Show fREE liS T BILL APPEARS IN N THE IDE HOUSE I Its Estimated Reduction of Tariff Revenue About Ten Millions MEASURE PRESENTED BY CHAIRMAN UNDERWOOD I Quotes President Taft in Arguing for Tariff Re Re- April 19 Tho The majority ma report T he ways and means committee on the th so r called farmers farmer's free list bill submitted to the today by Chairman U Is a merger of Democratic political argument and an analysis of the proposed duty a aThe 4 The report sh sho w that the bill would redu reduce o the tariff revenue based on the Importations for the last fiscal u year an am amunt nt described as inconsiderable in inconsIderable Inconsiderable considerable In comparison with the I great saving and advantages to all of our people from the tho additions to the free list provided for Quoting Quotin President nt Tafts Taft's recent Ca Ca- nadian adian reciprocity speeches t the report i seeks to convey the impression that the administration is convinced on that protective protective pro pro- tariff rates Vare are ara too bi high h. h 1 In several public pub pub- lie lic addresses it says ays he h the pres president ident has admitted that tariff tariff- rat rates s are are too high that such rates ha have c resulted in excessively bi high h prices felt especial IT Ij IJ- in lii the increased cost of which now bears biars b ars heavily on ou our pe people an and that they have bave not received ed the tho long pro promised benefits of domestic competition comp under high protective protective pro pro- duties dutie Protection Theory n. R Referring err n to to 2 iid EtS state state- ta I that eP h party parly hart a t modified its tariff policy so 0 as to limit it for purposes of Prot protection to the difference dif dif- ference ferenec in cost of production hero and abroad with a reasonable profit to the tho United States producers rs the committee report fla save VB This Is is s a confession conf ion as was the Republican Ke- Ke publican platform of 1908 that the theor theory the the- or or- or ory of high protective e duties as put forth by In the Republican Republic n party has broken down that combinations and trusts prey upon the people have been boen fostered by bv the tariff and that under hi high h tariff protection United States manufacturers have havo forced unreasonable unreasonable un un- un rea reasonable profits profit from the tho people ople Again the time report declares The Canadian reciprocity agreement now before th the house is a recognition on the tho part o ot of the administration of the injurious injurious in- in jurious effects of the extreme protective protect protect- ire he ive policy which has bas so Ion long been imposed imposed im im- im posed upon the country countr and is an effort to miti mitigate its effects effects- Tho reciprocity a. a agreement the committee committee com coin asserts cannot annot afford the United States people mople all the needed relief from high hi h prices Further Changes Required It Action on the tho agreement involves s sto t to o necessity of further and immediate I action in removing a number of duties I on ou imports from other countries in order or or- doe der that justice ustice may bo be done to the tho great army of or agricultural producers who in the Canadian agreement are to have all aU the tho alleged protection removed from their products without a corresponding corre corro- spondin or of or reciprocal removal of tho the protective o duties most burdensome on the must purchase as nece necessary ian to sustain their lives and in in- The report takes up in detail the classified list of articles included in tho the free list bill Regarding agricultural implements it says ears their manufacture is controlled by trusts and combinations that have s sold ld in foreign countries at lower prices thau than at home building up their foreign trade from in 1890 to in 1910 Ba Bagging ing and aud baling haHnl materials essential essential essential essen essen- in ill the tho transportation of agricultural agricultural agricultural tural products the report says cannot receive benefits benefits of protection in home homo markets and duties ou on thorn have livo I Continued on 8 8 l I i I I I FREE LIST Continued from page e 1 annoyed anti and burdened tho the farmers farmer to add to t the he profits of exacting trusts trust and combinations Hitting Hiting Steel Stel t Concerning hoops hoopa bands and ties tics o oiron of iron and steel barbed wire for fencing etc tho the w say say-s ys the high duties make mako the people dependent upon th the I giant steel industry which fo for years has sold products abroad lower than to be to domestic consumers and de de' dares that placing them on the free fre list will 1 bo be II a a lon long delayed measure of equity tr and justice Tho The placing on the free freo list of al all al forms of leather from cattle hides am skins together wih with boots shoes barness harness bar har ness nes etc tho committee argues will wi ho bo of advantage ant Ll ge in manufacturing manu manu- and an necessarily of ot benefit to agricultural producers as well as t tall to all al tho people The beef trust is assailed in discussion dis IUS' dis- dis emission of the free freo listing of fresh fresl meats and ane meat products I Tho Time existing duties on meat am anti meat products it i is asserted are arc for the time advantage e of this combine combine- tiou ton only a a combination that in iu the the tho markets in am amid selling and tho thu result resul is a addition additon to the te hi high h cost of l living n from which the people suffer stiffer Muter Removal of duties on these products pro duets ducts it is if ar argued uc t will wi place the farmers farnie far far- farmers nie mers in a free market as to food ioor stuffs and food products For tho the reason that tha the tho public desires that no artificial artificia shelter sheler shall be maintained to abnormally high prices on food art art- arti arti- des in jO any forum form form prices the bill bi aJ also o seeks exemption from duty on wheat Hour flour semolina rye fc flour four buckwheat flour four cornmeal and all al prepared cereal foods b biscuits bread and similar articles not sweeten sweetened ed Lumber Luber a a In discussing discussing- free lumber in the bill biB bi hardwood excepted tho the report main maintains maintains maintains that the ownership own of timber in inthis inthis inthis this countr country lii Jw has become practically a a monopoly arid and arll has passed for tho tIme most part hart into the time hands bands of great reat corporations corpora corpora- tons au and interests which are arc speculating in log ing on the lie increasing ng scarcity searcH President Taft is again aWin referred tOt to time the report quoting from his speech ot February 20 1911 1011 HiI in which he lie said saimi D By giving our own people access to Canadian forests wo shall shaH reduce tho the consumption of our own which in time tho hands of a mi comparatively few owners now have ha a value lue that requires requires the tho enlargement en of our available e timber re rc re- re sources Sewing machines time tho report avers er a are arc sold sol abroad L by United States manu cheaper than at nt homo and tc should not miot bo ho protected The manufacturers would have havo ha e by bj- tho the proposed bill hi the tIme additional utI advantage o of free lum her ber Salt also included cl in the time free list the report ur urges c should be c fr free c from artificial enhancement in price theIl the tho Il domestic supply upp b being n dependent upon u a limited number of natural deposits ulon controlled by concentrated concentrate interests |