Show THE TIlE COST OF LIVING AND THE TARIFF The New York Times says if the new tariff does not reduce the cost of living it will be the duty of the government to find out why it does not and to take action accordingly The idea of the Times that the tariff ha has caused the high prices would be laughable were it not so serious However if the new tariff results as all other experiments of the kind have resulted the cost of living will win be reduced fast enough after it gets a good hold on the country It will probably be slower than formerly for there is vastly more money in ip the country than formerly Heretofore under free trade there has been no complaint about the cost of living the trouble has been to get the money to buy even cheap things We all can earnestly hope that no such trouble will follow this time I |