The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-24
TURN ON The LIGHT
HOW THE PEOPLE ARE BLED BY
TIE TARIFF LAW.

y Consumer and Buyer" Of Lumber
Takes "Luml,crInan To Task and
shows Him lp.
a "Lumberman" rushed to the de-
oetense Of Congressman Elleroe.
who. like ConS-cS-:Ean Lever. voted
% tax lumber. in the County Record
- king>trcc. and he has been repli-
.. 10 b, 4 Consumer ana Buyer
o; lumber Here is what "Consum-
er and Buver says 10 'Lumb ber-
nm. as We tind il in the Ceur:yy
Record
,'E.h. Internal tariff. the -ohber
tariff OF both the Dingley and Payne
bills. is the sole reason why We
have 10 pay such outrageous prices
for lumber today. Before the pas
sag" Of the Dinsley tariff bill
.S,l.t house the lumber in which
cost me $500. II tha, house were
70 burn down | could not replace
il with the same quaky Of lumber
:or less than $500. Why should
oe robbed By the operation OF law
Of my hard earnings OF at least ST.
100 10 build UP business in which
have no interest or dividends
Wha; is the sense. reason or justice
OF robh!nS the many for the benefit
Of 4 few men who ride around in
S., Gao automobiles. take yearly trips
20 Euro" and marry their daught-
ers 20 the bankrupt scions Of the no
biliiy OF Europe?
But Mr. Lumberman gets very
Democratic and claims that all this
| robbery OF the consumer by the
high tariff is entirely for the purpose
Of raising a revenue for the Govern
| meEt He got very patriotic last
spring. packed his grip and hied away
to Washington. blosSomed out as a
full fedsed lobbyist solely in the in
rerest Of this old bankrup, national
| Government OF ours. which only
spends billion dollars a year. and
yet by his own showing only few
| low. coarse. knotty' boards come in
a very narrow zone on which tar
il can be levied. while Mexico and
the South American countries are
barred out by the high tariff wall.
He didn't tell us. but | would like
70 know how much revenue these
few low. coarse. knotty" boards
from Canada bring in 10 the Govern
men: Bah. Mr Lum herman knows
! as we'll as anyone that the object OF
the high tariff on lumber OF the
| Payne bill. which he demonstrates is
prohtbitire. except along the Cana
dian border. is not for the purpose
OF raising revenue. but 10 enrich
him and hers like him a: the ex-
pense OF the vast army Of the buyers
and consumers Of lumber throughout
the country.
Mr.. Lumberman holds up his
hands in holy horror at the idea Of
there being any such thing as lum-
Der trust and yet confesses that he
left his business and went to Wash
! ington. lobbied among all the Cca-
greSsmen from this State implored
them 70 vote asains; free lum Der and
violate their solemn obligations.
while the rest Of us were az home
busy plowing. believing that our
pledged representatives would remain
true TO u.s.
But alas. c!as. the lobbyists (in-
sludirg Mr. Lumberman) captured
poor Elicrbe and Lever. while Sena-
tors -Tillman and Smith and Repre-
sentatives Finley. Johnson. Aiken.
Patterson and Legare remained true
10 the people who had elected them
and strictly observed the solemn OBJ
legation each had taken 10 support
the principles and policies OF the
Democratic platform OF 1905 which
demanded the immediate repeal Of
the duty on lumber. logs. etc. and
that they be placed on the free list
How much did It cost the lumbe
lobbyists &c accomplish this nefari-
Gus. dirty work? Mr.. Lumber ought
10 know. He was on the ground.
and lumber people keep 4 strict set
OF books. What was the cost OF the
automobile spins around the city.
the frog-leg suppers. the champagne
wines. lager beer. corn and rye IL
quor. the promised trip 10 Canada
this summer-what did all these
cos; the lobbyists or trust magnates
in order TO capture the two weak and
a2proachable Congressmen from this
State Consumer and Buyer.