The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-01

anu ne was TOO nOnesb u man 10 make SuCn
false pretense. Well, what said Prcsi-
dent Arthur He was good Republican.
In his annual message to Congress In 1899
or 1885, ho said: II recommend the en-
largement Of the free list That Is, all
goods that pay no duty, so as to include
within 1t the numerous articles which yield
inconsiderable revenue, simplification of
the complex and inconsistent schedule OF
duties on certain manufactures, particu-
larly on cotton, iron and steel, and sub
stantial reduction on those articles and
upon sugars, molasses, wool and wooen
goods" Well, that is precisely what the
Democrats are striving to do. That is pre-
cisely what tho Mills bill, as 1t is called,
attempts to do. And yet those gentlemen
who arc bowling around about the beauties
of protection and the ruin the Democrats
are bringing on the country tell you that
this thing which President Arthur recon-
monded only so recently is nothing In tho
world but free trade.
AIMS OF THE MILLS DILL.
Tho Republicans are more afraid of free
trade than they are of rattlesnakes.
Laughter They are terribly alarmed
less they should be bitten by free trade.
[Renewed laughter and cheers Now, 80
far from this Mills bill being free trade,
the most striking thing about it is that it
is the most modest reduction of tariff
duties that has almost over been attempted
in this country. The average duties levied
under the present tariff are AZ per cent
Under tho Mills bill the average duties
will be only about 40 per cent. A mere re-
duction of z per cent. on all the duties
taken together OF course there are some
things upon which tho duties are reduced
more. For instance, duties taken off q
number of articles called raw materials
which are used by the manufacturers in
their work in the fabrication of their prod
uct. And as they receive this great
benefit OF having their raw materials free
or at a comparatively small duty, the bill
wisely provides that articles manufact-
ured by them when brought into the coun-
try shall pay lower rate of duty than
they did before but that is nothing more
than compensation for taking off the duty
on raw materials. President Garfield
said in the House of Representatives
on March 10, 1871: 81 was sur
prised at the remark of the distin-
guished gentleman from Michigan n don't
know who that distinguished gentleman
was but he was a Michigander.1 He as
sorted that there is no item in the whole
tariff that stands alone on its own merits,
but that 1t must all be taken in a lump in
order to stand" He was q high protection
ist, this Michigan man, so he said there was
no item in the whole tariff (and there are
1000 and odd items in it on which q tax is
levied) that could stand on it's own merits,
and it was necessary to take them into q
lump entire 50 that they might stand. He
meant that coal must take salt by the hand
and they must take something else by the
hand and that all the interests should unite
their forces before they could make stand
before the country. This Michigander
came from log country, I expect, and was
in favor of log rolling and log rolling on
the largest kind of scale. He believed
that the man who wanted protection on
one article should log roll with one who
wanted protection on another, and thus,
by all uniting together and making one
grand syndicate or pool, force the measure
through the Congress ofthe United States.
What said Mr.. Garfield! "If this remark be
true it strikes blow at the whole tariff
system, a blow 1 am unwilling to strike I
am unwilling to admit that bad taxes must
be tied to good ones and thus be kept afloaA
think it unwise to continue this duty
on coal-they were then talking
about coal-and 1 am, therefore, in
favor Of its repeal" There is another
thing to which wish to call your atten-
tion. They say all at once-I say all at
once, because it is a very late doctrine
those advocates of protection are all at
once seized with wonderful solicitude
for the laboring-men of the country, and
they want high-pro tective tariff, not to
benefit capitalists, not to benefit the
monopolists, not to benefit the mnnufact-
urer, according to their statements, but to
benefit the laboring- man. He is tho man
thcytseek to protect. Well, how are they
IN m
protective tariff will better his condition
and give him more wages. would like to
know how that can be; would like to know
how taxing laboring man on every thing,
from the crown of his head to the soles of
his feet, for that is exactly what this tariff
does, Is going to enrich himl This pro-
tective tariff taxes him on tho hat he
wears, on the coat he wears, on his shirt,
on his necktic, his underclothes, his vest
his breeches and his stockings and his
boots Laughter.l 1t raises the price on
every thing, and taxes the poor man until
he can hardly make enough money, even
If he can get few cents day more
wages, to support himself and his little
family, il he have one. And yet they say
that this is for the benefit of the laboring-
men, My friends, that is a very bald
faced thing, il there ever was ono in the
world. But there is another thing about
it. How is he to get those high wages. He
is to got them because his employer, tho
capitalist or the monopolist, will make
more money and therefore can afford to
pay his employees or hired men higher
wages than they were paid before. Iagree
that he can. agree that the protective
tariff will increase his profits. l agree
that he might, having this increased profit,
pay his labOring men more than he did
before. But does he do ita That is the
question. Cries of @No," "sNo."] Did you
ever know him to do It'll [Cries Of @No,"
4Never."l The tariff has been raised again
and again. 1t was immensely raised by
the act of 1861 or 1852, forget which OF
these years. 1t was raised in few years
again, and again and again, and yet in all
that time have never been able to find
tho manufacturer or monopolist who upon
the raise of the tariff increased tho wages
Of his labor. II there was such a case it
has escaped the attention of every body,
even of these diligent newspaper gentle.
men who gather up the news, and some
times get deal of what Is not news at
all. [Laughterl But they have never
been able to find that manufacturing man
who increased the wages of the laborers
because the tariff was increased.
THE LABoRRR AND THE TARIFF.
For nearly twenty-seven years we have
had the highest tariff that this country
ever knew before-an average fully twice
as high as it was before the war. We have
had that high tariff all this time, and If it
Is so much for tho benefit Of the working
man why have not tho laboring men grown
rich in these twenty seven years. would |
like to know. Have theyl [Cries OF "Now
Noi"l II they have they are very un-
reasonable mon, for not year passes