The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-09-06
Importance OF IRON and Steel TO
the People.

OF IRON and Steel TO
the People.
1t is impossible to exaggerate the inn
portance of iron and steel, and especia-
y the latter, to every productive inter-
est o. the people. Their Infinitely di-H
products and forms Of useful T
ness make them the ever present instru-
and agents in almost every
pursuit Sf civilized man, in every kind
of production; in every increase in the
effective energies of society, in every
material advancement of civilization
and in all their forms they are always
used as means to an end-neyer an end
in themselves In other words, they are
always substantially raw materials, and
should be as free and cheap as possible.
Whatever burdens them burdens every
form of industry and production.
Taxes imposed upon them are taxes
on the enumerable forms of utility into
which they are converted by human art
and skill. A tax on iron and steel is a
tax on every railroad, locomotive, wag-
on, plow, shovel, hoe, axe, watch, sew
inc machine, stove, or other thing, into
the construction of which they enter,and
Is therefore also tax on every other
thing of value produced by the aid of
such things. Thus, tax on plows is
also indirectly tax on all that plows
contribute to produce, because it aggra-
Yates their cost; tax ON railroads is a
tax on all that railroads carry, for the
cost of such roads determines their rates
tor transportation ; Il tax on lhmber,nailss
and carpenters tools,is q tax on houses
a tax on woolens, leather, and furs, is 6
tax on clothing, shoes, and hats, and
therefore is tax on everybody.
JOHN CARTWRIGHT, the Democratic
candidate for Congress IN this District
is opposed to the high tariff taxation o
the Radicals; while SPRAGuE, the Radi
cal candidate, favors it. .f
Farmers, which will you support, a
the polls, on Tuesday, the 11th day o
October2
g-The Guernsey Times says; "It i
difficult Cor us to see how our nomine
(BNGHAM) can be land -grabber."
Again;
"We have no information that MI
Bingham is in favor of granting tn
E public domain to monopolies, public Q
private"
One of the first of the series of land
grabs, was the grant made in 1862, b
I Congress to the Union Pacific Railroa
Company. The grant passed the Hous
on the Sth of April, 1862
1t is estimated that this grant amount
> to about forty millions OF acres of publ
lands, and was in addition to none
subsidy to this particular line of roa(
of thirty millions of dollars. The Ian
. grant embraced within fraction {
twice the area of the State of Ohio.
Included in the list of votes in 4
! fauor were the names Of the followir
= Ohio Representatives,:
. j. NJ. ASHLEY, j. A. BINGHAM
y H. G. BLAKE, w. z. CUTLTR,
= sgd. EDGERToN, John A. GgRLEY
g VAL. HORROR, A. q. RIDDLE,
l. S. SHELLABARGER, S. L. WoRcEsrE
!. .s WILLIAM ALLEN. =. <.
The last named, WM ALLEN, was Il
). only Democrat from Ohio that voted +
* this initial land "grab." As he h
II since affiliated with the Radicals, L
,e vote need provoke no remark.
Those of the Democrats who vot
in the negative were:
SAMUEL S. Cox, JAMES r.; NloRR
R. A. HARR1soN, WARREN PNoB
to G.. l.. VALLANDIGHAM.
ee We presume the editor of the Tin
o. will not repeat that he has ''no inform
en- ton on the score of BINGHAMs lal
ne grabbing record.