The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-08-30

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READ AND PASS AROUND.
Atehison Champion.
The Democratic free trade news
papers OF Kansas for the last thirty
days have been publishing an article
winch originally appeared in the
| New York Press, aud which has
since been circulated throughout
the country, especially among
| farmers, a. campaign document,
/ by the Democratic National Com
mittee. The substance of this
| unique document il as follows:
Under this tariff the farmer rises
in the morning puts ON his common
flannel shirt taxed - per cent shoes
| - per cent, aud hat taxed ~ per
/ cent; takes the water from bucket
/ taxed - per cent, and washes his
face aud hands i'm tin bowl taxed
- per cent; dries them ON a cheap
cotton towel taxed 45 per cent.
He sits down 10 his humble meal
and eats from plate taxed 80 per
ANAAH Will u hAAAAE anu A0A n AaAEn 81
per cent, drinks his coffee with
sugar taxed Is per cent, seasons his
food with salt taxed % per cent and
pepper taxed 81 per cent.
lie looks around on his wife and
children, all taxed i'm the same way /;
takes n chew OF tobacco taxed 1879
Ier cent, or lights a cigar taxed / Is
per cent. And, sir, even the sun
light from heaven that pOurs into
his humble dwelling must come
through window glass taxed 81 per |
cent; aud yet lac thinks he lives in |
the freest government under heaven. |
Then starts TO work; puts a |
bride taxed b per cent, on his |
horses that have been shOd-the nails |
used in shOeing being taxed D per |
cent; driven by a hammer taxed ~ /
per cent-and bitches him To a pillow |
taxed IS per cent, with chains taxed |
- per cent, and after the days labor |
h closed and his family are all |
gathered around, he reads a chapter |
from his bible taxed - per cent, |
and kneels To God on "A humble |
carpet taxed 81 per cent; and then |
lac rests his weary limbs on "a sheet |
taxed - TeT cent. aud covers him |
self with blanket that has paid lOi |
per cent.
Even the broom with which his |
good wife sweeps the floor il taxed |
- per cent. and the cooking vessels |
used in preparing the husbands |
frugal meals are taxed 4 per cent; |
and the soda used 10 tighten his |
bread taxed 50 per cent. She sits |
down 10 her sewing machine with a |
needle taxed - per cent. dnd a |
spool of thread taxed - per cent. 10 |
make "A calico dress taxed - per |
cent; or If she wishes to knit "A warm |
pair OF socks Ia protect her husband |
aud children from the bitter cold |
she uses yarn taxed l3O per cent"
There has never appeared ia any |
newspaper Of any party during the
progress of any political campaign |
since the organization of the govern
ment, a more shallow and designed
Is deceptive compilation of lalse-
hoods than i'm the above.
This circular, prepared 10y un-
scrupulOus Democrats for the baSeSt |
conceivable purposes, is simply To |
make converts among farmers to |
free trade, and votes for Grover |
Cleveland, 10y making them believe,
IL possible, that the price OF every /
thing they Use is increased just the
amount OF the duty levied upon the
foreign product, aud that free trade,
10y removing the duty, would reduce
the price Of goods Just so much.
What now are the Iacts-Iacts
verified by official figures ahd ALSO
lutely indisputable:
A common flannel shirt costs i'm /
England 81 cents, with the duty /
added the cost here should be : IS.
The actual price Of that article in /
this country Is just 81.
A common suit of clothes in Eng /
land is $3.50 the duty added, the cost
here should be $3.50; but the same
suit precisely can Ice bought any
where I'm the United States for s. 80,
the same as in England.
In England common boots cost
$50 per pair aud fair ones - -.
with duty added they should cost
here from $3.50 To $40 The same
kind Of boots can be bought here
from sos 10 $50 per pair.
A hat in England costs ST cents,
with duty added il should cost $l.7s.
The same hat can be bought here for
for 81.
\ tin bowl costs ~ cents in Eng
land. IL can be had for the same
price here.
Cheap cotton towels cost less here
than in England.
The thread the farmers wives use
i'm this country can be bought pre-
cisely as cheap as anywhere in Eng
land.
Knit goods, stockings and socks,
are cheaper than in England.
All kinds OF agricultural imple-
ments are better more durable aud
cheaper here than in any 1tner
country in the world.
American cutlery, pottery and
window glass Is OHc-taird cheaper
here than in England.
Tobacco in England costs the
workman six times as much ~ il
does i'm this country.
Blankets cost here from 81 To 81
per pair. In England, for the same
quality and weight the price is pre-
cisely the same.
CalicOes can be bought i'm this
country for , cents per yard. The
duty ON calicOes il e cents.
Cotton dress goods can be had
here for 10 cents per yard. The duty
on this material is Il cents. The
American price, then, Is less than
the duty.
Hardware, such as nails, can he
had here for 81 per keg. The duty
on cut nails is $l-35 per key. De-
duct the duty-Sl -, the price of
nails in England should be - cents
per keg, when in fact nowhere on
earth can they Ice bought for less
than 81 - per keg.
Carpets, three ply, are sold in
England for 50 cents per yard. Add
the 80 per cent duty and the price
would be g3s, cents per yard, and
yet, better and handsome, carpets
than the English Of the same grade
cam be bought here for 63is cents
per yard.
Aud so, we might continue to
specify every article consumed 10y
the farmer and his family, and il
would be found that, with the eN-
ceptiOn Of sugar, a product con-
trOlled exclusively by Democratic
Trust the cost OF these articles il
not increased by the duties levied
upon them by the tariff, but that,
owing to q powerful competition
here al home, the average prices are
as low as in free trade England,
while i'm many instances the quality /
OF the article is superior to those of
English manufacture.
Thue a urnfaefivn tariff not only II