Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-08

men employed in those industries
thrown out Of work and thrown
upon the labor market would not
tend to reduce the price Of labor
which is wages, through the very
competitive system which the Dem
ocrats allude to.
True enough, the greater the de-
mand for labor the higher the price
Of labor
But the demand for labor is
made through the number and eX-
tent Of the industries requiring la
Dor and employing labor. And
when that demand is lessened
through the elimination Of any con-
siderable number Of those indus
tries, then the competition for en-
ployment is increased and the price
Of labor is reduced.
For the Democrats, therefore, to
make their proposition sound, they
must prove that the protective tar
IF does not tend to increase the
number of industries in this coun-
try and the employment of labor
by those industries.
The plank contains, however,
proper criticism Of President Taft
for his veto of the farmers free
list, the wooden schedule and other
reasonable and legitimate and mod
crate plans of tariff reduction pro-
posed by the Democratic house Of
representative under the leader
ship Of Champ Clark.
The second plank in the Demo-
cratic platform relates to the high
cost of living and says that the
high cost of living is due to the
high tariff laws enacted and main
tained by the Republican party and
to the trusts and commercial con-
spiracies fostered and encouraged
by such laws.
The high cost of living is not
confined to the United States, and,
therefore, can not be wholly due to
any strictly American institution,
not even to the Republican party
The high cost of living is COM
planned of in England and has
brought about many strikes and
much discomfort in that country.
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men and the farmer ana olh't pro-
ducers have enabled them to get
moro rigrtfpI reward for their eff
go r;,r,,,. ~ou.,r5 f,, Labor .
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