The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-16

pay this increased coste Tou and your
''TRe President is the final resort. II
YOU have written your Congressman
and Senators. write TO the President.
He has the last word He is pledged
in. the most Lnmlstakable way ana
words to a lower tariff. If this law
passes he must veto IL or 60 back On
his word. Tell him So
But Reiteration.
The testimony Of the department
store marasers I'm Chicago is but a re-
iteration of the statements already
printed In the Munsey newspapers rep
resenting the views of merchants in the
principal cities in the East.
The boosters, not the Stapd-patteTS.
have row 10 face the country Il tho
conference committee does not hear
the call of the consumer says John @.
Shedd, president Of Marshall Field x Co
The consumer has right 10 conSldera-
tion in the taxation caused by JaI1H on
oil articles, some Of which may come
under the head of luXurleS-Eut which
social conditions make neccSSltieS-Such
articles dS common laceS, embrDiderieS,
nets. and trimmings, in common use by
every farmers or idbOrer's family in
the United States. The trust manu-
facturers IL the country would not mind
a 30 10 20 per cent duty; are perfectly
satisfied with the Dingley 60 per cent,
which amounts TO 20 per cent ad val
orenI.
There are not to exceed three articles.
known as cry goods, on which reduC-
tons have been made from the high
Ding3ey rates The country is commit
ted to a protective not TO a prohibit
tive tariff
To Fool Public.
1.-The fallacy of increasing The tarin
for the purpose of increasing the rev
enue and making up the Government
deficit must be put forth FOR the sole
purpose Of fOOling the public II has
fooled many and doubtless still fools
many, out the time has come when the
intelligent voter should see through the
farce The tariff should be scheduled
IT, a proportion that would safeguard
the American wOTkmen. The trusts and
manufacturers could take care Of them
selves with this leeway."
The hardware merchants are looking
for trouble If the Oil goes through in
its present shape. Joseph !. McNoy,
president OF the MCNOV-W PSSling Hard
ware Company, SAYS that If the bill is
passed as now intended IL would be dis
astrous to the hardware business so far
as the consumer Is concerned
a man who ShaVcs himself" said
AIr. MCNOy, Will have to pay from y
cents to 81 more for a razor. The mason
viii be forced to pay more for his trowei
and the mechanic who uses pliers will
find himself likewise mulcted. The loss
viii not fan on the Iobber. The ulti-
mate consumer rs usual, VIII get IL
/ where il hurts. Any raise ia iron ard
steel means that the hardware business
| will be shaken from one end TO the
other. Another person who will be made
/ to suffer by an advance IN the rates on
/ steel AMI iron is the housewife, because
such an advance means that every
] article Of tinware and enamel ware
! must go up
The Benehciaries.
/ Some light on who viii be benefited
/ by the duly on hides is given by r. f.
I Spencer, treasurer of the Hamilton.
/ Brown Shoe Company, Of st. Louis, Mo
/ THE present leather situation say,
/ Mr.. Spencer, 'is practically controlled
/ by four large packing concerns OF tn
/ United States, operating tanneries t.
I the exclusion Of independent packer
/ and cattle raisers. The present tariff
! on hides operates in the interest OF TIL
| Big Four which dictates the price o