The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-14
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The above figures are taken from recent
address on the tariff delivered by Hon. j.
Q. Smith, prominent Republican, and a
farmer and wool grower of Oaklands, Ohio.
| should be glad to have Mr.. Mckinley,
another distinguished Republican, explain
these figures to the people. The statistics
above given and alluded to, show if the far
mers had increased their wealth between
1860 and 1880 as they did between 1850 and
1860 they wonuld have possessed in 1880
more than $20,0OO,O00,06O more property
than they did possess. l appeal to the far
mers of this district to awake to a realization
of what these facts and figures mean. They
mean that there is a monopolistic tendency
and purpose in this country to reduce those
engaged in agriculture to the same serfdom,
poverty, ignorance, wretchedness and con-
tempt which they have been driven to in
other countries. Will the free American
farmer, with the right of ballot, permit this
to go on or will he vote for greater freedom
and preservation of his rights? Will they
vote for still further robbery through this
system that prevents them finding market
for their products, or will they vote for its
immediate reformation, and thus widen
their market and enhance prices?
With the above facts before us it is easy
to see who has the large increase ofwealth
that Mr.. Mckinley talks about. 1t has
been taken from labor's earnings, from our
farms and from the humble cottages of the
toilers, to build marble palaces for stock
gamblers and millionaire drones.
We must have wider market for our
surplus products. Canada bars out our goods
with tariff because we bar ont hers. A
few years ago free trade was adopted be-
tween the United States and the Sandwich
Islands, because it was clearly shown that it
was to our interest to do SO. With pop
ulation of only about $4,000 people those
islands were then under high tariff, buying
of us only $3.50, 900 worth of goods year.
Now, with no tariff, and with only about
10000 people there, we are selling them
over $3,OO0,000 worth per year, and while
the former trade was carried on en-
tirely in ships sailing under the British
flag, ninety-6ve per cent, of the immense
trade of today is carried in American-made
vessels and sail under the Stars and Stripes.
What was the result with the Sandwich
Islands could be multiplied many times
over by such revision Of the tariff as would
open market for our products in Canada
and South America, and do no injury what
ever to any of the industries of the United
States, but rather, be of great benefit to
them. Such steps would also immensely
enhance our ship building interests and in
crease the consumption of coal in the carry
ing trade, as we'll as widen its market in
other new fields TO such an extent as TO be
of great benefit and pecuniary gain to the
large class of men VINO are engaged in coal
mining. Especially would this step be of
advantage to the people of this congression-
al district, being located 80 close to our
northern border and our coal deposits being
SO large and our demand for lumber SO
great.
The duty on the materials entering into