Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-11-20

clnforrable homes because the fathers
were unable to obtain employment.
On Broadway alone there were 34o
free souphouses where men couia ger
enough to eat to keep them alive uhtii
the next election Instead of the pros
perous times which the people were
made to believe We're coming came
ruined industries. bank failures anu
perished homes. Then Mckinney SUD
stituted the DingIey tariff law FOR the
free trade policy. and the little treas
urer of the American home, with tears
Of THANKSGIVING. received AGAIN the
dollars which are the birthright Of ev
cry American woman and which sh'
can make go further than the man.
Somehow our mothers cannot get along
without the dollars. They would moi
be satisfied to live in novels, with then
children half naked and uneducated.
Another erroneous statement In tht
article is that ION account of this tariff
the trusts are able to send goods abroad
and sell them much cheaper to foreign
ers than they do to you here at home"
The manager of large business con
Germ on Broadway, New York, eX
planned this very question the Other
day when asked, "Do you send goods
abroad to be sold cheaper than the
same articles can be purchased here|
"Yes and no." answered he. I'VE
export Gull goods mostly. Have you
ever attended one of the large sales of
the department stores? Then you have
noticed that gloves, handkerchiefs, etc,
are sold from the bargain counter for
far less money than the manufacturers
could make them. Your own common
sense will tell you this. However, In
looking them over you find tiny holes
in the gloves and the lace ripping from
the handkerchiefs. This is the kind of
goods we send abroad, but if our for
eign purchasers want first class arti-
cles they must pay us living price for
them. We find the demand for cheap
goods from foreign parts greater than
it is here at home. So the Gull goods
are sent there, costing them less money
than 1t takes for us to manufacture
them, but in this way we dispose of
the goods and keep the market"
your rent is higher than 1t would be
If 1t were not for the tariff" says the
editor also.
What difference would 1t make to a
man in hard luck If a house rented for
So a month If the 50 We're not at his
command and he had no work to earn
the sum? But if the same house in the
days of prosperity under tariff admin
istration rented for SIS q month and
the man had the money and more, how
much better his condition would be
than during the times of cheap rentf
True, the house does not cost as much
the one time as the other, but any wise
man would rather have the house at a
higher rate if he could pay for it, and
any sensible woman would, too, for In
all probability she would have to take
| in washing TO earn the 81 during the
time of her husbands enforced idle
ness, while he could earn the $1o and
not half try with the tariff protecting
| his earnings.
Have YOU never thought, Mr.. Free
| Trade Editor. that the women never
| hau gloves hlce h"tS of lIE'l! uIeS9' ;
without the tariff? You say that the
protection on home industries makes
everything Gearcr and that It takes
more dollars 10 live under sy-l policy
Yes, yes" laughs tie happy little
| home treasurer. But We have the
dollars. my dear Sir, and We quite
agree with you chat politics comes
| home to every woman's pocket,
whether she knows K or not"
GRACE MILLER WHITE.