The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-12-23
IHE TARIFF OF Is46.

" tiat1 reports Major Mckinley cor.
recll, the latter IL greatly In error 90
e. the riff of lS46 The NsjOr, ike
,rotro lou generally, draws on his i'm
ag nsunr foT his facts. He says "lhe
"a Il f 1916 was speedily followed by
such dis Tess hat Democrats had to pro-
,rs r'c" All this is siEply un rue.
Auu tue fac is the Republican party,
pTlor TO The war, did not proclaim in
Nv Of protection, so popular was The
ar Il Of l846. John Sherman In those
d,y dln uut declare for protection. The
u mOcr"cV swept the country In 1862
Al d III 1856 and this shows that Gath"
an ths Major are far away from the
truth But mere is the wild extract:
Major hcKl lay. is there not some
paraiiel between the prpseDtdemand for
revision Of tn tariff anu the move
mentr which led to the free-tTade tariff
of 1892"
"Cur ariff Of '46 was speedily follow
ed sIch distress that the Democrats
htmse,Ves had to protest. President
Buchanan said In one Of his documents
thst thu reduction OF the tariff had
wOI Iked just the contrary Of what was
rxpec ed; 1t had made the people so
poor hat thsy could not buy impOrta-
tiOns, and, therefore, Jhe receipts of the
Treasury were falling off, while mean.
I me the labor In the UnIled States vas
III drplOr BILE condition. In short the
panic Of 81 WAS the result Of thu tar #
of '46 and WAS one of the causes which
brought the Republican party into
pUWrr; the slavery. question
alone might not have prevailed
III 1860 without the help of the tar if
I'D Inc distressed labOrers in cOnserya.
tive States like Pennsylvania. In those
Democratic day 8 the argument was not
what II Is 81 present; now they claim
that they want to get Tii of surplus
In the Treasury, and therefore want to
reduce the duties. The argument in
former days was that by reducing The
duties the power of America to buy from
| abroad aJ smaller prices would be in
creased, and hence the Treasury would
be- full, while corr espOndiDgly latOr
won d rlOlhe and feed itself cheaper.
he fact Is, the way to get rid of his
Treasury surplus is to ex end the free
list. Wool, for Instance, If Put on the
free list, would decrease the Treasury
surplus S. 0O00 900, but then if you re-
dHce the DUTY Oh wOOlens your Treasury
surplus Will swell through the in
creased impOrtatlOns."
Rarely have we seen such cOnglOm.
GRAFTON Of nonsense aid misstatements
as the above con aius. Free wool would
help our own wOOlleD manufactures and
hence would not swell he impor a
tirns." The panic of 1857 was a small
Uhby compared 10 that Ut 1873 under
prOtec ion. I hat of 1857 was largely he
result Of over land spt culatiOn In the
west and 'henCe manly affected he
west. He quotes President Buchanan
without giving he document or the ex
tract, 8nG We doubt the statement. Theyp
protection hobby horse gentlemen are
full Of bald assertion, In short they do
not seem to care for facts. Never has
this country see n and endured such gen
eral bankruptcy and distress as under
Republican tariff rule. Never has labor
In this land suffered as 1t has under Re
pubhc-n leI If protection. MilliOnBlres
and monopuly have increased enormous
ly under republican rule; aud paupeT-
ism al tramp have kept pace and gone
ahead with frtghtful stride'o Aud yet
hase fel Ows put on airs aud gas about
the Democratic tariff of 1846l These
fal'e lights should be put Out-Of Con
gTesS.