The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-28

Iaeyery person in The republic anu II
tsmay therefore serve as an 11ustra-
ton OF the results of the Uncerwooo
tariff That tariff placed q minimum
duty-of 80 per cent ad valorem upon
cotton socks and stockings, a con
siderable reduction from the Payne
tAldrfch tariff which had levied a
minimum OF 20 cents dozen and
IS cents ad vaIorem, amounting to
about go Per cent ad valorem- This
reduction caused an average increase
of 40 per cent in the Importation OF
socks and stockings during the first
seven months Of 1914. at the end OF
importations of all kinds In less
technical words. about 100000
more pairs OF foreign-made socks. and
stockings were sold in this country
during that period. than during the
| same period OF the previous year
! General business was 20 better in
1914 than 1t was IN 1913. In fact,
general business was getting worse
all the time IN that year So It can
not be claimed that the business OF
selling. hosiery improved in any such
degree as TO account for this tremen-
dous increase in the Importation Of
foreign stockings. and there is. there
fore, no other conclusion than Inat
sales Of socks by our own nannfac-
turers were approximately 100000
pairs less than they would have been
cnder the old tariff. And the con
sumner has not been able to discover
any difference in price The manu-
facturer has been deprived Of bust
ness, the 1aborers of employment. and
no+one in this country has been bene-
fitted in the least
AT any rae, that is the way the
manufacturers looked at it, and their
sentiments were well expressed by
Lincoln cromwell, Of New York.swho
declaredsthat the Wilson adminfstra-
ton ..scorned the counsel OF business
men In framing It's tariff law, warn
ing them away from Washington, as
IT,. one and all. they We're roboer
barons. It framed the income tax
law in spite OF security experts, and
nobody knows yet justswhat it taxes
act "a perfect measure" while it
was in a form soggy with Organism,
its notes 1edeemab bic in whatever
happened to be currency. instead Of
gold
II defed the warning OF CONNER
cial bodies everywhere in its struggle
to jam through the ship purchase
bill, and it passed the seaman's bill
which undoes our conventions with
! twenty foreign countries and creates
new Obstacles for ship owners Add
to this, while our revenues are
rapidly shrinking. it appropriated the
years and asked congress for SS4.-
100000 more thaQ it got
These are some of the perfor-
mances of officials who would redeem
America from business men" he
said With what promises they
came into Office, The robbery OF a
protective tariff was to be exchanged
for condition where everything sold
cheaper. but wages were higher.Our
factories were to run overtime on eS-
ports. Our farmers and merchants
were to get money for the asking
which was formerly kept back for
come tax was to trim the rich and
lessen the burden Of the poor- We
were going to hearten 15,0o0,000
poems in Mexico by getting them bal
lots and making them owners OF
happy farms and prove ourselves such
a model of peace on earth and mercy
mild that war the world around
would cease to be.
Il would waste your time by de-
failing the failure Of every item IN
this program No retail price was
feduCe0 by the Cn0eTWO00 ldI1u. IL
! decreased our exports and increased
the imports from the day it passed
until thewar broke out in Europe.
Our factories have been on part time
and our workmen on bread lines No
man borrows easier or in any Other
place than before the Federal Re
serve Banks were opened The in
come tax has been shifted to the
poor through higher rent and mort
gage rates. There never was such
a fasco in government benevoIence-
TT is sad thing that high ideals
sincerely held and expressed with ex-
quisite grace do not always square
their theory with facts Mr.. Wilson s
theory Of the tariff and the high cost
/ of living was wrong. Foreign goods
under the new tariff can change very
few retail prices under our se1lins
conditions. Imports Will be landed
| just enough under American prices
| to get dealers orders and no lower
The consumer gets no benefit. but
J our factories close and the workmen
! lose their wages"
S THE sEARcHLIGHT :
as ses.a Ssvs Ed a5s 5a9 ana s1as OF