The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-24
lbs TARIFF ACT
||||D CURRENCY LAW
,etsry Redheld Speaks for
ADMINISTRATION at Ban
quet in Wheeling
cRoUND TO WORRY
dency Clearly and Open
il the Direction of Re-
auetion in Food Prices.
|cROUND TO WORRY

-,,xc W. Va, Feb 23.-Marked
tcant an conditions In the indus
ia commercial regions OF the
apbos como, revlvlng courage and
ID na a,nr,n. removal OF tariff du-
,ne erosuJted ia tendency clearly
~, In the direction OF rcduc-
eng cost OF food and clothing
.tT t,c conditions. not business de-
sre RESPONSIBLE for the number
Pl l1nra6 jn New York City and
sIga Industrial centers,
plse The message delivered to the
,SsnrHseht SnHs by William G. Rcdfield,
r,nistration's spokesman on COM
snd industrial problems, before
aiino board OF trade. Every
y, the speaker made was forti-
xtscial statistics and reports. Mr..
A. attended the tariff act, lauoed
sScy law, and, with decided en-
sssured his audience that the
rsnt intends TO help and not
.isritimate business.
ss moi strange that the serious
,sr ali over Europe. as yell as in
smerica should have been slight
.cssd upon us in the latter part OF
~" he said. 1t Is not surpris-
/ Il careful men moved cautiously In
x matters pending the necessary
[,tments from the new tari1. or
ssr should have hesitated until the
,o,m OF the currency Dill was
II was not strange. either, that
.;clld want TO know the attitude
1 government toward legitimate
Excuse for Worry.
4, ,hsre is no ground here now for
4 The surplus OF freight cars has
IA grow. II commenced about the
al JANUARY To decline and has
% by about 5000 cars
4 feniency is clearly and openly
4 dIrectIon OF a reduction in the
| n FOOD and clothing through the
"a of the tariff tax. II may be we'll
M ont. however. that the costly
q of distribution lay a tremendous
-on our consumers. and that in my
In he single and little-discussed
4 a car,age alone lays a heavier
! upon our people than the total
a maid for railway ircishts,
4 rew tariff has not thus far re-
4 n any material increase OF i'm
.nns OF, manufa cturcd articles 10
IA with the products of our own
- hu, rather It's important ef-
"A been TO add TO our FOOD sup
|7msins to discuss briefly two other
I'd OF the existing situation-the
. of commodities and the matter OF
.<Ioy,ne1i, During the winter
q thousands OF laDorers are thrown
work A5r climatic reasons In all
.oythern states. and il is normal that
| should concentrate, as for years
| hey have done. In our large cities
rduglriel centers.
&ements have been made and de-
. b The cffcc, that there were more
Dyed In New York this year than
| This may be true without mean
ID there Is any abnormal excess OF
loyed IN the whole country.
reopeniDg OF idle mills throughout
Entral west has improved condi-
Il is certainly rruc that many oil
Fho we're out Of work when the
1pensd are now busy again, and
ldency IS to employ more. With
enlng OF the spring many avenues &c
il1t the season now closes VIII
-, II Is the fact that In recent
lpe tHr.il tax has so operated or
S 10 make il vlsibly moro costly
Fas time recently when pota
're Imported Nncn our supply was
phd when the tariff tax on pota
1s equal 10 about 90 per cent ot
}nce and necessarily Increased thell
pn The other hand. II is the fact
al Argentine beef is being shipped
York free Of the tariff tax, anC
resulted In decline in the
Ale New York market for beef oi
cents pound. This reduc-
heD Transmitted 10 the local New
elaller. has resulted in Teduc'
'he price Of beef locally In tina
aoout ? cents = pound. AS bee.
oe outside OF that city into ths
Al large, the reduction in. price
absorbed by the dealers anc
% little felt A s yet"