The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-18
IDA TARBELL
DN THE HIGHER
IeC0ST OF LIVING
hAO A PLAN TO REFORM THE
MERCHANDISE OF PERSONAL
( AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS THAT
A'll SLICE OFF THE REVENUE.

New YORK. Dec. Ida Tarbell.
the petticoated Nemesis Of John d.
Rpckefeller and Standard Oil, has a
prSfcriptiOn for getting what you
wait and what you pay for. which she
Is ygre will reform the merchandise
1pk. of personal and household goods.
IL taken In regular doses by the wo-
Taen of the nation. 1t Is this: when
YOU don't get the quality and quanti'
ty OF the article that you pay for
aEf want, make fuss and make 1t
n5}Y enough 80 that the other fellow
VIM give you square deal to keep
you quiet"
e.Hetty Green, the worlds richest
woman. used to do this when she felt
sJer was being squeezed by the Apa-
S1les Of Wall Street. When they
at4ght to gobble up too much Of the
old, lady's cash she was in the habit
81 dropping to the floor OF the office
In which she was being trimmed,
lT3strg her heels to the ceiling and
following like a steer being slaught-
cred. Her cries generally attracted
d crowd and made Il SO unconfort-
4bTe foC those who were trying to
the advantage OF ner that they in
vayiabiy gave her Whist she wanted.
Speakng before q large audience
n romen at one Of the local thea
tsos on the Higher Cost OF Living"
Mes TarheIi scored the tariff and
1sdiculed The means employed by
1cncie sam to raise revenues to keep
hte shin NJ state going. The conmis-
SON recently appointed by the PTesi-
dent 70 investigate the new tariff
schedule aud recommend such changes
id II as experience may show to be
judicious, she raid WAS waste OF
both time and money. In Eli differ
eat necessaries Of everyday life, the
crSt had gone up tremendously in four
ycars. she said, so that the rich as
wolf as the poo we're beginning to
fael its pinch. As illustrative of the
upward trend Of prices in the necessi-
tia OF life she showed how the cost
OF rubber boots and shoes had in
e'N,sed so per sent since the advent
$50 automobile. although rubber
a. :: here TOR $3.50 pound can be
if.f in New York from British Col
.. a. ia the East or In British Guiana
fS'l % cents pound. and from Ma
nSas Or Para for rs cents. Question
ed, by one Of her audience about the
effect. of custom revenues, the writ
er who got under the skin Of the head
Of Standard Oil more than any other
'R0ck raker." come out flat-footed
against the method Of indirect tax
adon.
This method Of taxing with a SUI
Ear-coated pill Is absurd, childish"
she said. IF we are to pay taxes,
let the government impose them :
rectly. and let us stand up like men
and put our hands In our pockets and
pay them. The method OF collecting
duties mt the custom house is silly.
Don't you see that it has the seeds
of its own extinction in It? How will
yod collect revenues them"
Somebody suggested an inheri-
tance or income tax, and Miss Tarbell
ncsfdei her head in affirmation. AT
any rate, revenue shouldn't come from
sDls and satins.'
In answering other questions, Miss
Tarbell declared that the purchasing
power OF money was less here than
abroad; and that IL was an error to
believe that protection necessarily
meant a propOrtiOnate increase in
wages to- the employer.
Single Life Longest
" the ideas Of DR.. Sarah MacNutt,
prominent woman physician and
Ciuo woman OF this city, are to be ac-
cepted as the last word on the sub
1ect, the lot of the bachelor girl OF
Gotham Is far superior to the estate
or her married sister. Having none
OF Tho troubles that premateurey put
Kinks in the mans ccnjugal left rib.
the bachelor maid lives longer, says
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