Show HUMBUGGING G TIlE TIIE PEOPLE The Tho American Economist Be has no patience with those the who are agitating lag ing another tariff revision particularly Jarly the tho clothiers who ho advocate a reduction in tho the wool schedule The Thee country e had a disastrous experience under umer t r the Cleveland administration when wool was placed on the free freo list Hot so tO the falls to under understand stand sand why another lesson is needed Selling Fooling thus thu It says Will Ute the people never Rever learn Must the Ute government revenues and the Ute commercial Interests lose loo tall mil millions ib lions He m upon apon millions of ot dollars every 1 few years yearn eArs to t give the thea selfish a Interests and the un unthinking thinking consumers an object lessen IM HIR which shall bring them to te their senses The manufacturers can stand it The merchants J C can ean stand land it Their profits will be b out cut down per leaps haps PI wiped out but they thoy will survive Iv for they can eRn turn their capital and energies In to other othor channels But nt the man who has only his tabor labor to dispose of will surfer suffer trw the most for Cor when he hethe loses the t e chance to work he lose lases ao his aJL all means business wrecking g It means the shutting down R of oC mill mills and all the closing of t the e avenues of employment It moans means empty dinner buckets It moans means ns people It means that tt the great groat eat mass maN of lb the consumers will wUI will lose Joe a large portion of oC their ability to pur purchase chase Do the Ute clothiers realize what they are ate asking for The substantial lowering of the tho duty on woo wool means the destruction of the tho do wool growing Industry and the ultimate increase a e In the tho price of or cloth A general tariff reduction or ur disturbance or the prospect of or one oae means a sub substantial lowering of oC the earning ability of the masros mase and a con nt decrease In their pur purchasing 1 purchasing ur chasing ability As a matter of fact it is not sup supposed posed tho the clothiers care cant whether the tariff is lowered or raised rals d In com corn common common cornmon mon with other branches of or trade trado thoy have boosted their price to tho the limit and give the tho tariff as na an excuse Now the wool schedule cf or the tho Ding Dingley Dingley ley Jay bill was not altered in tho the new measure which bears tho the name o of ofell ell r Payne and AM Aldrich rich Before DeCore the latter r bill was wras passed 1 the cloth Ing ng men raised the price ot of their goods and charged it up to the tho measure being considered by Con Congress Congress gress in extra session Prices have been raised since the now new law went into effect and the tariff is stilt still blamed The clothiers are trying to humbug the people and playing into the hands of the free freo traders at nt the same ame time |