The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-28
TARIFF REFORM ISSUE
IN ENGLISH ELECTIONS
tobacco by the imposition of a highe,
By Frederick J HaskiH.


customs duty
The United States and Germany.
as the two greatest high protective
tariff countries. were used freely by
both parties to prove every side of
every question, The conservatives said
protection would mean high wages
and plenty of jobs. In support Of
which statement they referred to the
workingman In the United States.
always with work to do and always
getting fabuiousiy high wages. The
liberals retorted with the statement
that the cost OF living was so high
in America that the difference In
wages was really in favor OF the
British workman, and denying that
the Americans always had jobs. Some
of them went far enough to say that
there were as many unemployed In
the United States al In England.
tins the conservatives replied that
the farms of the south and west In
America always needed laborcrs,
thereby bringing down upon their
heads the wrathy demands of the
! liberals that the land in England
/ he opened to opportunity for small
farmers
Black Bread for King.
AT the close OF the campaign the
whole issue seemed to be centered
inihe great black bread question.
/ The Liberal speakers and press
charged that protection would mean
black bread and horsefesh for the
workingman. as liz eaten In protected
Germany. ignoring the horsenesh, the
entire Conserxatiye campaign took up
cudgels In defense OF black bfead.-A
4 grocer. by special appointment to His
Majesty. the King" testified that the
king ate black rye bread. The Con-
servative papers all said that what
f., was good enough for the king was
| good enough for the likes OF Lloyd
| George. and that that ought to settle
| IL. But the Radicals kept UP the outcry
| against black bread, and apparently
the entire English public centered all
! its thought ON the relative merits OF
wheat and rye bread
/ A feature of the tariff reform cam
! paign was the opening Of dumping
/ shops in various cities all over the
/ country An empty storercom would
/ be hired, and its windows filled with
/ all sorts OF imported manufactured
/ goods. all OF which came into England
| by piacard. 10 estimate how much
/ British workmen got for making these
! American shoes or these German cook
/ ing utensils. or this French fabric
I and the like. The argument was clineh-
ed by placards showing how many
/ Jobs would be given to British work
men at go much wages IL all these
things were kept out BY a protective
/ tariff.
These dumping shops'' made a
powerful appeal to the people. and
they set the other side wild with anger
and despair. There has been a long
! campaign Of advertising in England
H-h Il a
II has had n profound effect. Every
| where one sees appeals for patronage
on the patriotic ground of support
ing home Industries and employing
home labor. The dumping shops
took advantage of this sentiment
In London one dumping shop dis
/ played a chair marked with a card
/ Made in T.. s. A." 1t developed that
the chair was OF particular sort
made only in "A factory In the immedi-
ate neighhorhood. Werkmen from the
| chair factory identified the chair and
forced she tariff reformers to take II
out of the window. That particular
| repnte-
Letters q Feature.
Almost every Engiishman who has
been In the United States has written
card to the newspapers, some time
during this campaign for the purpose
Ns comparing prtSSA In tne TWO s00H-
I tries. They were about equally divided
In opinion as to which country has the
higher prices One letter writer said
that he had lived In the United States
with his family for seventeen years
and That while he always had his
clothes made In England because nc
liked the At his aid London tailor gave
him. yet he had bought a suit OF
clothes In Atlanta for 50 rs which wa
perfectly good. He did not give the
Atlanta tailor's name and address.
or course each side has accused the
other of all shades and degrees OF
deniagogy. perhaps not without rea.
son The Liberals used hundreds al
thousands of q ieaffet which read
after giving statistics from various
countries; Protection means les
wages for a longer days work" And
: HI conservatives counted AZ a trumF
. card their leafict which bore the le'
gend, Bearer 'baccy. dearer bread
I yiearer living. tfearer dealt. dcarei
, whisky, beer and gin. Is what You sc
when the Reds are In Vote for tar
. liz reform. The foreigner pays th'
tax"
! IaritY campaigns appear tn be con
. Quoted on the same general lines II
! al countries,
Tomorrow - How the Partie
Fight"