Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-08
ULTIMATE CONSUMER
70 Be DISSATISFIED
NO INDICATION THAT NEW TAR.
IFF LAW WILL AFFECT LIVING
COST SOON.
Especial Correspondence


Washington, Oct. s.-Tme gigantic
task of putting the new tariff law in
to operation, now that the measure has
been enacted. is now being carried out
| by the treasury department, with the
aid Of other departments of the gov
eminent.
, For months, the process of piling up
goods in bonded warehouses, in an
ticipation of the lowering II duties, has
been going on. Since Saturday morn
ing. at New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton and all the large ports, there has
been a, rush to Withdraw these goods
from warehouses and get them into
the channels of trade. 1nasmuch as
something over s100,000,0Oo of such
goods were stored up, the volume OF
products Of one kind and another
| which Will be withdraw in the first
few days of the operation of the new
law will be enormous.
The treasury is advised that at all
the large ports there is great activity.
| This is especially true az New York,
where Collector Mitchell and his sub
ordinates were faced with the prob
lem Of supervising the withdrawal OF
about S70,000,000 of goods in bonded
| warehouses. This says nothing about
the accelerated importations day by
day which the new tariff will bring
about.
A heavy loss in revenue will result
to the treasury from this process Oh
storing up great amounts OF goods IN
bonded warehouses in anticipation OF
the lowering Of duties Efforts were
made in the senate by Senator Suther-
land and others to have such goods
pay the old rates, but they failed.
Countless Questions Arise.
Countless questions of the legal con-
struction of this and tina, feature OF
the new tariff measure will arise,
Many have already arisen. This is al
ways the case when there is gem
eral revision Of the tariff. For months
TO come. there will be fat picking for
the customs lawyers AMI hard work
! for the treasury lawyers who have to
wresrle with this and that Enotty prob
/ lem of construction.
The next question is whether the
new tariff is going to result in any
/ decrease in the cost Of living and
! whether il will measure up to the ex-
pectations of a good many sanguine
| people in that respect. Democratic
| leaders in the last campaign made
i great promises in this matter OF re-
| duced living cost and now they are
| bearing as lightly on them as possible.
! Congressman Underwood in a state
ment expresses the belief it will be
months before the consumer feels the
| effect of reduced prices. inasmuch as
the stocks Of goods merchants now
have on hands have been bought under
! the old tariff law.
Dissatisfaction Certain.
| But If it takes months ioT the con-
sumers to feel the effects. it is GER
| tainty there will be much dissatisfac-
| ton. The democratic politicians are
worried lest the public find 1t has been
given no real relief by the new tasin
and lest the voters grow cold toward
the democratic party accordingly. OPP
position politicians are studying the Ell
fects Of the new law with micro
scope to see whether the ultimate con-
sumner Is benefited SO he can notice It
So far as meats and food products
which have been free listed are con-
cerned, there does not appear to be any
reason why the effects OF reduced
duties, il there are to ne any effects
should not be felt in the near future
Considerable importations Of foodstuns
free or at lowered rates are already I'M
der way. But with shortage OF meats
in this country, it is a question wheth-
er meat prices viii DE cut.
imported Meats Must Be Coed.
u Moreover. the department Of sgrtcul-