Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-06-24
THEORETICAL NONSENSE.

The Democratic Underwood tariff law establishes absolute
eeade on agricultural products and establishes what
Underwood calls competitive tariff manufactured goods
The competitive tariff is plainly afraud and deuslon
1t is theoretical 1t theoretically to lower
the tariff Just enough moderate quantity of foreign pro-
ducts for purpose of lowering prices in this country
1t it were possible the law say would apply only to
mportaons million bushels of potatoes ten million bushels
OF wheat one OF eggs twenty millions yards OF
wooden goods there might be sense to competitive
tariff impossible and has not been understaken
When duties under the guse OF competitive
tariff they enough readily ton
There absolutely restriction the quantity OF mportaons
except the restriction of the worlds supply.
ee-trad pure and simple Disgusting itself under false
and alluring
The Democratic tariff hits every industry every trade
business The law has opened product of
owpad labor and made possible for aggressive Ger
manufacturers keen competition with Amer
can photographers Percval D. Ovat of New York made this
the annual convention OF the National Association
of Employing Lhographers Atlantic City recently Millions
and millions Gemanade postcards and cigar bands be-
ing brought into the and there signs also OF active
competition from Japanese manufacturers he said
American photographers handicapped by the fact that
able produce such goods labor
cost one-ourth figure Trained wokmen in the
German hogapng industry receive $40 week for the same
high grade work drawing $40 week in this country
According statistics gathered by the Philadelphia Press
Democratic tariff costing the country and the people
million dollars EVERY DAY. This law is taking mil
lion dollars every day the from American labor and pro
Think of that when the November elections
Gradually the story Of Democratic tariff law and its
becoming known 1t is proving to be continuous
story which there is little comfort the American producer
The monthly nstaments of official Government figures but
similar chapters of tale Foreign goods the value
100000 coming this country each working day the
week, that did under the former tariff law This
ratio remains the reports for the different months
complied
That price that the American producer is paying for
the privilege OF living under the law $1,000
900 day of competition for him face the markets
of the United States.
import figures April show that there gain
the value of goods brought here from foreign countries of 20
per mporaons of the month last year In
figures this $26000O0 100000 day for every
working day of the month During the period of April
the exports the United States also fell off about 20 per
compared with the period of 1913 The mechan
disc shipped from this country $37O0O0OO less in value
There many to which the law a source
of profit Britain and Germany have great bless
the of Wilson Each OF them is sending the United
nearly 100000 of goods each than
before France shipping nearly 100000 month"; Italy,
$1OO0OO0 and Belgium, the and monthly 100000
coming from the Netherlands from Switzerland and from
Turkey
The law is popular all over Europe for Europe permit
ed put the American market her merchandise
of $l2,000000 month than she did year 60 Even
Iceland and the Azores prohng by the change and Rou
mania and Servia as well
Great beneciaries of Democratic generosity foreign pro-
have than doubled value and $3OOOOOO
value. Brazil has nearly the monthly increase The
whole of South America gains nearly $6000000 month The
greatest advance Of ALL however, is from Uruguay
made that country here last year the of about
100000 month. The month of this year she here
goods to the value of nearly S2.0O00O0.
Canada is grateful She sending her products
value Of $4OO0O0O month than did
the old tariff Mexico during the month of March gained 3d.
100000 larger Oothod the American market than she did