The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-07-27
quite sur that lie tariff is a curse ~

am quite sure that The tariff is a curse to
as.
with free trade in iron, wood and
leather our business would be larger, more
profitable, and would cheaper the arti-
eles We manufacture to our customers. and
would enable us to offer honorable and
profitable employment to q still larger
number of workmen.
The sooner the people realize that the
grinding taxes which they pay under the
name OF protection, are simply robbery
underth sanction of law, and that, in
stead of benehting manufactures, they in
lure, damage, and destroy them, the
better"
Edward Harris, of Woonsocket Falls.
Rhode Island, the largest woollen manu-
f%acturer in the United States, writes:
at gives me hope that the Republican
party may still live. Depend upon this
the party can not carry the New York
Tribune and this tariff.
81 was a farmer in Ashtabula County.
Ohio, from 1878 to 1922, and came to
Rhode Island in 1922. I have manufac-
tured wooden and cotton goods since 1881.
Previous to that, 1 learned my trade as a
manufacturer. As to this protection on
wool and woollens, it is no protection to
the farmer on his WOOL.
at Is the price of goods that makes the
price for his wool. So long as the foreign
manufacturer gets his wool for one-half
the price we pay for ours, he can afford to
pay any tariff that can be imposed on the
goods"
Mr.. ]. C. Evans, of Delaware, Ohio, an
extensive manufacturer writes:
For more than ten years l have been
annanaI IN p1aD,,f g. afp ,r1,,u g., r. .-.1z~.z-4
steam engines and mill machinery. and I
know by actual experience, the results of
a high protective tariff upon nv business,
"At the very outset it adds almost one
half to the price of pig iron and coal, and
greatly enhances the price of all other
materials used, which, of course, increases
largely the price of the machinery l make
for sale. These facts compel me to use a
larger capital than 1 otherwise would,
which necessitates larger profits, all of
which again enhance the price of the ar
ticles sold.
"What We need as manufacturers is
cheap coal, cheap lumber, and cheap ma
terials generally; with these we can pro-
duce our machinery at greatly reduced
prices from the present, which would
largely increase our sales, and thus bring
our manufactured articles within the reach
Of more people with the increased de-
mand for manufactured articles would be
an increased demandfor labor. Free trade,
therefore, would not only be a benefit to
the consumer and mechanic"
We respectfully submit that these gem
tlemen are American manufacturers, de-
pending exclusively upon the support of
the American people, and ask Mr.. Meeker
if he means to say that either of them is
backed up by British gold?
Mr.. Evans tells the whole story of the
effect Of a protective tariff on production.
What American manufacturers want is
cheap coal, cheap iron, cheap lumber, and
cheap materials generally; with these,
they can produce cheap machinery and
cheap goods cheap goods bring forward
an increased demand for them, necessita-
ting the employment of more laborers.-
The increased demand for labor sustains
its wages, and the increased means of pur-
chasing leads to larger consumption; that
is, to a higher degree of comfort in the
community - Chicago Tribune.