Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-10-26

be actually debarred from purchasing a
single steel rail under any existing cir
cumstances in any market.
"Let US turn still another leaf in this
curious history Of the American Besse-
mer steel monopoly. Heretofore it has
been found impracticable to make Besse-
mer steel of iron produced from ores con-
tanning sulphur or PHOSPHORUS in apprc-
cable quantities, and as most English
and American ores of iron contain these
substances, the supply of proper iron has
been somewhat expensive and trouble
some matter to both English and Ameri-
can Bessemer steel makers. Within
very recent period, however, method
known as the "Gllchrest-Thomas pro-
cess" has been discovered in England,
whereby at small expense anyone of iron
can be used for the manufacture of Bes-
semer steel; and the patent right to it's
exclusive use in the United States has
been also purchased by the American
Bessemer Steel association. According
to the last report of the American Iron
and Steel association (July, 1881 this
new process has been successfully
adopted in nearly all the steel making
countries of Europe and that England
thus adds another to the list of her i'm
portant inventions effecting the manu-
facture of iron and steel" But the Unit
ed States alone Of all the steel making
countries in the world has not yet adop-
ted this great Improvement; and appar-
emily will not for the present. For it is
we'll understood that the eleven associ-
ates' who own the patents for the Thorn
as-Gilchrest process in the United States
do not find it for their interest, with the
present ratio of profits on the manufact-
ure of Bessemer steel, to adopt any nno-
vations; and they further do not propose
to issue licenses to anybody else to use
it, for any royalty which it would be pos
sble to pay. And thus, in the name of
protection to American industry, the
; march of improvement and the cheapen-
; ing of grea necessity of civilization
are arrested.
"We read in history of European mon
e arch granting to court favorites and
t kept mstresses exclusive right to
f deal in in salt, gold lace, glass, leather
t and other commodities, with view of
: enriching the recipients and owners of
: these privileges by taxing the consump-
/ ton of the people. And in all these
e cases the tax was purposely made indi-
y rect so that the amount of the robbery
i should not be readily comprehended and
j. appreciated by the sufferers. Most people
e suppose that the day for all this sort of
It imposition has long gone by; but it
n would be difficult to find in all history a
S single instance of so monstrous abuse of
d the rights of the people to buy, sell and
It use freely, as is embodied and practiced
: under the claim of bencfiting domestic
If industry by the American Bessemer
o steel monopoly.
h "ln the Arabian Nights it was necessary
Il to tell a thousand and one stories before
d the Sultan of the Indies could be per-
y suaded of the improperly of cutting off
h wife's head every morning before break
e fast. The American people have been so
: long imposed upon in respect to the
, workings of the existing tariff and so
l. assiduously taught to believe that con-
= tinuation of these impositions is essential
II to the continuance of national prosperity
l. that possibly they will require thousand
= and one further illustrations of the in
IS iquity of the Pennsylvania system of
nrOtpptiOD hpfpra no oe
, its impolicy and wickedness and reform
} it out of existence. But, be this as it
FL may, one would think that sufficient
II evidence has been submitted to satisfy
l. the public that some important measures
J, of tariff reform ought to be Immediately
} instituted, and that it is not necessary to
Is have tariff commission to find out how
$ and where to begin.
d Vermonters, we have then the follow
n ing conditions A surplus that comes from
} Over-taxation. Excessive taxation is al
r ways undesirable. A surplus is in itself
l. thing of danger. By lessening taxa
n ton we shall avoid this surplus. This
II reduction can be done in two ways, by
= taking it off the necessares of life, lum-
g Der, sugar, iron, tin, wooden and cotton
ii goods. and such other articles as all of us
}. have to use constantly, thereby cheaper
a ing such articles to the full or part
e amount of such duties; or it can be done
e by removing the tax from whiskey and
q tobacco. 1t must be done by one of these
two methods. As Gov. Stewart said to
u me in reference to the removal of tax on
= whiskey; to preserve protection, it must
e be removed, for soon that tax alone
n would produce all the revenue the gov
ernment needs.
e The first of these courses is that advis-
1t ed by Mr.. Cleveland, and taken in part,
o at least, by the Democratic party. The
s second is that proclaimed by the Repub-
" lcan party. Which is right?
e Until very recently the Republican