Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-09-16


l Will tell you. The Aldrich-C Can
non crowd Ought 10 have taken l5c
ON the dollar tom the manual cturCd
shoe. aud then shoes would have
come down from 10 To 75c pair.
All no; this they would not. and SO
the shoe manufacturers and the
leather maker get the l5c, not the
consumer. The system Was against
II, aud our nice little Congressman
and our silk legged Senators that
come up To the rope NJ the nod of
Cannon and Aidrich.
Raw rubber comes I'm free, but
manufactured rubbershad.. the tariff
raised from soc 10 soc on the dollar.
Don't let the spell binders come
this fall aud talk about the average
per cent OF duties, saying 1t is lower
than under the Dingley law. That
Is dust for your eyes. Make them
come out from: cover and make them
talk about your stockings and your
tinware, anal your wooden cloths,
and your binders, aud your seed
drills, aud all the many things you
must buy. High living expenses
make us ask questions; we can no
longer help IL.
And one thing more: They used
TO say the foreigner pays the tax but
just heard the other day they still
preach that crazy idea In YOU In
Southwest Virginia. 1t Is IA false
hood, pure and simple. The writer
knows what he is talking for he
worked I'm Government Custom
House and was engaged on the very
papers that have 10 do with the pay
nent OF tariff duties. When goods
are sent from the old country they
come 10 the name OF an American
Importer and he must pay the duty
before the goods are released to him
by the Custom. House officers. Should
he fail 10 pay the tax within GER
tnin time the goods go into the bond
ell warehouse tilt the duty Is paid.
After ninety days the goods are sold
at public auction for payment Of the
tax.
Ii any foreign shipper is fool
enough To send goods here without
naming n receiver or importer, the
Government takes charge OF them at
once and holds them Till someone
buys the cargo and phys tie duty.
The foreigner never pays the tax.
Now who is the tax collectory
Who collects from me aud from YOU
and from all? Our store keeper.
Every merchant is "A tax collector
lie may not know il, but be is.
This is how IL works: The i'm
porter pays the duty first; he adds IL
10 the jobber or Wholesaler, the lat
ter adds IL TO the retailer and this
last man adds il TO our prices. The
consumer roots the bill every time.
II we buy the America made article,
we pay the tariff profit TO the manu-
facturer. He adds III TO the whole
saler; this man adds IL TO the retailer
and the latter puts IL on you and
me. Whether tariff or tariff profit,
IL comes out Of you and me and stops
with us. No wonder we don't know
how TO make ends meet, so SIEVE rely
do they hold us I'm their grasp.
Since the burden has become so
severe. for they have gone TO hitting
us in the stomach, the people are
complaining the country over. Now
comes the great Investigator, Mr..
Taft, with n commission To search
out the difference I'm the cost OF home
made goods and foreign. toIty years
have they been making tariffs, and
do they not set know how much the
difference is?Then next year he says,
we will make an effort. Yes, always
next year, next year.
Lo, these many years have We
served thee. Standpatter. and, wher
we ask for loaf thou eivesL us 1
stone; and when we cry for fish
thou givest us a serpent.
Our children we must withdraw
from Sunday school and church 70
want OF. proper clothing, all being
needed for the expensive table. Al
Staunton bacon sells at 2Sc per Id
and ham at 25c. Is it really worth
that price? If not, then what 4
wrong? Why this condition befor,
us? What is the cause OF IL all?
Never mind this talk you hea
about putting out Cannon. That
dust for your eyes. Two things ar
, before us To do. We must lower tn
: tariff TO make these Big Fellow
2 come down some on their prices, an
) we must break up these Trusts an
8 Combinations by creating compet
' ton among manufacturers. If
gradual lowering OF the tariff wi
O not do IL, then we shall have TO sir
d gle out a lonely bad trust, like IL
steel trust, and take all the tart
away from 1t. That will make thel
vince, and will soon bring others
:, time. 1t will not be long, then, b
fore thew will ask decent prices ar