The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-20
BY J. w.. KNIGHT.
Especial Representative OF The
Times.)

Windsor is separated from Detroit
by 1851 feet OF water and the Payne
Aldrich tariff wall. Ferries cross the
water every three minutes, but the
wall is insurmountable.
Detroit is THE typical American
city. Time and again civic lnyesti-
gators have taken IL as their model.
Windsor, except for the tariff wall. is
II for all the world as much OF Detroit
as any part OF Detroit itself.
y II exists by the grace of Detroit.
n It's citizens gain their livelihood In
Detroit IL. finds all its amusements
4 and much of its recreation In Detroit.
II But the invisible barrier is there
the high Payne-Aldrich tariff wall,
monumental and menacing.
Confronting the American people is
q situation--the increased cost f liv-
ing-that has followed the strength
ening OF this tariff barrier. The sit
uation is not merely an economic
4 coincidence, as the tariffs apolcglsts
say. but DIRECT RESULT, as has
been charged by the people. OF this
barrier.
Tie difference between the cost OF
living here and in Detroit shows 1t.
The deeper you dig into the lives Of
4 the people on both sides OF the De-
4 troit river the palmer and the more
4 shameful is the fact that 1t is tho
4 tariff. and the tariff alone. that Is
4 lifting its power against the peoples
4 p0cketbooks in their struggle TO make
both ends meet
Take the Man With the Goose for
Instance He was an elderly German
workingham and he crossed TO De
troit in the ferry that ! took back
over here. j. w Lewis, deputy Gus.
n toms collector. signaled man and
4 goose inside his office.
"Feefty cent, Feefty cent! That's
. all pay for HIM" the owner of the
goose protested, waving II above his
head in emphasis
Flop! Lewis threw the goose into
a scales hopper The dial showed
4 seven pounds
"Thirty.fve cents duty" Lewis
handed
But meester! Feefty cent! That's
4 all I give FOR him. Thtrty-rve cent
more? It's too much!"
His complaints grew profane. The
peg-legged Negro army veteran who
acts as porter at the customs Office en-
4 tered. He threatened the disturber
With the loss of both goose and free
4 dom. The 35 cents was paid ,/Lewis
grasping the goose politely bM firmly
i'm one hand and holding out a tariff
manifest for the Germans signature
in the other.
And. having been relieved Of cents
pound on his goose-which Is the
PayneAldrich tariff on dressed poul.
4 try-this typical consumer went up
Woodward-av. asking an interested
4 crowd:
Amt It damned shame?"
This is market day across the
. river" explained Collector Lewis "an1
n lot OF Detroit people do their market
ing over there. Most of them buy their
4 poultry undressed, though, he added.
THE duty is only cent pound on
undressed poultry.
II at that" calculated the collector.
that fellow isn't out any. He'd have
to pay IL cents pound for that goose
on this side.
do people buy anything but pre-
duce In Canada and bring It over?"
ooh, yes. Here in Detroit they go
4 over and buy English clothes. Here's
an adj I noticed the other day. They
can buy an English-made IS hat In
4 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 I'm western Ontario are the
most prosperous in the world. Both
can produce food at the same arbi
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.
| Il was a question, until Remembered
. the goose. I wasn't an authority on
groceries. but w. j. Cheney. who runs
the biggest grocery in Windsor is. He
said:
my candid opinion. after 2s years
I'm the grocery business on both sides
OF the river. is that II is % per cent
cheaper TO live In Canada than I'm the
United States. You can buy first qua
ity groceries and produce here for less
4 money than you can get second rate
goods IN Detroit.
Hundreds OF Detroit people live