New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
RIVAL REPUBLICAN SHOW
"Wage Dollar" Exhibit Answers
"Chamber of Horrors"
SPEAKING NOON AND NIGHT
Wilson Shown in Wax Steering
Ship of State by Chart of
Theory-Telling Cartoons.

AZ an answer to the so-called tariff
Grated in Union Square for some time
the Republican National League, with the
cooperation OF the Republican National
Committee, will open a wage dollar" ex-
hibit to-day at Broadway and 18th
street. The object Is to answer in the ar
hrmative the questions Does the Ameri-
can protective tariff mean high wages
and Does n tariff for revenue only or
virtual free trade, mean low wages or
no job at all-the bread line, the free
soup Kitchen"
The wage dollar" exhibit will be open
daily from 10 a. IN. TO 10 p. m. except
Sunday. until the close of the campaign.
There will be speaking at noon and al
night. The speakers. who will take turns,
will be Colonel Isaac n. Neekins, United
States Attorney. Of North Carolina; F. q,
r. Gordon, OF Massachusetts,, and Thomas
dollhouse.
The passersby will'not fail TO be attract.
ed to tho exhibit by large signs that cover
both the Broadway and the nth street
sides Of the store. In one OF the windows
IL a representation Of the tariff wall, back
OF which are seen the American factory
and the American home. Professor VIII
son, in academic cap and gown, Is seen
bending over A door in the wall. Behind
him Is a load of foreign merchandise
drawn by the Democratic donkey.
Vote May Loose Horde.
This inscription tells the story:
The Democratic party stands for IN
restricted foreign competition. DR.. VII
son holds the free trade key. VIII you
vote to unlock the door,
Attracted by the flags Of Great Britain,
Germany. Japan and the United States
on long sign above the window. one
reads the average rate OF wage paid in
each country "A vote for Taft IS vote
for high wages" declares a sign.
The room inside is filled with striking
arguments In favor Of a protective tarin.
one OF the features il sawmill, engaged
In cutting through the tariff board, on
which is fastened a large wooden dollar.
showing that the tarIr cannot be cut
without at the same time cutting the
dollar.
Near BY Is a lfesize wax Aguro Of
Governor Wilson at the helm OF the ship
Of state, bound for nowhere, under full
sail" steering with the aid OF a chart II
theory and with a compass the only
points OF which are disaster rocks, "
starvation point" radical reef" and
panic shoals"
Some unfeeling person has dug up the
description Of the panic days Of 1898 to
1897, which Professor Wilson gave In his
History Of the American People" and OF
how prosperity was restored under Re
publican rule. II is printed In large type
on the walls
Reminders Of those days are shown in
the form Of bread lines and professions
TO soup houses. while near by hangs a
string Of full dinner pals under the pro-
lection OF the tariff.
Theoretical Surgery.
Some telling cartoons from the pen OF
r. A. Weed are prominently placed. One
set is labelled "Dr. Wilson's Remarkable
Surgical Feat-Removing the Dogs Tail
One Inch at Time, So as Not to Hurt
the Dog" The doctor" Is seen with mis-
free trade knife gradually taking off bits
Of the tariff tail OF the business dog
Finally the dog Is shown with his toes up
in the air and the good doctor" wiring
ing his hands and saying: Dear me,
how singular
A four-room apartment, fully furnished
is represented as being the typical home
Of an American worhngInan. The equip
ment is entirely made in America. and
each piece Is plainly marked with the
price that it costs here. the wages paid 10
the men who made 1t and the wages paid
TO men VINO make a similar Brade II
goods in free trade countries. The Amer
lean wage is from two to five times that
paid to the foreign workman.
Among the tarirf proverbs that stare the
visitor in the face wherever he goes are:
"A tariff In time saves wages for nine. -
"A tariff answer turneth away poverty"
Free trade makes waste. Tariff makes
wages"
Save at the tariff spigot and lose at
the wages bunghole."