The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-09-04

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The Blanket and Emery ore AIonoPolies.
ssAnd now, to lift this declaration
of its principles out of the range Of
platform platitudes and paltering,
will the World inform US what are
the monopolies it Would break down !;
how it would abolish our irredeema-
BILE currency; how it would make
a tariff that shall not be protective
and that shall produce the revenue
needed and what constitutional, leg
islative, or administrative changes are
required to. establish farmers rights
by means of equal and exact justice
to all mem &c Cincinnati Gazette.
All these things we will do for the
Gazette and for all Americans, and
more also.i Here are two fmonopo-
lies we would break down"-the mo-
Enopoly in blankets and the monopoly
in emery .ore.o 1t is estimated that the
consumption of blankets annually in
this country Is about 2Q000,0O0
pounds, the average price being 81
per pound Tho. duty on foreign
blankets is from 80 to- l40 per cent a
fact which shows that importations
are virtually prohibited, as the follow
ing figures show cio The. value of
blankets used in, 1872 was $40, ,000, 900 ;
the value of blankets imported in
1872 was $24,9l3. Thus it will be
seem that, With the exception of. $685.
600 worth OF blankets, the emanufac-
tnrers1 of New England had a mo-
nopolyG off, selIing $20,000,00O annu-
ally on an: article of pElms necessity.
NoW thegquestiou arises, are we pro-
Vided with blsnkets as eheaplY by our
home manufacturers as we should be
if no duty were levied on them2 If
we aye, the duty creates only @ theo-
\ retical monopoly and not. q practical
abuse But in fact a pair of ,tiye-
pound BLANKETS, known as Holland"
| blankets. costing here SO eprFency,
lean be bought in London. or Liver
] pool for los. sterling, or $3.50 gold,
! or, with gold at To- per cent, for
| $2.S7 Is currency! "A flowing all charges
and aspfCfit, they could be retailed
here foF4 Sd currenoy. So. the tariff
which ailots from 80 to LAO per cent.
Ion blankets gives the New. England
manufacturers a. monopoly by which
| we, are squeezed 50 on every pair of
| fiYe.pound blankets. Does any one
| in his senses maintain that the $25, 900
/ ICY w CAs1AOAAA aAOA nOeS
| compensates for the annual 81, 900, 600
we pay to Massachusetts and Rhode
Island to produce 1t 2
/ g This is a great monopoly. Now for
a little one. Emery ore rs an article
used in every household and every
factory for el Gaming knives, machine
Fry, and metals. In 1870 we put emery
ore ON the free list. IT comes chiefly
from SMYRNA. In 1871 constituent
of Mr.. = Dawes, in Massachusetts,
\ bought an emery ore mine. Fearing
4 competition with the free ore OF
7 Smyrha,s although the freight alone
\ from Smyrna has already a protection
4 of from 81 to 50 per ton, he induced
4 that mo bbils statesman, them Chairman
sof the Ways and Means Committee
ITO take emery ore out of the free list
land tax it withiia duty of So per ton
i1s Fhese, we begii to Inform, the Gin
4 'licihnatp Gdzsste. are tweAone of them
Iiamofigi the most InonstpODsi and one
of them among the meanestAamone
1.-THE iIaon0polies the JHobldI is'iWould
break down ~ ~ sfTt69Ytd! Z oIo
-Ioi3 b9zaadI -. .l,l-l .aLLlli = ~
i ~ DEM6cRAcY is a sentiment not to be
! appaiIed, eorrHpted or compromised
It knows no basene ess it covers to nc
! danger it Expresses no weakness
| Fearless, gehefotis and Httm9ne, 1T re-
Dukes the arrogant, cherishes honor
and sympathizes with the humble
/! Il asksinething but what it comedies
lit comedies nothing but what it de-
! mands. Destructive only of despot-
/ ISM it islthe sole conservative Of lib
eFty, Labor and phopertyoaI 1t is the
sentiment of freedom Of equal rights.
of equal obligations ut is the law OF
nature peFVading, the law of the land.
The stupid, the selfish aud the base in
spirit may denOnhce 1t as "a vulgar
thing; abutsi in the history of opr race
4 the democratic principle has devel-
Hoped an6illustPated the highest moral
land intellectual attributes of our ma
iturelg Yes--+thatlis noble, magnani-
mousy sublime sentiment, which ex-
] pands our affections, enlaTges the cir
cid ofiour esympathies, and eleyates
the soul of man, until, claiming an
equality with the best,s he rejects, as
un worthy of his dignity, any political
1 1immunitiese over the humblest of his
ifelIowsa fYes --it is an lennobling
/ lpPincIpleG-and may that spirit which
| animated our fathers in the Revolu-
t1Onafy cOuIesB -IOfJ 1tb eStdOilsutAeHt
lcontinue to animate aus, their sons, in
the impending struggle for its preser-
lyation.--W WILLIAM ALLRNIsd aHol fs
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I A DISEASE called cerebroi spinal
meningitis has made its appearance in
large contractors stable in New
York, and large number of horses
and mules have died of itgeD.zJ
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GEN. s4s.a CAREY Is to address the
people on the issues OF the campaign
at Alliance on Mondaytevening next.