Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-11-01
Election tuesday, Nov. 9th.
SEVEN TINES SEVEN.
THE REDUCTION BY THE MILLS BILL
MORE Than SEVEN PER CENT.

The Democratic campaign documents
make much, says the Cleveland Leader,
of the exploded falsehood that the Mills
bill only reduces the tariff per cent.
''How can the Mills bill be free trade
bill, " they ask, "when it only reduces
the tariff per cent.s''
The Mills bill abolishes entirely the
tariff on wool, which we produce to the
extent of 300, 900, 900 pounds annually,
and to the value of $50, ,O00, 900 annually.
Certainly this is not per cent. reduc-
tion. 1t is 100 per cent. reduction!
The Mills bill abolishes entirely the
tariff on salt, which we produce annually
TO the value of s., 600, 900, 80 per cent. Of
which is paid out for wages This is not
1-per cent. reduction. 1t is 100 per
cent. reductiouI
The Mills bill abolishes entirely the
tariff on lumber. which We produce to
the value of $3.50, 900, COZ annually,
I giving employm mt to over POO, 900 men.
This is not per cent. reduction. 1t is
100 per cent. reduction
The Mills bill abolishes entirely the
tariff on flax, hemp and other vegetable
fibers, which we consume and largely
produce to the value of $15, 00Q, 900 annu-
ally, This is not Z per cent. reduction.
1t is 100 per cent. reduction!
The Mills bill absolutely abolishes the
tariff on thirty-five of the principal arti-
cles on the chemistry list-articles that
we produce annually to the value of over
$5,OO0,OO This is not per cent. re-
duction. 1t is 100 per cent. reduction!
The Mills bill absolutely abolishes the
duty on tin plates and cotton ties, which
We consume to the extent of $50, 600, 600
tons annually, This is not per cent.
reduction. tits 100 per cent. reduction
designed to establish free trade in all
kinds of sheet iron.
The Mills bill absolutely abolishes the
tariff on fifty other important articles that
we annually produce to the value of
many millions of dollars. This is not q
per cent reduction. 1t is 100 per cent.
reductiOnl
The Mills bill entirely abolishes the
tariff on articles of home production that
we consume, and almost wholly produce.
to the value of not less thai - 20, 900, 00O
annually! This is not per cent. reduc-
ton. 1t is 100 per cent. reduction. 1t is
absolutely free trade On these products.
The Mills bill reduces the tariff on GER
tain kinds of ear:henware that we pro-
duce to the value of s., ,000, 900 annually,
from S6 to Ga per cent. This il not
per cent. reduction. 1t is from FIVE to
nine times per cent!
The Mills bill reduces the tariff on
galvanized iron and steel plates from 81
to G8 per cent; ON cast iron pipe, 40; on
railway fish plates, Sc; on rivets, bolts,
axlcs and tools, 40; on boiler tubes, 50;
on steel rails, p; on other irons too
numerous to mention, 20 to % per cent.
We produce the particular kinds of iron
and steel on which these reductions are
made to the value of 5000, OC0, 900 annu-
ally. This is not Z per cent. reduction.
1t is from three to twelve times Z per
cent
The Mills bill reduces the the tariff on
wooden goods, which we produce to the
value of $500, 600, 900 annually, from 81
to so per cent. This reduction Of four
to seven times per cent.
The Mills bill reduces the tariff on
paper and paper goods, that we produce
to the value of 500, 900, 600 annually,
from 20 to 100 per cent. This is three to
fourteen times per cent.
Here are manufactured goods that we
produce to the value of over $3.50, 600, 600
annually, the protection of which is re-
duced an average OF 80 per cent. by the
Mills bill, or seven times per cent
Here are industries whose products
aggregate nearly, if not 81, ,000, 600, 900
annually and give remunerative employ
ment to more than 1000, 900 men that
the Mills bill would virtually destroy
by establishing free trade In One-haf
of them and reducing the tariff on the
remainder an average Of SO per cent.
The statement that the average reduc-
ton of the tariff by the Mills bill is only
Z per cent. is deliberate falsehOoj.
Hundreds of articles are reduced Can
any body find q dozen of these
articles on which the reiucaon
is as small as Z per cent? Can
any body find fiveS Can even one
be found on which the reduction is small
as that? We challenge any free trader,
or any protectionist TO find even onel
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