American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-22


With TIE asuai hack
Of Intelligence aina taa t4}ij
question. sfa dtmtArati ualQriss
"a the b0use az faifcstptatiYts af-
firms from lme ~ tifaa lts ipten-
ton 70 fesi8a lha wool febadlie of
tho tafilt law ST. JAg sef iti sls
sion uf CONS feAs 1htt Wiii ~ fhf
first thauee the demsefatic paftg
has he'd on tariff legislation aince
the famous Wilson biil. whitb prac-
ideally Tuinad The business OF She
country. brought on one Of the
worst raDiH through Will this
G~odrfaYofed land has bad to poss.
and absolutely wreeknd Tho party
The Theory upon which ihe DoHrs
hons are proceeding ls that the tar-
~ on wool Is q inx aud that the
consumer who buts q suit 81 clofhcs
pays il.
That theory. Of eoursc, IS anten-
able. yet II the purchaser Of wooden
clothing did pay the tax 90 would
not cost him much. Eight millions
OF persons IN the United States are
directly dependent upon the wool
industry for their prospe ity, and
- would DC more beneficial t0 each
individual citizen to bear a slight
increase ia bis personal expenses
rather than that an industry affect.
ing such a large proportion OF the
people of the nation should be In
jured. However the tariff on wool
has no effect on the ultimate price
on wooden clothing TO the
This has never beer better exem-
plified than In the fact that the
price of boots and shoes has raised
within the passed two years, where's
hides have been placed on the free
list In the Payne bill passed two
years ago.
Charles H. Harding, of Philadel-
phia, a wool man well known
throughout the country. gives an In
stance which lllustratse %splendidly
the fallacy OF the theory that the i'm.
position OF the wool tariff increases
the price OF wooden clothing 10 the
ultimate consumer. He relates an
Incident of a young Idaho democrat
a WOOL grower. who went TO Phil
adelphia while the democratic Will
son bill was under consideration In
congress. The Idaho man was In
dignant because wool that had been
selling at iS and 20 cents per pound
was then being offered at II. He
wanted TO get the wooden yarn that
would go into a suit OF clothes. he
wanted the yarn woven into cloth.
and a suit OF clothes made for him
self made from the cloth.
The young man wanted to wear
tho untf 80 aIAtAnA " IT..l4--A--
to give his fellow democrats an OBJ
Ject lesson. SO he procured enough
wooden arr from the sheep OF a
neighbor. which cos him $2.t4. He
took the yarn to a weaver who wove
the yarn into cloth which cost him
*1.66, so the net cost OF the suit up
TO hat time had been 1880. Then
he started out to find a tailor to
make a suit for him, the Idaho man
furnishing the cloth. The first tail
or he found wanted $35 for the
making, but he finally found N
Who would do the work for seq
which was the best he could do. So
out OF the suit OF clothes that cost
him $3.50. the cost OF the wool was
only slightly more than 81. OF which
the tariff duty would have been only
an innnitesimal part had u been ad-
ded TO the cost.
As a matter of fact clothing Is
cheaper now than IL has been for
years. cheaped than II was when
the Wilson bill took the duty off
wool. and practically ruined the wool
industry OF the country. The ex-
perience OF years has shown that
while the duty may be taken from
Wool and the wool rover of the
United States be compelled to com
pete with the wool shipped in from
Australia and Argenteine. there IL
would not cheaper wooden clothing
TO the pubiic.-Salt Lake Herald-Re-
publican.