The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-22

schedules OF 5000 or less there afe
ew items Of furniture. The income
SIN not permit H. Where ID family
setting up housekeeping OF &hete
wear and tear has ma9e new articles
lecesAafy they 10 appenr, bat the te'
alton Of the sum spent to The waDle
ncome Is pathetic ID tho extreme
lne family of three spent sfh on far
ure out Of an income OF sAS9. They
sefe Obliged 10 make tsis expendl
are because they were starting IN
mother family OF nine living on an
neome Of 81 800 which Was most IN
diligently spent, only ssS was eked
,ut tor furniture. In another Of two
n $685. sii.9s-
Il is obvious very lliIle can be
ought az best. but IN many cases
iat little Is much less Than It would
ave been ten years ago A table
which IN 1896 could have been bought
wholesale for SiSSO cost sl650
4 1905
Common maple chairs Increased
fom s. to sSsi 6 dozen AZ whole
ale. Ash bed room sets from $S.7l
Si2s5. All kinds OF Yoodenwarc
las much dearer. hut what can be
xpectel They have gone up With
he materials from vHaich they are
made. Free lumber brought all Of
rose articles dcan under the MI.
ON RIl. The restoration Of The duis
" the Dinsley Bin sent them up. and
ct these who plead for duties al.
Ways assure lss that we viii get our
oods cheaper nnaer tlc tariff. Thai
as Mr. Mclslnlcy's plea aaa promise
ihen he put through the duty on tin
late. But Sow has IL worked for tht
0nsumcr through the eighteen years
ince we gave II to him The Mcl.ln-
81 Biil 3at the tariff on tin plate AZ
rs cents per pound, 'nho immediate
feet was % raise The price of tir
late isom i5 70 ~ per cent ieyef,
lusewlie reMembers how tlr dlsh.
Of an sorts gcat sp attei the Nc
inleg Bill vas passed. Indeed II wt
luid analyse causes GuWn 10 the BOT
im 30 small influence In electing MI
leYeland IN 1892 woul3 be found &
due TO the higher price 1h,ah CIV
~ farmers wife paid tae travelini
eadler Tor pie Plates and dlnpers,
The restoration. - 1895 Il the Ole
uly. / lr5 ceals q pound, brought
le price down again and the rciurl
VA 1887 "a IN cents raised q; ~
eed domestic tll plate which wa
llt ior g3.i3 per 100 pounds II 1896
va Ii 1900 under the Jlngley tarin
" stCf. While N 1906 sac 9eie pas
" sa.S6 FOR our tll plate NJ llep
0rN, tke gngllshman vas getting hls
bout q da.iar cheaper The English
lgn and the gtaadard oil compeay,
he STANDARD oil company has oeen
K maas years prcaably tine lafgesl
lngie coasEmef OF TN plate IN .hs
,uniry piacilea..y ai' Of she Oh 4
ends 10 tle Orient being put into o.
ans which Il manufactures ilsesi
'om lmlortea plate, Now 0ae g The
iaAy curious features uf our tariff
! lws IN the system 0s drawbaoas bt
] ehlch. ihn DIZZY uA imported -4atar
liz made into goUia for export Il fe
a.ad. These rebetes or ArR#haakt
Re pald On many .hi1ga but tht
mount Is Insignificant excepting Ii
40 of three cases. Out OF drawbacks
sgregaslng something like 1--WE ant
quarter millions In 1900 and five
It'd isreeQuaftets III 1906 hy Ter Che
rgest item was Ca plate -ai.s4s. 7as
the former year .s2i2b2.3sl.S2 n the
tier, That is. the man mhu tt 1906
manufactured tin cans TO sell TO bis
0uutrymen Daid ebout 20 per eenl
aore for hls material thaa the Stand
m 9il company peid for what Y mai
saetureae to sell to lne fofeIRnet
Ii course the nome ennsuaer oi tli
ais and milk cans nam the higher
ust. nut why Se should be taxed Il
tpld up 4 tin plate industry at henls
nd the STANDARD OIL compEay be fl
rom tho tax docs not sem aaiie clear
no be sure as o result of tealnf
ourselves We nave tin plele INDUSTRY
d the Initcd States IN 1900 as re
un Of tho high prices Of she deeaaa
recediaa 81 tin plate establishments
lad grown up where ten wears hefari
Aere were nome. these 81 establish
tents employed about s00e neopl'
nd turned out nearly ea2Onn.0O
f0rlh os goods IN 1906 tho industf'
I'D grown 10 Il product Il s0methlnl
ver e85.0n0.00a and emnloyr ahnn
| 600 pauplt. nj 0rl4r te build VI
| hts iniuetry .aneure shia product
rovleo slacea dor shese wufknlen
| has heen estimated that We iaSel
urselYos between 1880 and 1900 ful
| sae.a00.NNn Taxed ourselves $3.50
000.O00 aud let Of uer largest alnNl
ansuner scot free We also havl
cen selling shfoad thc tlt plate "
/ manufacture here at considerable
csa price than d horne ind NOS
'bserye how In the case 81 I'm plat
he protected American maIiufaetnl
It getp even on this lower price {
he foreigner He takes Il out 0g th
ahorer--thai ls the wages og III
1Iate workers are reduced % per cen
IN lin plate made fer export. TIL
Standard oil trust gets Its duties Y
hated OH export work and the II
,Iaie workels get their wages cut
The contrast m results 70 the cor
Mnler between putting on anil iaEin
Oh duty arn slrlkiugIy Illustrated !
comparison Of the llr plate exnen
nent With the qnlnlffe experiment I
1879 the duty uf 10 per cent on lhl
FaYOfIle American medicine was z
moved hy a sneelal net Of Congress
| The ext1flI0H praelltea IN n
luty had been outrageous anInln
telling Ii 1878 az high aH N7a d
ouucs Five years after the quinn