| Show AN OPEN f The following letter was addressed to J. H. and is here printed as an open letter for the benefit of our Dear The tariff speech of the Reed Smoot in the Senate of the United States contains tables of figures that must have taken statistical experts months to These tables purport to show that the prices of many farm products have doubled in fifteen and the conclusion is then drawn that the farmers are twice as' well off today as they ever were Is this the And are farmers receiving the you know the tariff situation perhaps better than any other man in the and it is your duty to answer in full the senator's statements and If any statesman today should the people that they could safely build their houses on a foundation of sand and cobble would it not be the duty of architects who understand house construction to warn the people and explain the real If any congressman or other public official should say to the people that saloons and stockades are a necessary part of a young man's would it not be the duty of religious leaders and of sociologists to expose this so as to warn the people of the when any statesman argues that it is good to tax all the people for the benefit of a and then presents figures which seem to show that some of the as well as the are benefited is it not the duty of student and investigator of economics to show to the people the deception that is being practiced upon them to their own loss and to the danger of the I therefore invite you to state what facts you have on this and will accord similar opportunity to any others who will write either for or against And to the Reed the highest protectionist authority in this I have sent a special asking if he will not also present any facts in his' possession that will throw light on this For the purpose of educating the the columns this paper are open to all statements of fact and honest Tours for independence and V. S. |
