The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-02-10

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avenue, belong to them, and are
merely their agents. How thev man
age to control the votes of Congress
men is a mystery, but that they do
control them is a certainty. They can
get the ears of Senators and members,
where nobody else can. One would
think that when their motives became,
known their Influence would cease
but such is net the fact. If you want
to hire ''lObby- worker" select the
man best known, and pretendedly
least respected by Congressmen. The
common streetwalkers of the profes-
sion seem, by some hook or crook, to
have the best run of customers, and
to be most successful in serving then.
lIoRE TARIFF THIEvING. rl
One would think the present tariff
sufficient to satisfy the most, ravenous
desires OF the protsetionIsls, as tneyl
call themselves, but prohfbitionists,
as they really are. But such is not
the TACT. If we had positive free
trade to-day, the tariff thieves could
scarcely be more clamorous than they
are. Their representatives, are con- i
stantly yeIping for the Tariff Bill in I
both Houses OF Congress, as if the
Misunderstanding interests Of the coun-
try were In 2 state of abject suffering.
It's only yearago since the manu-
facturers of New England combined
to secure the repeal of the internal
taxes which they had been paying
for six years. They succeeded, and
amid much flourish of trumpets We
were told that a great burden was fff-
ted from the Industry Of the nation
So it was but who got the benefiI ?
The consumers? No Has any body
felt the abolition OF. the tax in a re-
duction of the prizes, of manufactured
articles : Certainly not. And why2
Because the tariff was still kept upS.
preventing that competition between
importers and manufacturers which
alone leads to q reduction. of prices.
The only result of the abolition of the
manufacturers tax has been to enable
the New England rn6nopolfsts to
pocket higher profits While, the
tariff Is high they will regulate their
selling rates by it. s.gThey- have net
increased the wages Of their Ia borets,g
either so It will be hard to point out
exactly how s'labor'l is benefited BY
that much talked-of act OF, Congress-
And now we are to have Inore tariff, q
which means still higher prices to,
consumers and still larger profits to
the tRskmasters1 or Newli E,ngIahd; ;i
This demand is increasing In 57ehe-s
menee every day, and their power is /
increasing too, They can buy up the
carpet-ba element in the Senate for
a few thousand dollars! They have
already IN their Interests Senators
from the bogus States Of Nevada, and
number OF gentlemen like Sherman
and Wade, who represent Western
States from an Eastetn stand point
apd the indications are that they win |
have no difficulty In getting oall they
want. What a delfghtfal state Of
affairs the people OF the west are
coming tol First. they are saddled |
with two hundred millions of interest
q year to pay on bonded debt very
little Of which they own and not q |
dollar OF which they ought to pay
Then, in order to save this immense
sum OF gold per annum; they arei
asked to submit. to "a tariff which |
doubles the price of every thing they
eat wear or use. The New England
lers-shreRd fellows these New Eng
landers- reap all the adyaatages OF
the high tariff f-get doubts prices foF
all they manufacture aud pocket most
of the gold interest bssidesl Thus, as
long as. the debt exists, and its pay-.l
nent is recognized as an obligation,
our Yankee friends have security for
big profits in a big tariff, and for an
equivalent of about ten per cent: on
their investment In Government
bonds What patriotic race, OF peo-
pie they are down therei Pheyl sacri.
feed forty or fifty regiments Of South.
ern darky substitutes on the altar Of
their country during the1War, and
now they are still devoted to their
copntry's cause by uphoiding the ina.
tIonal blessingi1 ahaothe high tariff
and adroitly using the one to prop up
the other, and making each turn an
honest penny for thenl..-A ~J g.
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ii MORE eOYEHTSadElSr 3 = AtoNoPo PoLIEss,
80 Not only isif proposed, as by sheF-
man,s bill, that the Government shall
undertake the chartering, owning and
managing Of, railroads, but the Com
mittee ON Pest-ofhees and Post.roadks
Is actually hearing arguments every
day in favor Of q Government teIe-
e aph system. That it, for the Gov.
erhment to take charge of the 7teIe-
graph lines and operate them as 1t
now operates the pOst-ofice, After
that, why not s'runp the, hotels and
Omuibuses and street railroads9 If the
Government. once embarks in such
enterprises as railroading and tele-
grophing, where win It stop? 1t Is
i with great reluctance that 1 say q
tWord that can by any possibility be
construed to favor the present tele-
Egraph monopoly Of the country. But
it can, and I hope will, be broken
down By private enterprise, and, at
any rate, would rather see It twice
as bad as it is, If that Wera possible,
than to favor the project now on foot
in Congress. The IreA object of this
movement is to increase the sources
OF Congressional eorr9pt tion-to make
Ian additional channel through which
/ to rob theopsopleS Sstd add dapofher to
the long list Of ways and means for
the enrichment or paupers through a
seat in eisheE House. III Fthe people,
| quietly I6ok on and AetJ such thiags
kgo unEebuked, they deserve to be rob
1'bed, and to be dsbtrTidden and tax
ridden until they haven't bread to eat
I 9nSt clothes to wear. Io0d Mack g