The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-08-27
Mr.. Foster. And yet they all
in woolen.mills?
Miss Sanger. Yes sir.


worked in woolen.mills?
Miss Sanger. Yes sir.
In his veto message Mr.. Taft
has much to say about the
''woolen industry" and for
eign labor" He makes no men.
ton of these poor victims of the
wooden trusts greed.
IL
Governor Wilson has quietec
the fears of the business interests
that the tariff may be reduced
too suddenly in the event OF
Democratic success in Novem
Der. The enemies of the New
Jersey governor took such pains
to spread the story that the Dem
ocrats proposed TO cut and slash
the tariff rates right and left as
soon as they came in power, and
regardless of the fact that no re-
sponsible Democrat ever said or
did anything to give basis for
this belief, the story has been
industriously circulated.
In the fiscal year just closed
American exports amounted to
more than one billion dollars.
Fortyseven per cent of goods
manufactured in this country
last year were exported. These
figures show that American man.
ufacturers have the ability to
meet foreigners in competition.
1t shows that American ingenui-
ty and genius can conquer over
the antiquated methods still in
vogue in many foreign lands.
Moreover, it shows that if Amer
leans are so abundantly able to
meet foreigners in their own
market places, there is no ex-
cuse for the outrageous tariff
that was put up ostensibly to
keep foreign goods out of our
ports; but in reality to give
American manufacturers an OPP
portunity to gouge extra profits
out of their own countrymen.
While there is no doubt among
Democrats that the tariff is toe
high, it is realized that American
business has become adjusted tc
the present schedules, and fur
ther realized that to snatch away
the high tariff at one move would
simply precipitate a crash that
might not be survived easily
The tariff board and hundreds OF
individual manufacturers have
admitted that the rates are Toe
high. Customs reports and com
mercial statistics have revealed
that the tariff on many article:
brought to this country exceed
the entire cost of production
and it is plain that such tariff
rates amount to a wholly unnec
essary and burdensome taxation
Governor Wilson recently haC
a conference with Congressman
Redfield, who has made some OF
the most sensible tariff speeches
ever made in Congress, and it
was agreed between them thai
the proper and safe thing to dc
with regard to the tariff is to Gu
it down gradually until the prop
er level is reached. In that way
it will be easy to ascertain just
what effect each successive GU
has on price conditions Thus
by easy stages the tariff for pri
vate profit can be turned into 9
tariff for revenue, and this pro
cess is sure to result in big re-
duction in the cost of living.
Governor Wilson is not anxiou:
to injure any mans business
He will insist, in the event of hi.
election, that all business be leg
itimate, and that the false foun
dation be taken from under the
tariff trusts. But he will make
it a gradual process, and one
that will not disturb either bust
ness or the country in general.
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE BRIDE.
/ M : relate a striking salutatior
that the bridal couple received from
a Quaker client of mine. n shrewC