The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-31
THAT RoBnBRPAaiTF, AND WHAT
~ HAS COST w,

When we speak OF thepregent tariff
as q rObber tariff, we rtfertO the excess
which Ia collected by tariff taxes aboye
tho needs Of tho government, The
Democratic theory IL that the govern
ment has no right, either legal or moral,
10 tax its subjects beyond the actual
needs OF government, Fake II on the
bases OF Protection, II you please,
There In no protection TO labor above
the labor cost OF any article protected,
Let no Illustrate this point, no that
every one can sec ", VINO hus eyes 10
see:
Take flannel, (which ig nm 2rllCle Of
universal consumption In the North,
The labor cost Of a yard Of 4 ounce
tlaunel N 3 cents, while the Arlll Il &
cents, Every one eau see that there h
no need Of a tariil on flannel abOyp 3
cents, the cost Of the production, The
additional 3 cents per yard ia clear rob
berry and In the interest Of monopoly.
The labor cost Of 100 pounds OF white
lead is so cents, while tho tariff Is ~.
A tamll of 80 Centa would bO
complete protection 20 labor, while
the $3.50 additional IL robbery, aud In
the sole Interest Of the White Lead
trust.
This, then, is what we mean by the
r0bber tariff,
Now Let uB see what this robber tariff
las cost MS.
The Harrisburg Patriot has been
looking up tho statistics to ascertain
what this rObbpr taull has cost thr
American people IN twenty niue years,
Aud 10 the Harrisburg Patri0O We give
thauka Tor the amount IL Is stupen'
GOug, ana when we reflect that II nus
all come off Of labor II Is no wonder
that labor iseyerywhere u dependent In
this country and that All our Vccumu'
lated wealth ~ IN tho hands OF u few
milhonares.
Slucc tho year 1860 the people Of the
United States have paid the UlllClHle Ot
the custom houses the enormous sum
of GOl0OOOOO, This money repre-,
spuis the tax known rs customs dNty'
upon Comodities coming into this COuu'
Try from abroad. Tho sum 10 appalling
and we'll calculated 20 make tho adyo'
cate Of u protective tanll, s0rcalied
ieel like hiding u from sight II all the
gold, silver, copper ana nickel coins Of
all denominations, that have been c0in'
ed by the United states mint from l103
up 10 the present, were lald side 10y
0ide with tho tarill TAX paid nv the Gus
tom house, the total amount
would fall short Of that TAX
by more thgn S2,00O0O0OOO
II exceeds by ~, lOO,0OOuUO the lotul
value Of all lhe horses, mules, milch
cows, sheep, swine, oxen aud other cat
tle In the United States IL ltIeplesents
u sum Of money nearly -four times
greater than al tho pGn0iOn money
paid during the past twenty four years
IL Is so 220O0OOO0 more than the bond
ed debt OF the United States was on
August II, 1865, when the interest bea.
ing debt had reached the highest point
IL Ia equal TO the total valuation Of
the entire wheat crop OF the United
states aud Territories s'fOr the past
nine years; and 1t exceeds the tOtAl
value OF OurAnnual production of corn,
wheat barley, rye, oats ard buckwheOt
by the sUm OF S3,a0000OOO0
In commenting on this enormous rob-
berry Of the masbpB Of tho American
people for the benefit Of an exclusive
monied Nristocracy, the Patriot says;
"NoW, what has all this tax done for
the people, aud who 10 the gamer by it2
II has made milliOnaires like Carnegie,
Gould aud certain Other men, but how
about the thousands Of traInpe, the
m0rtgGged farmers, the insolvent trad.
ers Of limited capital, the striking work.
men, and the general materiOlistic
spirit which Is last supplantinc genuine
ChristianityP ls IL not time these
taxes were taken of or reduced"