| Show I HIGH COST OP OF LIVING Fibre and Fabric tells how a person of an inquiring turn of mind stopped a toilet table in a house occupied occupied pied pled by a family of distinctly the mid middle middle middle dle class cla and took inventory The table contained co the following toll owing articles Three kinds of at talcum powder i two kinds of tooth powders powder eau de cologne col cologne cologne bath salt foot toot soap hair tonic cucumber cream face tac lotion cold cream cra m and foot powder It certainly is 15 dreadful the way the cost of living has increased I WIL WHAT T DO THEY TIlEY WANT WAT It is a matter of common observation observation tion as well eU as comment that the fel tel fellows fellows lows who ho are rampant for tor another re revision r vision Islon of the tariff Invariably choose products of ot some other othor states rather than their own for tor the purpose of hammering The insurgents rf nt the middle west are much given to this sort of ot political economy and to them the Pittsburg pays its respects Cummins of Iowa represent representing representing represent representing ing the entire class Mr Cummins is not content with regulative and supervisory legis lation touching manufacturers and production What he wants Is destructive laws Of course ho he dees does not advocate further tariff revision for tor the sake of ruining American industry That would be folly tOlly But he has bas an Idea that there is one way alone by which prices for American goods can be reduced and that is by bring ing in foreign commodities in larger quantities There Is Js no doubt In the world tint that this sort of competition would lower prices but it would also alao lower wages and shut down our mills and our last state would be worse than our first In order to strike at the profits of great groat corporations Mr Cummins wants the tee tariff put so low that they will be forced to radical price The protective the theory theory ory is that the customs duty shall provide a n sufficient margin between the cost of production abroad and at home to permit reasonable r profit in operation If It manufacturers or dealers extort an unreasonable profit by means of conspiracy or illegal monopoly the public has redress In laws regulating business and these are being applied rapidly when whenever whenever ever eyer and wherever there Is legitimate legitimate legitimate mate occasion for tor complaint It is iii noticeable that Mr Cummins grievance as to prices is not common com common common mon to the products of ot Iowa or Kansas but to those of ot Pennsyl Pennsylvania Penns Pennsylvania l vania and New England This Is la characteristic of the Insurgents Even Bren Senator La Follette quieted down woods were threatened Not one of ot the Democrats of ot Utah dare some jome out Into the open and at attack attack attack tack the duty on wool or the duty on lead They put in their time cursing the tariff bill In general specifically mentioning the products of other states state Why the insurgents of the tha middle west and the Democrats of the Intermountain country come out Into tho the open As the case caso now now if It they are not selfish they are dishon dishonest dishonest est Do the Democrats want free wool and free lead lad lo d the question |
