The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-24
to be Benefited
by the New Tariff Bill.

Debate on the tariff bill in the
Senate began in earnest last Satur.
day, when Senator simmons, chair
man of the Finance Committee, de-
clarcd that the new tariff bill will be
II satisfactory answer to the demand
for downward revision. He said:
every man, whatever his occu-
patton, will be the beneficiary of
this general system of reductions.
The farmer has received special con
sid"ratiou Virtually everything he
buys has been put on the free list or
the duties have been greatly re-
duCed
"For hi, special benefit cotton
bagging and ties, and the materials
out Of which sacks for grain, wool
and fertilizer are made, wire for
fencing aud baIinE purposes aud
similar articles Of farm use have
been placed upon the free list.
"For his special benefit plows,
shOvels, hoes. rakes, mowers, reap.
crs, planters and agricultural imple.
ments Of every description have
been placed on the free list.
"lie will be in "A large degree the
beneficiary of free.listing building
materials of various kinds, materials
used in the construction Of roads
textbooks for schools, boots and
shoes, low grade blankets, harness,
saddles, wagons, carts, sewing ma
chimes and like products.
He will share In the general bens-
III from the reduction of duty On
sugar and It's ultimate abolition,
and finally, he will share benefits of
the reductions this bill makes on
wearing apparel Of every descrip-
ton, crockcry. hardware, household
and kitchen furnishings and uten-
sils.n
Chairman simmons declared the
free list under the Payne. Aldrich
law was in the interests of the pro.
tccted manufacturers
undoubtedly there will he In
creased impOrtatiOns underthis bill ~
Senator Simmons declared. "That
was intended and provided for. You
cannot revise the tariff so as to give
relief from present tariff burdens
except by enlarging opportunities
for importatiOns.
Undoubtedly, on the other hand,
there will be increased expectation
under this bill. That also was in
tended by its trainers.
''IO this end it INTAKES the things
the farmer employs in making the
products he sells abroad. ItuntaXcs
the raw materials of the manufac-
turcr. 1t largely INTAKES the ma
terial used In the construction of
his plant aud the machinery needed
for its equipment to enable manu-
iacturers To meet their foreign COM
petitors on more advantageous
terms, nj home aud abroad.
I'm short, II seeks in such WAYS
as are open to establish upon u
broader basis the spirit on which
international good will rests, to re.
move hamperimg restrictions, to
broaden the basis of international
trade and enable tho American pro.
Queer To take advantage In greater
measure than has been possible un
der the existing tariff laws of our
great opportunity in the market |
places of the world"
The income section Of the bill |
Senator Simmons said, was not |
framed upon the theory that the
chief object Of an income taN was to |
supply IA deficit in revenue, but upon |
the theory that property should bear
it's just share of Federal as well as
state taxation, aud that, therefore,
the rate of this tax should be- fixed
with view To requiring wealth, as
reflected IN the incomes of the we'll
.o.do, to contribute equitably to
.hesc expenses.