Show TRADE cr r. r By L. L A. A Hollenbeck The high tariff people are are clat claiming claimIng claim claim- c. c Ing that hat the present tariff Is a gr great t success ss because it has not shut 0 off foreign trade as the low tariff tarl folks fokS pre predicted That the Imports are more than they ever were a and d therefore the present tariff Is 18 isa a great success This Is a question with several hand handles es to it The high tariff was for the purpose of protection and to prevent preTen foreign goods from being shipped Into the United States Then if it there are more goods shipped in in than ever before it its s plain n that the tile protect protection on does not not protect and it has the effect of raising the price of the American product to the consumer so that the the home people are injured by having haing to pay a higher price for their goods On the other hand it is claimed by the low tariff tarU folks that the tariff law really excludes some go goods goods goods- ds- ds goods that the big manufacturers of the United States want e excluded c ed and it thus enables these big manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- manu manu- to charge high prices s for tor th their lr prod products and th the l American n people have to pay the extra bill lull n high cost of f living while g goods s that the manufacturers do not ca care e whether f fr er r they are protected or not not that thatis is they do not get any profit out of are admitted free or nearly so so 10 that the big receipts ts' ts of for foreign lg goods are goods upon which the there there e Is s little or no tariff and If u it not for that the foreign business busIness busIness' of the country would he paralyzed It has been known all along that the high hiSh tariff was made for the benefit of ot the big trusts and It would woula seem eom that It Is working out that way and the American consumer consumer Is paying the bill Heads I win and t tails ns you lose o |