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

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we'll ~ o. d must nfior stand
IA tie.ata Ha The alntn. spep,
III lttlipA lanIlselyos shN pdiy
Floiiy sol courfn accor4iag 20 he
e,ra uf llit girls the distance they
Nak, The duality Cf Ihe article bought
liodw comuarcd with the lofal nj.
ltwhncc Tor clothes lhe feSltlt Is
f1mcihinE appalling Anupg the re'
ports vas cnc Of a Wuman forty yanrs
tlb. WHO had worked sixteen yenfs
at 60 ! week 81 b wsllmanasea Ncg
York patiury she slt "a her work.
shr could have earned SIS week by
taking pines ai tho counter. Dut
afgutl that tte better clothes re-
Qld ed aud the wear aild tear ol atanJi
ing g0nid be resllv more txhcnsivel
t kent tho Sc place ~ limiting food
3ie could save 81 upaa. This gave
her s53 year for 6oetor leniiai,
amuscmtnts, clothing, aud extras
She srent Sg2.05 for clothes, Che year
her budget was examined by Miss
Alnsl~e. and Of this $7tG wont for
sh0es and fubbers ahs woman was
an especially csrcfrl person. Usually
The sum credited 10 shoes was lar
ger Thpy range from this ono on
S7lG un to S2ggo spent by girl VINO
said she could not Keep her feet dry
on less than pair oi 81 shoes per
monihrs25 per year~-wlth 0ns pair
iof dress ai $780, SIG for shoes on am
lue0mo Ct 50 week, cut doT1 tae
year of the investigation TO an aver.
age Of S}50 by illucss $40 si2, GA
were ore sums the greater number OF
Ere elfls reported for shoes, ierT
fow bought less than ilvc o. SIX pairs,
unless as was rare they bought IS
slaes. OF course the difficulty OF
Saving up S. must be very great on
these incomes.
Why These ah3os lave Goas u.
Il was hara entugh for the poor 70
buy shoes ten years ago before The
1lngleg tariff but with every year
since II has been harder in wUuans
Oh mary Shoes there has beer an ln-
crease Of scmetaiaB Ike 25 Per cent
uye NE average price rom 1880 20
1880 There hss been o corresponding
lneteaEe In lll varieties ai boots and
shoes say tlat % nas been 20 per
cent md see what that means 70 your
family 60 forr which can sperd but
sac year o. clothes anL must put
{lt8l of 4 on shoes
ntt why should shoes increase u
cost? ghey ought 20 decrease sucn
hns been tba extraordinary advance
ln sh9e mQchlner and IN methodu
Everybody Knows, too, that The lndua
Dy has nothing 70 Fear frgM the 20
cisner He does not make shoes thai
TIE average American viii wear un.
Tess Il BE- The rcre brngan put IN
spite IF our skill an. iAyenilons
which should mako II easier for every
b0iy 10 buy boots and shoes, we have
rade Il hArder This hardship comes
largely from the tariff laid on hides
Sd 1897 By the Dlnslcy bill and why
o tarin on hides? simply TO compel
The American shoemaker to pay more
70 his leather For twenty-five yeats
hides had beea free and chean, iuf
South america sent us large eaand-
tle3, The shoe dealers we're taking
ell both marlicts oaefel Bat the cat
ne growers Of the sEest raised q cry
thar they shoule have core money for
tleir hides that Congress should pass
u law which would compel the people
10 give Il 10 them. In 1890 strong
appeal was made 60 Mr Mckinley for
sueh n duty and L Is probable that
De would have granted u, So great was
hts reverence Tor Che doctrine mad
u0l Mr. Blaine who was intent ON
preserving waai commerce we hAd
with saAth America aud feared %
lee me trade in hides destroyed. in.
aflored Ia Che following emphatic
ntet
Waqhinglan, bprll 40. 1890.
rcar ST. MCKINLEY. -lt Is great
mistake 10 tte hies from the free
llsi. wheM they have been Tor SO
many wears is 4 slap III The face
ai ihe South Americans, with whom
we are trying 30 enlarge our traae.
Il wil benefit fhe farmer bv adding
lTa % eight per cent 10 the Esice oi
bia chilarens shoes
u VIII yield a profit 10 the butcher
tEcef 1fus0 only. tie iast man that
needs # fhe movement Is lniudll
eisus from beslunlag to end IN every
& I'm and nhtse H
Phase stop u before Il sees llgFAe
srel movements az this for proFf q
ii9n viii protect The Republican VI 9
aalg Into speedy retirement
Very hastllyL,. g
JAMits q, Bl.fsh II
The duty was not grantV n iost {
hpi IN 1897 4 Wal given hAfles'
pf9teclionlsts granted II EFauoe WV
thereby could keep yge ' st sne {
oRA pet articles Thgas ~ ny Y /
g simply another Qf'ns iiia"ils'n'
bic bargains In oO9aflfE schedul's
The effect of The Aty was lmmai' !
Iafeiv e raise tha Afiec OF sole lehln
- M uhe toI " ~ D9nglass 4x
ragsfoa4 M tsaehusetla. tsla
s,anofaetn,cs aid in 8 public speech
teaf elnea N the increase tUhla
esprase he psiee of ssls leAlhcr
h 4 smeia hii OF shoes had mohnied
h 47 t.efepls Mr. Dcaelas dzniaa
that Il gfrcsent tariff on side and
aaIee e4ses the people Of thi8 conn
~ .fay $aAA0e0G1 a year nfre for
sff. fhan n necessary. and they pay |
fha/ perhaps s5a0p aocHralseis.
hIfra and i.oNers may Retym0re FOR /
xir tafftr hnf h0U lnurh Aava fhnt