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Show WHAT MANY FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC TARIFF. "In what way," asks the Houston (Tex.) Post, "enn the republicans attack tho democratic tariff 7 What do they know nbout its virtues or defects. This is no troublesome conundrum. It is ridiculously ridic-ulously easy. Republicans can nttack the democratic dem-ocratic tariff by telling the truth nbout it. And ns for what they know nbout its defects, it would take them an entire Issue of The Sun to summarize summar-ize it. For instance, we know thnt in the first eight months thnt tho democratic tariff was in operation opera-tion our imports increased $114,000,000 nnd our customs revenues decreased $36,000,000, and still with no reduction in the cost of living. Wo know thnt our Imports of raw materials for manufacturing increased $34,000,000, and thnt even with the wnr our imports in these line nrc $3,000,000 more than they were under the republican tariff. j We know thnt our importations of foodstuffs jumped up $88,000,000, that practically all of it enmo in frco of duty, nnd thnt even (luring the ,wnr tho increase was maintained. Wo know thnt, in the first eight months of tho democratic tariff our exports fell off $201,-000,000, $201,-000,000, nnd thnt our farmers had to see a shrinkngo in their foreign sales of $57,000,000. Republicans know a lot about tho defects of the democratic tariff and before the next session of congress is over nnd before tho next cnm.mign is over the Houston Post will be given the benefit of this knowledge. |