The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-06-05

country many consumers have des =
ed to reciprocate with in trade.
Well, the Winnipeg consumer hal
paid 1925 for the apples. He was an.
xious to know where the s4.5 ill.,
crease went, and he found L at tn,
barrel had cost 30 cents and the
freight 40 cents. Still there was left
80 .55 to pay for the cost OF market.
ing the fruit. II Is the same over
here with a suit Of clothes.
The tariff board gave us an exam.
pie I'm It's report That board found
that In suit Of clothes selling for
$23 and upward the woolgrower re-
ceived 81 80 for the wool; the wool.
en- manufacturer received $4.7S for
the cloth and the cost OF all the ma
ter!al that entered into the making
of the suit except the TABOR was
81 SIS. The cost OF making the suit
was 1914 and the entire factory cost
of the clothes was s12.41 This was
the factory price, but the consumer
had to pay anywhere from 1923 to $50
for that suit of clothes. II the suit
sold for 1923 the profits between the
factory and the consumer amounted
to $10.59; IL it sold for s25 1t cost
more to get that suit from the fac
tory to the consumer than It did from
the back Of the sheep through the
factory.
Mr.. b F. Yoakum has estimated
that in the year 1911 the farmers re.
ceived $4,000 100000 for their prod.
ucts, and that the consumer paid
$13 .000, 100000 for those same prod
ucts. The railroads received s495,-
O00, 900 for transportation, so that the
cost Of production and transportation
combined was less than one.half the
price paid by the ultimate consumer.
More than $4,000, 100000 went to pay
the expenses and the profits OF the
men who sold these products to the
consumer. The tariff had nothing to
do with It. This Is one OF the prob
lens the Democrats have to deal
with, and they will only embarrass
themselves by continuing to hold the
tariff responsible for all the troubles
Of the ultimate consumer.
When the Democrats have fulfilled
their promise for revenue reform they
will find how numerous are their cri.
| tics, and that criticism and opposition
will crystalize just as they have In
| times past under the same old organ
| ization and the same old principles
| that have dominated the Republican
party since its organization. good
many gentlemen have been agitatine
about the future, but | have no feaI
as to the future of the Republican
| party. It will not be reorganized IN
Des Moines or in New York or Chi
cago, or Kansas City, or by any srou'
of men who are willing to undertake
the direction of its affairs.
The Republican party does no
need reorganization. 1t is as mucf
in evidence now as it was in 1sS!
when it went to defeat. 1t has beer
temporarily divided between person
al ambitions, but personal ambitions
have never made the party and they
| will be of little effect when the Dem
ocrats have enacted legislation II
harmony with their policy. The Re
publican party will be in the field
then and the millions OF Republicans
will select their leaders just as the!
have always done in the past. In
government of the peopfe the lead
ers come from the ranks and are no
designated either by Divine power Ct
by self constituted authority. DO no
make the mistake of thinking thu
raiment of Lincoln has been parcele'
out by any board of executors Wit
may think they have been appointed
to settle the estate Of the Republi
can party.
Some Of my former associates II
the Republican party, who have com
to the conclusion they are the job
the Baptists for political regeners
ton, are anxious to reorganize tn
Republican party. They claim tn
old party has strayed after falls
gods and that they are the only tru
followers OF Lincoln. have hear
this claim presented by others in tn
past who made no pretensions OF n
latlonship-even the remotest-to tn
Republican party. For instance, II
senior Senator from South Carolin
who would resent the suggestion tha
he is anything but an old fashione
Democrat travelled over my state Sc
eral years ago campaigning for Wi
am J. Tryan, and carried with hi
, Il ycluwe Of Lincolns speech f'oi
which he quoted to show that Brya