Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-22


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Under the Dnsey was ' ia" amounts
convincingf you don happen anyt thing
about conditions in England and in America.
goods 81 O6.
In England assuming the statement quoted be accurate
costs $1.11 to manufacture II yards of goods
In England the II yards sold at retail for $18 profit
the manufacturing of only rs and in America the
goods sold at retail for 1913 profit above the cost of
The newspaper which prints these so called facts and figures
absolutely misrepresents conditions course
ing The trouble with of teachers that they don't
understand that which they undertake to teach
that goods very often sold retail in this
try for profit twice great the profit charged England
We shall proceed to explain foolish newspaper friend
causes of the difference in profit.
In the first place Mr. Editor the American retail merchant
sdvrses your and Others and spends each year
hundred thousand dollars Eng
land does not spend fifty thousand dollars and probably not twenty
thousand dollars
Therefore begin with very nice slice of the extra profit
which you blame the tariff really into your pocket
Think about that for a little while
In place retailer in America if
cessu has store that represents investment
and therefore fixed charges infinitely greater than the same
charges borne by the English retailer This that American
have put their pockets for the building of fine
new store large part Of the money involved
All clerks paid little cases-there no doubt
about that.
But the retailer pays those that work his store
at the lowest estimate twice much the English retailer
his clerks Therefore the American clerk in the dry goods
charge exclusively the tariff
The to work all his life for
little He become bankrupt the
If not he rich and his fortune quickly made represents part
of that larger price which attribute entirely the tariff
had tariff retail merchant would
be compelled accept very much smaller profit and he would
be compelled his advertising space the newspaper that
cricises him and that newspaper would he compelled
advertising rate.
Without tariff merchants would not be able to make
fortunes quickly and build the great
this country
the tariff English send their goods man
uactued and manufactured this country freely
would have of business the
employees in two.
1t true that if we had tariff many interesting things
The Scotch could send shpoad potatoes this country
and sell them very low pcesthat would be agreeable
the buyers in the city AND PUT THE FARMERS OUT OF
BUSINESS
And clothing Germany and Austria and Eng
try and sell the clothing for half which would be very for
the of America but which would put
of American workers in the of business
IF had tariff the Frenchmen, the Germans the
Greeks could send their champa and their other
of duty which would be pleasant keepers
keepers but would put the California other
lean vineyards out of business
And so on ignorant newspaper editor list
had free trade would have FREE COMPETITION
IN LABOR the manufacturer and employer able
employees down the lowest would the markets
Americans, big and little, in a hurry. They live a
hurry thev travel a hurry make money hurry die in
hurry get rich hurry The tariff helps along the hurry aud
makes the pace faster
The tariff like everything else country. is full
vices mistakes and extorion But do the tariff what
,ve world do TO a sick friend-cure it, not kin IT,
The tariff compels Americans TO BUY OF AMERICANS
The tariff eompe the maker city buy pc