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Show Wiio Cares About the Tariii? The question, "Who cares about the Tariff?" is answered by the Hoston Traveler and Evening .Herald lu pointed, pungent paragraphs as follows: fol-lows: "Who cares about the Tariff?" is u iiuestlon which Is said to express the attitude of a largo class of young voters Who cares about the Tariff? Why, nobody, except Thoao who, as a icsult of the Free Trade-IH'tnocmtlc Tnrlff, have today, or had at tho time of the outbreak of tho European war, $lGO,000,OOu in-vested in-vested III Idle steel mills. A million Idle men lu the Iron, steel and associated Induutilu, representing represent-ing the dally payroll of more than n'.ooo.ooo. More than 275,000 Idle miners who, in Republican times, were earning $700,000,000 annuiilly. Five hundred thousand Idle railroad rail-road men who, before tho day of Free-Trade Free-Trade theories, were corning more than n million dollars a day In wages. Two million Idle men In all lines of Industry, who, because of Democratic Demo-cratic Tariff changes, are losing $5,000,000 every 24 hours lu wages. Who cares about the Tariff? Nobody, of course, except Every man and woman In tho United Unit-ed Stutos who wishes to preserve the American market and American Industries In-dustries for the American pcoplo. Yea, there nro in tho United States fully CO.000,000 people who have arrived ar-rived at years of discretion, and ovory one of thece enres about the Tnrlff If only ho or Bhe would stop nnd think what Free-Trade Is doing to him or hor, nud what restored and permanent protection would do for every one of them. |