THE FARMER: OCTOBER 19, 1912
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The Tariff is a Simple Subject
A Child Can Understand it
TEldEPHONES ..
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Business Office. 1208
REPCBUCAN FARMER.
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'. SAatJROAT, Oct. .'it. iia.
TarSfT revision should begin vriM
afoe schedule which have been moat
otwiewty nsed to hill competition
.d ' rmlmn nrices in the - United
Staam, MMMrilr and without regard
t tbe ftrleea pertaining elsewhere in
tfam markets of tbe world; and it
idmaid, before H i finished or inter
mltted. be. extended ; to every item in
vepy acbedale ' which, afforda any
ypoctaatty for monopoly, for special
dvaaitg to limited croups of bene
flciwies, or for snbsldteed control of
any kind in tbe markets or the enter.
prJMwe f the oosxntry ; until .special
tma4. of every, sort sball have been
ab&niely withdrawn an every part
f .ear laws of taxation shall have
beeat transformed from a system of
governmental patronage into a system
of Jna and reasonable cha jse which
H ftfl irtier-they -wiM create the
W burden. When we-shall have
done that, Vtfhg -4$ JfM0118 of
revenue and ox Business . ugusyiwii
in a new spirit and with 'clear minds.
We Khali then be partners with all
the business men of the country, and
a day of freer, more stable prosperity
will have -dawned. Woodrow Wil-
' f-rf -nffHrT-l
, Ejection, Tuesday, November 5.)
FOR PRESIDENT,
WOODROW WILSON . ,
of New Jersey.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
." THOMAS R. MARSHALIi .
of Indiana. : -
for : governor,
' simeon b. baldwin,
of New Haven.
FOR LlECTEXAST-GOERXOR,
" LTMAN T. .TINGIER
of Vernon.
.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
ALBERT PHILLIPS
of Stamford. v
FOR TREASURER,
EDWARD S. ROBERTS
of North Canaan.
FOR COMPTROLLER, -
DANIEL P. DUNN
of Willimantie.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
New Haven County,'
CHARLES Ti CO TLB
of New Haven.
Hartford County, -'
HENRY Mc M ANUS,
of Hartford.
Fairfield County, i '
M ELBE RT B. CART
of Ridgefield.
Litchfield County,
. WILLIAM B. PERRY, JR.
.-. of Salisbury. '
New London County,
WILLIAM BELCHER
of New London
Middlesex County,
JOHN L. FISK,
of Middletown.
Windham County,
CHCAR O. TANNER
of Willimantie.
For Senator SSZnd District
. Archibald McNeil, Jr.
,' For Senator 23rd District
" Joseph II. Whitcomb.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
Lynn W. Wilson.
John II- MeMurray. .
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
1st Dls. AUGUSTINE LONERGAN
2nd, Dis BRYAN F. MA 1 1 AN.
- Srd-Bis THOMAS L. RE ILLY.
4th-Dis."-JEREMlAH- DONOVAN.
" Sth -Dis.WTLlrAM I. TfENNED T
KPR JUDGE OF PROBATE
Bridgeport District Edward
Hajlen.
F.
FIRST THINGS
Tfeeftrsfc aerial performer t attempt
:ows lie -from ttnt?-main o-ithe mizen
aVaefoi'a- isteirintjs? i8foihm was
fi;cr..f.in.- the celebrated tight-rope
Ti-allqer. who successfully- performed
that difficult and and dangerous feat
:hirty-even years ago today. The
":ip was the Poonah, bound from Aden
to Point de Gallo, and runing at the
speed of twelve knots an liour. A
strong- cable was stretched from mast
to Boast, and tightened by guy lines,
3ut sagged considerably In the mid
file. The constant vibrations of the
engines and the roll of the vessel in a
heavy sea. as well as the blowing of a
stiff wind, added to thedififcultlee of
the project. Blondin made the first
:rip wltb apparent ease, but on the re
. urn an unexpectedly heavy swell caus
ed the ship to roll in an alarming
manner. Blondin swayed from side to
side, while the onlookers held their
ireath in horror. Yet he kept his
serve, waited till the rollers had pass
ed, and completed his journey in safe
tv; '
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mies Anna S. Horsfall of 81 Elm wood
avenue, announces her engagement to
Frederick W. Knowles of 821 Colorado
venue, treasurer of the Knowles Co.
Want Ads. 1 Cent a Word.
It is human nature for men to accentuate the importance of those things in
which the y are most interested, and to overestimate the value of their own specialties.
Men display the same attitude in their work, and toward it.
"To find how much you will be missed," said the cynic, "prick a mill pond with
a cambric needle, and observe, the hole that is left when you pull itr out."
This is not a cheerful sentiment If it, were generally entertained -men would be
apt to lose heart for work, and really good work would be more uncommon than it is
now. -; . ' . '
It is fortunate that there is 'implanted in the heart of man an instinct making
for a consciousness of his own importance, and work is better done because the doers
believe their labors are absolutely necessary, and that everything would go to smash
in the absence oi their individual effort. . ,
. ,i This trait of human nature, common to us all, is magnified to enormous propor
tions in the men who discuss the tariff, not. because they have more egotism than oth-
er.men, but because the tariff has been talked oyer by more or less able men, and by
eloquent man, and by men of genius even, for so many, years, that its original simplie
ity has been lost sight of. . -
It seems complex because it is obscured and concealed by volumes of complex
Originally there" were no manufactures in the United States. Nearly every
thing that was used was imported from abroad.
' The fathers believed that if they made it more difficult to import goods from
abroad some ot those goods would be made at home.
So they taxed goods bought from abroad.
The tax increased the cost of the foreign goods and enabled Americans to make
things' that they could not at that time m the country s history have attempted.
, , It was never the purpose of the fathers that the import tax should be more than
enough' to put, American manufacturers on an equality with foreigners. ,'
( ' But a time came when American manufacturers waxed mighty. Thev com
bined among themselves to keep up prices, and they raised the import tax on
foreign goods so high, that little or no competition came from abroad, and the home
monopolies so created remained free to force wages to the lowest point upon the one
hand, while they swindled the consumer, upon the other hanct
But something else took place, some manufacturers became so. expert in their
lines that they felt they could compete with the entire world. At the same time they
Were enabled to control the home market by COMBINATION AND MONO-FOiiX
-; Manufacturers of this class became and are FREE TRADERS, although they us
ually conceal the -fact for fear of hurting the thing they advocate.
So the shops of the country are divided into two srreat classes.
Manufactures which require some protection, like the fur hat business and
manufactures which can compete with the world ' and need no protection, -like the
greater part of the cotton weaving business or the shoe business.
So there is nothing complex about the theory of the tariff. But men like Mr.
Hill. who. know, .little . and that little about the tariff, insist that the question.of how
much tariff to place upon a given product is delicate and-diliieult. ' - - - ,.-r
x et, in the enormous majority of cases, it is the simplest thing m the "world.
Every manufacturer in this country has to make a most exhaustive report to
the Census Bureau of the Federal Government. ,
In this report he has to specify what he pays for wages, all the. items ; of cost
that enter into his goods, and the value of his goods after they are created.
A mere school boy can take this report for any given enterprise and; ascertain
m a tew seconds -just. what proportion of the cost of the-: goods is"incmaed in wages:
Assuming that. wages are NOTHING- in some' other country z. making the same
goods, no tariff higher than he percentage of wages paid will be necessary here.
The whole process is work for a school boy. It does not require great erudi
tion , or much expertness, or anything of that kind. .
Tariff walls were once not raised between nations only. Adjacent cities .had
the power to levy tariffs, or taxes upon each other's products.
Under the old svstem Bridgeport and New Haven might have had tariff sched
ules against, each other. '
Ten grocers m Bridgeport, finding themselves underbid by the grocers of New
Haven by 2 per cent, might put a 3 per cent tax upon everything coming in from New
Haven. - , - . a. -
Arid that would work air right, perhaps, as long as there w"as comjietition
among the Bridgeport grocers, but if they should combine to take a hundred per cent
more profit than a fair profit, the people would suffer by the exclusion of the New Haven
.goods. .S.'' . ' :-. -
But if,, say, the butchers of Bridgeport should find that they could produce
meat cheaper than any other city, they would naturally desire free trade between all
cities, because that would open the whole market to their goods.
The tariff, except for an occasional enterprise, is a mighty simpie matter, strip
ped of the words which generations of TALKING MEN have woven about it, the tar
iff is as simple as the first lesson f in reading..
If there had never been a tariff this country would not be without manufactures.
It has- coal, iron, mineral wealth of all kinds. Great resources. The people would
be doing these things in the world's work which they can do best. In the main, in spite
of the tariff , this is what they ARE doing. . x
But some few enterprises have grown up, under the protection of the tanft,:
which would not at present exist without it.
- 'J.'o put these concerns on a tree trade basis would-be to destroy tnem. . . ,
But nobodv proposes to do that. The shock of doing it would be very great, and
the period of" readjustment long and difficult. ' -
But 111 some few eases the' industry is so out of place, that it will be deemed ad
visable to let it perish, rather than continu e it protected.
tSuch an industry, say the Democrats, is the sugar industry ot fjouisiana.
It would in fact be cheaper to pay to the farmers of Louisiana, every year, a
stun equal to their profits and the wages of their workmen, than it is to keep up the
tariff subsidy which now exists. t -
The sugar situation may be brought home bv a simple illustration. It is not
practical to raise bananas rm alarge scale in New England. But if a sufficiently large
tax were laid on bananas raised elsewhere, people m New England might grow them
under glass.- - V
If it should cost ten cents to grow the fruit under glass and a tax of ten cents
were added to each foreign banana, 'a thriving industry might be created, but the post
ox creating mignx oe too great.
r The disadvantages of creating an industry at home must not be too great. Before
a tax is laid upon the imported article, there ought to be a reasonable prospect that it
can ultimately be produced at home as cheaply as abroad.
Of course, if the banana industry had been created, and it were proposed to re
move the tariff , it would be said that men would be deprived of work. That would be
true temporarily and to some extent. ' v "
But, within a brief. period, the same men would be employed in some industry
which could be operated to greater advantage and everybody would be better off.
The bugaboo of "putting men out of work" began with the invention of labor
saving machinery. Displacements are constantly faking place, upon a much larger
scale than any displacements that will probably take place because of shifting of in
dustries through tariff changes.
The Mergenthaler type setting machine came into use a few years back. Each
machine could do the work of five hand setters. There was quite a readjustment. Some
printers had a hard time of it for a little while, but the printing business is stronger and
better than it ever was, and it would be impossible, perhaps to show, that any indus- j
trious printer starved to death beeause he could not get work.
The tariff is a fine old entrenchment for statesmen who are too lazy, of too in
competent, to study the necessities cf the people, and devise legislation for the improve
ment of men and industry.
Thus endeth an easy lesson upon an easy subject. ,
REVIEWS
FROM '
Our Exchanges
, STANDPAT IiOGIC.
(Baltimore Sun.)
The Republican' National- commit
te is conducting an extensive adver
tising . campaign in magazines and,
street cars. Here is one of the prize
arguments advanced therein;?
"The population of . the United
States is, in round numbers, 100,000:
000 DeoPle. 93.000.000, to be exact.
"Receipt from tariff' duties for the
year, ende.d juiyji were ?3ia,uuu,u
"You nav lust S3. 4 5 a year for pro
tecting the country and for insuring
yourself against the competition of
the cheap labor and . huge surplus
manufactures or je.rma.ny ana Eng
land, France and Italy, and other
countries.
''Under absolutely ; free ; trade, with
all duties removed you could not save
more than this $3.46 a year. Under
a tariff for revenue only you would
save less than that.
What lovely logic!
It isn't, what comes into the coun
try that counts most, it's what doesn't
come in.
The protective tariff is a high wall
that bars out cheap commodities of
all sorts.
You pay $20 or $25 for a suit of
clothes that you would get for three
quarters 'that amount or less if no
tariff was placed on - woolen gods. By
thafi one transaction you . lose more
than the $3.46 in question, and it is
only an msignincant - portion of. the
whole.
Cut down the tariff duties and these
goods will flow into the country. The
total tariff duties will be as great as
they are now, or greater, perhaps, for
more goods will be coming in, but the
cost to the consumer will go down. .
The tariff receipts per capita have
as much to do with the cost to the
consumuer as the cobblestones of Bal
timore have to do with the war in
the Balkans.
THE FASHION IN CRIMIXAIS.
v - .(New York Herald.)
The professional criminal never em
ploys a press agent, but works in si
lence underground like a mole. It
is for this reason that even those fa
miliar' with the various aspects of
metropolitan lifer have been surprised
at the brand of malefactors brought
to the surface by the Rosenthal mur
der. And to none are these mod
ern scoundrels a srreat source of won
der than to the writers of criminal or
detective notion.
The bank burglar of the "Jimmy'
Hope- pattern and the gray-bearded
counterfeiter like Brockway were suc
ceeded long ago by the polished Raf
fles and his imitators, but . no . novel
writer has yet given us anything like
"Lefty Louie," "Gyp the - Blood" or
"Jack" Rose. The old-fashioned
criminal played for enormous stakes
and took . his own life in his hands
when ne entered upon his desperate
save in self-defense. The crook of
today holds hitman lifeheap, and,-as
shown by the evidence in court, does
not-stop at murder when the exigen
cies ox his calling demand it.
Electrical appliances put the old-
time - bank burglar out of business.
Electricity applied in a different form
will perhaps reduce the . number of
his successors.
BOY MURDERER TO
FORFEITHIS LIFE
George Redding, Convicted of
Slaying New Haven 1 Peddler,
Must Pay Death Penalty Oct.
31 ' '
Wethersfield. Oct. 19. GeorzA Red
ding, of Hamden, the boy murderer
of .Morris. Greenberg, a New Haven
peddler, win pay tie " death penalty
oh the night of Oct. 31st, the .execu
tion taking place as soon after' mid
night as it can be carried out. Since
his confinement in prison. Redding
has IT inH dlcVlt T,AlinHa a n 1 a r. .... .!
his time reading and writing. He ex-
1' coaco u ui uea,ixx. j.e Will oe
taken to the death . chamber on the
29th anrl witl Tt-fcim
from friends a week from Sunday.
Redding will be the 23rd prisoner
to be executed at the prison here and
will be next to the youngest to pay
the death penalty.
E ASTON
TV U 1 i a rvi TTT AmlrAwa r.9 TJi .
is spending a few days as guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. -Elmer An
drews. Thf ras-ular moQ n- . r ' tt-.. t
" . -. . . - ..r, . Vr l I JclV II
grange -will be held on' Tuesday even
ing, October 22nd in the grange halL
Special Values in Marabout u
Leather boas, stoles and canen.
white lawn ehiVt waists, fancv slllr
waists, hlack silk waists, loner cloth
tuaio, lam 'yiLib ajiu eiiK .petticoats at
is. W. DWion tl5 Main St.
L
WATER BOTTLES
75c to $2.50
FOUNTAIN SYRINGES
75c to $3,25
BULB SYEAYS
$1.50 to $5.00
BULB SYRINGES
50c to $2.00
SURGEON GLOVES
$1.00 pair
October Shopping Days.
bring tempting offerings to all women.
Some new Initial
Like the birds and other
folk of field and wood, we
rjuman folk like to change
our clothing 'along with the
season, and at Autumn , a
touch of bright color takes
the fancy. A Plaid Silk
gown was no rare sight dur
ing the years of the nine
teenth century, and the pros
pect is we shall seee many a
gay plaid this year. lhe
newest are in Scotch Tar
tans and a few are in French
combinations, very rich and
charming in color. Not all
are gay and bright ; there are
those that are quiet and rath
er sombre.
$i.oo a yard.
. Tunics of lace and spark
ling crystal offer an easy
way of making a distinctive
evening dress. The Tunic
just slips on over, a silk slip
or a plain little frock of any
favorite color. "Black jet is
used over black or cerise to
good effect. White goes over
any, dainty pale shade. No
other trimming is required.
new initial Hand
kerchiefs have rather odd
looking letters that " puzzle
one a little, but the matter
clears at being told that they
have been designed from illu
minated manuscripts of the
seventeenth century, so one
might have his handkerchief
marked with a letter copied
from some 'old missal as far
back as the Tudor period.
The letters are quite stylish
for men. Handkerchiefs for
either men or women, at 25
cts.
Time of year when Mara
bout comes handy. rA little
too early for heavy furs or
the warmest coats," but a
Marabout Scarf is a joy to
its owner, for it is easily put
on or off, and when not in
use is simply a feather to
carry. iVlarabout JVLulls may
be had'.to match . Scarves.
1 - ' 1 ".-,
This is a .. period of elab
orate head dressing, and
many, are the styles of orna
ments to apply tov the coif
fure. From the quaint bead
ed nets, similar Jto thelone on;,
the head of Beatrice D'Este
in' the. old portrait everyone
admires, to the perky aig
rettes fastened to rhinestone
bands, there is no end to tiie
styles.- The strange part of
it is, they are all pretty and
bewitching .in the head. A
large assortment at the Jew
elry Section, and dainty
small things at small prices.
A Wardrobe Trunk of
moderate size, stands only
forty inches high, and the
two halves open, and show
on one side the garment sec
tion with hangers on a
smoothly running trollep, ca
pacity for five gowns, three
suits and four skirts. On the
other side are three good
sized deep drawers and a
very convenient hat box. - It
would seem that not half the
science -is required to pack a
Wardrobe, as the old style
trunk where everything w?
put in together, and often
found in one glorious jum
ble at the journey's end.; The
price of this trunk Ts $28.00.
In the China Store are
some odd sets for individual
use. Night Sets, tray, pitch
er, candlestick and match
box; Breakfast Sets for bed
side use, plate, coffee cup,
cereal dish and toast Tack.
Tete-a-tete coffee' and . Tea
Sets for boudoir or drawing-
room use. invaiia s oets,
plate and broth bowl. Not
expensive either-and of very
neat and tasteful patterns.
; The November Pesigner
is on sale at the Pattern
Counter. The number is an
unusually interesting one as
regards fashions arid fall de
signs. From tea and dancing
frocks to kitchert aprons and
babies' bonnets there are new
ideas, all novel and attract
ive. Also there are short
stories, hints-as to embroid
ery and fancy knick-knacks.
The' Designer is 10 cts.
Eftn D. L"twtS- QIontymttT..
RADFORD
1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, 89 Fairfield Ave.
"THE STORE TO FIND SCARCE ARTICLES" ,
A If D THE STORE THAT FATS C A It FARB T
qOUPON GOOD
MONDAY, OCT. 21
Big Ball
HEAVY BROWN
LINEN TWINE
Almost a Pound Weight
7c '
XPLOSION FOLLOWS
FIRE OF U. S. ARSENAL .
WITH LOSS OF $3,000,000
,.io r-l Oct. 19. Spontaneous
combustion, or crossed electric wires
ce rVhe l?t-n,ghC which
destroyed the uniiea i
here, causing a loss of upwards of
$3,000,000. i-ne ouiiujiiB
largest storehouse : arm. ; and m-
unmon on w 0..1.. :J "J
000,000 rounds 01 amuiuiiiuuu
000 stands of arms were destroy-
HOUSEHOLD GLOVES
50c, 75c, and $1.00 per pair
RUBBER SHEETING
65c, 80c, $1.25 yard
The Ailing Rubber Co.
1127 MAIN STREET
IB Storee
m
12
60
ea. . , , - w
On account 01 uie eijiiusiun i
cartridges, the - task of fighting the
nre was e" -p . 7i.
company of troops -stationed at the
arsenal, however, stood near the build
ing and poured water on it until it
was evident that the fight was hope
less. -
PfjOSECUTION EXPECTS TO
CLOSE STRIKE LEADERS'
CASES BY NEXT WEEK
Salem, Oct. 19. District Attorney
Attwill declared, today, that he hopes
to call the last of the government's
witnesses in the trial of Bttor, Gio
vanniti and Caruso by the latter part
of next week, probably Thursday and
that when court re-opens at - 9:15,
Monday morning, every possible In-8u-"ee
will be exerted to expedite the
, We have big lot of this
twine from auction and will
not limit quantity while it
lasts. V
i
This is a good chance for
stores and others using
heavy, package twine to lay
in a supply.
trial. j. no uihh-. . : -
that he did not know just how many
more witnesses he would call as he.
would be governed by the develop-
merits in the case. ..
"I expect to call at least a dozen-;
more, however," he added.
Counsel for the defense, today, pre
pared to refute the testimony of the-?
prosecution's first sever witnesses.
' WOMEN IN POIiTTICS. r
New i York Miss Mae . McEllnr
stenographer, who" kissed Gov. Wil
son, may have to shut herself up at
home.. At Democratic headquarter;,
where she is employed, ehe e?t
phone calls a day. Movies are after
her too. 1
New York Moosettes here are all
aflutter. They fear Mayor Oaynor
may refuse them permission to tasr
people on "Tag Day," Oct. 26, for
campaign money on the ground that
New, York's too big and wicked.
New York Enter the protective
tariff doll. Women Republicans are
exhibiting here, dolled up In lace and
furbelows, to show that the average
woman can have such an outfit in
spite of the tariffs, for $25.
BARONESS DE VAUGHN WlLl.
WED A PARISIAN THIS TIM E
Parts, Oct. 19. Bareness
Vaughn morganatic widow of JCiritr
Leopold, of Belgium, and recently di
vorced from her second husband,
whom she charged with beating her,
is to be married again shortly, ac
cording to Gil Bias, to a well known
Parisian. His name is omitted.
WANT ADS. CENT A WOKD.