Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
BLAINE AND COMBINES.
lingo Jim szuIiiEan's Latest Direct, Clea,
UneQuivocal Lie.

lingo Jim Hu1liHan's Latest Direct, Clear,
UneQuivocal Lie.
Take the Mills pill. that the House or its
commlttee had under consideration for seven
months, IN which they were seeking to do the
most radical things with our revenue laws that
they dared That bill. after its seven months
tncucafion, left the House containing forty
one sections. sixty-seven octave pages, more
tna1 l,b00 lines and IS 900 words, and it does
not contain q section or line, or word, or
syllable relating, directly indirectly, or In
any way Whatever to trusts. The zeal with
which the President started OF to saddle the
whole OF the unpopularity Of trusts on the
protective tarin and upon the Republican
party SENS not even to have been heard of In
Congress.
These words are from Blaine's latest
deliveranee in support of 50 trusts"
There seems to be no occasion to
mince matters with this man. His
statement quoted is a direct, clear, un-
equivocal lie. In the speech from
which the words quoted are taken,
Blaine had something about ga class
of editors who think that contrad ic-
ton means argument, and that impu-
dent denial will take the place of sober
fact. "
Contradiction on the part of Blaine
will not serve the purpose of ar
gument any more than it will an
swer for any .class of editors" and
''impudent'' assertion does not lose one
whit of its impudence because it comes
from beaten and dishonored candi-
date for President.
The Mills bill does directly relate to
trusts. 1t deals with them so vigor-
ously that the trusts and their repre-
sentatives in Congress fought it at
every stage of its progress and are
lighting 1t still in the columns of Re-
publican newspapers and in one New
York newspaper which has tried to
defeat two Democratic candidates for
President, and falsely flying Demo-
cratic colors, is bound up to trusts this
year Here are the "sober facts
which we put against the 80 impudent
denial of Blaine:
!. The steel rail trust is now protected by
tax of seventeen dollars a tor. The Mills
Dill reduced the tax to eleven dollars.
The nail trust Is now "protected'' by
lax OF one and one-Quarter cents pound. The
Mills bill reduces the tax to one cent.
3. The iron nut and washer trust is now
protected" by tax of two cents pound
The Mills bill reduces the tax to one and one
half cents pound
e Inc OarDeQ-Wlre renee trust Is "
tected' by .. tax of six-tenths of cent a
pound The Mills bill reduces the tax to four
tenths of a cent.
8. The copper trust is now protected" by a
tax of two and half cents a pound. The
Mills bIi puts copper on the free list.
Z. The lead trust is now protected" bv a
tax OF one and half cents pound. The Mills
bill now reduces it to three-fourths of cent
q The slate pencil trust is now protected"
by tax OF thirty per cent ad valorem. The
Mills bill reduces the tax to twenty rer cent
g. Tae uick.e trust is now protected" by
tax OF fifteen cents pound. The Mills bill re-
duces the tax to ten cents.
g. The zinc trust is now protected" bv a tax
OF two and one-ha1f cents q pound. The Mills
bill reduces the tax to two cents.
10. The sugar trust is now protected" by |
taxes averaging eighry-two cents on the dollar. |
The Mills bill reduces the taxes to sixty-seven
cents on the dollar
IL The oii-cloth trust is now protected c<by
taxes Of forty per cent. ad valdrepc THE Mills
bill reduces the tax 70 twenty-five per cent
2The jute dust Is now protected ,, bv |
--epeaf of<otty per cent. ad valorem The Mills |
bill puts jute bags for grain on the free list, |
and reduces the tax on bagging for cotton to
three-eights cents pound.
ID The cordage trust is now protected - by |
tax OF thirty per cent. ad yalorem. The Mills
bill reduces the tax to twenty-five per cent
Il The paper envelope trust is now pro
tected" by q tax of twenty-five per cent ad
valorem. The Mills bill reduces the tax to
twenty per cent.
Is. The gutta percha trust Is now "pro-
tected" by tax Of thirty-fye per cent ad va
loren Toe Mills bill reduces the tax to thirty
per cent.
1s. The castor-on trust is now protected .
by a tax of eighty cents . gallon. The Mills
bin reduces the tax to forty cents gallon.
II. The linseed-oil trust is now protected
sby tax of twenty-five cents a gallon The |
Mills bill reduces the tax to fifteen cents |
gallon.
10. The cottonseed-oil trust is now spro-
tected" by tax Of twenty-five cents gallon |
The Mills Dill puts oottonseed oil on the free
list
y 10. The borax trust ID now protected /" by |
tax OF i've cents Q pound on borax and boracic |
acid three cents on crude borax and borate |
of lime and four cents on commercial boracic
acId. The Mills bill puts all of these on the |
free list
20. The ultramarine trust ia now protected" |
by o tax of five cents q Found The Mills bill |
reduces the tax to three cents.
Here are twenty specific cases in
which the Mills bill deals directly
with as many trusts, the existence of
each one of which is, we believe, ne
torious fact We do not claim that the
list above is complete. It will suffice
as ''sober fact" against Blaine's 'im-
pudent denial and viii serve to show
that Congress both heard and needed
the following words of President
Cleveland's message concerning trusts:
In speaking of the increased cost to the con-
sumner of our home manufactures, resulting
from duty lad upon imported articles Of the
same description, the fact Is NOT overlooked
taat competition among our domestic pro-
ducers sometimes has the effect of keeping the
price Of their products below the highest limit
allowed by such duty. But It il notorious that
this competition is too often strangled by COM
o:nations quite prevalent at this time, and
frequently called trusts which have for their
object the regulation of the supply and price
OF commodities made and sold by members of
the combination. The people can hardly hops
for any consideration In the operation of these
selfish schemes The necessity of combination
to maintain the price of any commodity to the
tariff point furnishes proof that some one Is
willing to accept lower prices for such COM
modify, and that such prices are remunerative;
and lower prices produced by competition
prove the same thing Thus where either Of
these conditions exist, a case would seem to be
presented for an easy reduction of taxation.-
Albany On. ~ argus.
POLITICS AND TRUSTS.
No Less Than Twenty Combines Directly
Affected by the Mills Bill.
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