It has removed the tariff on petroleum and its products. placed coffee and tea on the free list. revised the iron and steel schedule and made some changes on other items. so that. on the whole. the bill is an improvement. but I might enumerate some outrageous provisions. like the tariff on hosiery. gloves. shoes. and on several others. The tariff on these Items reminds me of the following poem: Fence our European rivals out. Keep the duty steep. Save our honest workingman From foreign labor cheap. Build a tall old tariff wall. Thus produce a dearth. And make the honest workman pay Twice what things are worth. When his cheek is thin with want And thinner Is his calf. Fill his place with an immigrant. Wholl do his work for half. I hope that when the bill comes back from the Senate it will have these objectionable schedules removed. and if not fairly remedied.
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