The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-12
A TARrFF cATEoHIsm.
Rev ., ~ Bittinger. AN Allegheny County
Republican, ON the Tariff. aIt-a

Answer-'fo put money into the pock-
ets OF the manufacturers.
2. What ia a tariff
IL IL tax,
B, Who pays this taxY
Consumers. ..-'''
4. Who are the cOnsumersY
All the people, but chiefly the poor.
5rBor whose benefit IL this tax laidi
For the benefit OF the manufacturers.
0, Who are the manufacturersY
M0neyed men and capitallsts. ,L
7. Are they large, or small part OF
the p0pulationY
Avery small part Of the people.
8. Are they the rich, or the pO0rY Y.il
Most generally the rich,
8. How IL II that 10 few persons can
get a tax put on 80 manyY
Because, ~ a general thing, they form
corporations, " ...
4 TO- OF whom are corporations gene
rally made upp %"
Corporations are, for tho most part,
made up OF the rich, for the purpose OF
making themselves richer,
II. What do such corporations tend To
bec0mep -t... zee. D..
MOnOpollea.
u, What are monopoliesY ...!.,
M0n0p0lies, or rings, are mon who
combine to ax the price OF goods, the
rate OF wages and TO fOrostall the market
10. Isn't forestalllng wrong, unlaw-
fulY
Yes, iorestalling IL unlawful,
IA, Why don't the law punish such
men, abolish rings, etcp
Because most persons don't under
stan that tariff may become, IN our
country II series OF mon0polies and
rings, ,.l.. ,-.l'.
Is, Why don't Americans believe our
tarih In malnlya huge ringY
The people don't believe IL, because
their preiadices are excited by such
catch words ~ free trade" British
gold" american industries" "flome
productions" and that the tariff raises
wages, ana helps 10 pay the public debt.
10, Does the tariff protect the labor.
or, and help pay of the national debtY
Yes; u tarilf, by making foreign goods
higher, keeps them out OF the country,
and gives our manufacturers a chance
TO sell their goods at q higher price.
IL Isn't IL an advantage TO get u
higher price for our gOOdsp
Yes; II Ia an advantage 10 the manu-
facturer but II Is no advantage 10 the
poor labOring man. The money IL taken
out Of the poor mans pocket and Is put
into the rich man'sp0cketbo0k. In this
way the rich become richer anu the
poor become poorer.
Is. But doesn't the tariff go into tho
United States Treasury, and help TO
carry on the Government and pay the
debit -'
Yes; some Of II goes into the National
treasury.
ls, Doesn't the whole tariff 40 into
TrCasuryp
No; only that which IL pald on foreign
goods, II the tariff IL 10 high aa %
shut out all foreign goods, then no tariff
money goes Into the United States Trea-
sury, The higher the tariff the ieaa
money the United States gets, and the
more the manufacturers get.
20. Whore does the tariff money 10
that don't 20 into the Treasury
All the money that dOesen't 20 into
the Treasury goes into the pockets Of
the manufacturers,
q, But II themanufacturers get all
this money, doesn't he divide with his
employer
Yes; sometimes no does. The law oh
liges me 10 pay the tariff. but II doesn't
0blige the manufacturer 10 divide his
profits with the workmen-- he
doesn't do IL, or the employees would not
30 often 20 on a atrike.
22. Don't the manufacturers say that
they don't want the tariff for themselves
but for their w0rkmenY
Yes; that IL what they say. but nj the
same time they are always talking
about reducing the w0rkmen'a wages;
how IL this2 and while always talking
about "the pauper labor OF Europe" why
are they naeing every chance 10 Intro
duce this foreign pauper into the place
OF the American workman
| 23, Don't the manufacturers want n
high tariff for the good OF the country
Yes; we suppose some OF them do, but
we don't think tho manufacturers love
the country 30 much better than the
rest OF ua do. 'u '.'..t
"a, II protectlonists don't want n
tariff for the good OF their workmen,
nor because OF their great love Of tho
country, nor for revenue purposes, what
do they want II forp - -" .'"
They want II for themselves. .
%. What kind OF u tax, then, In the
present protectioniat's tarlffp
tits the old war tax In time of peace;
| II IL a tax on the many Tor the benefit OF
the few; u Ia o tax on the poor for the
benefit Of tho rich; II is q partnership
between the manufacturer aud the Gov
ernment for tho benefit Of tho manufac-
turer. ,t
20, Would you have no tariff
Yes would have . constitutional
tariff. |.0,
27. What is constitutional tarinp
A constitutional tariff IL n tariff for
revenue. ..., .., .
%. On what should we lay such a
tariff lin.
We should lay our tariff on luxuries,
wines, silks, jewels, etc.; on what every