The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-17
TIRED
OF THE TARIFF
Railroad Magnate Hill Voices
His Belief
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DROPS IN AT WASHINGTON
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Says There's Too Much Politics in 1t.
A "cOOd Time to Begin
Practicing Econ
Omy."
DROPS IN AT WASHINGTON

Washington, July III. Hin drop
ped into Washington the other day
with flannel suit and palm leaf fau,
and adapted himself to the ways Of
the community. He just stepped away
from a fishing camp in Labrador on his
way west to look after his enormous in
terests.
He visited President Taft and chat
ted for few minutes. Then he went
up to Capitol bill aud told Uncle Joe"
Cannon, one Of his eronies, the precise
dimensions of salmon be had caught
and ordered shipped to the speaker.
"rhe tariff he laughed when that
omnipTesent Washington bngaboo was
paraded before him. why, I haven't
read it. | am tired OF the tariff, the
people arc tired Of the tariff An they
want Is to have the talk about the tariff
stopped 80 that the procession can move
on.
No, the procession Ia not standing
still. Things are going along nicely
Business y better than It was and bust.
ness in eetting better.
"Ihe passage Of the tariff bin isn't
going 20 stimulate Ii to any great eW
tent It's The polititians who see the
great Importance in the tariff A few
interests may get togsther 7 do not
know that they haYe-and keep it up
But this canRot last always
Not this tariff, but the tariff as an
issue" he continued 'It's polfties-.too
much politics The sooner the people
come to know how little the tariff has
20 do with prices they viii know that
the tariff Is not a local issue, but
concern Of AL the people"
Why don't they realize il now II It
is 90 apparentg" ne vas asked
well, a man can't be a bolter; he
must 20 along with the procession lm-
less he is big enough to 60 along BY
himself"
how about the prospects for eropsyg
Good. Not for an extraordinary crop
but for valuable crop II will be 1
crop which viii yield money. Wheat
will bring q good price and the farmer
win be we'll compensated for his labor.
The tariff has nothing 70 do with
the price Of wheat, This country Il
growing al the rate Of about 2.0000 600
a year. II takes on an average $1,000
bushels Of wheat more each year 10
feed them.
"The price Of wheat IN the United
States 4 made from the prices Of the
surplus Of the United States. Argentina,
Russia and Canada lnereas
ing demand and decreasing supply
means higher prices. That's all there
is TO t. You cannot tax loaf; but the
tariff has nothing to do with the price
Of wheat that price is made in the
market Of the world.
II a farmer can get IS cents bushei
for his corn he is going to feed it to
hogs 70 have them die Of the cholera.
Consequently the price of meat is going
up and the wage Garner viii have 70
turn TO breadstufis for his food This
Is true throughout the world. Belgium
is good example There the people
have trebled the per capita consumption
Of grain.
when the cost Of living equals the
income then the people will learn that
the tariff IA not local ISSUE Then
there will be re-establishment of the
natural laws regulating costs and pro-
fits. just now the people expect hiu
things They like 10 see big things
The government needs lot Of money
The tariff produces much revenue With
that revenue the people are aoenustome1
to seeing great dead OF money.
sand right along this line, concluded
Mr.. Hill, as he got into taxicab and
started for his train, now would be
good time to begin praetieing little