The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-10
WILL INCREASE THE
TREASURY DEFICIT

all llHpOTtdtlOHS INTO tne Onlteu
States. But in report which he read
to the Cabinet meeting recently, he
admitted that despite the war the
Underwood Simmons Tariff law has
permitted importations greatly in
excess of those under the Protective
Tariff.
If an advocate of Protection made
the definite statement that importa.
tions at this time, despite the war,
greatly in excess Of the importatons
under the Payne Aldrich law, the
administration would probably char.
acterize such an assertion as a false
hood, but Mr.. Redfeld makes that
very assertion himself. He careful.
ly CLOSES over this particular fea-
ture, but his figures show that the
imports in April, 1915, totaled $780,
576,1O6 as against s173,762,114 in
April of last year, when there was no
war.
Imports Are Greater
In drawing attention to this de-
cline in imports. which he says Is
due to the European war, he fails to
call attention to the fact that the
reason the imports were so high in
April of last year was because the
Underwood law was in full swing a.
that time. He pays no attention at
all to the fact that in April, 1913
when the Protective Tariff was in cp'
Grafton, the imports only amounted
to $146.194,461, or more than sl4,'
900, 900 less than at the present time
when the administration attempts to
show that practically all importatpns
have stopped. Though the European
war is necessarily great restriction
on imports, nevertheless the imports
under the present Tariff are more
than IL per cent higher than under
the Protective Tariff.
The Protectionists of the country
have frequently labeled the Under
wood Simmons law Free Trade
measure. This has been denied by
Democratic leaders. They call thea
law a Tariff for revenue only. Blu
failing utterly to raise sufficient rev
enue, 1t can no longer be justly call
by that name and Mr.. Redfeld by
guardedly admitting that 63.6 Ie
cent of all imports into the United
States now enter free of duty, make,
, it clear that the country is now or
. Grating a. Free Trade policy.
Is Free Trade Measure
The present law is proved by Mr.
, Redfield himself to be a Free Trod
: measure pure and simple, failing II
every respect to raise the revonu
, necessary for the maintenance of tn
government and having only 81 pc
cent of Tariff for revenue purpose
and none for Protection.
Mr.. Redfeld told the President a
= the Cabinet meeting that already I'll
. trade balance for the fiscal year
u we'll in excess of S900,O00,000 an
II with the entry OF Italy into the wa
and the almost certain increase !
the demands of that country for wa
supplies he predicted that befor
July the net balance Of trade won!
exceed the unprecedented total of
billion dollars.
Indicating the part which the wa
has played in building up this towe
: ing total, Mr.. Redfield showed til
President that for the ten montl
! between August |, the date of I'll
outbreak of war, and April 80, t!
net balance of exports over 'mpor
amounted to 1851 ,35S,319. For II
e month of April alone the balance WI
o $1S3, 1914, O9S.
What viii Happen to Business?
81 This statement of Mr.. Redieli
showing the part that the war
playing in building up exports.
), dicates clearly what will happen
- our prosperity" after the war
over. When the export trade fAl
off and Europe throws its full we!g
h of cheap labor products into the u
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