Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-04
NO INCREASE IN
TARIFF WANTED
WOMEN WILL SEND PETITION
TO WASHINGTON
Declare Hosiery and Gloves Articles
of Necessity and Proposed ln-
crease in Prices Unjusti.
fable Exaction

A petition protesting against the in
crease proposed for the tariff on i'm
ported gloves and hosiery, signed by
hundreds of Los Angeles women, Will
be forwarded to Congressman Nc
Lachlan tomorrow night. 1t is one of
many which will pour in on congress
from all parts of the country this week.
asking that no change be made in tar
iff regulations under the mistaken
opinion that hosiery and gloves are
Injuries and not necessities for women
Petitions have been in circulation for
some time past in Chicago and east
ern cities but the idea was not taken
up locally until yesterday, when the
Broadway department store placed a
table with signature sheets at one of
the stores main entrances. That it
met with the support of Los Angeles
W omen was evident from the alacrity
with which they affixed their names.
The number constantly around the ia
BILE attracted women from other sec
tions of the store. under the impression
that special bargains were available.
When they found what was going on
they willingly fell in line and also
signed.
The petition will be available at the
Broadway store Monday, but it will be
closed up tomorrow night and forward
ed at once to Washington, as the
Payne tariff measure is scheduled for
early consideration.
The argument attached to the petit
ton by the management of the Broad
way store is as follows:
IF the new tariff schedule on cotton
hosiery and women's leather gloves is
adopted, prices will be affected so ma
terially that you will be obliged to
pay from % to so per cent advance in
retail prices
This industry does not need protec-
ton, as statistics show, for under the
present tariff the American hosiery
manufacturers have more than doubled
their output in the last five years,
whereas the foreign hosiery importa
lions remain about the same. Practic
ally all of the fashion hosiery made in
this country is sold by one commission
house, which is the interested party in
securing the advance of duty. The SUI
peri0rity of foreign goods in knitting,
dyeing and finishing is well kown.
Means Great Advance
"The average tax levied against
these goods today is so per cent. The
advance would mean that you would
have to pay 65 cents for 50-cent hos
iery, 80 cents for 25-cent hosiery, and
so on.
LAS for the glove tariff, it is SO ex-
all foreign gloves and this would lead
to monopOies and trusts, for the price
increase will be from SO cents to SO
cents a pair.
president Taft on December 16,
1908 said in New York. L believe that
the way to stamp out trusts and mo-
nopolies is to avoid excessive rates,
which tempt monopoly. 1t would be
better to have no revision at all I'M
less we are going honestly and favor
ably to revise the tariff on the basis
promised by our party
The public is vitally interested in
this question. and all over the coun-
try is protesting against any advance
i'm duty on gloves and hosiery. Sign
the petition and VIC will see that it
reaches our representative in con-
Gress."
Practically every woman who stop
ped at the petition table signed her
name.
My goodness! My husband says we
certainly pay enough now" said one
woman who edged her way in to learn
what 1t was all about. As soon as she
had signed her name she searched the
Broadway store until she had found
four friends, whom she brought to sign
the petition.