| Show OPENING GUNS In accordance with the announced program the opening guns of ot the con congressional congressional congressional gressional campaign were fired in the Souse House yesterday with Sereno E Payne chairman of the he committee on ways Was and means as the stat star performer per performer former ormer By common consent the sundry civil bill was selected as the vehicle by means of ot which both the tile Republican Republica can ca i and Democratic leaders could give vent to their feelings tee Chairman Ch Payne led off olL Mr Payne has nu no n apologies to make for or the tariff bill which bears beats his name Dame He believes b with President and all other other Republicans Re of pi rec recognized recognized standing in the party that It Itis ils is a good law and will stand the test of close dose scrutiny To begin with Chairman Payne de te declared lared that the pledge pled e of the Republican can an n party to revise the tariff had been f fulfilled and that at there t fre had been a ag general g reduction in rates He offered 2 no n t excuses for or a certain number of In Increases Increases increases creases which w necessary re for rev revenue revenue revenue purposes The increased receipts during the time the law has been in force amply justifies the contentions of r the chairman There was a constantly growing deficit when William am Howard Taft be became became came tame President Under the operation op of the new tariff law that deficit is being be being ing wiped out Even the Democrats those of the tariff fur for revenue only stripe in particular can find no pos possible possible sible fault in this respect Mr Payne made the statement that the new law had been assailed by politicians pol politicians with campaign cam aI material to tomake tomake make snake and by tradesmen grasping for profits The action of ot the Iowa sen Ben senators senators and the lone lIme warrior on the banks of ot the Wabash together with the Democrats who have a longing for tor forthe forthe the fleshpots of Egypt is ample proof of the assertion regarding the effort to make mako campaign material As to grasping tradesmen m iu the manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing turing centers evidence abounds on one every e ery hand Misrepresentation began said saJa Mr Payne before the present la law was passes passed Tradesmen increased the price of ot their goods and placed the blame on the tile tariff In ninetynine cases of a hundred the chairman declared the assertion was wan false as the tariff had reduced the duty on the very goods upon pon which the price had been be raised Attention was called to the fact fact that before the bill was passed p ed the retailer of o woolen goods increased their prices and started d the story that the increase In the tariff had compelled them tc to adopt that coure Not a single in increase Increase increase crease was made in a single rate tate of ot duty in the whole woolen schedule says Chairman Parse Pare Pa e A compari coin art arteon eon of the law with the Dingier meas measure tIre ure will bear out put his hL hI assertion At this point it might be well wen to toc call c attention to the Democratic the theory theory theory ory of ot free ree raw materials aa as applied to t wool woof and the manufacture of ot wool en goods The Wilson bill put wool on the th free tree list and retained the du duties duties duties ties on man manufactured goods goodSO with the the result that the sheep she p were sold for mutton the manufacturers imported their free raw material and the wool industry of the United States was paralyzed par In common with other ollier states in fn the great west where the raising of ot live livestock livestock ve stock Is one of ot the principal industries indus industries Industries tries Utah suffered sutter d the loss of mil mu millions lions of ot dollars Those millions went directly into the pockets of the man manufacturers manufacturers of woolen goods and the wool growers of ot foreign countries In case the Democrats again gained control of ot all branches of the govern government government government ment the wool schedule would be the first one attacked and the greatest in industry Ind industry d stry of ot the west again blotted out of or existence It is unnecessary to pro produce produce duce figures in order to show the peo people i i ipIe pIe of Utah what would happen They I know from experience The Th Increase In to the prices charged I for commodities Mr Payne Pane attributed to tG the great increase In the production production production tion of gold and the cheaper methods of ot producing it It certainly ce cannot be attributed to the tariff because prices have risen to a corresponding degree in free trade England More Moreover Moreover Moreover over as shown by the chairman of the ways and means committee the in increases Increases increases creases in prices are upon articles on which the duty has been lowered or remain the same as they were in the Dingley bill Specific Instances are given in this connection All kinds of farm prod products products products meats butter eggs eg poultry all foods roods hides leather shoes and raw cotton show reductions in duty and Ild increases in price proving conclusive conclusively ly the contention of Mr Payne and other Republican leaders that the tariff has nothing at all to do with prices charged the consumer As additional proof if it such were needed to make the case clear to even the dullest free tree trade advocate it can be shown that during the past month the price of living has been decreasing decreasing decreasIng ing all along the line If Jf the tariff can be held responsible for tor the rise It must also bo be given credit for the falL Its a poor rule that work both ways In conclusion Mr Payne called at attention attention attention to the fact that the maximum and minimum provisions of ot the new tariff has opened up the gates of ot the world to our merchants and to our manufacturers and that above all shuts up no factory factors puts out no fur furnace furnace fure nace pace fires stops no wheels of Industry and deprives no man of his daily dally e eIn wage In the resultant prosperity the farmer the merchant the manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer the t e mechanic the laborer and andall andall andall all kinds and classes of people p ople par participate participate participate If It there is any necessity for fora a change In the tariff laws Chairman Payne fails falls to see ee it Such we take it will be the view of o a vast majority of the people of ot Utah |
