The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-07-12


lenses. forts, war vessels &c &c to AID
us in IL WIZ not yet dreamed OF, ana
that can never be brought upon us
by any proper State policy
They declare the party policy to be
to put such ii high tariff upon the
necessaries of life, which are manut
featured here, that foreign manu-i
facturer of that article will beprohibt
tied from importing it into this count
try.
They do this as they claim III the
interest of home manufacturers, but
what will be the effect upon the coun-
try at large? With the tariff as 1t
IS. it has already caused the forma-
ton of large trusts of combinations
of manufacturers and mOnopolles
having it in their power to raise the
price of all the necessarles OF lie TO
ruinous prices for the consumer and
laboring man. Our people have felt
the force of these "trusts" in the sud
den fiuctuation in prices. Sugar Tor
instance, and coffee, will suddenly
run up to three times the price in
few days. 1t puts it in the power OF
| a few men to dictate the price which
every man shall pay for his necessar-
les of life and does not leave it the
| subject of agreement and to be fixed
1 r. 10 s4c, 11..r.
course
This general remark applies to all
the articles which are now the subject
of taxation.
The Democrats propose to put up
on the free list all or as many as pos
| sible of the articles of every day use
and consumption SO as to bear light
| ly upon the consumer, and put up
the tax on luNuries, such as Dia-
monds, silks. satins and articles of
that character being Just and fair to
all branches of industry. They say
that in this way the cost of living
will be brought to less than half its
present amount.
We have before us now an eNhibi-
ton of the good effect reduction OF
the tariff upon an article will have
upon the consumer.
Up to within the last year quinine
was the subject of a high tariff. The
Democrats proposed to put it upon
the free list. The Republicans in Con-
gress opposed it. 1t was carried by
the Democratic party, and quinine
went down in price from two dollars
an ounce to sixty cents, and new
manufactures of the article were
started up in several parts of the
country which before that time haC
nome. Since the tax has been takeI
off matches you can purchase as
much for five cents as formerly Will
fifteen 1t is folly for the Republicans
to undertake to convince reasoning
men that this high tariff should b'
continued = riissffs-75iifilFFsafys put tie
cost Of living to such a high figure
that laboring mans wages fall for
| short in their purchasing power. 1t
seems to us that any one can see that
the cause of all the hard struggle,
man has to support his family, lies IN
the fact thatttle article he m ost needs
and must have to sustain life and es-
pecially in the matter of clothing are
under the burthen of this enormous
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levies tribute upon man for the ben.
eft of his wealthier neighbor. II
coinpeis man to pay twice as much
for an article as it is worth in order
to put money in the pockets of the
wealthy manufacturers, 1t is not
right morally. While a man as 6
member of society ought to yield Ger
tain things for the public good, YET
the whole public should not be re
CURED by any law to pay excessive
tribute to few wealthy corporations
With all the ingenuity they cal
command they can never convince I
laboring man that he ought to pa,
a New England manufacturer tel
, dollars for coat if an old Engianl
man offers him the samecoat for five
. Neither can they convince the coun
try that it is best to keep up thi
enormous accumulation and collec
ton of money from the people tt
) build war vessels, sea coasts defense
; and river and harbor improvements
We do not need them. The coun
try is at peace and will remain SO.
The Democrats propose to leav
: one hundred million dollars annual,
: in the peoples pockets. The Repuh
, leans propose TO collect it and spen'
it as above stated. That is the alb
sorbing question in this compaign
and is the living issue which divide
7 the two parties.