New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-28

x...--ers and bagmen are as e,sa,,s time
l~,,.-a-, to-day as thew were III ,,,rrant
- thew understand the conol'l0l'9 7,,.,oians do
r,,-;ness as the economists anu 800 expert
-. ,-,ovr the difference bet"es" -.
no. ~ .--..e+t- market prices II a-'''o
- branch Of manufacture III -roats
eve -. - me habit y reducing ths1 -
10 .--- ne cost of pTodUci4oh Ia r-,,.
.,,st- Goods upon foreign coIsu,'-e. .o,abla
40 -. r. v,-,,,l5 he only fair anu -
-,s dumping manufactule G -
81 - go n nay tariH du's -.
-ai-@- ara compelled 10 40 VIZ,
80 Goods abroad A '0i4l ,. b,,+ #
- o-,l,,5e the compsllhs ....,,,,f,c+-
"lo.'' ,.Inf,,l In enabling BRUSH D.
.,.-rol the home MAJ Nc - +,,ero
No. e-a sold IN the tlI'e1 Nc ,.-,
ish sooeS - ennployTnent for WoIhI1i : MI
would De - toward higher wages Arsu-
WIN - ra,ure have been famliar eLoUe"
menus u - America but N kAsIdAu ~
IN F'o'e-s novel when il comes from tle
TesSo----7 - manufacturing classes, Wh!ch III
f,lei 80 Ssvs Of Cobdenism felt confident Oh
aF5I.rv 10 held every market where 'I'e''
,oo5s could be soio-
=. ,,s,erars on the Liberal side rene" the'.
=. -aneatin- the WORKOUT formulas OF
---Lsa,tsr7. They proclaim the old Mahciie9'e,
.-e-er NJ cheapness as the supreme pressing %
-o5s-r civilization, and try TO convince INC
--.7fen consumer that he ought 10 be pfoloU"~-
l. hateful when foreigners ruin ihehlSeiN . ~
.--,-1 merchandise in the United Kingdom at
mice below The cost Of production men INC
consumer is a thoughtful worhIngrlan ne IIl'zs
rs~s 2 suspicion that cheapness VIII De ue@I L
r. = kes 100 much employment away I10..- -
English, factory. OF COURSE the free II"p7
hat 10
orator contends with academic ferFot lHa1 ING
80 5,,-z * q tax which inevitably falls upon
The consumer. but the practlca- E--sIls1 ~
,-tz-r knows that II is no so Decade after
-.s. r7-i-isb Goods have been sold abroad al
.,-,-- n-i-es below the market prices at nome
- = foreign tariffs have risen the cutting has
- 5aa1a- 81 IS 10 force the sale Of the
-a-ee abroad When America buyers come 10
r----snd thew name prices which VIII cover the
5--fas and leave margin for the jobbers
-,-osre and If they fail 10 get the figures wanted
.rax 90 70 Germany and find them there. Mer-
chants and manufacturers know the difference
between export prices and market prices. and
-,ev are convinced thai they themselves pay d
,s-rs Dortion Of the duties on the goods sold 10y
--rar7 IL Germany and America, and they DO hoO
consider II unreasonable when the Chamberlain
.s-ff -efar,uer assures them that the proposed
dprr Of 10 per cent would be paid by foreign
competitors and bumpers rather than by BRUSH
consumers Sir Henri Campbell annerl'1h
and Ii. Asguith hold in reserve, however the
ol5-fr,a stock argument that the workingman
would be impoverished by the adoption OF q
moderate tariff. since it would add enormously
70 the cost Of living and diminish the purchas-
ing power Of his wages. That rusty old gun
now misses fire as otter - it goes off The
English zyo~zingrlan must be dull indeed i
he believes a. sight the Free Trade Inference
that American and German wage-earners are
IMPOVERISHED by tariff which increases their
wages and employment and raises their standard
~ living When he asks with shreWd lnJell-
g=rce whether il matters if he can save penny
or -vo7ence Oh the price Of his dinner pail when
che +a~+o-v IS closed and his earnings are
--- rfe the merchant may tell him that the pail
-os-s M more n Germany. and possibly little
Jess.
There is one weapon IN use by Free Trade
orators which is more modern than these bum
derbusses from The mOss-grown Cobdenlte
a~rro~v. This is the tariff trust. They talk
about industrial combinations as the worst evil
Of the privileged system created by Protec-
tiorists, and with voices rising 70 q high treble
ask whether England Is prepared 10 hand over
1he House Of Commons 10 the tariff politicians
and their wealthy and influential clients, or
whether il viii not refuse-the words are Sir
Henry Campbell BaDnermans-" make the
great dnanciers, the great newspaper mongers,
The great landowners the fiscal trustees Of the
nation the recipients Of the benefits Of taxa
ZION and the controllers Of the peoples food
There Is real danger. il seems, lest al these
terrible ogres may ride headIong to destruc-
zion on their fiery ProtectIonist steeds. for be-
hind them are the underfed. the overworked, the
casually employed the badly housed and the
gWarul1g unfortunate classes which have moth
ing 70 lose by The change Of fiscal system and
cannot De Convinced that the nation is pros
Dering These are the hopeless voters who, in
The Liberal leaders estimation, may give a
false direction 10 public policy and follow Nj
Chamberlain in his mad career: and in their
train viii be reaction, restriction. autocracy.
tyranny and the tariff trusts! The new gun
makes SO terrible a noise that tiTnId household
ers and jealous trads unioniJls ara left too
breathl=ss % inquire whether IL England under
Tree Fr2de there are not already industrial
cor1J--aC lions by the thousand and whether the
pro-eJ4rlat would get quite out Of hand If the
Two shilling registration duty OF Cobden's time
were put back on foodstuffs and low revenue
duties OF 10 per cent levied on all imported ner-
chaIdtse. Int
CONCERT AT THE OPERA HOUSE.