Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-02
G. o. p. 1000, 900
MAJORITY SOON
BECAME JOB HUNTERS
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The taxes were removed from the
rich because OF sandy" MELONS plea
that the administration must take
caro- OF those who provide the sincws
OF war--money~-w which elected Hard
Ing and his Congress and which Is
being used to try to send tho Con-
gress back again the next session, he
added. An average of GO cents day,
or about $3.50 year. Ia taken from
the earnings OF the common people
because Of the present Republican
tariff, he said. 1t adde's n total extra
cost OF s3.5o0,000.000 10 the cost of
living OF the American public.
president Harding told the vet
Grams and Congress that the reason he
vetoed the Bonus bill was because
there were no provision made to pro
vide the money for It. Yet they turn
around and throw away millions in
taxes to take care of the rich, which,
II placed I'm the treasury would soon
pay the bonus. And again they turn
around the very next day and throw
the tariff bill on tho public without
making provisions so that the public
| could pny for II. Nobody's wages
have been increased to enable them to
pay tho higher prices due to the tariff.
Taxation has not been lowered"
| What the Tariff Does.
Discussing the tariff schedules the
senator cited the following schedules /:
| Sewing machines. valued at s7b,
increased 10 per cent and above this
| IN to
why these taxes should be levied ms
no sewing machines are imported by
us. One company has a monopoly
and therefore needs no protective
tariff.
aluminium ware. manufactured
solely by the American Aluminium
Company. of which Secretary Mellor
is the head. increased 100 per cent will
all the aluminium used here made II
America with this one company hav
ing a monopoly.
cash registers. all American mad,
goods. with none imported, increased
in price through the tariff"
There are hundreds of similar sched
ules, It was pointed out. similar II
their injustice TO the people.
Wooden clothing has been increase
enormously. baby's picture books hav
gone up 20 per cent, he said 9TH
only thing that has been freed Of dut.
la poker chips and playing cards 70
the white man and dice for the Negro.
he said.
"They have taxed Christianity. The
have increased the duties on rosarieI
necessity for the Catholic faith, an
have taken Off the duty on the Jos
stick, a necessity in heather worship
"Out I'm Arkansas we were so poo
at times the the people ate acorn
and made coffee out of them. VIII
the rich were so afraid that we woul
! get something for nothing that the
! have even got a schedule of one an
% one-half per cent duty on acorns I
e this bill"
- They decided to help the farme
@ by placing a duty on cowhsde so tina
- he might make something when HI
= cattle starved TO death under the tar
r If. But Senator Lodge, OF Massa
chusetts said that his friends. til
, shoe manufacturers. would take It OF
. of his hide If they taxed cowhide, &
the Senate turned around and let III
. farmer get along as best he could.
o Senator Caraway contradicted stat,
& ments of speakers of the Republica
;, National Committee who arc tellir
; the voters that this tariff is the low
est ever passed by any Republlca
administration
THE tariff. II they do not know
is exactly 66Ss per cent higher ths
x their other tariff. the Payne-AldriC
/ tariff"
IS In closing his address he discusse
X briefly, the Ship Subsidy bill by whiC
Y, President Harding. controlled by Il
Master Voice." proposed 10 furth
= rob the people by selling our $4,000
g 100000 war merchant fleet for q
d petty sum Of s2O0.00O,OOO and al
tax the people 100000 900 for q
upkeep Of the ships.
IF this goes through Il simp
means that Secretary OF the TreasuI
Mellon is giving Christmas presen
10 his friends" he said.
Senator Caraway viii address
n Democratic meeting IN Dover tonigt
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