The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-04
UNMASNING THE
TARIFF DELUSION
Franklin Pierce Shows That La
Dor Is Not Benefited by
a.. Unjust Tax a8&
MANUFACTURER KEEPS PROFIT
Proof of Democratic platform'a sound
ness Cited In Reports Of Wage In
vestleationa
Ry FRANKLIN PIERCE.


tariffs have lngenioualy devised plaus-
fhle pretexts for imposing increased
pricee upon the necessarles Of life AZ
ilrst they sAid that industry ID cur
country was In itH infancy and needed
protection When those Industries had
become strong and needed no aid the
manufacturers Invented the theory
that the foreigner paid the duty This
theory was exploded and they declar~
ed that cheap CLOTHES meant cheap
men and was not q blessing
Driven from every enc Of those lnde-
fensihle positions, their tinai aud only
argument left today Is that the tariff
f. Imposed upon foreign imports 70 en-
able the manufacturer to increase bis
profits and pay higher wages
The Democratic platform declares
shat;
III the most highly protected indus,
tries. such as eotton and wool. steel
and Iron. the wages Of the lahorers are
the lowest paid II any Of our indus
trias"
Proof Of this statement Is found IN
xeporis oi many recent Official inyesti,
cations of wages Ia the United States.
Wages IN Cotton Industry.
Under the existing Payne Aldrich
faria Law actual imports OF cotton
cloth paid In 1910 average duties Of
$50 per cent.
In 1905. when work and wage condi.
tions Ia the cotton industry were ex.
eepuonally good, the wages OF a0a.sit
cotton min operatives IA the United
States men. women and children av.
sragea only sstT 4 week. The average
vase for men was but s1.7l a week
for women S6S0 and FOR children. sssi.
AS 70 the profits. seventeen leading
cotton nllls, with total capitalization
ef SsSlloeoo and total surplus Of ssi.-
sSS,50i, paid in nine years dividends
averaging 20 per cent.
The cotton manuiaeturers turned ont
r 1905 Say 45i .siS worth az goods and
paid IN wages thercfors saA Ss7 .da6, OF
q per cent OF tho value Of the finished
product
Extortlcn of Wool Tariff.
Outside Of the duties on two or three
commodities or comparatively little I'M
portance the duties on woolen cloth
are the highest OF any In the tarin
schedules According to Senator Reed
Rmoot. owner Of a wooden mill at
Provost, Utah. and chairman OF the
finance committee IN charge Of tariff
Hesitation In ths senate. wearing ap-
Darel valued at 50 cents a pound now
PAYS sos IS per cent duty.
This and other correspondingly high
duties on the manufactures Of wool
are made 10 enable the manufacturer
TO pay his labor an increased wage
over those Of foreign countries, But
the duty on woolen goods is nearly flve
times the entire labor cost. while the
American manufacturers IN i9a5 psld
n wages only rs PER cent o. the total
value q their production.
At Lawrence IA this most highly pro
tected inaastry the iahorers we're
obliged to strike even for 4 living
waS0 Thousands OF adult males we're
receiving oaN IRON ss to 50 week
and EnrF oniy s. g SIS q week AS =
result oi the strike re American
Woolen company gave It's employees
alight Increases in wages.
TIE woei tarlr biH vetoed " Presl
Gent Tast reduced the duties on raw
wool from t12o to 3 per cent and On
manufactures e wool from S76s 70
tSS6 Per cent Mr. Taft said he r.
toed il because the proposed rates did
act comply wlth ths findings Or the
tsriH beard. Senator Ia Folleste con,
tradicged the president. saying that
the proposed rates varied rrom / per
cent lower 70 1ie higher than he
tariff hozrds andlngs Justified
Low Wages n Steel
Manufacturers OF iron and steel IA
1895 pai6 In wages cniy Is Per cent
cf TIE lossl value of khsir production.
while tbs duty then wuald average
abene As to It per cert. and on all
Eastsis { BON evsrages sskt psr cent
Ame~iean wages arr really the
znespsss wages u TIE ssefiS .sasn -.
sAke late account tae amcunf og pro
aueflf~ per mar.
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- sees eF'es iar@tigatsng -
steel trust. a. follcws
ne isnor eost u producing pis
iron IA Pennsylvania fell from sf.7s /
een IN lse2 % Sc esats : tcn n 1898
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