The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-15
TOOK OFF The DUTY
OBJECT LESSON OF HOW THE:
TARIFF RAISES PRICES.


No Ec,tcr Proof Needed to Show That
're f'''''e1 lux TIC 'A'''
., rr..,.
II t. JaTe-sonion OF last week
cx-CoHSreSsmaa T. f. Watson says
". h;.yr ut the present time. an IL
!..Strat:on OF how The rcmoval Of a
t;,:,.: duty reduces The p.>e OF the
commodity upon wh;c:, the !uly was
icy:cd. Here IS What Watson says
about il. whici! you can read for
yourself:
You rcmca!be the great forest
:i-cs which recently devastated so
navy hundred square miles in Min
9.so;a, aad other states ;v:8- along
.hc Canadian border. Hun.:IeGs.
,s.r.-aos thousands. Of people were
,g,irnrl ort OF house and home. Their
.s,is-c. .;r;n.S. like that OF the suffer
e-s o. the Sicilian EARTHQUAKES. w.s
q; = drama;:" character which ap-
yc.1ca 70 tho imagination and
;t-c:sad human sympathy. A grea,
cry for relief went I'D from the
.rero-s-ana what shape Sc YOU
.s93acg. j, tooko !; was ? demand
for he removal of TIE tariff duty
unon lumber.
"Of course. they wanted TO rebIild
their dwellings as soon as possible.
also their outiouses and fences, and
therefore :hev wanted lumber at the
lowest ch:a:nable price. Some of the
:e-v men who. in Congress. had
voted in favor O. the Lumber Trus;
and who had argued that the tariff
a1;ies wcrc an unaI,oved and boun-
~, b,as-fnr used n, OF their in
..,.,.c., w;.b NO T,s, administration
- b.,. f.,r,d;a, 1rmhnr admitted
10 =. sr-v Tho Administration
Welded THO tariff law was set aside
:, so ta- AZ IL related TO lumber. and
rhc citizens OF those northwestern
states hought lumber at about half
-he price which YOU and I have 20
nav
.Coula Won want anv better proof
-n,. ,,-i~s arc framed for the ben
- of the c-uel trusts Do YOU anv
,,,aor 6o,ht ,,,. rho increase OF
,.,;- S,,,;ce ', N. pavne-Aldrich
hi, wticb we,- into ar.c, las, sum
,,ar r,s rho -rre and only cause OF
-. ;,,-nea;,.e advance IN the cos;
q. living Can Won have anv further
count that those wbo pretend that
;ar,ms are made in the interest OF
labor and for the general welfare 81
n. country. are unm:tisated liars
and hvoocr;teso
Consider the Injustice O! the
Thing see with what favori.isu, our
government is run. We must NOT BE-
o,-rar. m. enormous benefit Of chean
hr;.d;n~ material 70 those hurn,-out
rrr,-;u,atcs OF the Northwest. But
-hr sbouldn.. the same benefit be
a,;ovad bv all tho rest o- uso Wha,
have We done that we are less en-
titled 70 have the cost-increasing
tariff or lumber rero-ed in our IA
vo-o Why should we be held down
hy the government while the Lum-
her Trust goes through our pock-
cts.
There IS not an hour IN the day
when somebody is not burned out:
there is never a nisht when the
a,arm-helt does not strike its terror
into some town or city. The number
% awallings barns. cin-houses and
otier necessary buildings that go up
IN c-aaes every year. far exceeds the
number Of homes and other build
;r-s consumed BY the forest fires
os the Northwest. Therefore. when
YOU take i bird's-eye view. mentally.
Of lhe entire United States. you can
rot fail 10 realize that there are
-,,Sr rs many unfortunate burn-outs
o:::S; % The burned-over area Of the
Northwest. as there were within it.
VIC, Won think OF this and bear IN
mind ,ha, tho Law should 5e no -e-
snccfar .f ae-sors. and should treat
Nc n, alike Won will deeoly feel the
i,;rs,i-e OF orr Government in COM
,.Ir;n- millions o: peop,e 70 surrec-
dor rart o. their money to the
,rmbe- Trust 70 CRAFTY IFS inordi-
nat. .rced FOR gain. !.
III YOU can think UP any good
reason why the American saw-m;lls
IN ne great lumber regions OF he
Northwest cannot produce lumber
profitah!y. as chea3ly as the Canad-
ians can DO l.. please tell US what il