The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-25


EoITORs NRWH-DEMooRArt The
question Ia often asked, particularly by
uniOn labor men, what the single ta1
or Henry George men expect 10 gain
by voting for Cleveland aud ThurmanY
Simply thlsi The single TAX ayhIel'
Ia aimply genuine JeilelHonlhn Delaeg'
raoy, aud absolute free tfhae' Ihe
pOlnt they are aiming 70 malft IN 70 10
move all lines on industry ny feln0Y'
ng all taxes off the products OF labor
Tfey want tho bottom brick IN a pile
On which there Ia i7OOO, aud they think
yhe most feasible way IL 10 remove nb
many at time as you conveniently
can, rather than " lcl tho whoip PIE
alt until all can be removed ~ once
rhe Mills hill proposes 70 take OF "a
600 of the frat load, Again, IN 1874
the Democrat ana Republican paItlrh
were nearly alike on llle tailll lnthtlon
hut IN 1881 the Republican party MAKE
u decided advance 10 the olftotloh ol
tariff robbery. Willis tho Democratic
party has made II decided advance IN
Llie 0ppnallo direction, And Whllu lhe
Democrats oaly propose u
reduce the tariff N tho neceasary
revenue polni, by going with them
we get their aasialahce III lumoVlng
those TOP brick, II We do nave " No
move the Othtr dl0up Ourselves, ANA
get their assistance IN educating, or
rather unedueatIng the maIhea ~ 10
the fallacleB Of protection, inc blhgle
tag men are working Tor princlplp'
and that principle ~ OF more impoi'
tance 10 them than o party
General Harrison, aa u railroad iaW'
yer. objects 10 labor organizations boy
cottlng railroads, Yet he endorses the
Chicago platform that proposes 10 IN
crease the boycott on American indus
tries, because tariff 10 nothing more
nor less than boycott ON American
industry, by refusing 10 allow other,
nations 20 trade with us. Thefe IN
very pOpnlar error among lab0refa and
mechanics that the higher the neceasa'
ries OF life are, the better Tor laDoIets,
because their wages WIN DC mgher'
Now there are many things IN TINS
economic question that are hard 10 see
and understand as we have been edu'
Gated, but there are few simple, plain
facts that any body should DO able 70
see.
FIRST, In refusing 10 allow other
nations 10 trade with us we cripple our
own industries,
SECOND, Tariff, as II now standa,
doubles the cost Of lab0rers living,
THIRD, BY refusing 10 allow other
nations 10 trade with us we destroy the
opportunities Of industry TO produce
such things M We might exchange win
them for other products; ana by donD'
ling the price Of the nocessaries OF life
we destroy the opportunities ofindustry
10 produce what we ourselves would
buy N we could,
IL Is a fact as true rs the laws Of
gravltation, that the lower the prices OF
the necessarles, comforts and luxuries OF
life are, the more will be used, and the
more demand there Will bo for labor TO
produce them.
And as the demand for labor regu.
lates the price, labor would be benefited
by free trade. True In times OF war,
when half the laborers are IN the
army, the price OF every thing goes up,
and labor with II; while In times OF
peace the reverse Is true. Men tell us
that things are cheaper now than they
ever were before, and yet labor Is
cheaper.
The facts In the case are, our ports |
are closed 10 trade, and our industries
are demoraliZed In consequence, busi.
ness ,9 demoralized, Tariff has doubled |
the prices of the neoessaries Of life and |
has enabled, with the MD Of our social
system, the m0nopolists to monopolize
the natural opportunities which nature
has furnished In this country IN rich
abundance, from which 10 produce an |
we need TO supply the world. l.'l
But industry and business are tied,
hands and feet, TO the will Of monopoly |
Then Is II not better for all men TO
vote for Cleveland and Thurman, or |
anybody that will give us some show OF |
relief.
| look upon this campaign as o par
alel case TO the campaign of 1900. The |
Federals, under the lead Of Hamilton,
had this young republic on the verge Of |
ruin. Their aim was TO make this
country an arlstocracy by creating a
national debt, by which they would be
able to draw the products for the ben.
eft Of q favored class. But the giant
intellect and the answering fidelity to
Democratic principles Of Thomas JEFF
ferson saved the Nation, just In time.
The Republican party has brought
the Nation to the same pass. They have
created an enormous public debt, filled
the treasury with surplus millions of
money, which industry needs; monop-
olized all labor's natural opportunities,
and planted an aristicracy over this
Nation which will be hard TO destroy,
and Cleveland seems to be the most
available man we have TO destroy IT,
These are some of the reasons why
single tax man will vote for Cleveland
and Thurman. A. j. KNIT.
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