The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-02-10
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The Tariff Question.

,,lI,- Su,nr;scd Inv receivinu n notice from
.,i,o., o,o,,+ a. Eow.r,,
Nt' 9hiHief' l"'iio"" "Sen' ''
Del, that there was Il cal IN MS posses
sion consigned to Mr.. Scott. on course.
+;,,o ,,,,s Lost :, u,aIrun,e the mex
~ VIM
pected stranger. 1t Is Il Spiehaio 'hi!h"'
of the masculine persuasion, about six
months old and If his ;!elis.gea is as
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stand minute among IaA'F H''"S'''s"
at two hundred dollars or double that
nr;oa He is lorse for his are and as
,fIa,;Ia ,s sbosn
S,,a,I,;ac, nf this calf reminds me of an
- y, +ro rI.1 Drn,0rr,,t on fine Tar
20. I h,,n,,,,,rish +o eo,ra pa in a dis
,1'.;,,, ~ 49,. ,,,rnb disenss9d s,,biect
~. 49,, g, ,roptiamon of ,cLnnvleAneI
uto ,, 49, q ,I ;na,,o,oa st,t,s The
t-,as+;on 80 ml,,1v c"rrectIv ana then
t., r,,,E ,,nr,oso,olla and illooical
,,,,,,1,,sians F,,n, nreriscs :, nearly
;lis. th;o,- = NJ, dntv +o set tbe mat
80. fn;r,,, harnrn +he re,iinr nublic. least
-, ,,;,I,+ he 1aG astr,v
~ - .i,>s,>',,, Not has ;ona moro
and ,riYt1 W l.
~ "'a'u ~ 'r'I leg;sIa,;nn combined
Wien the D,,uory,lt speaks of each
J;fIar.nt s,rtinn of rhe corntry. asking
nrotectiou for its own particular indus try,
| 10 st,tes the ,rr,und ON which all right
eous tariff legislation rests. The true
theory of protection is TO embrace every
| American worker III whatever section OF
orr common country he NAV reside and
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Moved. and throw around him Il system
! of laws that VIII save him from the star
walton competition with the over worked.
half-fed and worse paid laborers OF the
| old continent so that our workers can
| have better houses, better clothing and
| better food than the same class can pos
sibly have over the waters. But more
| than this, that the American worker
may have the means to educate hlS cnild-
rem, which is often beyond the reach OF
| the laboring man IN most ether countries.
| The DtmocrHt employs the metaphor
of calf to describe our protected indus
tries. and broadly asserts what cannot be
proved, Wis, That the whole mass Of our
people are taxed TO produce the milk
with which to feed these calves. 1t Is
an easy matter to make assertions: to
| pioNC tiSiii 40 oiiStiii'S'' N't'i|AN''N '-'i>
often difficult His reference to IRON was
especially unfortunate for him. Under
the present tariff, which he is wont to
denounce as most oppressive, You can
buy a single horse shoe ready to nail on
your horse for five cents Il pound, when
under revenue tariffs iron was sold in
huge bars at the same and often at q
higher price, of which two men could
,.t. ! 1,,,,,
In the article of nails lie is not more for,
tunate Many years ago, perhaps in lSll
cut nails from Enrland were selling right
along and had been for years at ten cent.
per pound and often more. Congress put
a duty of five cents pound OF imp5rte,
nails Well what happened? Not wha
the Ucmocrat would lave You believe
that nails would be five cents per pounc
higher and that cohSum0 must JdY th
d0tu no sir, but nails declined in price
and under domestic competition the,
have been sold for two and a half cent.
and rarely more than three cents pc
pound by tie single key This show.
how the farmer has been taxed to suppl:
milk to feed this iron calf. The farme
paws he saws on his stockings his shirt
his coat and ever thing he wears. Wei
when man can buy stockings for tie,
cant. 50 Mir If hnar,j.rs on the ,;li,nlot,
"a t,IE aho,,t tha lu,I raisinr til, nrice
II , t,rn,o,. x,,;.l,a, to snort , inc rrap,l
hr'r.J 10th cont sucb -. eu,nosa ",
Cr,,;1,shon1, r,narc hn VIII b.,v, ia M,
,,.>,.l, Co., II ~, o,c,,7..+ or tho +,,;r I'm
c',,,,,l,so .ha,o ,nt n,,n ,.,,.n,or !, -.
th,nsand fool anmri to yvears,fch cnnl
; H., no oo, b,r, ooa+ Of Amnr;c,,
nal1n Goods inst ne oonJ marc sn,vinea
- ~, ,,,hiaI, ha ,lon,
NOT nav one cent Of dutv. h,v ma,
VIII, j,aS Maid any attention 10 the actio,
If o1r National leois1.1n,r ,lu,in.r tn
I'm. ai..,,s.;,n i f5,,iIIi,,. ,,;tl, ~. et
f,a+ of rro,action in ,ednc;nr the n,i,
~ ,,,.o.,i.tnJ .,+;nI,s
VI n: ,,t.a,' :. ,,,,r,,.+h., IN
+o,,.in3 - Iii ,,,,,a7 ,;a,t for th
n''l[;t ~ al ,,h-, ,,,.,> I,!,n,. -, With
' or,sa1 Of III aa,iaan,oi ana ;,nnrnrnt
1919 tI,a+ thora ,,n +,rn calves cn,,,
, $780,, +l I'll ,f 4l;~ ,o,ntry. On
+ : thc m,,nf,ctrrinu interest of Emo
lo,d vhich vile We no,,ris he'd il >nri,
81 ne ,.n,ri,r =, doth hy b,raIr suni,1,
;,,r ON, ,,,,,l-ats md ox+or+inG axt,,y
49, ,,,;n.s Tic ntI,ar ca1f i. tba Amer
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