The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-03-21

carry yonF-gOods .te-f0reiga- markets,
4 they cannot be sold exceptRt IA loss, and
1 that is ~the tTOnble, X0a may 6ll a Q
American ships and send them to China
or South America, OF the West Indies, or
to the Mediterranean, and they cannot
sell a dollars worth, except OF a few
special non protected articles. Ey.
! sold at a heavy loss, and the manufae-
turer who sends such goods will soon be
bankrupt. Hence we must either sur
/ render the carrying trade In American
ships, or abolish the protective system
| which render our goods too dear Co sell
/ abroad. ''''' %. ..''''' ,h' '" h''' .
THE ENGLISH No long Err VI Want 4 Us TO AD-
~ rFoPTA LowETARIFR.
IL When In England last summer was
| astOnished In travelling over that islBnd
from Manchester to Birmingham, and
Leeds. 60 London, in not meeting any
Engllshman,whO was in favor of, ma
1 terial fednetionO OF the present American
TARIFF Formerly they were all anxious
to have eur tariff .TeduGed. 1t was al
4 legged that they sent gold over here to
bFibo Congress to reduce our tariff. U
was charged with getting, some of that
4 British gold myselffori saying, thetar-
ih ought to be redueed) Bnt ], found In
every town 4 visited, and every man
with whom l talked in newspaper Off
ces, In the cars, In the hOtels, in social
circles, the Englishmen made one uni
versaI reply ito my inquiry. to this eft
feet: "We care nothing about your tar.
| III; we don't want it cut down; we re-
tgard -itaS more protection. to us than
! youA-eYOuEh high tariff and dear manu-
factures keep you out OF all the other
ports Of the world and We have a mo-
nopOly of theIni bat II you make tariff
u ,ha =.
you would invade our markets, and conn
pete with us in every foreign port for
the sale or your fabrics. We could not
tput any more of our goods into your
| country than we do now, and would
crowd our goods out of hundred ports
where we now have. abs0lnte~ CONTROL
Thatis What theysaid to me- .I..Ne have
been over in your country in the last
| few years." said some Of them, looking
at your natural Resources. We find You
| have cheaper raw material than we can
| possibly get In this country; you grow
/ 1t yourself. You do not have to import
| IT. 1Ou have more iron ore, mOnOpO-
| ly of cotton; abundance Of wool, and
! leather, and lumber, you have cheaper
coal, and vastly more Of 1t than we have;
you have cheaper food and more of 1t.
You are q country OF overwhelming nat
| ural resources; but you have artifcially
walled yourselves out of the market OK
the world, and / hope you Wilt continue
TODD it, | said TO some of them, ;Sup.
pose we should get our eyes open-even
young puppies get their eyes open Zap
plause)Tapd, reform. the tariff, what
would You do about ftP" They replied,
"Then we would have only one thing
to do-transfer our capital, our manu-
| factories and our artisans to your c0lIn-
try, and do business under the. stars
1 and striDes" (ADDlauaaA
y" HIGH TARIFF IS IMMORAL.
| Gentlemen, 1 have now talked over
this topic so far as had, intended, with
possibly one remark further, and spol-
Ogize for occupying so much OF your
| time. lCries of go on.") That Is the
moral aspect OF this question. Our pres
ent oppressive, OnerOus, disgraceful, 1g-
n0ramus high tariff, 1aughter) has a,de-
/ moralizg influences. IT. Is an immoral
| tariff. By its excess it leads to fraud of
all kinds; false custom house invoices,
| perj1ries, bribery and corruption of Of
ficials, and Wholesale adnlteratiOn of
goods. You cannot buy a pure article,
I either imported or domestic susceptf-
BILE OF debasement that is not sh0ddy or
adulteFat edsOn account uf3the enormous
| duties thereon. l say, then, it is an i'm
moral tariff, tempting men to every spe-
| cies of evasion In the payment of duties
and in the quality Of goods. You do not
even get honest goods for the high price
You pay. You get bad, false goods and
'pay two prices. The lowering Of the tariff
to the proper level will abolish most
of that temptatiOnA tOfFaud and rascal
| ity. This ls view of the tariff reform
| question that should not be omitted by
/ honest and moral men, We have too
many evil temptations In this country
now for Congress to add to their nlm-
Der. It Is a crime ON the part of Con-
| gress to throw such temptations on inn
| pOrters and dealers and to cause the
bribery OF the revenue officials in the
| great port of New York where most of
those frauds are committed.
WHEN THE TARIFF WILL BE REMOVED.
But tthe tariff will continue substan-
TALLY as it is until the farmers and
planters Of the United States demand itB
i reform.
Tue special protected capitalist clas-
| ses of the Cities who make fortunes bV
abnormal protective taxes on you have
/ the ear of Congress while you are asleep,
or inert, OF careless; and as long as the
100000 of farmers of the United States
4 pay no attention to this subject ouor are
delnded with Che idea that Ii, is to their
interest 'tOipay two prices for their goods,
| the cOddled classes will maintain these
eXorbitant and Oppressive burdens upon
you, -and this county will continue
/ passing through shOrt-liVed, - spasmodie
'bOoms,' followed by deplOrable panics
as long as the farmers are left alone 70
furnish the export surpluses to pay fet
all the imported goods for both city and
country consumption purchased abroad.
One hand OfAInericani Industry cannot
alone maintain the National balance OF
| trade. The manufacturer must help the
| farmer to furnish goods for export, and
to do this our hot-hOuse system OF pro-
| lection must be abandoned, and freedom
kOfprOductiOn and exchangesubstituted
| But nothing substantial will be done TO
reform this abominable tariff until the
| farmer5Iije in their Strength and say to
Congress: This robbery has gone far
enough; we want q new deal,s,11 We want
to be placed on a footing OF equality
with the rest of the community. 90 We
| want these swindling burdens removed I;
we have stood them long enough
When the farmers talk I'M this way to
their Congressman, and mean ii, relief
| will be given; the fpiquities of the
| tariff will be cut and then our country
will enter upon permanent prosperity,
and good times will come to stay.
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