Show COMPETITIVE TARiff AIM Of SPEAKER Champ ClarH Carff ThinKs Pres Too High T They ey Sho Should Be Ie Lowered LOWER RATES WOULD BRING MORE REVENUE Would at Same Time Greatly Le Lessen s n Burden Burde on Consumer By By II International ternat Newt Service WASHINGTON Nov 23 To 23 To the International News S Service Answering the tho far tar 7 reaching g inquiry touching tho the duty of the Democratic Democrat c party to the people in reducing ing tho the tariff I will I say bay that hat while I have no disposition to thrust mv nir mr lOWS on any subject ct upon the ho public it is my i individual opinion and settled conviction that promises made mado before el election eti n should be carried out after alter the ho o election is won Men should say what they moan mean and me mean n what th they y ray and th they y should hould speak tho plain language langUa o of the plain people ho so that all aU may understand The Cho voters of the land havo bavo a n. right fight to tob tob b 0 treated honestly candidly fairly and our They Thoy ar are entitled to that square real of which we wo hear hoar so much and md see eee so sc little Cites Ba Baltimore Platform The Tho Tho Ba Baltimore platform the latest t authoritative Dem Democratic cr tic nci mento on the subject of the tho tariff de de- dared lared in favor r of t a a. t tariff ria for revenue only So let it bo be That was tho DeD Den Denv cratic war waz cr cry all through the tho cam cam- aign and all lon E along the line If th themen the men inca who made that platform did not intend to revise the tariff to a a. r basis asis or it as close an approximation thereto hereto as as' as possible they ought not to have e lave so written it Bob Robert J. J Walkers Walker's report on the tariff ariff r remains mai s to this day day- the tho greatest paper on that subject In it ho laid down own this g general principle The high- high st. st rates should bo ho On luxuries luxuries' the low low- cst ost or 01 none noue at all aU on oil the tho necessities s of Ufo life That should be bo the basis of our revision of the tariff to which we are ara committed Maximum of Revenue Tho rates should bould be bo arranged so as aso asto asto to o produce the nia maximum inurn of revenue while bilo taking from the ultimate con con- umers the minimum of mon money Y in the shape hape of tariff taxes That statement may zany appear paradoxical but what it pro reposes proposes ses is perfectly feasible There pis is isa isa a m maximum revenue producing tariff rate ate on on each p particular item which cane can cane be e ascertained a arid and cl should be bo ascer- ascer tamed The moment the rate rat o on any article goes oes above the maximum revenue reve- reve flue nue ue rate rat the revenue begins to o fall off and tho the more moro the rate is increased in- in creased the more the rc d dwindles until it disappears ears entirely and the rate becomes Blankets an Example Such is the case caso with blankets nine feet long worth n not t over over 40 cents a a. pound an Ian article of prime prinie e necessity ty on which the tho compound specific c and adval adval- tariff rates when reduced to ad ad- valorem amo amount nt to a t tariff iff tax of be be- tween and per cent Without going into wearisome do do- tails ails it is is afe safe to sa say that three fourths of f all the tariff rates of the Pa Payne Payne- e. e Smoot Aldrich tariff bill are the maximum revenue te producing rates rates' and sh should hould uld bo ho reduced at le least st to a tive ive point Tho The truth is that the w words ids ide a a competitive e tari tariff t are more easily I understood than tho the words a tariff for only A competitive tariff brUl tariffs brUli i is s ono one which would Jt give vo Americans tho the American market so 50 long a as they sell seIl for or fair prices es but would lot in foreign products ts if Americans uI undertake to to th tog g rouge gouge uge Ani Americans A A competitive tarIff tar tar- ff Iff would in practice be bo a tariff f for far r revenue rc Tho The revenue can be increased in creased more more frequently b by reducing r rates than thap by increasing aBiD them Present 1 Tariff fr Too High Tho Tho present tariff if it o overhauled d. d could bo boo made to produce a a. a great cat deal JD more re Q revenue and at t. t the same time not cost th the taxpayers taxpayers' ono one fourth fourt of what t they now DOW o pay for under un UD- der the tho present system where our ono dolar dol del l lr ar r goes Og i into tc th the ff federal eral treasury I fo four our r or five dollar go o into the pockets of the tariff barons Tho rho I rates in ina a new newbill or 01 now new bills should b bo be fully fUll as l low w as as the tho rate hi n the bills which wo pau passed d during thi this his congress ss and in in some cases lower Equal l Opportunity for All 4 All the tho t talk about bont Dc Democrats want t- t in tug ing to injure business is IS absolutely pr pre What we want ant to tOI do is iso isto 18 to o give every m man 1 in an equal opportunity in In n the tho race for l life e and not hamper a fow at tho the expense of the tho m many ny That plan pIau would foster every le legitimate in in the land and injure none Done That 18 is one ono one way ay in which con congress can aid in r reducing the tho exceedingly din ly high cost of ot h 1 living which is re really lly the most vexatious and important problem problem lem lern with which wo we have hao to deal What tho the people demand is is cheaper cheap food cheaper clothing ch cheaper aper n necessities el oi ot i ilife life generally and any cuts in tall tariff rates which bich d do not accomplish th that t ar aC are not worth tho the trouble and aDd labor of rn m making The The r revision on ou ought ht to be and no doubt will bo ho made mado c carefully aU and iu in harmony with Democratic q promises II CHAMP GH Mr OJA K |