The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-30
Arkansas Representative Publishers
Booklet Which Is Attracting
Much Attention
SEVERAL SAMPLES ARE GIVEN
Being Sent Broadcast Over Country
As Next Year Campaign
Document
BY Rep. Tavenner.


sentative w. A. Oldfield or Arkan-
sas, has written catechism on the
tariff that is attracting much atten-
tom all over the country. Honorable
Frank E. Doremus of Michigan,
Chairman of the Democratic Congress
Sional Committee, is having Mr.. Old
fields catechism sent broadcast over
the county as a campaign document.
Here are some samples of Mr.. Old
fields Tariff Catechism:
@. | am somewhat confused as
to what is meant by the phrase, raw
materials; can you explain it to me?
A. Yes. Raw materials are those ma
terials which are in their lowest and
crudest form when they enter COM
merce.
20. Can you name some things
which are raw materials A. Yes.
Cotton, wool, lumber, iron ore, etc.,
are raw materials.
20. What do you mean by free
raw materials? A. / mean that the
raw materials, such as 1 have just
named, when they are imported into
this country from a foreign country.
are free of any tariff tax.
80. What do you mean by the
terms tariff tax Or customs duty? a.
A tariff tax or customs is a charge
which is paid at any customshOuse
for the privilege of bringing a parti-
cular article into this country from
a foreign country.
%. Does this tariff tax enhance
the price of the article to the con-
sumner? A. Yes.
20. Will you give me an illus
tration? A. Yes. If a foreign hat
merchant has a particular kind of
hat which he can afford to sell for
81 and he brings that hat to this
country to sell, and if he were not
compelled to pay a tariff tax he
could sell t'for just little more
than 80, say 1925, but if he is COM
PEELED to pay tariff tax of 81 on the
hat for more than 49,"
Here are some questions and an
swers on the subject of wool:
%. Is it true, as I have heard
some people state, that the consum-
srs, would not get the finished arti-
Gle any cheaper if the raw material
were placed on the free list? T..
Well, I believe I can prove by such
Republicans as Serene E. Payne,
Thomas &. Reed, and John Dalzell,
that the consumers would get the
finished products cheaper if raw ma
terials were placed on the free list.
20. Well, would like to have the
proof A. When the Wilson bill,
a Democratic tariff bill, was under
consideration in Congress, Serene E.
Payne, John Dalzell, Julius C. Bur-
rows, Thomas B. Reed, Albert J. Hop
kins, and John H. Gear signed
minority report on the bill. In this
report they used this language: If
the (the manufacturer) can make
his goods any cheaper because of
free wool, he must sell them just as
much cheaper
Co. Well, we'll, these big Repub-
leans admitted that free wool was
right from the consumers stand
point, didn't they?> A. They did.
20. Which one of the States in
the Union produces the greatest
quantity OF wool? A: Montana.
%. How many people live in the
State of Montana? A. Five Hun
dred thousand.
%. How many people in the
State grow wool? A. Not more
than. 1000.
%. Oh, yes. The 100000 people
in the State are taxed for the bene-
fit of the 1000 who grow wool. r.
that right? A. You are exactly
right .E
The tariff catechism is we'll worth
reading. Any one desiring copy
may obtain same by writing to Mr..
Oldfield, care of the Capitol, Wash
ing ton, D. C.
Maggie Fisher, a Is year old in
dian girl uas tabor, Prov, ~ Wet