Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

20 cents a yard. are now to be had
for 371a cents. Other goods which,
under the old schedule, would not
have been brought in at all, are now
to be found on the wholesale markets
In the East. Fine French cottons,
which were effectually barred by the
Payne Aldrich tariff, are being i'm
ported at reductions of nine cents
yard Importers. among them the
shirt manufacturers. say that the
new tariff will enable them to put
out better garments for the money.
In some lines the reductions will ap-
pear in improved quality at the old
prices; in others quality will be the
same and prices reduced. Even the
Importation of silks-those from
China and Japan-is increasing. These
silks. used extensively In Europe for
dress goods. bore a tariff of 200 per
cent. under the old law. The new
tariff of 45 per cent. ad yalorem will
make importation and comparatively
cheap selling possible.
The new tariff has had an import
ant effect on grain. Readjustments
at generally lower levels are noted.
In comparison with the highest
points in September when passage
of the tariff bill was assured, wheat
had declined e1a cents, corn cents
and oats cents a bushel. Canadian
importations have had a powerful eff
feet on the American grain market.
Flour has declined about 25 cents q
barrel. The reduction of cent
pound in the duty on rice has brought
down the spot price of Slams, Javas
and Patnas the same amount. The
importation of rice Is increasing in
volume. There have been deep cuts
in the drug trade. The drugs and
chemicals entering largely into the
manufacture of the more important
medicines were favorably treated by
the new bill, and as a result whole
sale quotations have been consider
ably reduced. The import trade In
drugs and chemicals is very heavy.
1t may be argued that the farmer
is going TO suffer because of the
lower prices on grain, but this ia not
true. The farmer is getting his com
pensation in other ways. For exam
pie iron and steel enter largely into
the manufacture of agricultural i'm
plementS. and iron and steel have
been made cheaper by the tariff. Tho
price of steel billets has declined So
and "a ton on the Atlantic coast and
"a and So on the Pacific coast. Soft
steel bars are down 50 a ton. Foreign
shipments TO this country have not
been heavy, because the United States |
let competitors get a foothold hero
If possible. Hence the reductions. \
few thousand tons OF structural steel !
have been sold by foreign firms ON |
the Pacific coast, but the trust Is |
reductions to meet the COM
petition. Wire products have been |
reduced 81 q ton.
Woman Suffrage in wyoming.
From the Springfield Republican.
A somewhat novel point is raised by |
+ shop Thomas, of the Episcopal |
diocese of Wyoming, in regard to /
women in pol cs. In his State so far +
as women suffra ge goes he finds that +
neither perceptible good nor percepti-
Bile harm has been done; the vote Is |
doubled but the result is not |
and when asked whether
women minglc in political squabbles |
he said:
"Ob, yesl their differences are the |
real ones Women take pc itical ac-
cusations much more seriously and |
hold the sting longer. This does not
apply so much when they are TALK lg /
about one another; but let a woman
say something of another woman's
husband. brother or SON. and that
hurts It's one of woman's traits to
cherish any reflection on the men she |
loves"
But this trait is not peculiar to
women. II campaign libels about hts
wife should begin to cir
eulate Il man would remem" er II much
longer than his own grievance. Equal
is likely to put some new
angles into politics.