The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-28
day. He said: Now that he has got
$4,000 or $50, 900 he'll want the earth
That will settle him."
THB ONLY PROTECTED AMERICAN La.
BORER.
springfield Register

II
The republicans of the United States
| senate, and to their shame be it said, six
| democrats, voted to reimpose the tariff
tax of Sc 90 per l, 600 feet upon pine lum-
Der By this vote they levy a contribu-
ton upon the people of the entire country
| for the benefit of a few lumber kings of
Minnesota, Wisconsin Maine and Michi-
gan. John A. Logan. of this state, was
one of the number who have thus been
| laying heavy burdens upon the backs of
the people. He and other friends of the
| monepolists pretend to be actuated by q
desire to protect the workingmen who
| labor in the pineries and saw mills of the
states named This is a mere pretext--
not having an iota of fact for its founda-
ton. The workingmen who cut trees
and saw lumber in Canada receive as high
wages as those who perform the same la
Dor in Michigan or Wisconsin; and yet
lumber is cheaper on the Canada side of
the line by at least the amount of tax levi
ed by the tariff This extra $500 per
1000 feet which the people are made to
pay for the lumber they usesin every shape
goes into the pockets of the few men who
.nonopolize the business in this country.
The people of Illinois should remember
that Logan is not their friend. but the
friend of the lumber kings. That the
Register may not be accused of charging
that no one; is benefited by this tariff
upon lumber but the few lumber
monopoiists, here is what Mr. Blanch
ard. Michigan lumber dealer,
publicly SAYS on this point:
/ am high tariff on lumber, but low tariff
on salt, copper, iron. wool, cotton, leather,
glass, etc I will tell you why. l own
timber lands and sell stumpage; besides /
operate largely myself, and this tariff puts
money into nv pocket. get 50 per LOCO
more for my stumpage, ana So per 200
more for my boards. / have just sold
5,000.00o. of lumber for $16.50 per 1000
mill run. a pretty good price. Voices:
That's so, that's so. u Well | think So
too. But for the tariff / should not have
got so much by So a thousand. Now So
thousand on 100000 is just $4,000 |
That is the difference to me in one oper-
alton between high tariff and free |
lumber: / am high tariff on lumber, |
am.
The blessed tariff. they tell us, is all for
the benefit of the American laborer. |
What do you suppose | did with the &c. |
600? Divide it among my workmen? |
Not bit of it. l put it right into this old |
calfskin wallet / did. OF all my workmen |
| am the only protected American laborer |
Wages depends on supply and demand, my |
trends. and not on tariff tales. When you |
see two men after one boss wages are low, |
but when you see two bosses after one /
man wages are high, and that is the whole |
of 1.-THE theory, principle and practice, |
People of Illinois, do not forget that you
are made to pay hundreds of thousands of /
dollars annually to enrich the lumber
by the votes and influence of
John A Logan and the republican party |
Your houses. your barns, your fences, your
your streets, all cost your vast
y more than they would if il was not for
he tariff tax ON lumber And not cent |
goes into the pocket or the workingman. |
Mind that!