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M HERE IS AN OBJECT LESSON ON TARIFF Mere‘s a little object lesson in the tariff, says the National Republic: â€"The United States consumes about 70 per cent of all the copper used in the world. ‘We have enough copâ€" per in American mines to supply all our national needs. The biggest copper interests of the country made investments in copper mines in South America and Africa, where, because labor and water transâ€" portation are cheaper, they proceeded to manufacture for American needs. At the same time they used their inâ€" fluence to keep copper on the free list, So strong were ourâ€" internationalized copper interests for this program that Senator Cameron of Arizona was deâ€" feated for reâ€"election through the inâ€" tervention of the "copper trust" beâ€" cause he fought for a tariff on copper in the interests of the independent copper miners of his state, who could not stand up against foreign competiâ€" tion introduced. by the copper comâ€" Thursday, Dec. 25, 1930 "Hoist by Oron Petard" But now the big American copper interests are "hoist by their own peâ€" tard." â€" Britishâ€"Belgian copper interâ€" ests have developed mines in the Belâ€" gian Songo which can produce copper at a cost of four and a half cents a pound. â€" They pay unskilled laborers from $1.46 to $7.20 a month. Their deposits in the Katanga mines are the Â¥ichest .in the world. Copper cannot be produced in American mines for less than from 10 to 11 cents a pound, Copper is now selling at nine and a quarter cents a pound. This copper gian Songo wh at a cost of fe pound. _ They from $1.46 to deposits in the vichest .in the quarter cents a pound. This copper can enter the American market duty free; in European markets it has the advantage of cheaper water carriage than the North or South American output. And so the big American copper inâ€" terests find they have cut the throats mnot only of American labor but of their own enterprise. Other branches of American big business which have thought to enjoy the benefits of the American market through low tariffs or no tariffs, and displace American wellâ€"paid _ labor with foreign .cheap labor are going to have in due time the same experience. They will then wonder why they made the vast inâ€" vestment which was necessary for their recent antiâ€"tariff campaign in which they managed to convince milâ€" lions of Amecricans that the "big inâ€" terests" favored rather than opposed adequate protective tariffs, Jine. ational Republic Points Out How Copper on Free List Injures Business Peerlield, Illinois A. H. MUHLKE Sold and Repaired Phone 363 DRAGON LIZARD IS EXHIBITED AT MUSEUM Rare Animal from Dutch East Indies Shown; Specimen Hard to Get lizard of Komodo (Dutch East Indies) was placed on view at Field Museum of Natural History today, it is anâ€" nounced by.Stephen C. Simms, direcâ€" tor of the museum. The exhibit was prepared from one of the specimens collected, after much difficulty, by the recent Chancellorâ€"Stuart Expedition to the South Pacific for Field Museum. Philip M. Chancellor, former Chiâ€" cagoan, now of Santa Barbara, Calif., financed and led the expedition. Norâ€" ton Stuart, naturalist, also of Santa Barbara, was coâ€"leader. The Komodo lizards are the largest extant species of lizard, and are found only on the island of Komodo and its neighbor, Flores, which are in the Lesser Sunda group of islands, These gigantic lizâ€" ards first became known to Europeans through native reports of a "land croâ€" codile" of which Malay hunters were mortally afraid, according to Karl P. Schmidt, assistant curator of reptiles. Exaggerated in transmission, these reâ€" ports gave rise to stories of gigantic iizards 25 to 30 feet long which could swallow a man at a single gulp. First Time Seen The animal which gave rise to these stories was for the first time actually seen by white men Wwhen a specimen was captured in 1912. It now appears, declares. Mr. Schmidt, that the maxâ€" imum size reached is about 10 feet, but neverthcless it is by far the largâ€" est of existing lizards. It has a powerful bulky body, a large head, est of existing lizards, Jt has A powerful bulky body, a large head, strong limbs, and a relatively short tail. It is closely allied to the monâ€" itor lizards which range from Africa to Australia, and of which an extinct species occurring in Australia as late as the ice age equalled or exceeded the Komodo lizard in size. Somewhat more remotely but still directly reâ€" lated.to the monitors were the giganâ€" tic sea lizards of the age of reptiles, remains of which appear, with a resâ€" toration, in the museum‘s historical geology collections. K 4 Preys on Small Game The giant lizard of Komodo preys upon the small game of the island, and is no doubt able to attack sucâ€" cessfully the abundant wild pigs and deer. It also habitually feeds upon carrion, cleaning up skeletons of bufâ€" falo and boar as a hyena does, : The Chancellorâ€"Stuart . expedition collected two fine examples of the lizâ€" ard for the museum. From one of these a reproduction has been made by Leon L. Walters of the museum‘s taxidermy staff, inventor of a speâ€" cial process for making in cellulose acctate lifelike exhibits of reptiles and similar animals. By this method of preparation more lifelike results are obtained than is possible by mounting the original skin of animals of this type. . The skin, however, plays an important part in the creation of the reproduction. An exhibit of the rare giant dragonâ€" THE PRESS A NEW AND MODERN SHOE STORE WEST SIDE SHOE STORE 533 Central Ave. Efficientâ€"Speedy Tank trucks will deliver FUEL OIL any grade of oil to your home at a moment‘s notice Patronize the Press Advertisers 230 N. St. Johns Ave. A complete line of ENDICOTTâ€"JOHNSON‘S and BOB SMART MEN‘S SHOES PAUL BORCHARDT Phone Highland Park 67 Coal Prompt Service Neat and efficient at moderate cost Work done while you wait. Building Material none higher than $5.00 AND REBUILDERS and to keep out the snows and keep in the light. 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