Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-11-02
UP GO LIVING
COSTS AGAIN
New Tariff Law Less Than Month
Old When Sugar Starts Climb and
Woolens Jump Upward; General
Advances rs to, so Per Cent.
Especial to Leader Enterprise
By EDWARD PERCY HOWARD
(Autocaster Service

Twenty years ago the two great
political parties reached the parting OF
the ways at the sign of the tariff, and
it was difficult for the people to form
any wcll-rounded judgment on the
subject.
Republican newspapers felt them
selves bound to support and justify
high tariff, right or wrong, and
Democratic newspapers felt it incum
bent on them to Shout for free trade
and the common people quite regard
less OF the consequences. Those were
the days when the independence voter
was denounced as a mugwump."
Now conditions have changed. The
tariff has beer taken out OF politics
in measure. True, there remain news
paper publishers who conscicntiously
believe they serve the country best
by the advocacy Of the high or the
low tariff, and the tariff for revenue
only crowd" We will always have with
us, but for the most part that kind of
political bias that has prevented the
representation Of facts because they
did not fit in with a particular editor
ial policy has pretty much disappear
ed.
Clear thinking publishers now pub
fish the results of tariff schedules re-
gardless Of political consequences. All
of which is Introductory to the pre-
sentation of a few facts in connection.
With the FordEey- McCumber tariff
'iiat Enthusiastically point to quick
revival of the higl' cost of living
Sugar Starts First Upward Climb
The FOrdney- McCumter tariff HIS
/ cen Ii effect .css than month, and
S ~ is on TIL. Climb Under tie
Smoot schedule the price to the house
wife is steadily hosting.
The Pennsylvania Refining Com
pany of Philadelphia has adv;nr d
the price of refined sugar 81 points
to 6.76 a pound. The Federal and
| Arbuckle refineries report i'll New
The west is equally affected, Penn
and McCahan have advanced, and
Warner National and American have
gone up, California, Hawaiian, and
Western have gone up $50 seaboard
basis in competitive territory up to
and including Missouri river points.
Plus these advances two other Pacific
Coast Refineries are preparing to go
to 900 basis for Pacific Coast territory
and the Rock Mountain states.
Turning to the subject of clothing,
the ink had not dried on the Presi-
dents signature before the American
Wooden Company announced advan-
ces on its lines of mems staple and
fancy worsted fabrics for next spring
A general advance in the fabrics of
other concerns has been made.
Advances rs to so Per Cent When
Bill Was Signed
According to the New York Journal
of Commerce, it will be no surprise
to the trade in general to learn of
advances from other sources whose
products more directly compete with
the fabrics of the American Wooden
Company One man frankly stated
he had raised prices on certain of his
lines not because he thought it was
really necessary to do so, but he felt
the opportunity was offered to get
better prices.
Chemicals and drugs have gone up
steadily since the new schedule has
been in effect. A comparative table
of prices existing two weeks before
the new tariff bill became law and
those put into effect Immediately the
bill was signed show general advances
ranging from Is to so per cent.
The SAME story is being repeated
in almost every line of trade, and
there is no doubt the effect will soon
be torcefully felt in the general cost
of living