Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19


The woman'S trade union
finds that SO per cent Of these
workmen die and leave nothing
3 IL per cent only enough to
pay debts IL per cent less
than $5,OOO.OO-1 IL per cent les
than $4,000, and the remaining
l IL per cent, who are the own
ers, number 800 multi-millliOn-
aires of the Cory stripe, who
spend a $1OO,OOO.0O on single
dinner for their friends $4,000,
90 for floral decOratiOnS-they
send to Paris for a French dane
er who at the proper moment
jumps upon the table and kicks
the lights out of the chandeliers
for the entertainment Of their
guests, a splendid example of the
protection the tariff gives to the
working men.
You know the story taken from
the Congressional record Of a.
firm in Portland obtaining prices
on 5 cars of sheet steel and OF
having a branch finn in VancOu
vera town Is miles over the
line in British Columbia to get
prices on five cars of like Speci-
fications. The price the British
end of the firm was 100000 less
than the Portland firm was quot
!, ed. The steel was ordered and
shipped to VancOuver-billS Of
lading attached to drafts and in
due time, the draft was presented
paid and the bills of lading turn
ed over to the Shipper-who i'm
| mediately gave notice to the
Northern Pacific road to stop one
car at Tacoma-twO cars at Sc
attic and the other two cars at
Portland, SO that this " clever
! American firm get their five cars
!, Of steel for 100000 less than
originally priced. ..'
!, The moral of this transaction
h is that the steel trust was pro-
), tected by a high tariff in Ameri-
ca and they had to meet competi
B ton on the British soil.
!. There is an increase of 100 per
r cent in the common class Of cot
r ton goods that is indefenable.
The greatest wrong perpetrat-
: ed by the Aldrich bill was the
q wooden claSsifications. 1t was
e earnestly hoped that the wool
S en- schedule would be so mod
: fled, that wooden underwear, In
particular, might be within the
S possibilities of all who need them
+ wOoleen garments are an abSo'
e lutte necessity for the health
s of that class of people, who are
o denied comfortable homes, anC
q who battle for a living, in zero
weather, when the billiards. rage
: and exposure means physical SUI
a tering. This one schedule SHOULD
d have appealed to the kinder sen
l. sibilities of.man-it was a grea
: question of health, humanity, O.
Ii relieving physical suffering. |
IS should have appealed to those
who gave slavish assistance t,
a Cannon whenever he demanded i
h The coarSer grades of wool nov
,e pay a much higher duty thai
before. The duty on first elias
j. wool is II cents a pOund-2'
v cents washed, and SO cents ScOur
IN ed and ready for use, based upO
h. the false formula that it take
,r three pounds of wool t,
ID make one pound of secured WOO
ID The wool grown in the west is
~ coarse variety and carries a dut.
lie of Il cents a pound washed or il
v the grease, and therein is wher
e. the western wool grower is dis
ye eliminated against. If his woo
ID was of class l variety his pro
10 lection would be 33 cents pc
1T lection would be SO cents pc
" pound; second grade wool, s.
S. experts state, loose just II /
IN per cent in being prepared 70
Dr. use, the duty on second elias
d wool, plus the shrinkage, make
o. it net IA IL per cent ready 70
lie use.
Te But we do not get the benefi
D. of this low duty. We buy wool
al en- clothes; we don't buy wool
r The tariff law says it takes fOu
ID pounds of unwaShed wool t.
Of make a pound of cloth, and
lie allows the manufacturer duyt o
S. A cents a pound, compensation,