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WHY YOUR BURDEN IS HEAVY
By Oscar WD. Underwood, Democratic Leader of the House
tariff bills) 1 The House passed a bill providing for
id se Me and Mrs. CONSUMET | foring » considerable portion of the tas
if they had | | burdens to the wealthy, which are escaj
| SINCE JANUARY 1, 1912, A DEMOCRATIC | ino their proper pr
become vs !
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS Ty Fy Fax 3 : i he th
he so Ta passed ‘
The f ners’ free list hill whieh passe : | !
A Ae VIER PASSE] PASSED TARIFF BILLS WHICH WOULD ;
the House, it 18 estimated, wo i have | HAVE REDUCED Ea | K€ r ¥ f th
saved the people of this country $390, i i Corporation pelude if
Tee first articles| The High Cost of Living| dividuals, firms and copartnerships It
18 1 » i § somnlishes the very desiral a pur RY
list by
$650,000,000 a Year. EE nn as buwiam from Shots
$i
“| President Taft Vetoed [cf the wealthy, who have beretofore os
Bd] EVERY TARIFF MEASURE PRESENTED | :
TO HIM WHICH IN THE SLIGHTEST DE. |*0 upport of the rament
exports
were nearly $36,000,000 GREE PROVIDED RELIEF FOR THE esent burd : wt taxa
The bill p MANY FROM EXTORTION. HE USED HIS pon people having i es of
ns wi POWER TO PERPETUVATE Per Year man wh
the free list y PUP Year, A AR Woo
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the poor sea
mstress. The measure | Prohibitive Protection and | Fo a 8 A this 0H STAND
met the wishes of the
ag? implements I HE TRUSTS A man ear g $l per year w
nay nothir n tha first # and #
or year on the se $ :
| To Mr. Consumer:
The a ‘ 8 a matter } t
the “ v { ras 8 y
VOAr r aC or i ftasris AY nl Yes yf i f rar +}
year, or a saving of : i
ved the entire | 888 000,000 for a twelve-month source; her an De { od
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1ax. { half hose valued at e yi
Beef valued at $5.30 per ) 1 is y vholessle are tax Mr. Consumer well know the cost
abroad pays a tariff tax equivalent to wont law at calent | OF living ' g higher ther
05.88 per cent, or $1.50 per 1] nds. of al hile your salary or ‘income es not
This hill pro a en x tton 1} { nronosed t | K¢ paca S ¥ $ } rH% $ % ¥
tax. re {ues +} to 4 per sant i a » } « 8 I A 8 for arly "A v
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times pri a year, posed to reduce the tax om eot-15 i Ses: 4
! ' 4 ’ ly
emoerats 1880 ging | t ad f in alent rate . A ¢ 1 erly
hi ‘ \ £ WORT Lit thi
sch he iy ent, t per oe \ t of 1" 8 hiner
session n eadyv-made « lot gine t fal lew y . ”
sompromi » | foreign port 3 is ta ‘ r Base on
conferees of present 50 per cent i i rr
rl : o ¥ 3 1a
two measures were ! A ’ as i t get less
and in addition t« er Ce ris of Mf he pt
veto of . y \
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ridden. } .
the President BS M) THING EA ALLY
of duty on wool nb vit ui and econ
per cent. to 48. t h i
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. Bat 3 } y £ I
President Taft's 1 haw : 08
American | EAVE rie ors t le
0) MORE F { twelve-m period more than $8 State; others over a quartel
HIS YEAR 100,000, a 3 3 i NII ar P rp Wwe, and
vesident Taft . ; . hen refer t us a mere trifling polit
resident Taft The revision of the chemical schedul . f :
CE a via netdent « ¢ not wat vou
5% i . : al it it, iid we vou to
It. { would have effected a saving y An 1 ” 4
. . . - \ = y { 11 5 V 0" n
A wool hat valued at $1 can consumers of about $17,000 by | » } :
\ ember
taxed 78 cenis upon its entry into the | reducing the price of all chemicals, and Afr Vat
k : re b ’ 3 : MT Voter vO ever discar ¥ Y
United States, under the present tani | the same time the revenue to thi :
‘au auld hav + 4 : . pon pre es, forget your party
law, would have axed 40 | Government would have been increased. 1 : y y hin
Sob — . . geal, and like a plan, honest, sensible
cents. i The bill placing sugar on the free list | practical man this thaan thing y
Mann rs * . “3 am 1.3 3 { ah i HOOK thes ngs over
Flannel! underwear va $27 per | would have saved during a year not less | yea] seriously with yourself?
dozen suits is taxed und present | than $115,000,000 to the T 4 \ 13
: . , § i ’ il YOu neve iid vou sl 1 4 0, out
law at the equivalent ad valorem rats tariff tax on sugar any ¢ { { i
3 3 i ry r wife a ch ren. at
ARE 1042 . m Y ARP . | apvits bh 4a oy
of about 106 per cent. The Democratic | cents per pound. The least: before vou vote in N whe
: : | : : y y \ 1 November
bill ‘proposed to reduce this to 49 per |consumed in continenta ited Sti [avd
I . : per | ey wha nu RIDA { Havé vou been voting are you
cent. A suit of ready-made woolen|in 1011 was about 7.663.000000 pounds lv pott } h \
clothing worth in Europe $10 is taxed | and the applicat of 1% cents per! .
> : : nl Per | tariffs and high cost
under the present law at the equivalent | pound to this consumption affords the | TA
i inj ae | Now is the time t over
\(
ad valorem rate of
The Democers
a Jone of $115,000,000 as representing] IN NOVEMBER DO YOUR DUTY
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the saving to the people. | BY VOTING RIGHT.
hill proposed to