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-Berlin, afot. 27-r-The »tory v of
bow high protection has Increased
the price ot bread In German/,' goes
a long way toward explaining why
the poor of tbla great empire ere
embracing socialism in constantly
increasing number*.
The story Is not a long one to re
late, because it is simply another
Instance of Increased tariff rates be
getting increased living expenses,
After it is explained that the
German duty on wheat Is $2.S4 a
guarter (480 pounds), four para
graphs wHl suffice to show how the
bread tax-ls plundering the German
workman:
1. At the beginning of August,
1008 the Berlin workman paid for
a Quarter of wheat 110.48. At that
time the price of wheat per quarter
In free trad? England was 87.84.
Thus It will be seen that the Berlin
consumer paid the English price
'end the amount of the tariff. This
ig not all, because tariff beneflci-
arles are seldom satisfied to allow
the .consumer to escape by paying
simply -the amount of the tariff In
excess of the prices that prevailed
previous to tbo advance of.' rates:
They ldvsrlibly demand a small
'percentage of commission. In excess
of the amount of the Increase.
1. In the ’middle of detober the
Berlin consumer was- forced to pay
810.56 for hts Quarter of wheat at
the time, the German tariff of 88-84
This chapter
T HIS Hudson-Fulton celebration is a big affair for all of us. It’s a
good thing cpnjmemprate Jhe daringj^ourage of Hendrick Hudson,
who sailed across the Atlantic in his queer little shig>, the^'Half Moon,” to add to the knowledge about the new
world. It is fitting to pay honor to Robert Fulton, whose crazy little steamboat, the “Clermont,” which took two
days and nights to go from New York to Albany^&Kl back, was the forerunner of .our great fleets which cover
the distance from LiverpoST to Sandy Hot-”l)t 1 lys * ■• 0
^iL.The thund^p of Jjie fleet which will historic crafts will be tribute to courage and to
progress. - And if you’d like to see evidences of progress in other lines, compare ? ' -*'■
Hart Schaffner Se Marx clothes
with the fashiwislma^fabrics as shown in
, and a chilling extra,
of the narrative ahowa, how protec-
fg^., tlon puts a ficticious value on an
al.l. TTTI.II _ 4V. a6 WillAA*
artlcIeT While the price of Wheat
fell In free trade England, it In
creased In hlgh-protectton Germany.
8. At the end of November the
price of wheat In Berlin wae'811-04.
which means, that the Berlin cog-
eumer was paying, the prevalllS*
English price of 87.72, the tariff of
82.84, and in addition making '»
donation of 48 centb to the German
agrarians that were taking advan
tage np,the high taTllf wall to hold
him up. And even this Is "not all.
4. On March 10,. 1&09, the Ber
lin consumer was forced to pay
811.78 for a quarter of wheat This
represented the prevailing English
price of 88.86, the 82.84 tariff tax
•ad 88-cpnt steal.
In 24 of the principal markets of
Germany thee price of 'good mar
ketable native wheat” on Juno 8,
1809, ranged from 812.84 to $14.58
per quarter of"480 pounds. The
price of English wheat st Hark
lane la the week ending June 14.
ringed from 89.84 to $10.74.
Last year the wheat harvest was
•lTort, and the price rose nil over
the world. Bnt .while "the priee
reached $8.52 per quarter In free
trade Great Brittan, It went to
$11.55. In high-protectlon - Germany.
Between. October. 1905, and
Harch, 1008,* the price of . bread
rpeei 88 per cent In Berlin, •nd'snb-
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of clothes twenty years ago. They’re the best developments
clothes; the finest modern product of the tailoring *t; the latest achievements in style and in all-wool fabrics.
The latest ocean steamship doesn’t compare mor$ favorably with. Fulton’s attempt than Hart Schaffner &
arx clothes compare with clothes made a few.years ago even by the best tailors. They’re the highest type today.
We want the pleasure of showing them to you; suits and overcoats,
in aU the best weaves anc[ models. Suits $16.50 to $35. OV6TC03tt $16.50 to $30.
sequently advanced (till higher.'
The Importance ot a 82 par cent
fncraaaa in tha price of bread may
fee undoretood at lte full value when
It !e considered that the official
Pruselan Income tax statistics show
that II,$00,000 out of 88.000.000
Prussian people are below an In
come line of 84.14 n week. Whet
adds to tha gravity ot the eltnetlon
la that not only hue the price ot
txwad advanced since the German
tariff schedules were revised a few
green ago, but tha prica of meat
and practically all foodstuffs has
likewise gone "up.
In Germany, as In all protection
countries, the tariff i schedules »r«
not framed for the benefit of the
people, but for the benefit of the
Interests in* control of politics...
In Germany, the agrarian*. a
class whose greed end unscrupnloue
{political methods compare' favor
ably with those ot the American
VALDOSTA
GEORGIA.
eduoatlona] works of tha American
Baptist Home Mission Society, com
prising schools in Cube. Porto HIM,
Mexico and lie UnEad States.
Cara In Preparing Food.
vantage of their strength as a
group by having tows passed which
eompeli German oonsomsrg to pay
them, tribute on every -morsel of
breed on meat consumed.
..Tha agrarian* began with a 48
cent per quarter duty, on wheat In
1879. In Germany, as elsewhere,
protection begets., protection. A
tariff, like a growing tree, la ever
incresstng in else and throwing ont
freah branches. The German tariff
on wheat now Is $2.84.
When the agrarians demanded In
creased duties on grain and meat,
the manufacturers ot Germany,
planed tt being ont In the cold,
arose In their wrath and protested
that the poor of Germany oould not
stand further Increases on food
stuffs. So the agrarians relented
and offered no opposition to revis
ion upward on manufactured arti
cles. The result was revision op
en of old Coffee, and while hen ft* •
few hours yesterday in otteadanoo at
the farmers’ institute, stated to an
Enterprise reporter that ha WonH
make thirty 840-pound bales oI the
abort staple on thirty acres, which fee
expected would net him a profit of
$60 per acre. This la a sample of
what can be done on Coffee county
tends. Mr. Newbern always makes
a close study of crop condition*, and,
says further, that he th’nka fee baa
the remefiy for blaek tr.-n « dtieaaw
becoming prevalent tn tin, section—
Douglas Herald.
In reoent years scientists .have
proved that the vein of food I* meas
ured largely by It* parity; the re
sult Is the most stringent pure food
laws that hevs ever been known.
One food that ha* stood out promi
nently as a perfectly clean end pur*
food end which was aa pur* before
the enactment c< these laws as it
could possibly be Is Quaker Oats;
conceded by the experts lobe the ideal
food lor making strength of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest of
all foods. Tha Quaker Oats Company
la the only manufacturer of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of removing the husks and black
■peeks which are so anaoylng when
meat of Industry. - ...
The commission sailed on April 84,
last In United State* cruisers, Chaster
and Birmingham, spent. * month on
Ihrir Investigation and returned Ju
ly 2. The commission appointed by
the President to Investigate Liberia'*
claim consisted of ■ three, Americans
particularly fitted tor this duty. They
were Dr. Roland p. Faulkner, of
Washington, D. O., formerly superin
tendent' of ednctUon. In Porto Rico;
Emmett 4- Scott; private secretary
turns from
Atlanta, Os., Sept. 28. —Dr. 'Geo,
Sale has returned from Liberia, where
he wae cent by President 2Npe* mu
of a commission of thro* to jttudy tha
conditions and needs of tbit coun
try- Ho will make a report to the
state department st Washington.
Liberia. Dr. Bala says, has s popu
lation of about forty ^thousand cl rl-
llied negroes and ons mllllon native*.