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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER. OCT., THURSDAY, OCT. 5. 1916
PAGE SEVEN
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THE NEW D
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IIC TARIFF LAW
How it Was Made and What It Did.
The Underwood tariff law was
framed upon a theory discredited by
public distress and private suffering,
whenever any attempt was made to
carry It out. People cannot be plac
ed iu direct competition with the peo
ples of Europe, whose standards of
living are much below ours, and still
maintain the American standard. Di
rect competition with Europe, with
out protection to industries and la
bor, means that Americans must re
duce their standards of living to
nearly those of Europe; and every
reduction is an Injury and a priva
tion. The Ways and Means Committee,
which made the bill upon the lines
drawn by President Wilson, consulted
neither producer nor employer of la
bor. Few, if any, of the men who
framed the law had any personal
knowledge of the problems that
must he faced and solved by the
American producer. They were un
acquainted with the conditions and
the competition that the farmer and
manufacturer must meet and over
come. They could prove a complete
alibi if charged with any knowledge
of the industrial world anywhere. To
them an excursion into the realm of
factory and work-shop; into the vital
problems of production cost, and
comparative wages of this country
and the lands across the sea; into the
consideration of the handicaps of the
American producer; would be but a
nother journey of "Alice, in Wonder
land." Nor did the Underwood Committee
seek knowledge from those who pos
sess the information which they them
selves lacked. At the scant hearings
that were given upon the subject,
there was little intelligent effort to
get facts. It was a hazing process
to any producer who was . daring
enough to appear and say that he was
in favor of protection to American In
dustry. In every possible way the
committee members tried to belittle
Buch testimony when given, and to
make the witnesses uncomfortable.
These witnesses were restricted to a
bare fifteen minutes with the future
of their business at stake and then
even this time was used up In the In
troduction and discussion of questions
entirely foreign to the problems in
band.
The tariff verdict of this com
mittee was accepted meekly and su
pinely by the Democratic party. The
bill framed In 'this manner passed
both branches of Congress to the
crack of the party whip.
The result was natural and ln
envitable, a tariff law that is faulty in
construction, illogical in its develop
ment, filled with contradictions and
ambiguities, wrong in principle, and
ylcloua in practice.
I Tariff Board.
' OwIp to the enormous diversifi
cation oi our modern Industrial life,
the Republican party has recognized seed oil maker of the Land of Dixie?
the increasing need of more thorough Why is bagging for cotton made free,
nd scientific legislation. The ina- and the same bagging for the pro
dequate and hasty consideration of ducts of the North made dutiable?
tariff bills offered by the Democrats Why is a piece of metal cut to lengths
in the 62d Congress and of the Un- painted and fitted with buckles, made
derwood Bill of the next Congress in the North for baling Southern cot
, could not have resulted otherwise ton, put on the free list, and the same
.than detrimental to American agri-r piece of steel, without being manu
jculture and manufacturing interests, j factured at all, left with a duty?
As pointing a better way, the plat-) why is there a grading of the cotton
form of 1912 Indorsed the creation of ; yarns and cloths made in the South,
a Tariff Board by President Taft and j while the woolen yarns and cloths of
! condemned our opponents for a fail-j the North are thrown helter-skelter
ure either to provide funds for its jnt0 one group? Why is the rice of
continuance or to make some other the South dutiable, and the fish of the
provision to secure "the information North free? Why is the wool of the
requlste for intelligent legislation." North free and the hair of the An
Such a board, free from the pressure gora goat 0f Texas protected by a
of political and other influences could tjuty? why is the tobacco grower
jgather information regarding every 0f the South guarded, and the North-
inductry here and abroad, could i&-
bulate this information and lay It be
em raiser of farm products left at
the mercy of his Canadian rival?
fore Congress to form the basis for Tnere B but one answer. Upon the
legislative action.
sea of Congressional legislation, the
From Specific to Ad Valorem Duties. Democratic compass points always to
The Democratic Ways and Means Uie South- It ls cass legislation, for
Committee set its inexperience and it discriminates deliberately and di-
ignorance against the judgement and m,tly against on9 das3 ln the United
experience of the expert tariff ma- gtates and tllat clags lg the producer
kors of the world. It substituted, tne man who labors long and well
where possible, ad valorem duties for to make the American product the
specific duties, when it is a well re
: cognized fact that the more scientific
the tariff, the more specific duties
it contains. Under ad valorem duties
equal of any in the world.
The Test of the New Law.
Fortunately for the cause of pro
file door is always open to frauds and tection to American industry and un
; undervaluation. There is, too, a fortunately for the Democratic party,
still greater handicap to the Ameri- there wa a real and accurate test
can producer in the fact that such of the new tariff and a comparison
duties give him the least protection w'Ith Its Republican predecesser be
at a time when he needs it most. A fre the beginning of hostilities a
duty that depends upon the value of broad, which has temporarily put an
the goods alone means that in good end to normal importations,
times, when prices are high, the duty ! The price that the American pro
will be high, and in hard times, when ducer Pld for the privilege of living
prices are low, the duty will be low, under the new tariff is one million
and the American market thrown dollars a day more of foreign compe
open to a flood of foreign-made goods, tition for him to face in the market of
j At one time the Democratic party the United States. According to gov
ihad a doctrine and a slogan of free ernment statistics there was an in
! raw materials, but out of the Wilson- crease in value of foreign goods
Underwood School, of Thought came brought into the United States of
a new doctrine, that the finished ar- twenty-six million dollars a month,
tide should be free of duty and the or one million dollars a day for every
raw materials which go into it and forking day of the month.
which must be
should he taxed.
obtained abroad-
Tliis Is simply ap-
This foreign merchandise is
brought to this country to be sold.
plying to the tariff the operation of By just the amount of the increase
burning the candle at both ends.
tin importation will, there be a loss
Calmly standing astride two horses of market to the American producer?
traveling in opposite directions, the By just so much will the sale of A
' Democrats declared' that their law merican goods in the American mar
would keep up the prices which the het fall short of the sales for the
farmer receives, and reduce the price fame period under the Republican
w hich the consumer pays, that the itariff law. An additional competi
market baskets must not be taxed,
yet the interests of the farmer must
be guarded. They might as well
have declared that hereafter all om
lets should be made without breaking
the eggs, and that anyone failing to
accomplish this shall be declared in
efficient by that great authority on
the subject of inefficiency, Mr. Red
field, Secretary of Commerce, and
punished therefor.
A Sectional and Class Tariff.
The Democratic tariff law ls sec
tional and class legislation. Its two
guiding stars were advantage for the
South, In gratitude for favors receiv
ed, and an appeal to the consumer of
the North, hoping for favors to come.
If it is not a sectional bill, and so in
tended, why ar,e the only textiles put
upon the free list those that are used
tion of one million dollars a day faces
the American producer so long as
the Democratic tariff law remains
on the statute book and European
conditions are normal. And the loss
and the injury that result from this
will be felt in the workroom of the
mill as well as in the counting room;
and will reach the Northern farmer
in his fields.
No Reduction in Cost of Living.
Has there been any reduction in
the cost of living to offset this new
competition? Have the army of con
sumers received a benefit in lower
prices? Has the man who buys his
goods over the counter of the retail
store obtained them for less? There
has been no such change. The tariff
has produced results only on one side
of the ledger. The Increased impor-
by the cotton planter and the cotton- tatlons under the new law means
merly so much yardage cut from the
American textile mills,, so much ton
nage taken from the products of the
steel mills, so much less market for
the products of the farm, so much less
demand for goods made by the Ameri
can producer, so much less demand
for American labor, with a resultant
loss of the purchasing power of the
whole citizenship of the United
States.
The trade figures of the govern
ment just previous to the breaking
out of the European war show also
a grieveous fact as to our export busi
ness. As a result of the new tariff
our normal foreign exports not only
did not increase, but we were losing
part of the trade we already had.
Fir the seven months of the Demo
cratic tariff law, from January 1 to
August 1, 1914, the exports from the
United States to foreign countries
showed a falling off of 127 millions
of dollars, an average of 18 millions
a month, and nearly three-quarters of
a million of dollars every working
day of the month as compared with
the same months of 1913 under the
; Republican tariff law. The very bad
feature of these figures is that our
export showing was progressively bad
under the present law. Beginning
with April, the decrease was so
great that the balance of trade ran
against the United States and con
tinued to do so until the end of the
fiscal year.
From A Favorable to an Adverse
Balance. .
In our foreign trade under the Pay
ne law the favorable balance was over
six hundred and fifty million dollars.
For the last decade and longer our
'favorable balance of trade had aver
aged about five hundred million dol
lars annually. Beginning with April
1 1914, this excess of exports was en
itirely wiped out. In other words, a
j favorable balance of trade everag
tng over five hundred million dol
lars annually, and which has enabl
ed us to pay our foreign obligations
I which fully equal that amount, was
changed to an adverse balance. We
saw the effects of this change in our
, foreign trade by our exports of gold
which amounted to one hundred mil
lion dollars during that year, and this
be it understood, before the outbreak
of the European war.
But the ignorance and incompe
tence shown by the Democratic party
in its destructive tariff legislation is
not its only offence against the pros
perity of the people and the welfare
of the country. Before it came Into
power it was exceedingly vociferous
in denouncing public expenditures
Since It came into power, its prodi
gality is monumental. It has wasted
and is wasting, the substance of the
people in riotous living. It has ap
propriated great sums for useless pur
poses, while denying to legitimate
objects adequate support.
Additional Taxation.
And then, finding the Treasury
lacking in funds to pay for their ex
travagance, and being unwilling to
deny themselves the unwonted lux
ury of spending other peoples mon
ey, and incapable of a scientific ad
justment of expenditures to income,
they use the strong arm of the war
power to levy a war tax when we are
at peace with all the world. Hun
dreds of millions of dollars were
wrung from the people in this way,
and additional taxes will be added
In those already demanded, if the De
mocratic party is not deprived of
power.
Currency Experiment.
Wrhen none of the promised bene
fits appeared from the tariff legisla
tion, it was stated at the White House
that a new magna charta must be
given to our banking and currency
system credit was to be set free
from the "shackles which made it the
slave of the money trust" and as
soon as this great 'piece of legisla
tion was passed the waters of pros
perity were to gush forth as though
their source had been smitten with
the rod of the prophet. When this
vital and intricate subject was taken
up for. consideration, the bankers' as
sociation and the greatest experts on
banking and currency in the country
exerted themselves to the utmost to
secure the inauguration of the best
possible system. They thought that
the magnitude of the fiscal interests
of this country deserved the best pos
sible system, as demonstrated by the
banking experience of the nations of
the world.
Again the inspired denunciations
issued from the White House the
rioney trust, it was said, was in a con
spiracy to discredit and thwart the
bunking inexperience and Intutive ex
pert knowledge of the President and
his advisers. Rather than engage in
a contest with their own government,
and fearing to add to its hostility
against them, the bankers and com
mercial institutions of the country
were compelled to accede to a bank
ing and currency system that does not
satisfy.
Already this currency law, announ
ced by Mr. Wilson, and his colleagues
as wonderful and perfect, has been
found to be sadly lacking in essential
features. Already Congress is call
ed upon to make amendments to it, in
order to put it in good working con
dition, Mr. Wilson's second cure for the
business depression of the country
did no good. It could not. What
system of currency can be devised
that will eliminate the factor of a
decreased market for the American
producer? How can the establish
ment of any number of Federal Re
serve Banks prevent additional Im
portations from coming Into the
United States? What the country
needs is more business, not more cur
rency, nor more banks. William Mc
Kinley well told the story when, in
1896, he said: "Open the mills in
stead of the mints."
BuHiness Legislation Also A Blunder.
Then President Wilson announced
that a trio of laws to regulate busi
ness would cure the trouble. Appar
ently he forgot the mportant fact
that legislation alone is not a panacea
for lack of success and that no act of
Congress, no policy of the adminis
tration, can create character. Thrift
cannot be secured by law. Property
rights cannot be disregared and per
sonal rights remain secure.. The
persecution of the one at the present
time means the ultimate violation of
the other. Production and transpor
tation cannot be arrayed against each
other if either ls to prosper. The di
vidend of the employer cannot be tak
en away and the pay envelope of the
wage earner remain. Profits and
payrolls are inseparable companions.
In enacting business legislation the
Democratic party was dealing with
matters beyond their mental limita
tions and their experience. In their
anxiety to produce more wealth and
different distribution, and in their
ignorance, they took the risk of kill
ing the goose which lays the golden
eggs of prosperity. They were cry
stalizing into law their limitlations
and their prejudices. Instead of
furnishing safeguards to industry a
gainst unfair business methods, they
would place shackles upon legitimate
business and enterprise.
It is not the capitalist that is mot
coerled in this legislation There Is the
stockholder, the man or woman who
owns a comparatively small number
of shares of stock of American cor
porations. In the United States
there are four million individual
holders of corporation securities. The
average holding of these securities is
about ninety shares. This ls the ar
my of men and women whose proper
ty ls at stake in the new laws, those
who have invested their savings,
whose small holdings represent the
only fruit of hard toil and rigid eco
nomy. The new business legislation ls
filled with radical defects. Its en
forcement will mean the punish
ment of the innocent with the guilty;
that is, it has the characteristic De
mocratic quality of lack of construc
tive wisdom.
Don't Blame it On the War.
It is the present hope of Democracy
that the European war will so take
up and fill the American mind as to
distract it entirely from thoughts as
to what the party in power has done
in its forty months of rule.
Such a hope is not flattering to
the American people. It is not a peo
ple which is in the habit of permitt
ing the accident of today to offset the
premediated offence of yesterday.
The voter of the United States has a
habit or rememering, not of forgett
ing, especially when he has real rea
son to keep certain facts indelibly In
mind. A depleted purse is a great
aid to memory. Unfortunately for
the Democratic party, their record
was made up before the war began.
Their economic policies had proven
wrong, their leadership has blunder
ed and failed, and ignorance and pre
judice had already stained their le
gislation.
Partisanship and Spoils.
The business of the country was in
jured by Democratic acts. The
smooth-flowing current of commerce
was checked and the industrial pros
perity of the nation was 'diminished.
Their tariff law was a benefit to none
but the foreign producer. Their at
tempt to regulate trade resulted only
in hampering it. The record of ad
ministration was the rule of parti
sanship and spoils. There was pro
crastination instead of action, and
violent haste where mature consid
eration was demanded. No foreign
war cloud is dark enough to hide the
business depression that Democratic
incompetency brought forth.
The absolute necessity for the pr s
perity of the American producer '
the control of his home marl:
Without that mooring place he is the
sport of every trade wind that blnvn.
Under the present Democratic ta-'ff
law he is losing this home mar! e'..
That iaw must bs changed if there is
t- be given to American product! n
the necessary anchor to windward
when the foreign trade winds bl vr
, wrcng and strong.
1 .'no'her vital condition is tha 'n-jd!'-:dral
effort in the United Sta'-s
si all not be unfairly checked and on
ifned by such hostile legislation as is
jb intt er'act'd by the Democratic par
ity. If success is to bring with it p-n-I
alty and punishment, which seem .o
te tne underlying Democratic prin
i 'o. the American citizen will be
f randiraned at home as to be aMe
abroad.
The well bein!? of the country is
demanding the restoration to power
of the party of construction in fid
of the party of destruction. Th"re
has been more than enmigh of n
tiful theory and glittering platitude.
The rule of rhetoric has had its day.
There is no longer awe or curiosity
about such soulful things as "the new
frcedom"and "the constitution of
peace."
BOARDMAN ITEMS
Wm. Kennedy was in town Friday
from Hermiston.
Harry Straw of Hermiston was a
visitor in town Friday.
C. Voyne is filling his warehouse
with baled hay this week.
Mr. Mack was in town Friday look
ing after business interests.
Paul Jones, a Government surveyor
from Hermiston, was in town Friday.
Mr. Callbach of Hermiston is putt
ing in the fronts In Mr. Mack's two
rooms this week.
Miss Clara Voyne returned Thurs
day from attending teachers' insti
tute at Heppner.
Miss Alberta Harper from Echo
visited her father and brother be
tween trains Friday.
M8. Royal Rands entertained
Jack Gorham and Miss Marvel Blay
den at dinner Sunday.
I Mrs. Nettie Eckels from Ogden,
Utah spent Friday night visiting her
, sister Mrs. Royal Rands.
Wahona Rand left Saturday with
her aunt, Mrs. Nettie Eckles for Og
den, Utah to spend the winter.
C. C. Paine and family are mov
ing into the Dodd & Kenedy building,
temporarily until their building is
ready.
G. C. Blayden just finished mov
ing his stock of groceries into hi
new store building which was re
cently completed.
J. Gibbons moved his family to Caa
tle Rock Sunday which will make it
more convenient for him as teacher of
the Castle Rock school.
J. M. Sipprell and wife of Echo
were riding over the project Tuesday.
They were very much pleased with
the country for all they had such
a windy day.
J. H. Strohn of Hermiston was in
town Sunday looking after tlie inter
est of the R. J. Arnold 80 acres. He
is contemplating planting forty acre
of it to alfalfa.
F. Emberger is busy laying pipes
to the new building to supply them
with water from his 20,000 gallon
tank. Water will be pumped by a
horse power engine.
Sunday evening while unharness
ing his team of mules, G. C. Blay
den was slightly injured when one of
them kicked, striking him on the hip.
Mr. Blayden is able to be about with
the use of a cane. "And her name
was Maud."
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