Show J THE AND I PROTECTED WEALTH J The wages of paper makers and J helpers vary in different lo- according to the supply id demand for irrespective J the so-called protective according to the ort of the commissioner of labor J It the years from 1888 to U aper received average U rages as Canada paper working from 60 to 11 burs per received from jl to per New v per day from 72 cents o per working 72 hours tr Jl er day of 10 hours from 1 cents to 72 hours per 1 Canada has free France j low tariff and the United States very high jl Recording to the above he tariff has nothing whatever j o do with the wages it is labor jl supply and demand for J that regulates jl tariff simply means high J prices for manufactured J the tariff increased price pes into the pockets of the pro-I manufacturer and the Jon people have to pay r Every person uses writing r and envelopes and the extra price that they have to pay them goes' into the paper The Hues are the wealthiest paper in the and they pre made rich by the protective Ff- Any person buying a of paper has to add his to the Cranes or some other while the paper the I never ees any the tariff increased I A little history of the Crane and the tariff will be at this f Murray Crane of the Trust and the also senator from is of a family of The capital which Murray Crane to enter and electricity and a dominant factor in from fat government con-acts and The Crane family has been making paper for a and has always taken pride in making what it says is the finest paper in At where Winthrop Murray Crane was are two Crane operating four paper mills in Dalton and Pittsfield and owning a large interest in another Pittsfield Commercial writing papers and banknote paper and fancy letter stationery are the Crane When Crane went to the senate he transferred to his Winthrop Murray his interest in the mill holding the government which were secured by keen in 1879 and have been renewed from time to The Four Crane The senator and his Zenas own the Bay State mill in They employ making a fine grade of writing This mill they have conducted since The government contracts are held by Crane operating the Old the Pioneer and the Government Crane comprise Zenas Fred G. a and Winthrop Murray United States stamps and contracts are printed on Crane paper from the Government The Old Berkshire manufactures two and a half tons a day of commercial writing paper and the Pioneer is devoted largely to manufacture of banknote paper for foreign notably Canada and Lain Cranes Get It For years no one else has offered to bid for the government's currency Foreign competition is out of the the tariff wall is so high competition would break its neck scaling Big Business saw to it that this wall wasn't except in inconspicuous when was in The Crane continues to fatten from the Revision for Crane This is how the Crane products fared at the hands of the Payne-Aldrich tablet and typewriter 10 to 15 pounds per duty increased from 2 cents per pound and 10 per cent ad from 2 cents and 20 per cent to 3 cents and 25 per Same of paper weighing more than fifteen pounds per changed from cents and 15 per cent to 3 cents and 25 per from cents and 25 per cent to 3 cents cents and 25 per Parchment 2 cents per pound and 10 per cent ad duty 20 to 35 per duty What Cranes Want Comes Free of Of the materials which enter into the Crane Linen clippings no old rags are used in making the paper left on the free Sizing which is shredded and cooked to produce a liquid dressing for reduced from 15 per cent duty to the free Another 10 Per Cent for the The Cranes are associated with other manufacturers in Pittsfield in marketing fancy brands of paper under the name of the Crane Pike They employ about mostly who receive from 7 to 15 cents per hour and board in this plant during busy They turn out all kinds of colored and fancy which is protected by an 10 per cent above the rates of duty on plain Consistently for the By the discriminating of the metals for which Senator Crane the Electrical Trust interests of the Crane family are protected by 45 per cent duty on virtually every article made by the General Electric company and the Western Electric Nearly all electrical supplies imported are brought in under this Senator Crane has retired from the boards of these electrical companies since he voted for the Payne-Aldrich Tariff for the Crane voted for every tariff increase proposed by Aldrich and finance He stood for all the favors to the Guggenheim to Aldrich and to the Sugar to the Steel to the Coal On all the questions affecting special privileges to special interests the senator of electricity was either paired or present to vote with the and their He was consistently against every reduction and voted against a tariff commission to ascertain the true difference between cost of production at home and Senator Crane has recently been appointed by President Taft as a special ambassador to go through the United and inform the people what a wonderful thing a protective tariff is for the common |