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Show CARDINAL GIBBONS PLACES BLAME ON HIGH TARIFF BALTIMORE. Jan. 17. Tn discussing tho increased prlco of foodstuffs tonight. Cardinal Gibbons said: "I am persuaded and inclined to believe that our high tariff has a great deal to do with the cxhorbltant cost of things necessary for household and life Take as illustrations: "First, the cost of sugar. That article Is n product of Louisiana. Porto Rico and the Philippines. England does not produce pro-duce sugar and yot tho price of sugar in Great Britain Is as low. if not lower, than in tho United States. "Second, tho caso of tin, a necessary covering for canned fruits and vegetables. Tho high tariff on tin excludes the foreign for-eign article from , Wales and tho consumers consum-ers aro obliged to use tho domestic, which Inures to the exclusive benctlt of tho domestic manufacturer. The government gov-ernment receives no boned L from this protection pro-tection nor do the packers themselves. Tho advantage Is conferred solely upon tho domestic manufacturer of tin." The cardinal said something must bo done at once to improve oconomic conditions condi-tions in this country. |