The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-18


sent abroad 10 compete Ia
the worlds markets with parties who
get their raw material practically ifte
then the consumers VIII not pay lhe OK
cess, Leave " 20 the reason OF tllp sec
Ond manufacturer ana 70 the workman
who pays this excessive tarlii on artl'
oles consumed in this country, The
time has now eOme that the least fay.
Ored manufacturers and lab0refs and
others should eui0y parts OF tho frnllh
OF what they have beHn paying 30 long
The ilemagngue cry 10 raised lhhl
our people would be reduced tOa Level
with the panpefa OF Europe, that we
will be Hooded with foreign goods
one e6fot mat me protection oTg hds
had fn Eur0pe Is u se0d me pdVeIs
Oper here, 10 tho larger corporations
epfyU person isa consumer whether
pauper or otherwise, and 10 II for their
interest 10 cause these reports for high
wages 10 be flOated In Europe, The 70,
suit n our country 10 being Hooded
with this class. 10 the worklngmtn
In America II ia much eahlef 10 00nl'
pete with such labor when they are on
the other side OF the Atlantic, where
they will have 10 send their goods here
and buy their bread OF Us, II We sell
articles 10 them that we can produce
and they cannot, and buy OF
them goods that we cannot under
any circumstances produce, then both
are benefited. Az the close OF the war
this country scarcely exported any
articles OF manufacture, simply because
We could not produce them cheap
enough, Every time there has been u
reduction Ia the tariff there has been
an increase IN the articles OF manufae'
ture exported, And even 10 day we are
furnishing the countries OF tho world
with hundreds OF articles made here az
less than our Otoa citizens can buB al
hOme Some OF these articles are sent
from our own county, Iron ore has q
tariif OF ab0ut 70 cents per ton, which
adds SlbO 10 the price OF pig iron
There Ia about as much labor IN the
production Of a ton OF ore 40 IN the pro
ductiOn of q load OF gravel or q ton OF
rock. 10 Is simply premium for mo.
nOpolles. Perhaps the most bareiaced
OF all the iafiil inlquitles le the tarlit ON
copper, Copper | believe 10 the second
or third metal In value used In the arts,
There IN about D cents per pound tariit
on II. Before the French trusts we're
formed ard when American copper was
quoted IN New York NJ 10 cents, the
same Identical brand OF copper was
quoted In London NJ 10 cents, thereby
giving Englishmen an advantage OF 90
per cent. on raw material actually pro-
duced In thia country. American pig
copper has often been shipped back 10
this country and ihe tariff paid here by
our own consumers.
hear from u reliable source stated
10 man straight from England and u
director OF Il company with which | am
connected that nickle Is even worse, Of
such q thing could be- as relating 10 the
tariff An Engllshmau said as long as
the American high protective tariff 10
In force he could produce the finished
goods for less than Americans could
buy the nlckle. Lumber is another
article that Is protected 10 the expense
OF every man that builds home aud
every machine that Is manufactured
where lumber iB the principal part
There IL about 82 per thousand tariff |
on lumber, thereby putting about Sl2b |
on the average home that Is built OF
wood, and giving u premium for the |
dostructlan OF our forests and 70 pro
tect few lumber m0n0polles, For IN |
stance, u Presidential candidate before |
the Republication convention, The |
high duty on steel and the amount Of |
steel rails used, together with the roll
ng stock on railroads, capitali2eg every |
road from 10 90 30 per cent more than
\ should be. People expect TO get div
dends according 20 the amounts IN
vested, aud hence the farmer haste pay |
.he excess on the machinery hereCeiyes
with the excess OF freight added, and
las also to pay the freights TO tho sea
D)Grd and even 20 Europe on cereals,
FOR the price paid 10 the farmer Is Just
.he cost and profits deducted after II Is
aid down In Liverpool at prices thore,
As 10 the tariff on wool, some say II is
/ drive at The northern farmer. II !
nm not mistaken there is some wool
raised In Texas, and believe II Will be
.he same as In the case Of silks. The
Of silk has increased over
zen folk since tho duties were taken Oft
he raw material,
one Of the most damaging things
'aused by the tariff Is that foreign |
are retaliating in the way OF
our articles from entering |
heir countries.
For instance France and Germany |
nave practically excluded our pork, |
thereby losing n big market indirectly |
10 the western farmer for his corn. |
England Is encouraging the growth OF
cotton and the cereals In Egypt and |
India in order to be moro independent |
NJ us, thereby reducing the demand |
from us for these articles of raiment
and food q retaliation Of the worst
kind The Canadians have almost a
tariff against us, thus shut
ting out many articles we formerly sold
them, The fishery dispute that has
almost caused war Of late, was Indirect.
ly caused by the unreasonableness OF
our high tariff. What we want Is o
part of the werlds markets and then
oil can practically have steady employ
ment, This can only be done by
placing every manufacturer and con
sumer on the same basis. The RepuO.
lican party has always claimed that
they only taxed luxuries and lot neces'
saries go scott free, etc. Why then do
they propose to tax the necessaries now
and say VIC will abolish the tux on
whiskey and tobacco. Here Is consiB.
tency for you, |, for one, have done
with this kind OF policy.
There 10 q wide difference Of opinion
OF what constitutes luxuries and arti-
Giles OF comfort. The high tariff par
italy creates caste. What would other
wise become an article OF comfort TO
the person OF ordinary means Is made o