Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-05-18

he was talking about, put before th
world in the most widely circulated
paper in the country more than tou
months ago, and stands a. yet uncon
tradicted. We make the followin,
extracts:
I'm 1860 there Was no 6omsst,z Sal
for sak il your city, but foreign Sal
sold tor 2S cents per bushel, IN mon
ey as good as gold.
In 1870, both foreign and doif,es
t,c Salt sold III New York at 20 cent
in gold, aud IN currency At less thar
Salt sold for in 1869 in gold. So i
ppea,s that the consumer buys To-
less in your city than he did befor,
the Onondaga Salt went into you
market.
"Can any reasonable man suppos,
that, it our 1900, 900 bushels were I,
be Withdrawn from your market, III,
importers OF Salt would nos 90 bacl
TO their old prices, and even to high
er ones? p
I'm 1860, Salt was worth inC Cleve
land, Ohio, PER sseassreS bushel iii
gold) 40 cents; in 1870, 80 3.5 cents
in Toledo, In 1850, 40 cents; in 1870
% Is ceutS Detroit, in 1863, Al
cents; IN 1870, 81 rs cents; Chicago
in 1860, AZ cents; in 1870, 81 cents
aud in Boston, the other extreme o.
the market, it was worth, in 1860, Is
cents; IN 1870, % cents"
Mr.. Geddls put this statement into
the faces OF the N. Y. Free Trade
League more than four months ago
and tney have never questioned il in
public, bat this blatherskite, whom
they send out, says, when no one has
. chance to reiute it, that our state.
ment that salt was reduced in price
under protsotion was supply falss--
that salt has really doubled in price
since 1860.
We leave our readers to judge
which makes the false statement. He
said farther
"Every thing has doubled in price
from ten-penny nail to trip ham.
mer. 1t cost twice Is much to build
. house ~ it did ten years ago, be
cause this tariff has raised the price
of every thing that enters into II,
lumber, iron OF all kinds, paiuts, oils,
etc."
We leave that statement to every
man who Knows any thing OF the
facts. 1t is most outrageous asser.
tion. In fact his harangue was made
up OF false statements and false theo-
ries, until be had found 10 his own
that we are the most ter.
ribly oppressed and suffering people
on earth, aud then he came down to
Tue remedy, a. to,lows:
THE remedy for presen: evils lies
in taxing few Leading articles. Let
the duty on tea, coffee, sugar, molas-
ses, spices, fruits, wines, and spirits,
tobacco, glass, silk, linen, tin, furs,
gloves OF skin, nuts, sard,nes. choco.
late aud opium be retaiaed.
Millions for revenue, not one cent
for protection, is the tree traders
motto.
Let thb tariff then be put only up
on the articles we do not produce At
home, and upon them only tor rev.
enue."
We are glad to have him put down
his platform 90 squarely. This is
easily understood, and is exactly the
reverse OF those who believe govern
ments have something more to do
than merely TO raise money enough
70 pay its officials. The prot. ction-
sts would levy no duty on articles Of
necessity, which we do not produce,
which duty is tax simply, and as
such most unjust one becaus. it
bears unequaily on men in proper
lion to their ability to pay, and
would levy it on articles We can
produce, and thus encourage their
production at home, thereby enlarg-
ng our resources, increasing our
wealth, furnishing our laborers with
employment, giving home market
10 our farmers. thus making us o self
people. But home manu-
lectures are the objects oil the special
spite OF the New York shippers, as
hey do not have the carrying to and
|ro between the producers and con.
But hear him again:
"We raise one-fourth too much
anyway. Twenty five mil.
lions per annum is enough to pay up.
on the principle Of the debt. We
are now bleeding the people to death
to pay one hundred million per year."
All this trouble comes from that
Grant, who will persist in
collecting the revenue with great
Ia,tLiulness, and in reducing expens.
es, 90 that although Congress has re-
0UCCO Nu0 OOuICSS VI fSvSuuS, SlI00
and again, AL that it dared to, the
debt continues to melt away. much to
The grief OF Mr.. Brinkerhoff and his
Democratic allies. The Sesate, be-
lore its late adjournment, directed its
on finance, OF which Sena-
Tor Sherman is chairman, to over
haul the entire revenue system, SYM
pity and reduce taxes As far as possi
BILE and, with the experiences We have
now he'd with Gen. Grants taithtulness
and success in managing our tinan-
ces.. very great changes can and will
be made, not simply in the interest Of
the New York importers, but in the
of the great mass OF the
people. They will be made
with Z view 10 sustain home prodnc-
tion, reward labor, thus inviting for
e,4ners to continue to flock 10 us,
provided . Aoms market for our farm
ers. thereby inducing the settlement
Of our waste places, to continue the
l1avefonmAnf of nur wOndarfial rn.