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Editorial Page r y//Sj /. ■■""'/sss/ss/s/ i 4 IT’S A SAD STORY, MATES!” Or, How to Ciet Rid of a Dictator ! Copyrfhf, !t)13, Intimation*: New* Serric*. GoARouoprol / ZmPe^atorThU Tut laukpryAup) ( Powers woH~r , » GET MY 5WRT3.< / let The uau^Y | ^ ^ '"'O Youi\ WAbUlNO1 : What Will the Much Praised, New Fangled Tariff Do? Watch It and See—Especially You Who Are Workingmen, (Copyright, 1913.) An intelligent man, creator and manager of several big busi nesses, talked about the tariff. HE KNOWS about the tariff, for he is a big importer, a man who deals annually in millions of dol lars ’ worth of goods that pay tariff. What he had to say interests many Americans. ‘ The new tariff,” said he, ‘‘is advertised as a great boon for the common people. “It depends upon what you call the common people. “It will not prove to be a great boon for those that work for a living—and they will find it out. “The new tariff means that manufacturers in this country must compete more closely with the manufacturers in Europe. And that means, of course, that WORKINGMEN in this coun try must compete more directly with workingmen in Europe. “I know something about the making and selling of cloth, from the mill and as a finished product. ‘ And here are three facts: “The new tariff will save some money for those that are prosperous—that buy their things in Europe—or buy exclusive ly imported European products. “The new tariff will not save a dollar in the cost of living or dressing for the masses of workingmen and the little people of modest incomes. “And the tariff will deprive of work many thousands of those that work for a living in THIS country. “Thousands of men whose work has been done in America and sold in America will lose their present employment, for the reason that the work that they have been doing will be DONE IN EUROPE and sold in America. “Just watch the importations of woolen goods, for instance, into this country. “The new tariff means that one-third of all the looms in the United States will be shut down. “That means that one-third of all the human beings earn ing a living at the looms will have to find some other way of earning a living. “It is not gay for them and cheerful for those who realize that the welfare of a country depends absolutely upon the wel fare of the mass of the population. “You know that when workers in this country are brought into direct competition with workers in another country they must accept the pay of the foreign workers or give up the work. “You know, also, that an employer can not successfully REDUCE WAGES. You can not maintain your business in this country and carry on your enterprise with a lot of dissatisfied men whose pay has been reduced. “Therefore, the only thing that a manufacturer can do when he finds it necessary to cut down wages in order to meet foreign competition IS TO CLOSE HIS MILL OR HIS FACTORY AB SOLUTELY. % “Then, after a while, he can reopen with a lot of new men on a new basis. ‘ ‘ And that is what a good many will have to do. “This country is a big enterprise, a BUSINESS enterprise, a MANUFACTURING enterprise built up slowly on a certain basis. “Many of those who work for a living and many manufac turers who have tried to build up industries in this country are going to realize that experimenting with settled conditions ia dangerous.” J The man quoted above is typical of the energetic, success ful, aggressive business man and constructive citizen. What he has to say should have the attention of statesmen who are so enthusiastically experimenting with things in general,