The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-04-10
PnuAonlNo AND PRACTICE,

Mr.. John Roach never loses an oppor'
tnnlty of shouting his great love for the
American wOrkingmen, The reports OF
Congressional committees, the Tarlh
Commission and many other public ana
private Investigations contain polished
essays from his pen demonstrating the
almost absolute necessity OF maintain
Ing Intact u tariff and commercial sya-
tenn that practically results In giving
him monopoly In his business Never
have tho praises OF American Industry
been better sung; never has the result
Of tho tariff policy been stretched to q
greater extent,
But Mr., John Roach Ia mortal, and ap-
pArently IL not able to bear In mind the
many beautiful thoughts he has uttered
on behalf Of home industry, especially
when bOlateFad up with an average tar
10 of fOrty.aye per cont, as we hnd u
ittledIscrepancy between his preaching
aud his practice, For example, the fol-
lowing sentences are taken from his
testimony before the lar!fl Commissions;
Aud | believe with Andrew Jackson
when he says. "Bnlld your factories au0
workshops close 20 your plantations ana
farms and you will confer lneatlmable
aud lnnumerable blessings on the
whole Of the American people by that
policy" DO these words mean mat we
shall take the product raised IN Tennes'
soc 20 Great Britain, $500 mllea FROM
the plantation, to reach tho taclOrlesy
or that we shall buy iron from the
mlnes 5000 10 1000 miles away and
leave the Orr undcyeloped In our own
IneXhaustlble mOunlainsy No, "
And when we have the iron shall VIZ
now leave Il In the mines undeYel0P,d
aud depend OH Foreigners 10 suppl! a
material OF 80 vast Importance 10 US,
and with no other reason 10 give Cnly
| thai we refuse 10 degrade aud crush ln'
bOfY There can be but one answer. We
must continue TO give iron the pfoiec
ton needed TO develop the vast re'
sources as yet untouched IN the nine,
Why, this interest In this country to-day
gives employment TO one sixth Of our
actual working population. #TH Shall
we leave these 100000 tons OF ore,
coal aud limestone buried In our own
soil and encourage their development In
a foreign land simply because labor Is
cheaper and consequently productions
OF all kinds CheaperY
Now Ia he the same John Roach who
admitted before the Committee OF Ways
and Means few days ago that he Inn
ported last year sixty thousand tons Of
Spanish ore 10 make iron In his blast
furnaces9 II IN the same Mr.. John
Roach; aud this Ia his reason for buying
foreign ores, In spite OF his previous
foryld dcclamatOns against such an act;
Mr., HewItt--WhOt IL that ore worth In
spainy
Mr., Roach-lt ia not worth In Spain
more than $3.50 Q ton.
Mr., llpwItt--Then its cost Stated at
s5 SOY " mostly flelght, Is Il?
Mr.. Roach no not care what II IL,
II does not 90 into the pockets OF the
wOfklngmen w this country,
Mr.. llewtt--As none Of II goes Into
the pockets Of the workIngmen Of this
country, will you tell us why you buy
foreign OreY
Mr.. ROach-My answer TO that Qpe9.
ton IL, buy II because II Is the
cheapest,
Exnctly no, Mr., ROach, and that Is
precisely why we should like the prlvi
lCgO Of buying abroad whatever we can
got there the cheapest Why should not
other people have tho same privilege
that Mr.. Roach claimsY