The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-01
LET THIN COMpLNIN.

The senate gets the tarin bill from the house
today. goes through a few preliminary forms Of
procedure, listens to harangues and vain kicks
and calamity bowls from few Republicans.
passes the bin in Day or two. sends it To Prest
dent wilson who signs it, with appropriate com.
ment and the agony is over.
by the end Of this week probably the tariff
bll win become a law. certain provisions to 60
into effect within few months and others a little
later The country win then settle down, con.
ddont as a young giant in its strength and Ger
tain that though the measure may have not great
effect at once the final result will work out to
the advantage of the whole nation and that none
Ct the dire predictions Of the opponents OF the
bill, made for partisan purposes, win be realized
Even SO staunch protectonist organ the
Baltimore American, though condemning the bill
and even condemping the Democratic party for
"unkerng" with the Payne-Aldrich law. is not
seriously alarmed There Is no occasion for
calamity bowling" 1t says, as the basis
Of the nations prosperity is deeper and sounder
than tariffs 1t believes the work of the Demo
Gratis will be "dampenng and dishoartening" but
not destructive
This is a great admission for believer in high
protection, supporter OF the party which has
commended since its birth for the principle that
tho nation could not be prosperous unless little
was taken from many to give much to the few
Vet ii makes that admission and then bandly
criticizes the Income tax measure because it is
supposed to do the very thing that the tariff
really does do-take money ont Of one pocket
end put it into another.
That's the chief objection to the law and to
the income tax provision Of the bill made by
g member Of a party which has boosted that it
was the only party in the country which believed
IN policy that does just that Tarir duties take
from tho consumer and give 70 the producer
Boiled down that is what protection means OF
course its advocates do not put the proposition
thus BADLY. or course. they claim, and with
come truth, that what benefits the producer
benefits the entire country. OF course they claim
that the laboring man gets part OF the profit
though with no truth But the bare fact re-
mains that The import tax makes the consumer
Say more for what he buys and gives the DIFF
ference 70 Till producer and incidently little Of
II 70 the government which acts as the collector
what it Is.
yet tte ameriean has the nardiAood TO com. :
plain MAT the reduction of the tariff takes money
from the pockets of the domestic producer to
give tAe foreign producers and that the money
taken from them by the income tax viii 20 into
the treasury in compensation 10 the government
The money taken from the pockets OF industry is
the money first taken from the pocket Of the
American people under the Aldrich tariff law II
Is nov BEING returned to It's rgh;ful owners The
IaeHeg taken from the pockets Of the people by
means of the income tax is money taken for the
legitimate purposes of the government II all
goes 10 the government for the benefit of all
whereas the greater part Of the tax on imports
went to few citizens for the benefit Of a few I,
The protectionists however, are entitled to
their complaining /, is hard ior them 10 let