Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-14
The SeMi~ aUcekiy Sfapsato.
3 II HILL ON TANNERS, SHoEMAKERS
,Nn OWNERS OF FACTORIES.

n. .boro are many persons who are not off,
,,rs AGENTS. or employees OF the government, yet
rrbo are doing much to oppress the people anu en-
r;nS %,i themselves by treble prices. Sucn as shoe
,,otars tanners, suPerntendents, ana owners Vi
fto,oc and manufacturers and artlzanS OF all hluS
All snch men are not only practical enemies 10 our
success in this struggle but are acting IN uec' ou
faith to the government ana are suoJe0' ~ " PUNISH P
o,t THESE men are exempted from military ser
r;cn But this exemption is not for the 6eneht ot
;nJiy;dnals but for the public good All thus stu
"a therefore who act for their individual gam,
roste the true intent of the law, and are expressly
b;oct tn be at once c0RScribsd and nereT more 10
l. cremptsd! The law provides that seventy i've
ner cent. "ou the cost of production shall DC the
extreme limit of the prices charged
Various pretexts aTd schemes are oeing areauy
resorted to to magnify apparently the COST ol pro
Sucton or to mistify the calculation in the minds
Of the neopIe. Under this law neither the cost OF
living nor the interest on capital invested, form
ory mart of the cost of production These are pro-
ved for in the seventy five per cent. profit allowed,
and the provision is ample and enrlchlng-nore re-
allv than ought to have been allowed.
What is the cost of production on pair of shoes
II the price paid for the raw hide-the expense OF
tanning it-and the hire of the operative VINO makes
the shoes Let it be remembered that the hlues
which are tanning, and which are to make the
-
narativev low prices. The present prices OF hldes
and leather constitute no part OF the cost OF the
productiof of shoes made from hides or leather
houcht Nor have tanners the right to charge pre-
semi prices for the leather made of hides bought at
lower prices heretofore.
What is the cost of production OF yaru vi ooI-
ton goods? 1t is the cost of the cotton ana 'he a
tual expenses incurred in running (not making OF
putting up) the machinery ard the wages oi the
one&atiyes. Let it be well remembered. that muGh
Of the cloth now being made, and when VIII oe
used during the ensuing winter is manuiacIureu ot
cotton bought at low prices. The present price OF
cotton is no part of the cost of producing yaru oI
cloth from cotton bought during the winter anu
spring now past ooi,,,
Every operative has personal interest IN seeing
to it that this law is not violated. For II one S-
neriptendent or officer of factory or other eStao-
iishment shall violate this law, every person en-
paged about the establishment is subject TO con-
scription at once and without remedy
So every man, woman and child in the land Is IN
terested in reporting violations of this law for II IS
to prevent them from being oppressed as well as to
prevent the government from being weakened that
the law has been enacted.
Various methods have been reSorted to with
view of securing high prices and escaping public
odium. The most common has been to offer goodS
for sale at auction This is at first view, plauSl'
bic scheme of extortion. it puts the whole honest
community, government included, in the hands oi
speculators-puts all in the pC~er of 'felonlous
counterfeitS, and secures to the owners the only
object really intended-high prices Oithout 0dtun.
This must all be stopped now, for more than "a
per cent on the cost of production, whether al
auction or otherwise is a violation of the law.