Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-27

luc price.
So the merchant, who owns pretty
big department store. mentioned ar
ticle after article. and the Congress-
man in each and every case showed
him that the duty had either been re-
duced or left unchanged.
"Now,"' said the Congressman, 'go
back home and make all the money
you can, but when you charge more
for an article be honest about it and
don't lay it to the tariff In fact you
ought to lower the price on nearly
everything you sell if the tariff
governs the price,
into a store to get pair of gloves.
He found Just what he was looking
for and asked the price.
"$2.75,' answered the clerk.
But" said the visitor, II bought
pair just like those here last year and
only paid 1925
"Oh, that may be so, but the new
tariff has compelled us to raise the
price, very calmly replied the clerk.
But the Western merchant was now
t. king his own medicine, and his talk
with his Congressman had given him
acknowledgement he went to the proprie-
tor and said, Your clerk tells me the
new tariff has increased the duty on
mems gloves and for that reason asks
me $2.75 for a pair similar to those I
paid you $2.25 for last year. Now I
happen to know that the duty has not
been increased on mems gloves
ooh, well,' interrupted the proprie-
tor, there must be some mistake"
and he directed the clerk to accept
S2.25.
This sort of thing is going on all
over the country and the public
should be prepared for it. In the first
place it can be said that the tariff was
either reduced or left unchanged on
about every one of the necessaries of
life. In fact so many reductions were
made that if prices are governed by
the tariff. then they should be very
substantially lowered on many arti-
cles and left unchanged on many
others. 1t would be we'll for all pur-
chasers to find out exactly about the
rates. Any local editor knows, or
your Congressman would be very glad
to tell you. Don't submit to extor.
ton and then blame the tariff. In
vestigate for yourself. Perhaps in
some cases the merchant is justified
for some reason or other in raising
the price of an article, but if he says
the tariff is the cause, he should be
asked to give the old and new rate.
1t is announced that the price of
shoes is to be raised 10 to II per cent
- that is On the average about 50
cents per pair. It may be necessary
to impose this increase. but not be-
cause of the tariff or Republican
Congress. Let it be remembered that
hides were placed on the free list and
that the duty on shoes was reduced
60 per cent, that is from Is per cent
to 10 per cent. =. .,s>... .....s<s...
The tariff on soft coal was reduced
% per cent, there being no duty on
hard coal. On nearly everything the
farmer has to buy the duty was re-
duced. It was reduced on lumber and
all iron and steel products. Again
the reader is urged to look into the
facts when he is confronted with high
er prices. Whatever the cause he will
learn it is not due to the splendid
tariff law under which we are now
enjoying a greater volume Of employ.
ment and wages than ever before in
our history.
AS Congress Longworth truth.
fully said in recent speech:
"The American people can not be
misled by those who tell them, from
whatever motive, that the Payne tariff
Jaw is responsible for the increase in
the price Of the neccessaries Of life
II there is anything in the theory thai
HIGHER duties increase prices, and low
er duties decrease them, then tbs
effect of the Payne law by itself
would have made cheaper almost
every necessity. We must seek fur