The Detroit times., 1910-01-20
TARIFF IS CAUSE OF
HIGH COST OF LIVING
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try-this typical consumer Went up
Woodward-av. asking an interested
crowd:
Amt II a damned shame2"
This is market day across the
river" explained Collector Lewis. "and
lot OF Detroit people do their market
ing over there. Most OF them buy thei,
poultry undressod. though" he added
The duty " oaly a cent a pound on
uDdressed poultry.
AT that" calculated the collector
that fellow isn't out any. He'd have
10 pay ~ cents a pound for that goose
on this side
do people buy anything but pro
duce in Canada and bring II over?'
'Oh. yes. Here IN Detroit they 20
over and buy English clothes. Here :
an ad | noticed the other day They
can buy an English-made IS hat IN
Windsor for 49, They wear old hats
over on the ferry. and throw them
away when they wear the new ones
back.
Farmers in southern Michigan and
farmers in western Ontario are the
most prosperous in the world Both
can produce food at the same arb!-
trary cost Why. then. should the
prices OF farm products be from Is
TO 100 per cent higher in Detroit than
here?
This was the natural question after
visited the Windsor market house
and priced everything for sale there.
II was a question. until | remembered
the goose. wasn't an authority on
groceries. but w. ]. Cheney, who runs
the biggest grocery in Windsor. is. He
said:
My candid opinion. after 2S years
in the grocery business on both sides
OF the river, is that 1t is % per cent
cheaper TO live in Canada than in the
United States. You can buy first qua!-
ity groceries and produce here for less
money than YOU can get second rate
goods In Detroit
Hundreds OF Detroit people live
over here in summer and rent homes.
It's cheaper for them TO go TO work
in Detroit and pay the ferry rate than
10 stay in Detroit and pay Detroit
prices"
How does the tariff come in on
that?"
Here, I'll show you. See this plug
OF tobacco? It's made in England. and
this is a quarters worth The leaf
in that plug was raised in the United
States. shipped TO England, made into
plugs and shipped back here into
Canada. and yet it is better than other
brands that sell for lots more money
in Detroit. II II wasn't. why would
people from Detroit come 10 my store
and go out with theii pockets full of
liz?
The duty on the tobacco. II export
ed 1851 feet across 10 Detroit, would
be $l.65 cents on each pound plug.
The retail price in Windsor is 81 a
pound In Detroit IL is So a pound.
The brand is a well-known world
standard"
Cheney is right" said J. G.. Gang
Dier. the biggest real estate operator
in Windsor. House rents here are
as high as in Toronto-the highest in
| Canada. Yet | rent all the houses
have on my list every summer 20 peo-
pie from Detroit who say they save
money by living here. They save II
on what they eat and wear.
Their house rents and food bills
here don't equal the rent OF good
| fat in Detroit.
The d.. B. I. & w. Ferry Co.. operat-
! ing the boats over the 1861 feet of
river, carries thousands OF working
meE every morning from here to De-
troit They pay the boat fare and
street car fare additional to get 20
work in Detroit They are Americans.
81 l., h. l.
ingmen's traffic on the ferry boats that
the company sells 100 "workingmen's
tickets" for $3.50. good only mornings