The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-08
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THRIVING BUSINESS
RUINED


The Wilson administration and ,ho
Democratic tariff are running the
American boot and shoe business.
This is apparent from the oiilciai re-
ports of the government. Dnder the
Democratic tariff law foreign maue
shoes are now sold IN the capital
Itself. Since the Undelwuo tariff
law placed all boots and shoes on
the free list foreign male foot wear
has been flowing into the United
States at a steadily increasing rate.
The Underwood law has MT been
on the statute books full ycar vet
| the importations of boots and shoes
| for the frs. seven months |. was !"
effect almost equaled me tota! lmpor'
| tations for the entire year Of 1918.
The first year of the Democratic tax
| if law will bring twice the amount Of
foreign made boots and shoes mo
this country that were imported the
whole of last year unde" the RepuD-
lican tariff law.
These statements are based On i's
ures which Representative John J.
Esch Of Wisconsin has secured from
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce. Mr. Esoh las Just given
these figures out FOR The flrst time.
He says
"The United States is the leading
manufacturer Of footwear in the
world, and its total output is valued
at over $jO0,OO0,OO0 ann Tally, giving
employment to 100000 persons. While
it is true that the importations COM
pared with our total domestic output
is relatively small, the increase In
the importations since the new law
went into effect is relatively large
and is significant in hat 1t shows
that, with each months operation OF
the new law, there will be an in
creased displacement Of American
made goods, with a consequent les
sened demand for American labor.
mo one will deny that cur Amrri-
can workmen ought to have furnish
ed the $5O0,OO0,OO0 worth OF boots
and shoes which will be imported duI-
ing the first year of the new laws
operation, especially when there mas
been no reduction in the cost t. the
American consumer.
with like purposes and effect ms
to other industries. the American
home market will be broken down,
unemployment will be Increased, pur'
chasing power diminished; s'asnation
in business continue and even grow
worse. Truly Democracy, 50 far as
the tariff is concerned has learned
nothing, but the people must learn
anew the lesson Of 1S93." .
Farmers are also hard hit ~ the
Democratic tariff. The following iis-
patch tells what free trade Is doing
to American tarmerS'
Boston, July 1.-THE first slip
load of corn ever imported here ar
rived on the steamship Ascension de
Larranga from Argentina at the Hoo
sac docks. Charlestown. A. Irving
Merigold of the Boston chamber OF
commerce is the consignee. The
stock will be sold on the chamber
grain exchange. The shipment con-
tains 1907 900 bushels and the price at
which II Is offered is rs cents per
bushel, 6 cents a bushel under the
market price of western corn. The
western product Is the only corn ever
traded In here heretofore"
This means a loss Of s42,OOO,OOO on
the 700 900 900 bushels Of corn which
go to market this year. who gets
that s42 100000? Not the genera
family consumer whose cornmeal VIII
cost him not a cent less because OF
that 6 cent reduction. Those who
profit by free trade VIII pe the WINS
key distillers and the Standard OIL
concerns which manufacture glucose
and starch, 1t is for their gain alone
that corn was placed on the free list
of the Underwood tariff for their gain
alone that s42,OO0,OoO is taken from
the pockets OF American farmers.
How about the ruin OF the Louisi
ana cane sugar growers and the wes'
tern sugar beet producers?
When the administration reduced
the tariff on sugar March l last the
refiners OF foreign sugar in New YORK
did not remit what they did not have
to pay the government to the con-
sumer; they put that difference In
their pockets. The promise made
was to reduce the tariff, was to fuihll
. ...s.s,t.a mad 10 tho country that