The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-06-23
The Political Situation
Unsatisfactory


annum over our exports oil ten years,
ago. Our Imports amounted TO lii
tie more than one billion eigh. hun
dred millions per annum, leaving q
balance CT trade In our favor of APP
proximately s70O,OOO,0OO per annum,
or about S6O,O0O,O0O per month. And
cur domestic commerce, grown to a
point beyond the. power of the human
mind to comprehend 1t, reached the
staggering total of $35, O00,O 900, 900. per
annum. That was the condition in
which the Republican party left the
country a year ago.
But some people complained that
the cost Of living was too high. Our
Democratic friends always quick to
promise, agreed that they would re-
duce the cost of living. They prom
Used the consumer that the prices
which he had to pay would be lower.
They then turned around and promis-
ed the producer that his prices would
be maintained. Unmindful of the
fact that labor Is the chief element
in the cost of any article, they prom
ised to maintain the price Of labor
ard at the same time reduce the cost
Of the output Of labor. In short, they
promised higher prices for everything
me people had to sell and lower
rr'ces for everything they had to buy
This WIS all to be accomplished thru
lie medium Of a Democratic tariff.
at the opening OF inc special ses.
sion III. Underwood ana his commit
tee brought in the Underwood tariff
bill. It was discussed for month in
the house Of Representatives. l sat
h the House and listened to every
speech that was. made on the tariff
for mouth. So you sec that
am long Suffering person The
speech that particularly interested
me was that made by Mr.. Underwood
chairman OF the Committee on Ways
and Means and the Democratic leader
of the House, was anxious to hear
what he had to say about the new tar
if bill. wanted to get the viewpoint
of the Democratic party. l wanted
to find out Just how the conditions OF
the American people were to be made
better. In his address to the House
Mr.. Underwood explained the theory
upon which the bill was drawn. lie
frankly stated that II was not drawn
/ with any idea of building up or fos'
tering or protecting or encouraging
any American industry. He said that
q tariff built along such lines would
be protective tariff and in harmony
with Republican doctrine. He said
that the authority for levying h tar
| III lies wholly in the needs Of the gov
eminent for revenue and that If the
government did not need to raise any
revenue from this source Congress
would have no power to levy any dut
les whatsoever. This, of course, is the
time honored policy of the Democrat
ic party.
"Mr. Underwood further said that
in making the new tariff bill that he
did not try to ascertain the difference
between the cost Of production in this
country and abroad. That did no
concern them at all, II they fixet
the duty equal to the difference in The
cost Of production at home anC
abroad, that would be a protective
tariff That would be such a tariff
as Congress has no power to lev!
according TO Democratic doctrine.
"Mr Underwood then went on t
explain just how the rates were de
tcrmlned in the new tariff bill. HI
said they obtained from the treasur!
department a statement showing tht
average amount and value of ever!
article imported into this country fol
period OF ten years. He said tha
they then had the experts calculate
the total consumption in the Upitet