Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-08-21 | Page 10 | The Khaki Contracts

I THE KHAKI CONTRACTS Some time timo a ago o time the war department let a contract to English mal makers ers of khaki to supply uniforms for our soldiers sol aol diers in iu the tho Philippines finding after careful examination th the English cloth to ho bo cheaper and antI more serviceable than I that made by bv American establishments The American makers kicked and tho the gov government prom promised s 11 not to do rIo so again The Tho Brooklyn n Eagle Engle commenting commenting comment comment- ing on the episode says says- There is no reason relon wll why the time government govern govern- ment should havo o recourse c to foreign n manufacturers to stave o sayo money on the purchase of it its supplies By maintaining maintain maintain- JD ing an exorbitant tant tariff it compels private private vate consumers to pay lav extravagant ant price prices for commodities which arc are better made marle abroad It must 11 therefore 1 accept the logic of oC a n. situation creat created d by itself and antI continue continuo to bu bmw its supplies in tho the h highest market Still the tho irony Iron of its po position is painfully apparent The Tho Eagle lo could have hn added that protection protection pro pro- i is a direct bid bil for inferior goods at home borne the tariff margin being heing for the purpose p c of keeping out foreign forcin goods good so 10 that domestic makes makeI can bo ho noM for forthe forthe the tho same annie price or a n little less plus tho thio tariff