Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-06-26 | Page 1 | Says Tariff Will Boost Living Cost

SAYS TARIFF WILL BOOST LIVING COST WASHINGTON. June 26. Increase in i. nil' diille- p'"I' -el "o ii' sh meats sugar, cereals, beans potatoes and apples, if effective would advance the cost of these commodities lo merlcan consumers by a total of $1.-5166011.449 $1.-5166011.449 annually, Senator Walsh. Democrat of Massachusetts said sun-day sun-day in u formal statement. He explained ex-plained that this estimate had been prepared by the department of agriculture agri-culture ut his request and was based on the total consumption in this coun-try coun-try multiplied by the increased tax proposed m th( oa bill over th( la " senatoi w i n madi public a table orepared by the department showing he increased pe. .api-a i-'i ..n-num ..n-num on such Items would be as fol- l0Farley $0 094 buckwheat $0,007; corn 1 .077. oat- SI 809; rye, 0.062; St 1 7 9 i . -sugar. So 490; be. I .v.-,h ' $2 7U. mutton. $o 169 pork, io 736, beans $0 130. POUtOM, II 323. nnnlas. I0.3S7. total. $ 1 3 . 1 0 'J It Is unbelievable It is Inconceivable Inconceiv-able that any public mar, would for one instant seriously ciih dcr ,ucl, a proposition, vet. so areal has been the pressure exert-d on the najortty party In nfresi by the agricultural that unless ihe American p.-..- Srmaempha.lcpi-.t.-st-i.b . th ir expense! for whal th. LrV tn be increased at th" rat. of ovi r onan.l onV-wuarter billion dollar, ,., r year."