| Show COST OF AMERICAN CLOTHING sir mr bof of think thinks differently now than when mien he ile W was consul mr J tho the united states consul at tunstall england during the administration of grover cleveland recently wrote a letter to the new york times in which ho he warmly commends the piecemeal programmer pro grammo gramme of tariff smashing proposed by congressman springer and other conservative leaders of the re reform forIn congress mr who was one of the first to enthusiastically indorse Clev elands free trade trado message thinks that there is nothing to lose and everything to gain by such a course that a free wool bill for instance if it passed would give to the present congress all the credit for securing curing ee cheaper woolen clothing to the millions etc this is said in his capacity of reformer reform eje and calamity prophet but mr formerly had another capacity also As united states consul it was bis his duty to make a report to the home government on the wages and cost of living of english workingmen as shown at tunstall we propose to give his two views in these different capacities side by side LL I or itz roam EH ER TO TUB THE KEW NEW YORK TIMES to concentrate our effort efforts on one great line which embraces everything of prime importance in the tariff lafue issue like wool and woolens accomplishes all that can bo be expected without en engine us la in the risks of an opposite policy it if each such a measure be defeated by the senate or vetoed by the president presidents upon atheni them then the bill ty it it become becomes a law then the democratic party will bare have all the credit due it from having secured to the millions cheap woolen ejot clothing hing and to the manufacturer manufacturers and their work people the irrean boon of free wool upon which to exercise their effort efforts and great productive power ai REPORT or CONSOL TO TUB tux department or STATE so far as clothing and dry goods in general aro are concerned I 1 find that cotton cotto 1 1 goods are fully so a c cheap b eap in the united states as here Shir tings and shee tingS if anything arc are superior in quality for the camo same money with us ii so far as I 1 can judge from the article articles exposed tor for ale sale la in the retail stores articles for underwear for women made of muslin are tar far superior supe lor in workmanship and finish and cheaper in price in the united states stites 0 4 nor can I 1 find flud that mews men shirts when chiefly of cotton are any cheaper here of boots and shoes if factory mode made the same maybe may be said in workmanship and finish I 1 find articles of the wholesale process of manufacture superior in th the united states this I 1 Is true of clothing as well as of collars cuffs and ilat alk articles we do not like to question mr kors sincerity but it does seem strange that his opinion when speaking as a politician aclan should bo be so essentially different from hid his opinion speaking as an accurate observer after careful investigation there are only two views possible bothof both of which are almost equally uncomplimentary to him either theory overa overbalanced over balanced experience and facts or tho the politician got tho better of chopa tho patriot this parallel column system by which the opinions of tho the samo same men on the ame subject while playing different roles are placed side by side would doubtless prove embarrassing to many another calamity ite if tried on him in any case it is a striking and forcible method of exposing the hypocrisy and falsehoods of the reformers whose arguments are am generally dictated by a regard for the interests of foreign industries dus tries rather than of our own |
