The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-29
week. but that when he rendered 1t, II
would be for the defendant.
BRYAN ON THE Tariff BILL.

brief stay in that city on his mission
10 California with respect to the
Japanese threats and warnings about
the danger Of the California Degisla-
ture passing the proposed bill for
bidding the holding of land in Cali
fornia by aliens who are not subject
TO naturalization.
During Mr.. Bryan's stay in Ogden,
Mr.. James H. Moylc of Salt Lake
had short talk with him, in the
course of which Mr.. Bryan expressed
his views on the pending tariff bill to
tho effect that he appreciated the
importance OF the wool. lead zinc,
sugar. and other industries that would
be affected by the reduction in the
tariff, but that he was confident that
reduction. while it might mean GER
tain percentage OF loss 20 the persons
engaged in those industries. would
mean a gain for thousands and thou
snnds of persons who are compelled TO
purchase these and other products. In
other words, Mr.. Bryan expressed the
belief that ''where one man might
suffer from reduction OF the tariff,
thousands would be the gamer in the
reduction OF the price Of necessities. "
That is the idea that the Democrats
have held forth all the time with re-
spect to the revision which they pro-
pose OF the tariff. According TO that
idea, therefore, If the tariff is taken
off from sugar wo should expect that
the person who buys for himself by
retail will buy at n reduction CORE
spending TO the amount represented in
the tariff duties now imposed, but
which would be taken of under the
proposed bill, being little less than
cent and half pound. But does any
one believe, as matter of fact, that
such reduction would occurl If any
do. let them contrast the present retail
market with the price to retail buyers
after the bill is passed, provided it does
pass.
The Democratic idea would also i'm
ply that in case wool is made free of
tariff dues, the price OF clothing, of
blankets, and OF wool manufactures in
StBtIdi "OuBu utbltdSt III tbtitspOu''
ing ratio with the amount of the
tariff taken off. IL anyone believes
that. let him also check up the prices
of woolen clothing, of blankets, and Of
wooden manufactures generally, now, as
compared to what these prices will be
TO the retail buyer after this tariff
goes into effect. It is noteworthy as to
all these matters, that President Wilson
himself is quoted recently as stating
that he does not believe that the tariff
reduction will decrease the cost of
living That means that he does not
believe that the price of articles will
be reduced corresponding to the amount
of the tariff that is taken off from
them And in this President Wilson is
undoubtedly right. for the combines
which are in control of the markets will
see that the prices TO the retail buyer,
the one who buys for the use Of him
self and family, will be not one whit
abated.
It viii be altogether different, how
ever, in the matter of the tariff on
lead and Zinc That will Immediately
apply as against tho lead miner; and
the trusts that are in the combination
for the control of the markets will buy
lead and zinc as cheaply as they can,
and they wiz divide among themselves
the money difference between the tariff
and free trade in these products. And
50 far from its being simply as Mr..
Bryan states, question of reducing
profit, it might we'll mean the paralyz-
ing Of the industry and the ruin Of
many engaged in IT,
We trust that as many people as pos
sible will note present retail prices on all
these articles and will take pains to
contrast these prices with the prices
they will have to pay after this new
tariff law goes into effect, provided it
passes in its present form. They will
then be able TO see exactly what they
have gained, and whether it is true
forecast that the manipulators of the
market VIII take TO themselves the
money that the Government viii lose
in the reduction or abolition of the
tariff rates. as we expect that they