Show TAFTS VIEWS OR 09 BILL not a perfect measure or complete compliance with promises made washington president dont taft lias has kiven given out a statement embodying his views of tho the new tariff act lit in which he supports tho the new measure as a sincere effort for downward revision in this statement he declares 1 I have signed the payne tariff bill because I 1 bell leuppe pvc it to be the tha result of sincero sincere effort on the part of the republican party to make a downward revision and to comply with the promises ot of the platform as they have been generally genc rAlly understood anti and aa 1 I them in ahli campaign this is not a perfect tariff bill or a complete compliance with the prom aises w matle made strictly wit a fulfillment tree arbe from criticism in respect to a subject matter involving many man schedules and thousands of articles could not be expected it t suffices to lo say eay that ahat except with regard to whisky liquors and wines and ill rc regard g ird to silks and some high classes of cottons all of which may he be treated as aa luxuries and proper subjects of a revenue tariff there have been very verv few increases in rates there have imen a great num number berof of real decreases in ili rates and they constitute a sufficient clent amount to justify the statement that this bill la Is a substantial it downward revision and a re of excessive rates |