Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-09-29
MUSTN'T BLAME TARIFF.
Threat to Boycott Dry Goods Men
Who keitate Against Cotton Sched


Ihr cihlu, 1T \.W Nu"lanu cu.t"f
manufactures, who have been m>tiu
mental IN gct:in. the co';on tarll'
raised tor tH".r u0u h"" II ".". IT,
cording to tne New York W0rH
threatening to mahr II hot tot lh"~
mere nHntS who are publicly dcnnrtn'
ing the tariff
The WhuicS;llc Dry Goods nSSn IL
tiun. which is said to be affiliated wit
2S.UuO merchants throughout the conn
Try. has taken Il pronounced SHANE
against the Payne Aidri' II bill. ans
the association : chairman. Frederic
Il. Shplcy. has been teiIin" some I'm
pleasant truths about thai measure
1t would appear that Mr.. ShipleN ano
his friends ilaVe inc urr'd the anger %
the cotton lords and thai such oN'
spoken criticism 10y Subordinales ~
ing To be permitted
.! received Il warning myself" safe
Mr Shirley. ITO stop h%ita'ng aGalnS'
the new tariff \ friend of mine came
10 soc me and tod me he had some
thing of very great interest to com
municate. Just forget il after ! am
Trough and don't ASA ne who sen
ne. he said Ihcn he tod me il WoU,t
be Il good thing tor my business Il
should find II convenient to so to Flu
rope Tor four or five months | Si"n"
about half ot my time there HliG
ping out of the committee which was
making the fight on the cotton tar
if. had pretty good idea as to
who sent the warming message. and ]
sent back Il rather Suprrheatcd reply.
Others know have been approach
ed in the same manner. The argu
ment used Is that the banks will moi
advance money when needed and that
the domestic manufacturers who are
rcarng the benefit of the tariff in
crease will not find it convenient to
fill orders for merchants who are
working against their interests"
In an interview published in the
World of June 30 last Mr.. Shiplpy de
clnrpd that the present tariff. the pas
sage of which was vainly combated
by the committee of the association in
Washington. places the control of the
cotton textiles of the entire country III
The hands of the manufacturers. who
are able to fix arbitrarily prices MOI
only for the wholesalers and retailers
of the United States. but also for the
importers.
ut means that Americans have to
pay at least one-thrd more for then
cotton goods than is paid in Europe
said Mr. Shipley. when tell YOU
that in this country cotton goods I"
the amount of $1.:OOWW 900 are used
annually you can see what this excess
price means and how rapidly The man
ufacturers are growing rich at the eX
pense Of the American public at the
expense of the poor man. who has To
pay more for his cotton sheets under
this tariff.
"Of the entire amount used less than
$40 .UN.OO0 of cotton goods is import
ed. do not think II will exceed SD.
100000 While the great bulk of the
cotton used is grown. spun. woven and
made up in the United States. the
American at home is paying more for
his cotton goods than he could buy the
same goods abroad
"Why. the wages paid for the manu-
facture Of cotton do not exceed per
cent of the entire cost. and by rea-
son of machinery we can manufacture
cotton goods cheaper than is possible
abroad. Yet by reason of the tariff
the shopgirl is made to pay more for
her cotton shirt waist than she could
buy the same shirt waist for in Lon
don.
Both President Taft and Senator
Adrich have been quoted as saying
that the new tariff was in general
decrease in rates and that it was bene-
fetal in this way. Our committee has
examined every item. and in more than
200 cases of cotton goods alone can
show that the tariff has been raised
all the way from II $40 per cent to
0G $40 per cent. 1t Is upon cotton
sheeting that the increase last NEIL
toned is observable.
1T is because of this condition that
the Wholesale Dry Goods association
purposes to oppose the reelection Of
the congressman who were instru-
mental in bringing into existence a
tariff the effect of which they were
fully Informed of before its passage.
I'VE shall not pay 50 much attention
to the senators this fall. because there
are few to be reelected, but we will
send literature and men into the dis
trict of every representative who help
ed to pass this textile tariff. telling ex-
actly what he did and the effect Of
what he did and asking the people II
they want to re-elect a man who votes
for measure to take away part of
their earnings"