Evening journal., 1909-04-21
IDA TARBELL
SCORES TARIFF
PittSburg Millionaire, Type Of
Greed, Stupidity and Heart
less Pride. She Says

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
NEW YORK. April 2i.-The Pittsburg
millionaire carries on his person the
stamp Of greed Of stupidity. and Of
heartless pride. according to Ida NJ. Tar
bell. but this is due entirely to the tarin
privileges he has enjoyed but not needed.
she says. He has fought for It because
he has fattened up on 1t, insists Stand
ard Oirs historian, and claims he must
have It for labor's benefit.
In next months issue of the American
Magazine, Me noted woman sociologist
will discuss Pittsburg as a tarif made
city. and what It has done for its work.
ingmen The smoky city is the greatest
monument to high protection In this
counry. according to her, having reaped
for nifty years as no other center could.
the benefits OF prohibitive duties Its
industries have produced more wes~a
than those Of any other section and they
have produced enormous fortunes.
80 many, so conspicuous are they, .
declares the article. that recognized
type in Europe and in the United States
is the Pittsburg millionaires. The tariff
was intended to protect the Pittsburg
workingmsn but statistics show that II
has not They show that he works
twelve hours a day, seven days In the
week. and once in two weeks working
twenty-four hours. They work, eat aAd
sleep
And what do they earn for their
toll? In the tariff protected industries,
steel and iron the greatest number re-
oeive a wage so low as 60 be inacequate
to the maintenance OF a normal Ameri-
can standard Of living
"The estimated tariff profits in the
steel trust alone in 1907 was $4,000. Ooo
Who got the money! Go look at the
steel palaces and chateaux in New York
and Paris. Go ask the Pittsburg mil
iionaires who ill the glittering places
Of pleasure IN the great cities of Europe
and this country and who figure in di.
vorce and murder trials. or are writing
their names on foundations and be-
quests and institutions"
Statistics are then quoted to show
that the homes Of the Pittsburg work
ers are unsanRtary. overcrowded, and
Of such nature ase TO endanger healtr
while the school system is such that
children fall victims Of disease through
studying IN unsanitary buildings
Continuing she says: Justice takes Z
terrible revenge on those who thrive by
privilege. She blinds their eyes so "a
they no longer see human misery. Sh'
dulls their hearts, until they no longei
beat with humanity She benumbs thei
senses until they respond only to th'
narrow horizon Of what they can indi
vidually possess. touch feel. She makes
as she has in Pittsburg a generation o
men and women who day by day dSi
pass hundreds Of tumbled down ant
filthy homes. in which the men an'
women who make for them their wealtl
live. and feel no shock; who can know
that deadly fevers ND disease whicl
preventable are wiping out hundredi
OF those who do their tasks and rails
no hand.
Little children may die or grow nj
stunted and evil within their sight an
no penny of their wealth. no hour 0
their leisure is given them. Women ma,
pass hours OF incessane toll. and die
broken and unhonored within thei
sight. and they raise no hand.
wealth which comes by privilege
kills. The curse Of justice on those VIII
, will not recognize injustice is the sod
den mind, the dull vision. the unfeelin
heart"