Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-20
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average enlargement in rates, including
that from the enlargement Of the free lis
and the abolition of ths duties on charge
and commissions, ct which the Commits
Non has aimed, is not less on the average
than 90 per cent, and it is the opinion'o
the Commission that the re
duction will reach 25 per cent
The reduction, slight in SOM
cases, in Others not attempted, is in many
cases from 40 to so per cent. The sctua
amount of the total reduction cannot b
stated with precision, partly from want o
time to make the calculations required, TO
such details in the brief period interven
ing between the final determination in par
ticular cases and the preparation of this re
mort: and there is no exact standard BY
which to estimate the amount Of reduction
in revenue, on account Of the varying
character, amount and price Of com
modities in the impOrtations Of DIFF
ferent years. If the reduction reaches the
amoupt at which the Commission haI
aimed, and if there is any truth In the oil
legation of the opponents OF the presen'
economic system, that a duty on articles
such as are produced in this country
,ghetber in manufactures or agriculture
enhances the price to the consumer, no
only of what is imported, but of the whole
domestic production, to an amount o
which the duty is u measure, the reduc
ton proposed by the Commission woult
benefit the consumer to the extent Of hun
dreds of millioos of dollars"
The miserable free traders! II Mills
proposing a reduction Of 5 per cent In on
tariff duties, is q free trader, what mus
these men have been? If Mills is tryipl
To advance the interests Of EUgland IN pro
posing his reduction what were these mel
irving TO dor They must have been try
ing to advance the interests Of CHINA
Laughter and applause This, m!
friends, is the doctrine of high protection
lists and the doctrine of a commission ap
pointed by o Republican President WIN
| will dare to call it free trade?
ALLISON ARGUES TARIFF REFoM'
Now let ME read You what one OF tn
most distinguished lights OF Republican
ism has to say. On March "a, 1871, WI
liam B. Allison said in the Congress OF tn
United States: ''Tbe tariff of 1910, 81
though confessedly and professedly o tarlf
for revenue, was, 30 far AZ regards all tn
great interests of the country, as perfect
tariff as any that we have ever had.
But may be asked how this reduction
shall be made. / think 1t should b
made upon all leading articles, or nearly
all, and for that purpose, when l can ge
an opportunity in the House, II no gentle
man does before me, / shall move that tn
pending bill be committed TO the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, with instruction.
to report a reduction upon existing rates o
duty equivalent to 20 per cent. upou ex
listing rates of duty, or n fifth rednc
ton"
GREE TRADER" JOHN SHERMAN.
Let us see what John Sherman has tt
say upon this subject. In 1872 he said IL
the Senate of the United States:
at must be remembered that the pres
ent duties taken together are far in excess
OF what they were before the war, and that
they have been three times largely IN
creased since the passage OF the Morrii.
tariff act of 1861. \
Such excessive protection not only ceases
to diversity production, but forces labor
into protected enployments. II the pre''
emit rate of duties was high enough during
and since thu war, when home industry
was hardened with heavy internal taxes,
with stamp duties, income taxes, aud high
rates on raw Naturalization surely they
are nov too high when Ill these taxes are
removed"
That is what John sherman said before
he became q high tax protectionist fol
political reasons. Is John Sherman a Tree
trader? Now I ask you can any faith be
put in the professions of Republican
leaders when you know these records
When you are told that the Democratic
party represents the interests Of England
and Eoglish free trade, ask them whom
John Sherman represented, ask them
whom Allison represented, ask them
whom Grant represented and Fo|ger and
Mccullough and Garfield and Arthur.
Gaere the orator held up o five by foul
inch card, upon which was printed th'
American and English colors, and or
which was inscribed, "Under Which
Flag ?" On this card was also printed g
lot of clsptrap free trade rot, which is be
ing genera llv circulated by the Republican
Committee
When they ask you what flag you
n-l --l ,an thnn WIN f.hf
under the stars and stripes. You tigh'
With the greatest political leaders OF thu
country. You fight for al untsxed home
against untsxed monopolists; you fight fol
cheap food and cheap clothing and cheal
blankets, against cheap whisky and to
bacco. This is your battle. The victory
will he yours, and no blatant cry of "fre'
trade" and English allies" will scare you
from the contest. [Grest applause.
II MANUFACTURERS PROTECTED.
But 20 further than that. Suppose they
admit, for the sake Of argument, that tht
reduction 10 tho tariff contemplated viii
not destroy the manufacturing interests o
the country. Still, they cry that wages
are higher in this country than in any 9th
er country in the world, and all because Of
the protective tariff. Now, you all know
that the tariff does not directly benefit thu
labor of the country. The protection is
in the first instance, to the manufacturer
It is true that because of this protection
he is able to sell his goods at a price 25,
or so, or rs, or v 100 per cent. higher
than he otherwise would have done, hui
the bulk of the money he gets goes down
into his pocket, and the only way it is tc
benefit labor, is for the workihgmar
to compel the manufacturer to put hi
hand into his pocket and voluntarily HAND
over q certain proportion of the cash he
has secured. Applause Now, we all
know that as long as human nature Is
about what it lie, labor will contrive to gel
it's share, and that's all it ever will ge
out OF the tariff.
COMPARATIVE SCARCITY OF LABOR.
If it i snot the tariff, what ia 1t that makes
higher wages in the United States than IL
Eugland, Belgium. France, or elsewh here
10 the first place, it Is because of the com
parative scarcity of labor hsre. This conn
try has 60, O00, 900 of people within it,
boundaries. Suppose We would crowd int
the space occupied by these GO, 600, OOO the
population of the entire world-abou'
l, 200 600, 600 souls-set all those people
down in the United States, and then yor
would have a population about az dens,
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