The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-27

laws for the direct benefit Of the EN-
ployes, these same employees have,
as rule been kept close to the huns
ger line, while many OF the employ
ers have become the possessors OF |
tho Swollen fortunes" which now
menace the nations morals as we'll |
as It's business. kN
And yet the Republican party VAS
not willing that a single item on mo
steel schedule should be touched,
and tho Republican campaign COM
mittee will not dare to publish, be-
fore the election, the contributions
that have been made or will be made
TO the Republican campaign fund by
the men most largely interested in
10 steel trust,
Let me show you how the tariff
operates. have here a statement
made by Mr. H. Il, Miles, chairman
OF the tariff committee OF the ma
tlonal Association OF Manufacturers
and head OF the agricultural and inn
Element trust. The statement APP
pears in the American Industries Of
November Is, 1907, a paper which
is now supporting the Republican
ticket and making a special fight.
: against the labor plank Of the DEM
> ocratic platform. Here Is what Mr..
{ Miles says;
. 81 have made money every year
y out of the Tariff Graft. Not much,
{ but still a little.
e THE tariff barons raised their
y price $4,000 to me. made a
@ charge against the jobber OF 100000
l., and know that he charged more
} than 500 for the 100000 he paid
d me. Before reaching the consumer
% the $4,000 charge became about
'e 500, 900 to be paid by the agricul'
L. tural consumer
rs THE manufactures who would
lie prosper must make a double profit
va one by the shrewd management oil
Ia his business and another by still
IL shrewder manipulation In Washing
10 ton.
= I'VE have no great difficulty II
shopping abroad for we could get al
- high prices as at home We are 81
held up, however, by our supply peo
+ pie that to most OF US there is YER
OF scant profit in foreign business.
O. when congress gave US 40 pc
no cent, we needing only 20 per cent
IN they gave us congressional permi
ne II not an invitation, to consolidate
Us form one great trust and advance on
nr prices 20 per cent, being the di
To terence between the 20 per Ger
TO- needed and the 40 per cent given
II MIR. Miles shows how the tart
III raise prices to those who, in man
'p- featuring, have to buy other man
OF featured products. This expense
ma transferred to the next purchase
10 The jobber charges a profit on II
''a tariff as we'll as on the cost OF Il
nu article, and each person who handl
uu the product collects a profit, so tina
l"u according to Mr., Miles, the firi
ing charge OF $4,000 becomes $1,000
TO- by the time 1t reaches the consume
W Mr.. Miles in another article estimat
.ho the total loss to the people at $5O'
ol 100000 annually. The statement
ne Mr. Miles also shows that the tar
not law Is an invitation to consolida'
'el- and that having been given the Ia
IN III on the theory that 1t is needt
AM the manufacturers naturally assn
'~h that it Is intended that they sh
~" take advantage OF it, even If tn
,'uo have TO combine to do 50.
' '@,. How will Mr., Taft explain to t
-. average man the benefits of prot
ton? He can easily convince a trl
ho ludJ ~ ploliN ny lhS 'Ni'i'' u"' -
~ about the victim OF the trust?t
..s. No Republican leader will nc
,.,s deny that reductions ought. to.
w.. made, but who is to make the red
~, tions? The only answer given by
Republicans Is that the tariff out
-. to he reformed by its friends; e
,ana is, that those who made the last Z
go. III law should be entrusted with
-. making of a new tariff law.
- suppose the people adopt the Rep
lican idea and entrust the making
the tariff law to Republican c.
t''u gressmen; what will be the mett
'oIo OF procedure? Fortunately for
o ' voter, Mr.. Miles explains this p
'ou'- In the April, 1908, number OF All
~ lean industries, Mr. Miles says: -
IA" people instruct and trust Congr
midi - rra,+ irs, ocuitahle and am
u protection"
"a Is not that just what the Rep
anu lican leaders claim to favor? 7
Wv want you to instruct and trust