The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-15
IN TmI BACK TRACK.

the retreat u is NO
uusccmly rout nothing in tho
"ncmya movement suggests nan.
ic-strickon hight However,. those
persons who make it , business
ia dog his footsteps with tape
limo and mlcroucopc ARE able Co
nou that c,cty month since
last October ms toe has rcccdcd
a little. until al his writing the
distance by which he has gone
back Is fairly p%crceptiblc to the
naked eye
This II not the language Of q DEM
acratic campaign 10 Atncnt. but m
excerpt from the editorial views OF
that sharply observant and rather
conservative magazine. the Saturday
EvcnlnR Post. t. whatever influence
the decline IN the cost Of living may
he due. whether II be- the revised tar
iff or an increased production Of nee
csaries, or % combination of forces
and circumstance beyond analysis.
the important thing Is that Il has be-
gun.
The Saturday Evening Post notes
a concurrent tendency In England
~ concludes, from the fact that
England has made no change in its
tariff. that the watering uf tho foe
In this country may O be claimed
'as u tangible result q tarim re-
form Such a companson il not
convincing, In England there was
no high protective tariff 10 be over
come, no eNorbitant impogt, duties
that deprived the people Of the btne-
~ Of normal competition. az Was the
case IN the United states If as the
record shows. there has been a gen
oral reduction In the cost OF living
In the United states since the new
tarln went into effect. a reduction,
that was hot evident before the n6A
tarin ven into eject. n rs certainly
reasonable To- ascrihe the result. part
~ at least, To tariff reform
During the nrst six months of the
new tariff reform 5t0.0D0 head 81
cattle were imported rhat. to bo
sure, rs q very small fraction OF tho
beef supply needed for the nation,
but Z has undoubtedly had an effect
Ia stcadying prices and |pre,cntng
further advances. if in mo- other way.
!Hports iu "a number Of raw mater
ials nave p|crccptibly increased since
last October. u though the rcduc-
ton In prices has been slight. 1t has
none thu less been apparent.
II WAS not expected nor desired
that there would bee anything like a
revolution In markets folloNing tho
new tariff act but IL was expected
aud 10 has been demonstrated that "a
lowering aud, ~ Some instances, a re-
moynl or excessive duties would ulti-
matclv benefit the rank and file Of
consumers Tho fac that this end Be-
bein gachieved gradually is the more
'NhNiNANA' w. NN' H'NN lNAkiifNl VI
the tHrilf roiormcrs Tho law is ac-
comprising is purpose without dis
turbancc 10 business Il has created
"a wholesome tendency. which BE- Cor
better boz the circumstance than
radical change.
lIish t1rn was no, tho onis factor
~ the high cost Of living. hut uu
doubtcily 90 was one FACTOR aud an
important one 30 Ions us the proc
ductiuu 90 food fails to keep pace
Hith the iuIeasc ip population. so
long as facilities fpr marketing food
products remains as inadequate os
they now are. the eost pf living viii
continue To- hoe "a ,cNina problem But
tariu reform has certainly aimpltncd
the problem % has already brought
apprcoishic results that viii grow
more and ianIc pronounced.