The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-21
The Consumer Swisdled BY the Repub6-
can Protective Tariff.
AMERICAN CONSUMERS
Has TO Foot the Bill Going and Conn
in:-Nece>>itie> OF Life Exported
to Europe and Then Brought Back.
Paying Quite. to Manufacturer
lniquitie> OF the Tariff.

!, will be recalled. says the Wash
!ngton correspondent o; the State.
,ha; in recent Democratic nat!oDa.
campaign i was shown that Amert-
can made goods arc shipped 20 Eu-
rope. an! there. after the !reiSa;
charges across The Atlantic ocean
have been paid. sold at nt:le a.oir
han half bat Is demanded OF tht
consumer in The United States. The
:act vas us-d n The effort 20 pe.-
suade the American people that the
Repu blican tariff was robbing them.
They heeded not the argument ou,
again entered the revision Of the tar
ic 10 the Republican party.
But now there is evidence to prove
that some OF the necessities OF life
are being shipped from this country
where they are produced. to EuTopA.
freight paid across the ocean. then
purchased in Europe BY American
bu:=ss. freight paid across the ocean
again. and the tariff paid In addition.
the goods being sent back 20 this
country.
Ia othe. words. the prices OF some
:f the necessities OF lite IN this coun-
Try are 50 high tha: It Is cheaper
70 pay the tariff. plus the round trip
freight across the Atlantic. and buy
the ctr. in Europe. without md pro-
cess oil refinement or anything else
entering into the matter.
The trusts are 50 thoroughly pro
,ected" tha; they make the American
buyer pay freight across the Atlantic
twice, plus high taric. and then
pay profit 10 the trusts.
4 Washington dealer n meats. IN
discussing the reasons for the high
and advancing prices Of the goods
which be handles. says:
y, is not that there are no eoss.
There are thousands. But the sup
ply is regulated so that the price vii!
soar. ! know bakers In this city who
are now buying American made !aTd
IN Europe. paving tee duty. ano
bringing i, her. 70 use. 60. mrch
less ,han they Can ouy the san" art
Gle in American markets 4, SAH!e-
sale
Jus, enough pork IS allowed tc
We sold IL he United States 70 kec;
up ne prices The remainder i
shipped abroad and so:c * lower
prices. The prices are regulated
daily By The bosses o: the situation.
and IN. American people pay what
.v.r is .sx"!.
Som. time ago. when the 'tei!-
dollar hog VAS common. bacon vas
selling in Washington for 2o Gems
a pound Now ;he D:!c- OF hogs oa
the hoo. is considerably lower thar
$40 per hundred pounds: bu; Hacoc
IS selling 4; 30 cents 4 pound.
Washington dealers declare g.
the beef trust amply controls -"
situation. X forces down the price vi
hogs. becaus. il has 10 buy then
from the farmers: and !: forccS :.
the price Of meats. because il Has 70
sell them.
Through the weapon Of tho E;eru D
iican protective tariff. the trusts SIM
ply null!fy the oatura! economic ld~
ii supply au6 demand. and - IS
stead recognize, no law escept that D!
their own inordinate greed
They force the farmer 70 take
whatever they offer hin. for his pso-
ducts. and they :o.ce the consume
20 pay whate er they DEM aud -:
;heir products
This is .he view OF The deal,
above quoted. and OF others n ,h.s
city. and perhaps in every other ci'E
in .he United States. MC Ta,t aas
said that the Payue-Aldr!ch tar:r !;.v
is the best ever enacted: and SO u
is tor the trusts.