Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1910 — The Laws Defied. [ARTICLE]

The Laws Defied.

We import our operatic singers from Italy and our policemen from Ireland. This is. in utter-defiance of our protectionist laws. Why don’t we levy a tariff' upon men like Caruso, for example. that will equal the difference between the cost of producing high class tenors here and in Italy? The people of this country know nothing about the economies iu diet which are practiced by European people.—New York Tribune. They are beginning to know now, thanks to the high tariff of w-bieb the Tribune is such a great advocate. Prices go up the elevator: wages climb up the stairs.—Byron W. Holt. ,