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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02
Playing with Figures.


People who argue with figures, like
people who lie, should have long and
ready memories. Thestoc argument of
protectionists, duly ornamented with sta
tistics, is to the effect that American
wages would fall to the level of foreign
wages if American and foreign products
were allowed to compete on equal terms;
but now comes the Press and says that
the average farm wages here have for
several years been $220 per annum, as
against $50 per annum in India. How
happens it then that American farming
is not injured by the importation of
Indian produetsg and how are American
farmers ahle to compete in European
markets with the farmers of India? The
answer must be that wages do not deter
mine the price of products. If they did
If, for example, the wages for raising
a given number of bushels of wheat in
India were $50 and $3.50 for raising the
same quantity here-India wheat would
drive American wheat out of every mar
ket in the world, including our own.
But the truth is that though the farmer
in India pays but $50 year per man for
wages. while the American farmer pays
$220, the American farmer gets good
many more bushels of wheat for the
wages he pays.-Hetry Georges Stand
ard.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

DAN RICE. the once famous clown,
is spending the summer at Long
Branch. He is changed man since
his marriage to the wealthy Texas
widow about a year ago. "My wife is
one of the finest women that ever liv-
ed" said Rice, land she is the first
person who could control me. Moody
and Sankey and many other leading
evangelists tried to reform me, but my
wife had no trouble in doing sO.-
When / married her she told me /
must not drink nor play cards, and l
have not done go" Mrs. Rice, who is
a very fine looking woman, owns the
largest ranch in Texas, situated in
Col. Tom Ochiltree's old district. Col.
Ochiltree says she is worth 81 900, 900.
and is one of the finest women in
Texas. Old Dan never looked better,
and no one meeting him would sup
pose that he was famous clown when
the majority of the men and women
Of to-day were children.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

Male spinnerS in English cotton mills
are paid $1.57 per day; in New York,
81. 81; in New Jersey, $140; in Massa,
chusetts, $l.25; in Vermont, $1.20.
Wool sorters in EaGland are paid 81. 20
per day; in North Carolina, 81 per day;
in New Jersey they get only so cents per
day.
Wages in cents paid for weaving one
pound cotton cloth; Fall River, 6.907;
Lowell, 6.S52; Providence, ga; Eng
land, 6.962.
How is the laborer protected when
Italians and Hungarians come in duty
free.
Why is it that wages in protected in
dustrles in Illinois decreased from to
35 per cent. from 1880 to 1886: Why is
it that wages in unprotected industries
in Illinois increased from 10 to "A PEI
cent. in the same period:
Why did Ohio woolen mills, in 1880
pay their operatives only 1896 per year
while Connecticut mills paid theirs $685.
Why isn't Connecticut protected against
''the pauper labor" of Ohio?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02
what Free Wool Means.

Mr.. Mills, in his great tariff speech
in the House, declared that free wool
would enable the WOODEN manufactur-
ers of the United States to conquer
foreign markets. There is no doubt
of it
The exports of manufactured WOOL
ems during the last fiscal year were
only $539 342.
The exports of cotton goods, same
period, were $l4. .929 .S42.
The exports of leather products were
ST., ,436, 1873.
There is no tax on cotton. and we
export nearly $l0,5O0, 600 Of cotton
goods.
There is no taxes on hides, and we
export nearly $lO,5Oo, 900 of leather
products.
There is tax on wool, and our ex.
ports of wooden goods amount only to
q beggarly half million dollars.
What free hides does for the leather
industry, what free cotton has done
for the cotton goods industry, free
wool will do for the great woolen man.
ufacturing industry.
And it will give cheaper and better
clothing to the masses of the people
too.
| Free raw materials means Larger
demand for labor, with better wages
and cheaper cost of living.
Down with the monopoly taxes
Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02
THINK 1T OVER.
somc Pertinent Suggestions for the Con-
sideration of the Voter.

In one of its celebrated cases the su-
preme court of the United States, speak
ing through Justice Miller, said: BE
yond a cavil there can be no lawful tax
which is not laid for q public purpose.
To lay with one hand the power of the
government on the property of the citi-
zen. and with the other hestow it upon
favored individuals to aid private enter
prises and build up private fortunes is
none the less robbery because it is done
under the forms of the law and is called
taxation"
Now, in the face of this declaration
of law, founded ON the highest equity.
let an eleetOr says the Chicago Times,
blessed with a wife and half dozen
children buy even summer outfit of
clothing for his family. Then with what
light he can get from tariff schedules,
and the treasury department will furnish
him upon application with the printed
figures, he may be able to calculate what
the present tariff tax on articles of cloth
ing is costing him, not as tax for sup
port of the government but as tribute
to greedy manufacturers or to greedier
wool growers, who insist that every
body shall pay them bounty for raising
sheep. If the extra and unnecessary
payment on account of a summer outfit
for his family opens his eyes to the ef-
feet of our tariff policy upon the fruits
of his labor let him reflect what the
added cost will be because Of this un
just levy upon his purchase Of winter
outfit of elOthing for that same family
While in the mood for reflection let him
consider that the rent he is compelled to
pay is the greater because the tariff tax
on materials entering into the construc-
ton of dwellings, iron. lumber. glass,
ETC., increases the cost of the roof tree,
aud he may reach the conclusion that
the policy of putting high tax on the
necessaries of life and letting tobacco
and whisky go free is one which may
benefit some other man but certainly
works injury to him.
The head of a family may use whisky
and tobacco, but a wife worthy to be
the mother of half a dozen children is
not addicted to consumption of these
articles, and the hall dozen children
certainly do not use them. But the man
himself, as we'll as all his household,
must have the shelter of roof and the
decency. comfort, and protection of ad-
equate clothing. Why should the neces-
saries be heavily taxed while the articles
of optional use best dispensed with go
free of taxationI The answer will be
that the protected manufacturer takes
care of the rest of the country, distrib-
uting the results of governmental regard
for him among his fellow citizens. The
reply is a falsehood on the face of it.
The protected manufacturer imports
cheap European labor and when it suits
his purpose locks out all his employees.
Take Chicago iron manufacturer for
illustration. He has summer villa. a
town nQlaoa ri Uallorv annox
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02
MANTUA.

Correspondence.
Mrs. VIM. Ketchelman died Wed.
nesday morning of last week, after a
severe sickness of several months.
Her funeral was held In the M E.
Church at Garrettsville on Friday.
Miss Helen Crosby, of Nelson, is
visiting Mrs. Hfne.
Miss Emma Todd, of Pennsylvania,
is visiting her old friends here
Rev. q. L. Norris has returned from
his visit to his parents in the southern
part of the State.
The NJ. E. Sunday School of the
Station, with the Sunday Schools o.
GarIettsville, will hold q basket picnic
in the Atwater grove, at the Station
August Z. The Schools of Mantu
Sire tsboro and Shslersville have beel
invited. There will be good speakers
aud plenty of music in attendance
Let everybody turn out and have
good time.
The above will be in connection
With Sunday School Institute to t.,
held in the NJ. E. Church, beginnin;
the evening of the 7th, continuing tn
sth, and will be rich treat to Sabbatl
School members.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02
Looking for a Failure OF Natural
GaS.

PITTsBURG, Pa, July 25.-Selwynn
Taylor, a local mining engineer and
coal expert. thinks natural gas is Civ
ing out. He says: "Within two years
at furthest, coal lands will he selling
for what they were considered worth
before natural gas was thought of.
This will he due largely to the failure
of the gas fields to supply the demands
made upon them. Gas. like oil, will
in time exhaust itself. New fields may
be opened, but taking all in all, think
the outlook for coal was never SO bright
since natural gas came in use. 1t is
not published, but all the large gas
fields are playing out. Murraysville
has seen its best days, and all the wells
in the Beaver and Ohio valleys are go
ing. The prospects for Fields large
enough to take their place are not
bright by any means. The big natural
gas companies recognise this as fact,
and are expending thousands of dol
lars on process for making fuel gas.
This is significant In my Judgment
two years will see an end to natural
gas as fuel This opinion has caus
ed considerable uneasiness among the
| holders of natural gas stock.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

To BE continued-Grover Cleveland |
IN. Y. Star.
GEN. ALaER wound up his visit to
the Republican headquarters in N. Y.
city last Thursday. by giving the
committee his check for 800. 900 for
campaign pdrposes. No taint of boo
die in this, we infer.
A FUSION of the Michigan Demo
Gratis and Greenbackers gives Cleve
land and Thurman more than an even
chance on the electoral vote of that
State. 81
KINGSTON LEADER: For President
the Ghost of 1910. For Vice Presi-
dent-the Substance of Wall street.
Platform-We'll make China out Of
this fair land.
THE Wheeling Intelligencer, the
chief organ of the Republican party
in West Virginia, says: The free
whisky plank is in the PLATFORM and
cannot be lied out of it. No Republic
can newspaper anywhere should deny
it,"
COURIER JOURNAL: OF the total
value of real and personal property in
this country, the farmers.in 1856, own
ed 1851 per cent in 1860, 49 80 per
cent; in 1870. 81 per cent; in 1880.
27.74 per cent. Down with the war
tariff.
IN spite of the popular belief, it isn't
true that the rain falls alike on the
just and the unjust. The just general
ly get the most of the shower because
the unjust have cody walked off with
their umbrellas -[Detroit F ee Press
Mr.. AND Mrs. GLADSTONE celebra
ted their golden wedding last Thurs
day. Testimonials in the shape of
of letters, kilograms and presents pour
ed in upon them by hundreds. The
couple were given a reception at the
residence of Earl Spencer, and pre-
scented with portraits of themselves,
three large silver cups, and an address
BiB1eU Dy Ouc AuAOI6u Alu MY tucLl
bers of Parliament.
A BILL passed the Senate few days
since to reimburse the depositors oi
the Freedmen's Bank. which, under
Republican management, stole 81 900
600, mostly from colored depositors-
merely an incidental illustration of the
solicitude and regard of that party in
behalf of the colored people.
CLAMoRING for unrestricted traffic
in whisky, retention of tax on the
essentials of life, and endeavoring to
relegats the enlightenment of the day
to the era of log cabins and hard cider
is wholly in keeping with a party
whose chief use for the American flag
: 10 that of nose wiping-an Original
and wholly unique method of man
ifesting devotion to the starry EN-
blem of the free in which the g.o.p
takes pride.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

Practical VS.. Theoretical Ideas on
Stree Trades, as em bod ed IN the
Question of Tariff REFORM.
Our Republican friends are given to
that all advocates of material
or reduction of the tariff are
mere theorists, lacking In practical
stamina. in their premises and deduc-
tions. That practical experience is
not wholly in the line of advocacy of
protective duties, is shown in the fol-
lowing unanswerable argument in fa-
vor of reduction as affecting one of
our leading industries. George A.
Macbeth, of Pittsburgh, at the head of
the largest flint .glass misunderstanding
establishment in the United States,
in a communication to the Pittsburgh
Commoner and Glass Worker, defines
his position as follows:
Now let me explain to you some
thing about the tariff as it affects US,
We hear on this subject a great deal
about theory. j have been an out and
out free trader on principle for eight
cen years. and the more experience l
have, the more | am satisfied that is
the correct system. I will explain as
briefly as possible practical case.
First, clay which goes into pots, Ii my
memory serves me right, pays a duty
of So per cent this clay is not found
in this country. Next, the lead we
use pays a duty of II cents per pound, !,
1t hSs been " cOrnered for year.
Next, the potash we use pays 20 pei
/ Il hnl ic
enough of 1T made in this country to
supply one-tenth of what We use
Next, soda ash pays q duty of one
quarter cent per pound this is a small
item with US, as we use SO little of 1t
Take these items on the quantity We
use per week and it will not run shOr'
of $3.50 This increases the cost of oul
goods Just exactly that much. to say
nothing of the increased cost of Othe
items affected by the tariff l can Sc,
nothing in this 10 help labor; and yol
must confess that it is against labor
Now, taking all these things togethe
under the present tariff Il have no
seen a COPY of the Mills bill and d,
not know what effect it will have), W
could build factory in Germany cost
ing half the money that it costs here
pay the As per cent. on the goods an
underseIl any manufacturer in til
t United States making the same quail
: ty of goods. You doubtless know tha
the quality of the chimneys brougtl
!. here from foreign countries are all
I the cheapest and made of the mos
inferior grade of glass. We do nc
compete with them any more than W
. compete with the common line of glas
made in this country; no more tina
. steel competes with iron. You ma
, call this Democrat" - PenDsylvani
treason" or what not, but l leave it
any sensible man if it is not commo
7 sense, and plain business proposition
1 have no fear of free trade, but 1 81
afraid that some day the small part
/ of the United states outside of Penn
4 sylvania will get their eyes opened an
make such short work of the tariff 1
4 to make commercial crisis-in plat
! of doing away with it gradually. Tt
J. scaffold will come down in heap.
r Mr.. Macbeth, although Republ
can, it will be observed is not sta
+ wart advocate of protection as en-
a bodied in the platform of his party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02
Political Straws,

The Providence, (R. I.) Journal,
Republican, has come out for Cleve.
land and Thurman.
The Wilmington Democrat rcords
the fact that John Fisher, of New An.
tioch, Clinton county, has renounced
his allegiance to the Republican party
and will support Cleveland.
In Indianapolis q club, which start
ed off with membership of $50. and
to be composed exclusively of former
Republicans, has been organised to
oppose the election of Harrison.
AT recent meeting of the First
Ward Republican Association of
Brooklyn, six prominent members
followed the example of ex-Mayor
Low, and rendered their designations.
The Labor b gnal, the representa-
tive paper of its class in indiana, states
that out of its 200 labor exchanges,
only one supports Harrison une quivo
cally, about d, zen are non commit.
tai, and the rest are outspoken against
him.
II. w. Scott, the colored editor of
the Cairo Qll.) Gazette, says that the
Democratic National ColOred League
has membership of 20 900, and will
receive many more before the CAM
paIgn closes
Frederick A. Benjamin of Hartford, ,
Conn, was Lincoln elector in 1860,
and has acted with the Republican
party ever since. He will vote for
Cleveland and tariff reform in Novem-
ber.
J. Il. Murray, railroad official at
st. Louis, says he is disgusted with
the ticket his party put up at Chicago,
and will support the Cleveland elec.
tors, though he will vote the Republi-
can State ticket.
Hon. II. A. Orth, of Indiana, son of
ex-COngressman Orth, a prominent
Republican, says Ben Harrison will
lose Indiana by 900 majority. The
reasons for this opinion are: Harrison
is not liked by the Germans, and the
Labor vote will be largely against him.
In the Eastern States we have the
Independents of Massachusetts, in line
side by side with the old Democracy,
under one standard. In New York
the entire Independent press is active
for Cleveland, and there is q new and
very formidable secession from Re.
publicanism the whole country over.
The Darby Independent and Morton
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

WHILE the decision of the New York
Federal Court that Trinity Church
must pay fine of 81 900 for importing
an English rector must be considered
in the light of protective tariff on
American clergymen, yet the duty is
much smaller than anything that goes
in the Mills bill. The rector's salary
is $40. 600, and he could pay the fine
himself. with loss of only five per
cent. ad valorem, on one year, and go
ON the free list sooR afterward. We
pay q tax of more than eight times
that on our clothes every year.-[Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

to knock out" the whole town. The
first man he hit happened to be our
Englishman, Mr.. Heritage, a quiet,
inoffensive, hard.working man, who
does not allow himself to be imposed
upon. The result was that the origin
ator of the disturbance soon found
himself in the hands of the constable
much the worse for wear. The next
thing we want is cage where we can
secure our wild beasts until they be
come tame.
Miss Inez Mcleod, of Youngstown,
is visiting her cousin Bessie Wilson.
Harvey House left on Monday last
for Geauga county, where he will can
Vas for a book. His headquarters will
be at Auburn Corners, where friends
can idress him.
An infant son of Mr., and Mrs. AL
bert House died on Thursday last. The
funeral was held at the residence of A.
Fl. House on Friday, at p. M. Mr.
E. K. Hoskin made some very appro-
pirate remarks upon the occasion, and
the remains were buried in the west
cemetery.
Mr., L. d. Gray is quite sick with
bilious complaint. but slowly improv-
ing.
The whooping cough has got a good
hold of us, and those who have not be
fore improved the opportunity will
now be expected to "whoop 'er mp" in
the good old fashioned way.
The Farmers Club had an interest
ing meeting on Saturday evening
The principal subject of discussion
was hcw to plant potatoes. This wa.
talked of at cOns iderable length an,
different Opiniens advanced. We sin
cereiy hope the Club has come to sta,
this time.
Well, the o. B. dance has come an,
gone, leaving the Society about 50
better of. The members desire t,
thank all of their friends who so kind
, ly assisted them, thereby helping +
make the affair q grand success.
NOTES.
We understand the constable bea
one man clear down In Rootstown!
Nice ice cream? Yes, of course. Mr.,
7 A. A. Barber made 1t.
:. We found two or three boys VIII
had not had any cake fora year.
Everybody wanted an introductio
= to the Ravenna dude.
r Mr.. Corns says the platform was Nc
s large enough.
73 dance tickets, 10 gallons of il
cream, and 6 gallons of lemonade wei
sold.
A few pocket pieces (?) were pieke
up next morning, which the own,
y can have by proving property.
- With what alacrity they started f,
y the platform after eating that co
is cream!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

by the act of June Is, 1880. to pay the
excess to such parties or their legal
representatives.
Speaker Carlisle declined to attend
the meeting of the Piedmont CHATEAU
qua at Atlanta, Ga. He says he will
take pleasure in making political
speech in the state, later.
A bill establishing land court for
the settlement of private land claims
in Colorado and New Mexico, has been
passed by the House.
Mr.. Springer had his Oklahoma bill
up this week. but did not succeed in
getting it to vote.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

The Springfield. Mass. Republican,
a Republican paper of high standing.
says: Tariff revision is Mr.. Cleve-
lands gift to the campaign. And the
answer is an unprincipled cry of Free
Trade One might as well accuse a
man of proposing TO disrobe because
he takes off his overcoat in warm
weather as to assume that 10 per cent
reduction of duties means 100 per
cent. reduction. 1t is this kind of
captious criticism that offends people.
The traffic in false colors, as evidence
sof loss of faith and lack of trust in
the power of honesty and virtue, is
&he thing that threatens the party and
multiplies independence"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

that some existing fortunes may thereby
suffer impairment, but the general well
fare will be promoted by the extent to
which a needless surplus congestiug the
treasury shall be left in the pockets of
the taxpayers. And who are the tax
payers2 1t is pernicious and unwar-
ranted assumption of wealth that it
alone pays taxes. Wealth, on the con-
trary. manages in large measure to evade
taxation. Does the owner of a house
occupied by tenant pay the taxes
charged against the renityt The tenant
pays it. The owner means TO have per
centage on his Investment and to recoup
himself for tax charges and insurance
charges. The householder, then, is
tax, payer. All taxes are passed along
until they reach the consumer. Who
pays the whisky tax, federal and localf
The distiller7 He adds the tax to the
price of his product and thus makes
himself whole. The consumer of whis-
ky ultimately pays the tax on whisky.
So with all taxed articles, taxed salt,
taxed iron, taxed lumber, taxed wooden
fabrics--the consumer pays. Every pro-
ducer is to the extent of his consump-
ton a taxpayer When he pays for
rent he pays taxes When he buys cloth
ing for himself or his family he pays
taxes. When he pays for drinks he pays
taxes. When he pays for tobacco he
pays taxes. But the taxes he pays for
whisky and tobacco go into the common
exchequer, whereas the part of the tax
he pays when he pays his rent, as all of
the tax he pays when he buys clothing
of domestic make, goes to fortunate in-
dividuals who have persuaded congress
| that they should be specially the object
| of governmental aolicitude
The preachment that the government
| should take care of the rich and that the
| rich will take care of the poor operates
handsomely for the benefit of the rich
| and unhappily to the detriment of the
poor. A protective tariff leaves the la
borer in the lurch. High taxation al
the custom houses is said by the pro
tects to be blessing. 1t will be found
upon examination to be a curse.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

Chronicle. Pennsylvania papers here
tofore Republican. have come out Hat
footed for Cleveland and tariff reform:
Charles F. Serrill, chief burgess of
Darby, and James McGahrey, tex
tile worker. both heretofore ardent
and energetic Republicans. are at the
head of a movement of Republicans
in that section to support Cleveland.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: The argu.
7nent that high duties on the necessa
1ies of life make higher wages, and
therefore benefit the workingman.
would suit equally well the theory that
an inflated currency and war expenses,
increasing the price of everything,
made the country more prosperous in
1855 than ever before or since.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-02

ST.. LOUIS Posi- DISPATCH High
protection newspapers argue that the
prices of the articles protected by the
tariff are no higher than they would
be should the tariff be reduced or re,
moved. OF what good, then, is the
tariff? Ifit does not enable manufac-
turers to get better prices for their
goods, why not reduce it to revenue
basis?