Show i W I DRESS TO FEEBLEMINDED I t has II been a long time deterred deferred but 1 g it I has h come finally as ne a sort ort of or test last ditch defense of the prohibitive tariff f I Until now no no one has bas had the temerity F i to revive rehe that ancient fairy tale the hi foreigner pays paTS the tax as a R defense del of or I i 1 exorbitant duties but Senator eNter J t has ball risen ruen to this the u emergency nc produced I tile tha UI old guM gold brick brtek tarnished tam as aa It la Is and aad offers It to the tAe public as the real thing Gallinger said eald lei he agreed with Seni Senator Sen Senator i ator ater Deveridge Beveridge in his Interpretation of the Chicago platform but ha k did not agree with him that a tariff that is Ia above what la is I demanded for Zor protective I 3 i I purposes 8 but which dons does not oot injure the tIe tIer tIeC C r r American people is I extortionate He 14 the only injury is I that lone done one to the I i foreigner and said Hid this Uti could not be called extortion I f i The N W Hampshire senator ought to 1 have hare thrown in a few remarks in de dc tonIC fonso of ot the Ute Infant steel industry the i pauper labor of Europe which is III im tin imported Imi i i ported p to this country countr and all alt the Ute rest reat i or of the arguments that tha t have Ita ve i been worn w m to a frazzle by the Republicans I I cans eans ns A A prohibitive tariff hurt the American people doe nt it And AndI AndI I it does d cs hurt the Ule foreigner for Ask the I I Am railroads which have to o pay 1 r for steel rails at the uie mills here I than the foreigner pays for the same rails ralle delivered in Europe Ask the I American user of trust watches who ho I pays paye pa more titan than the European does for fer f toe th same me watch Consult the American A n farmer who pays the farm Implement j trust much more than hits bis European i 3 competitor on the farm pays for tor Identical I i cal oat machinery i jl Mr must think the Ameri Amen American 1 can consumer belongs in the ranks of i the tb feebleminded when he asks him to 1 believe that a prohibitive tariff does doos d di i not hurt him That That tariff permits the i American manufacturer to charge al at almost 1 t t I most eat any an price he sees fit because e the tM 1 1 duty not only prevents competitive im imports 11 II ports pert but it is III the wall wan behind which 1 t the biggest of the Industrial trusts I I i 1 I shield themselves The TIle tariff as ail t J planned by b the Aldrich committee J 1 i the tha difference in cost of ot manu mann manufacture t facture at home borne and abroad plus a aI I t profit of o anywhere from M Ie 5 to lee ISO per peri perI i I ri cint or more The only limit to prices i i lJ in most cases is Ie the ability of or the con consumer cont conI t I i 1 sunset sumer to pay pa About the Ute only harm to toUte toI I 1 Ute the foreigner from such a situation Is t the resultant injury to his purchasing capacity which cornea comee back on OR the th t I J I I 1 American farmer tanner when hen he has to sell hl his Ills surplus agricultural products 1 abroad and faces facos retaliatory tariff leg legislation j If It Senator Gahlinger and aM the other h j ti Republicans are determined ij I I 10 to o place the consumer at the mercy merey of ot oti i I i the trusts they ought to say sa so frankly but to Defend their action by b cheap talk of or the sort is Ie to It combine an insult to intelligence with I injury to the pocketbook poc e k i |