Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-04-05
VITAL WASHINGTON NEWS.
Special Correspondence by Clyde H..
Tavenner.


Washington, April When a
woman purchases $40 worth OF wool
en- dress goods, $4S7 Of that $40 rep
reSents the value of the goods and
the remaining s5.1S of the $40, the
amount of the tariff. In other words,
should the purchase be made in Eng
Land. where there is no tariff on wool
ems, the woman would receive the
same amount and qualiy Of dress
goods for s4S7 that she pays $40 for
n this country.
This is because Of the Payne-Al-
drich ad valorem tariff rate Of lO5
per cent. When the Democrats came
into power in the House Of Repnesen.
tativeS they framed a bill which
would reduce the tax on wooiens
nearly 40 per cent. The Senate pass
ed a similar bill. President Taft We
toed the bill, which prevented cheap
Al and better woolens to American
CONSUMERS. The Dmeocratic majority
OF the House now presents the bill
again.
i President Taft will have less eXcu {
to veto this bill than before. He de-
clared on the first occasion that Ger
tain tariff board had not made its
report, and that to permit a reduc-
ton of the duties might make it i'm
possible for the woOIen manufactur-
ers to protect" their workingmen.
. The tariff board report justifies a
downward revision of the wOolen
schedule. Then since the President
vetoed the wool bill there has been
a strike of the textile workers al
!. Lawrence, Mass, which has revealed
) beyond argument and beyond contra
]. diction that the woolen trust magnate:
= have been fooling and cheating tht
public all the time. The strike O
the Sc, 81 and IS a week men, wo
=, men and children in the wooSen mill:
a brought to light the fact that Will,
\ the mill owners have been declaring
Il they were protecting their worker'
r with fair wages and decent wOrkini
conditions they have been payin'
:. them starvation wages and treating
them almost like animals.
n The last leg has been knocke'
n from under the wool tax argument
D. and President Taft has no excuse lai
J. to explain a veto of the Democrat
q downward revision wool bill. Tn
= President vetoed the first wool BIZ
y y not for the welfare of either consun
!. ers or woolen mill workers, but at tn
behest Of the millionaire wOoien trus
owners who contributed to his can
paign fund. II he vetoes the newl
n introduced wool bill it will be for tn
. same reason, ard the people will S
d understand it.
d Again Consumers Are Made the Goa
Anyone who thinks those milliOl
: = aire wooden trust magnates at Lay
a renee, Mass, are increasing the sa
4. aries of their men, women and chik
D. ren mill workers out Of the generos
D. ty of their hearts-and out Of the
pocketbooks-is mistaken. They ad
u making the American people pay nC
2, ?, only the amount OF the increase
a wages, but every penny Of the e.
IN pense OF the long strike.
3. The people sympathized with ii
Of strikers" is the slogan Of the mi
1T owners, now let them shoulder b
expense"
:. Before amy wages were increase
= the WOODEN trust magnates, who han
n. been making profits Of from 6 to
.d per cent ON their investment, decf
ed to advance the cost Of clothin
And as a matter Of fact, the cDnS1n
ers began to actually pay incneas'
q prices for woolens and cott0ns in a
%. ticipation of the increased wages
on be paid by the wOolen trust, beto
~ the announcement OF the increas
an wages was made.
It Cotton prints, calicoes and the ill
m have risen in price at wholesale
at New York city a quarter of a ce
10 per yand in the last ten days, al
:, mill agents predict the increase "
N reach two cents a yard.
m This will make a difference o ii
to cents in an apron, and 25 cents In
az housewives dress. Mems clothing
- going UP, and women's and chihre'
- dress goods are declared to be I
N next in line. The increases, 1t is
IN. timated, will bring approximately s
~ 600, 900 into the Golfers of the wool
lse trust within year. Thus an acco
to odating public will bear the cost
~ the strike and the increases in wac
The men who work such games
nofh y,rthEn and erunkOvooc ara