Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Things Are Working.

MT. Editor: It is very interestino to note that the democratic congressman of the neighboring state of Massachu- setts have had a conference-and six of them have decided to stand first, last and all the time against any re- duction of the tariff on shoes and other leather goods, and those of us who read what happens in the labor world in other countries must feel that they have acted wisely and will con- tinue to act wisely if they stick to the plans they made at the conference,
 As a sample of what the Massachu- setts shoemakers would be up against, I quote from labor statistics of our own country and the far east:
 -Four Americans, working as a team, produce in a day of eight hours 32 pairs of shoes, or an average of eight pair to each man, each receiving $3 a day, each pair costing, as to labor, in the final process, 37 1-2 cents. In China and Japan it requires 12 hours labor to make a pair of shoes, the shoemaker receiving abouN25 cents a day for his labor. Now, place our shoe machinery in the hands of the Chinese and Japanese, remove the tariff on shoes, and it is not a problem as to what would happen to the men en- ployed in our shoe factories. Let us admit such a result would reduce the prices of shoes, but what would be- come of our shoemakers?
 Our 8 a day man is not afraid of a $3 day Mexican, or European, but he is afraid of 50 cents a day labor CT, whether he is in Mexico or Europe"
 see by Washington reports that the solid democratic delegation of Louisi- ana and Mississippi, both senators and congressman, will stand firm against the sugar tariff reductions, and can easily see where they are right, for a reduction in line with the Underwood bill would place American cane sugar producers in competition with Kanaka and cooley pauper labor, and not only that, but the hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in the beet sugar fields of the north and middle west, where wages are very high, would have to meet the same competition, with only one result-a wholesale slaughter of wages.
 Things are already beginning to work, and unless signs fail the work ing will beat the fermentation caused by magic yeast or other rising prep arations all to hollow.
 Pennsylvania democrats kick about the tax being taken off coal. South Carolina is u- in arms about free rice Florida is mad clean up to the hilt about a proposed reduction on fruits and it is weeks and weeks before the people who are pledged to reduce the cost of living get together officially. Potatoes keep going up. Eggs are now so cents per dozen in spite of the fact that the tariff laws haven't been changed.
 Congressmen-e elect who were howl ing tariff for revenue only before cleo ton are now wondering how they can keep their promises along those lines and still get a little protection for their own district. Yes, MT Editor things are working. "The sun dc move" the days of 10 cent beefsteak 10 cent eggs, boots, shoes and clothing at less than present cost of raw mate rial are almost here, only three more months and 150 northern democrats will march down to Washington and | quietly submit to 1S9 southern demo- crats taking complete charge of all | important committees, taking full charge of all finincial and tariff legis- | lation, and quietly informing them tC