Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-13
TAXATION OF the WORKER.

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Oscar W. Underwood. democrati.
majority leader in the house Of repre-
|entatives, reviewing the achieve
nents of the democratic house in the
record Of the past con
yress which lately adjourned, sets
forth, As he sees it. the situation be
fore the American workingman under
the present tariff system. as follows
Under the present oppressive
tariff law the laboring man re-
turns at night from his toll clad
in y WOODEN suit taxed Is per
cent; shoes taxed II per cent,
stockings and underwear II per
cent, and cotton shirt taxed 50
per cent, wool hat and WOODEN
gloves taxed Is per cent. He
carries dinner pail taxed 45 per
cent, and greets his wife as she
looks through a window pane tax
ed 26 pei cent, with a curtain tax
ed ~ per cent.
AFTER scraping his shoes OH an
iron scraper taxed IS per cent, he
wipes them on a mat taxed so per
cent, he lifts the dOorlatch taxed
As per cent, steps on carpet tax
ed 81 per cent, and kisses his wife,
clad in a WOODEN dress taxed Is
per cent with thread taxed 30 per
cent.
1.-The house is made Of brick
taxed p per cent and lumber tax
ed at 8 per cent, with paint taxed
s. per cent. Their wall paper was
taxed % per cent and plain furni-
ture 81 per cent; he hangs his pail
on steel pin taxed As per cent:
using soap taxed 20 per cent. His
looking glass was taxed As per
cent, and he combs his hair with
u rubber comb taxed IS per cent.
ole proceeds to eat his supper
which was cooked on a stove tax
ed As per cent, for which his wife
used pots and kettles taxed 45 per
cent. On the table is common
crockery taxed 81 per cent; and
cheap glass tumblers taxed As per
cent. The sugar he puts in his
tea is taxed ~ per cent, while lie
stirs with spoon taxed 45 per
cent. His meal is frugal one be-
cause the cost Of living is high.
''llc uses II knife and fork taxed
so per cent in eating salt fish tax
ed 10 per cent. bread ~ per cent,
potatoes % per cent, salt 33 per
cent, butter ~ per cent and rice
81 per cent. lie proceeds to read
u book taxed % per cent. and at
the close Of the day reclines in an
iron frame bed taxed Is per cent
with mattress taxed 20 per cent,
sheets taxed 10 per cent, wooden
blankets taxed IS per cent and Il
cotton spread IS per cent.
The fair minded reader Of such bur
combe as the above will realize /:
once that the argument is great
weakened by the fact that il til
working man is rs well fixed as d,
scribed. having everything he want.
lie is many times better of than hi
brother worker now tOiling in fOreig
shops for fifty to seventy-tive cents
day.
MIR. Underwood's speech would il
dictate that the issue of the comm
campaign is to be the tariff. The r.
publicans welcome it.
The country was never SO prospe
ous as ut the present time. The pr,
ducts OF the farm bring Il good pri.
and the farmers are more prospero,
now than ut any other time in Il
history Of the country.
The skilled working man is give
steady employment at good wage
and is eating three hearty meals
day.
If Mr.. Underwood had started h
talk with this sentence it would ha,
been more appropriate: Under Il
oppressive tariff law for revenue on
the labOring man returns ut mig
from his arduous toll Of traMpin
tramping in the vain search for wor
etc., etc.
A large portion of the articles me
toned in the above quotation are u
I'd but once in q life time BY the co
sumner. The inference 10 that Il
working man buys them daily wi
hi0 beefsteak. and in that Mr.. L