The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-27
Ehen They Pay the Republican Tariff lax
On Ther Clothing
THEY PAY TO THE MILLS
Tho Wholesale Manufacturers Have
TO Pay More for Cloth. Lin.nss
md Trimmings, and So They Arc
Compelled to False the Price and
Cheaper the Quality.
Cheaper the Quality.

One Of the matters which the peo-
pie had in their mind when they
asked the soyrnment to arrange the
tariff law SC tha, 1t would bear
little less oppresstvely upon them was
clothing. Clothing costs far mere
in the United States than It does IN
any other part of the world. though
this country produces Iost OF the
worlds cotton and great part OF
the worlds wool. In spite Of the
fact thas this nation sells abroad
vast quantities Of both 0: these prtn-
cspal materials for ciothes-maGag.
and that with Il improved naca.n-
cry and intelligent labor Il ought 70
bea: the world. the price OF clothes
is higher here taan it Is anywhere
else IN the world: and the reason 10
tha. the tariff schedules are 50 high
az to tax al sae people through every
article o, clothing they buy. alnost
entirely for the benefit Of few MIL
owners who have done nothing 20
earn this Eat special privilege.
Congress did not lower the wool
schedule. II is asserted. n !ts de-
Tense that it did not raise than.
either. though uac, tho tull extent
q. the sleight-os-hand work accom-
plished by Aldrica Is laid base, no.
body can be sure Of that Congress
did no. lower the cotton schedules.
but it did raise them. and Il raised
most heavily those covering articles
which most people buy because most
people can afford nothing bettse.
These things were done By tie tartf
law which President TAFT praises.
and for voting against which he has
chastised the insurgents Of the west
These abstract facts are made
more interesting by few figures
has already increased IN
price, and still further increases aro
promised for next sprns. The sris
Of clothes that you used to buy Tor
SIS is now s2e; and the additional
81 represents your tribute 70 Ia
wool trust and the r,iil-owrers.
though there was g large tribute In
the old p.ice Of SIS. The whole
sale manufacturers have 70 pay more
for cloth. Innings, and s'inninSs.
and so they declare they are CON-
PEELED to raise .pr.ces-and. what 10
worse, 70 cheaper .fe quality OF the
soods-
The consumer has this tempting
choice: He can pay SIS for the kind
81 suit that. he bought last fals fos
$50. or he can pay the old price OF
sec. and ge. for ic the kind OF suis
that be could have got for SIG last
spring.
A patsorn Of goods that used TO
be sold to the manufacturers at sf-se
per yard now costs hin. $40. Il
takes three and a halc yards to make
3 sui, SO the added cos: on Ais
item alone is S1.22. Ad1!ug IL sae
additional COS. OF trimmings and
lin;nss It Is estimated that the n
crease IN the making 2 suit oat OF
that cloth ;s SAG.
A dealer quoted BY the Cincinnati
Enquire. says: The retail store
keeper who has q run on suits that
be pays SIS for and sells et about
so2 is he wants 70 hold bis $2z
price will have to take an inferior
quality os suit He vii! get a grade
tina: solo 10. about s12 previously
and which he used to sell II nis .
store at s1s."
.auothe. deale. says that "n Is
simply q hold-up behind the tarie
fence" This man bought lot OF
cloth for Sc a yea.d shs; sells
the same goods from the same mii
for IS cents q yard II England
The suits made OF It are so!f to the
retailer for $3.50 and to the ~earer
so- SIS. II the cloth could be bought
at the English price. IS cents. the
retailer would ss- the suit for S1o
and the wearer at s!a-
And 50 i, goes. throughout the
list thanks to the tarin la~ whies
,se president OF the United States
is pra.sing IN the name OF Rep1o
!icaa party solidarity. What Goes
the wearer Of clothes. thus robbed.
care about party solidarity