is set upon him-Bear 1t. bea:
II; 1t viii be the maxim of glorious
measure that win reflect great credit
Upon Democratic administration
If tariff bin had to be so framed
as to satisfy every member of the
majority OF the party undertaking its
enactment, then no tariff bin would
eEer be enacted. did not feel that
MY Individual views should outweigh
those of the large party majority;
nbr do believe that any man. or any
comparatively small number of men,
have more wisdom than an overwhelm-
ing majority. felt that when the
opposition was drawn up in battle
array should rally to our bngle call
and fight the common enemy rather
than lag in the rear. I do not criti-
cize the integrity Of those Of my par
sty friends who held different opin.
ioni but ! do question their judgment.
l believe in party unity. Without It
defeat is inevitable, as we have learn
ed TO our sorrow. However many
mistakes were embraced in the Aid
rieht law, ne present bill is infinite
ly worse, and. all Republicans agree
Is .franght with most serious conse-
genees.
"a And right here viii add that 4
have mo sympathy for those who vote
for protection of an interest in their
own state and against protection Of
any interest In other states. for II
protection is right in one state 1t is
right III all. They simply vote as
one q old prayed
Lord, bless me and my wife,
Ny son John and his wife;
Us four and no more.
fLaughter1
4 has been charged An almost
countless number Of times that the
Payne-Aldrich law was not down.
word revision OF the tariff. and it1
has Peen charged many times that
It was an upward revision. These
charges are utterly without founda-l
ton hnd yet many believe them to-
De trpe.
Thai Dill contained the most liberal
Tree psf ever proposed up to that
have been eliminated by the present
DIN anu placed on the dutiable list.
Agaip that was the first bin which
contained q maximum and minimum
provision which fully enabled the
preslaept 70 protect American COM
merce rom unjust and UNFAIR discrim-
ihatioh ABROAD.
Some Of the schedules OF the Dine.
ley bill were not altered and others
not materially changed, among the
latter the wool and sugar schedules.
notwithstanding which our critics on
the stump charged in many localities
that the duties on these two articles
had beet increased In the house. ire.
ductions were made in 654 numbers. !
increases In 100, and 1,150 remained
unchanged. About the same proper
ton was maintained in the senate,
and we have been told It was not q
downward revision.
The price of every article OF food
was reduced, but prices, nevertheless
have continued to advance, thus showt
ing conflusively that the tariff -is-n0t.l
the cause Of present high cost oil
living
The Increases in the Payne bill
We're largely on liquors, wines, silks,
perfumes, fancy ornaments, ostrich
feathers high-priced cotton, and such
articles as were in use by the rich,
and lowered on articles of prime ne
cessity and common use.