The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-27

an output of s15s,sl7.52s for 1903, the value of the stock used being s1oo, ,Soo.- al4 Careful esetmates place the tariff
 s on n.s sse ya5SSS sSpps, M sas sSs ss %sts CT alone 1t is estimated s2, ,250, 900, or 10 per cent of the value of the leather used, was paid out And this In the per leather Is sold by the beef trust to manufacturers in Europe at prices much below those exacted from Amer ican manufacturers.
 for Governor of Massachusetts, who is making his light on the tariff issue al- most entirely, and who Is himself a iarge manufacturer of boots and shoes, n the following manner exploded the InlIacy that high protection is neces- ssfy m order to pay labor more than IS Let Beth Hides and shoes be Free. Speaking for myself. would glad " give up the duty of 25 per cent. on snoes to obtain free raw materiaia les, even to obtain free hides and free sole leather. If the handicap of taxed leather were removed, 1 could produce shoes at as low cost as could any manufacturer in any foreign country and meet the competition of the world. S,,hp Shheap ianor IS not cheap. It is dear Mas6achusetts methods of manufactur- Ing and the economical division of Ia- DOT enable us to produce shoes at as ACW AoOOA COhlt QudllJy considered. anywhere in the world. It is the fiEb cost of materials that bars us from the fullest possible participation in foreign
 Put am not alone in these views, Early in 1903. 21l of 375 important manufacturers of boots and shoes in New England declared in favor of Riy- ing up the duty on shoes if hides were manufacturers have frequently and publicly denounced the duty on hides and proclaimed their willingness to part with the duty on shoes"
 Cost of Living Ascending Constantly.
 It is estimated by careful investi. creased about IT per cent, in Boston within tha last year. Coal, for which the trust exacted S5.50 8 ton last year. costs se.I6 this. Meats which cost IS sells Tor ss.60. while 1t brought only $e at this time last year. These are the typical figures. They represent the whole situation. Even the report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of lIaDor does not maintain that the aver. age wages have increased as much.
 On the other hand. this Bureau has Causes of High Prices" in which if is acknowledged that the cost of living has increased enormously. This reporf however, devotes the most of its at. tention to publishing explanations xiv- en by representatives of different in- dustries as to the causes of these in. creases in the prices of the nccessar- les of life.
 Six hundred and sixty-four ,nor,r,s. were mailed to business men seiecte6 at random. The replies numbered IsI- or 2z74 per cent, of the whole ntin1hsr sent out. It is interesting to note that Of those replying, v ascrlbed the great increase to combinations of capital and evils incident thereto. After attemntins 10 explain the increases in cost which fixed income and by the man-of limited wages, this report philosophizes and sfl tempts to milliate the condition in tha following language: '''' ,.,tp The ,bd rich h,S man has always found fault ly pays them. Higher prices are inc ne can ind fault with existing con holds responsible for them, but. ike the rich man. in the end he must nav Scarcity will raise some prices. corn binations will advance others: Over which is the same thing. will bring down prices on many articles. Induss trial attritton will unally regulate the wage question. and then prices, wages and the cost of production will resch a normal standard once more--ind this normal standard will give a just re- turn to all who make, sell. distribute try"
 Men Out of Work.
 Governor John L. Bates. the Republi- can Chief Executive of this State. req liking the tide of indignation which ia sweeping over the State. made d speech a few days ago In which he sought to prove that Massachusetts was enjoying tremendous prosperity. The next day 1t was disclosed that there was a larger number of men out Of work in Boston than had been the case for twelve months previous.
 The sixty thousand names, thousands of them Republicans, which were sig reciprocity with Canada. tells the story of the feeling in Massachusetts. The people determined that the rifr-fed stfonF The people demand tariff re- form, They repudiate the stand pat creed.
 Three children Cremated.