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Show B Our friends of the democratic press attempt to BBB excuse their party for bankrupting the govern- BBB ment treasury on tho ground that the war stop- BBB pcc importing and thus cut off treasury receipts. BBB That does sound reasonable and is nil right, with BBB b eUKht exception that it hnppens not to be BBB tru0, During tho first nine months of 1913, tho BB1 Payne-Aldricli "robber tai.i'f" law being still m Ei effect, tho total A-nluo of imports was $1,327,- BBf 385,071. Under the republican tariff law $237,- BBf 730,144 of tariff duty was collected. During tho H first nine months of 1015 goods to the value of BBB1 $1,302,004,768 wero imported, on which, under BBB! frc0 trado on,y 9147,224,999 of duty wns collect- BBS et1, In oiner words, while the nmount of impor- BBB tations under protection wns only $25,000,000 Ba more a republican tariff law sent $90,000,000 BBBsl moro nto t,ie eovernment'fl strong box, or nt tho rate of $120,000,000 n year, nnd that whilo injur-1 Ing no American or American industry. It is!4 easy to sen why the treasury Is broke nnd theL people paying direct taxes. |