Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-18

jusing tariff matters of-hsnd fashion.
There will be good fooshness committed in the
of free trade or tariff reduction
And it will take some men who understand the
country long perhaps mend the foohne after
it has occurred.
Today invite the ardent tariff tkerers to think for
instance, the wool situation
very loud demand for free wool by those who
don know much about the subject.
Consider these propositions
Suppose you take the tariff from wool
How amount o suit of clothes?
that ninety the average suit of
other you took the tariff from WOOL the wool
suit would COST the maker ninety cents less than does
The suit SELLS let say for S15
you brought wool in without any duty and let the cloth
makers have their wool Free do you suppose that the cloth makers
would cut ninety cents from the price of enough cloth to make
suit of clothes?
And the cloth makers that do you suppose big
makers of clothing would promptly reduce the price of the $5 suit
to $141O?
Don't you more likely that the manufacturer of the
wooden cloth and the manufacturer of the suit of clothes would
divide the ninety between hem-and let Mr. Consumer still
pay $500 for his suit of clothes?
Do you think that bringing material into country free
necessarily that the will get the benefit? you do think
you do not know all about the real situation.
Suppose you choose that the cloth maker and the clothing
maker should promptly and cheeuly deduct from the of
cloth and the of the suit of Clothes exactly what the govern
ment takes off of the wool arwhat about the farmer and what
about the supply of mutton?
getting every year continue to get
deaer the great grazing lands of the country taken for
other purposes.
This country ought produce mutton And the people by the
ought to eat of it, although that different story
Mutton far better for the average human being than
1t is infinitely better for children-beef is harmful to them
But apart from its value food compared with beef
necessity And important indeed that the country should
produce plenty of it,
Do overlook the Democratic tinker
with the tariff that when you take the from WOOL YOU MAKE
TT HARDLY WORTH WHILE FOR THE AMERICAN FARMER
TO RAISE SHEEP AT ALL
The farmer today just about able get along figuring
by shearg his sheep selling the lambs and ultimately selling
mutton he get out with profit
Take away the profit represented the duty WOOL very
small thing in suit of Clothes but big thing flock of five
sheep-tae protection you
give the farmer the will whine weep
SIMPLY STOP RAISING SHEEP, AND SOON INCREASE THE
PRICE OF MUTTON BY THIRTY OR FIFTY PER CENT.
The American farmer fortunately do pretty well anything
that likes with his land He change from sheep something
else quickly up sheep entirely and forget about the mutton
supply, you force him to it.
The agricultural commercial and industrial system of the
country complicated proposition One thing depends upon
other And that which makes very little difference the
who buys suit of clothes automobile runabout pair
shoes make great difference ALL the farmers of the
country ALL the automobile manufacturers ALL the
thousands of employed in the shoe industry.
We selling shoes to Europe and selling automobiles
Europe IRON and agricultural implements steel bridges
all kinds of food products Europe BECAUSE WE
RUN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE
IN 1T.
Our laws have said practically although not in SO many words
You Americans shall buy of each other pay duty you
from strangers the You shall deal with
living family And
shall buy Of each other if it little than
the goods cost IN China Germany Japan SELL all
you please those outside OF the family but BUY of your
relations.
That plan has worked pretty practice This
country prosperous We do the biggest things every
higher average prosperity although
plenty of room for Improvement especially at the bottom
We hope that the crop statesmen brought into Wash
ngton with instructions to improve the tariff will really improve
It, and slaughter industries persuade to give up sheen
raising otherwise distinguish themselves Democrats have
Casionaly done-to the