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VOL. X August 9, 1912 No. 32 
Many Fear Effect of New Wool Bill 
Manufacturers of woolen goods, 
growers of wool and tariff experts 
recently branched the La Follette 
woolen schedule as an ill-advised 
piece of legislation. They declared 
that it will throw the woolen indus- 
try into a virtual state of panic, will 
cause many mills to shut down and 
will eventually work to the injury 
of American labor, if it is enacted 
into law. 
The wool men agreed that the La 
Follette schedule is most objection- 
able. They pointed out that there 
has been too much tinkering with 
schedule K. The consensus of opin- 
ion was that this country ought to 
maintain its protective policy, thus 
insuring continued prosperity, with 
the mills in operation and with labor 
employed at good wages. 
Theodore Justice, an expert on 
tariff on wool and a wool merchant, 
declared that the La Follette bill is 
confessed by its author to have been 
hastily drawn, and that it is highly 
unsatisfactory to the trade. Mr. 
Justice, by the way, it spending the 
summer on the North Shore, at 
Rockport. 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
ATTORNEY AND 
COUNSELOR AT LAW 
“The La Follette bill was drawn 
in a hurry a year ago,’’ said Mr. 
Justice, “‘and La Follette apologized 
for it stating that it was hastily 
made with their blacksmith’s tools, 
as it were, which was a bald con- 
fession of its infirmities. I want to 
emphasize the importance of La Fol- 
lette’s admission that it was made 
with blacksmith’s tools. One might 
as well take a watch to a black- 
smith for repairs as to make a tariff 
bill hastily. 
‘““Tariff tinkering, in my judge- 
ment has increased the cost of food- 
stuffs in this country. That is one 
reason for the present high cost of 
living. 
‘‘In the administration of Grover 
Cleveland we had a tariff for rev- 
enue, but it did not produce rev- 
enue. As a consequence, Presi- 
dent Cleveland was compelled to 
issue $250,000,000 worth of bonds 
in time of peace. And that is a re- 
markable state of affairs, never be- 
fore experienced. 
‘‘Under the present tariff law 53 
per cent. of all our imports are al- 
ready free. They are mainly arti- 
cles we do not produce—coffee, tin, 
ete. They do not affect American 
labor. The other 47 per cent. of the 
imports are dutiable. They are 
things we do make at home; they 
are articles in which American 
labor is employed in the manufac. 
ture. 
‘““For a tariff for revenue they 
propose now to cut those things 
down, so that involved in this is the 
difference of labor cost of produc- 
tion, which will result in lessening 
the purchasing power of American 
labor. And by taxing the 53 per 
cent. of the products which are now 
free they will increase the cost of 
living, especially as to flesh food 
that is supplied by the sheep and 
mutton. 
“The tariff has increased wages 
35 per cent. (see July report of the 
Bureau of Commerce and Labor) 
since the Dingley tariff act was 
passed in 1907. It has lessened the 
cost of everything made in fac- 
tories, protected industries, every- 
thing from steel rails to clothing. 
Fashionably cut, well-tailored ready- 
made clothing was never so cheap 
in the history of this country. Fac- 
the United 
cheap as tailor-made 
tor-made clothing in 
States is as 
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clothing in Europe, taking cloth of 
like kind and quality. 
‘So, while the tariff has in- 
creased wages and lowered the cost 
of commodities which labor buys, 
the La Follette bill proposes to up- 
set all of this—to lessen the wage 
and narrow the purchasing power 
of labor.”’ 
Augustus Peabody Loring, Jr’s.; 
candidacy for the House of Repre- 
sentatives is progressing admirably. 
The nomination papers are well in- 
dorsed, carrying with them not 
only the formal opportunity of hay- 
ing his name placed upon the ballot, 
but the well wishes of his friends 
also. Mr. Loring’s previous train- 
ing, inclinations and valuable civic 
service admirably fits him for the 
office. He is a graduate of Harvard 
University and of Harvard Univer- 
sity Law school. While in both 1e- 
partments he was enlisted in the 
membership of the school of Social 
Service. The training he received in 
social problems has been invaluable. 
But theoretical training must be 
supplemented by practical experi- 
ence and this he kas obtained as an 
efficient alderman of ward six in 
the Board of Aldermen of the City 
of Beverly. The ward has been ably 
represented at the State House in 
other years by William R. Brooks 
and Herman A. MacDonald. There 
is no reason why it should not be 
represented now by Mr. Loring. 
There are many candidates and the 
Ward Six voters must rally loyal- 
ly to Mr. Loring’s support at the 
primaries. This they can be depend- 
ed upon to do. 
Congressman Gardner has his 
hands on the stroke oar in the move- 
ment to formulate better trust legis- 
lation. He can be depended upoa 
to protect the interests of the pevo- 
ple and afford legitimate business 
enterprises reasonable and just op- 
portunities to develop. Im no one 
class of public legislation is sanity 
required more than in the treatment 
of the modern trust question. Con- 
gressman Gardner is doing well and 
can be depended upon for sane legis- 
lation. 
Residents of the East, where de- 
votion and fidelity to the cause of 
Mr. Taft have been so common, can 
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