The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-29

can do without ii lust 40 most Of them do without
silks, aatlnn Acea and ostrich feathers II 10 Ia.
nlrudyc To 500 how tho wool ias effects many
counties In Ohio, Tor instance this county, within
whose hOapitahle borderh We arc today, Mont
gomofy County In iNs0 produced G,1N pQunda oi
wool The protective tan upon which II tl,7dHbO,
leha than Hlx cents piece " each Of hof farming
GLASS white under the osaotiona Of tho tarin
her agricultural population paid ti2 per head or
over 300 times ~ much ~ they got nom the wool
tAG Another object lesson n found IN the fact
that the tariff thtea Of the farming interest Of
Montgomery County In 1880 were Sl02iOOO,
while Al township county and State tA,oa and
penalties paid by the farmers Ia Montgomery
County In 1890 amounted 70 only HgaitOO, Al
tho figures give you today arc based upon tho
assumption and declarations of the Republican
party that AZ per cent protective tArln N
necessity, though for convenience sake
uho only 10 per oont ~ basis, bnt when
upon examination We Ind that Ohio wool
brings better price under u low tariff, which
causes large impoHationa of oonraor and varied
foreign woOln and creates larger demand and
consequent higher prlooa for Ohio wool 70 mix
with them, II really looks M " no Ohio farmer,
unless n hopeful candidate for the lunalio asylum,
will be likely 10 vote for any further pNicotlon.
Under the low wool tariff from 1880 70 1900
Canada wool even coming In frco Of all laS) wool
averaged 10 sell for 10 cents por pound, while
under the high wool tariff Of 1901 70 1871 II aver
aged only ~ cents and under tho burden Of tho
present high tariff tax II has worked itself down
until the monopolyfddcn farmer now gcia less
than % ocnis for H. Large imporiAllona of foreign
wool, which even the protcotioniat admits FREQ
trade la wool would produce, alone can make very
high prices for tho class Of woola raised In Ohio
fofnalancc the highest price gold Of course, asa
ntandArdl Ohio wool ever brought was the year In
which we imported the largest number Of dollars
worth Of wool from abroad. That year Ohio
wool brought % oonts per pound, Tho Ohio
farmer, and every other citizen, fho wants just
and reasonable reward for his honest toll, will
amer while discover he can certainly secure II
only by, voting for tho American system Of low
taxes advocated by the Democratic party
OF course you know tho Democratic party doet
not insist upon freeing you from NIL taxes and Will
continue 10 let You pay forever ~ much IN IA
needed by the government, while twill allow you
10 spend tho balance upon your families, or lay II
up ior old age or the Inevitable rainy day and
our Democratic system will keep tho taxes on
luxurica and Vices like tobacco and liquor, high
while making the tax on necessary articles very
low. When England adopted the American ayH
tenn Of tnycs for revenue ONLY y wes nredlo,sd u
would ruin tho farmers OF England and destroy
the prloo OF lands and butcher her sheep, but
while y has produced lower prices i9r all ihe
per aero Of all his lands, enabled him 70 pay. his
workmon higher wages and added over ono'half
20 the value Of his ehrop, and though since tho
adoption Of tho American system Engandh
popnlntlon has Increased about onothlrd paupsr.
Ism decreased almost ono-half, while orimo has
actually decreased nearly two'thrda' Aitor
business career Of twontyeovcn years, aa boy aud
man IN which my connection with the farmer has
been close and intimate, declare horo that
believe they average ~ high In intelligence, up.
rightnesa morality aud good common sense ns
any similar number OF people IN Ohio, and pro.
dict baslng my opinion on this intelligence that
they will bc found working for their own lcgit.
mate interests and performing their patriotic
duty too, by voting with the Democratic party
OF Ohio In November II that party manfully dc.
clnrca for immediate and constant reduction In
tariff taxes and with an intelligence worthy Of
great pnrty nominates mon whose very names arc
natoclnted with an earnest, perhaps life long,
opposition 20 the tobbing Of tho muses. undortho
banner Of protection
mon TARfpF TAXES GENERAL CURSE
but the excited, crrailc wild.oycd and visionary
thoorist, the man who believes that he can pro-
duoo wealth by the Alladin system Of rubbing tho
lamp of legislation, and whose sovereign receipt
or prescription for the accumulation Of wealth
N taxatlon and who by the same Intelligent
course " reasoning thinks population would
Increase most rapidly II the science ofauiCde were
taught In the schools and the duty Of prnotcing II
was preached from every pulpit, and who always
feels q lofty contempt for tho dull, everyday
commonplace people who believe that two and
two make four, that industry and frugnlity no
compnniod by low taxes produce wealth faster
than idlenoas, vice, political corruption and OK.
ccaalve taxation, claim their imported British
system Of robblng 20 10 VI Peters 10 give 10 lees
than half dozen Pauls produces grcnt results
In the way Of increasing manufacturing and by
advancing the general business interests Of tho
country. We shall sec upon what foundation
their claims rest
The profits Of manufacturing must depend
largely upon the cost of raw materials nll oi
which arc enhanced IN price by n protective tarliii
therefore, IN this respect protective tariff Injuries
general manufacturing, for cheap raw material 10
The very essence Of manufacturing prosperity,
W. arc today no only great Nation IN tho ogilised
WOrld tphich fares rdp materials
Before we had any tariffs on the American
continent oven before the Colonies separated
from England, we had eucccssn woOllcn and
linen hotoroa We made paper, pig iron, bai
iron, hats shoce, furniture ETC., successfully and
paid wages which were twice na largo az they
paid In England and we were not only successful
IN controlling the home market" which oui
proicotonlst theorals talk 10 much about but we
exported pig iron 10 England, and In 1850 40 Inn
portant, successful and moDaoiDR 10 England had
become our manufacturing activity that shs
passed n law prohibiting the erection Of any
rolling mill or steel mill In America under
penalty OF 2OOf sterling or 5000 Of our money.
Remember this waH when labor was twice ~ high
~ II was In England and when wo had absolute
nee trade with her and yet now after having had
protection for few weeks over 100 years we onn
not control oven the home market without
tariff Of over 90 per cent on the actual cost Of tho
iron. We began, too with an average tariff tax
Of about per cent and instead Of building up
and strengthening our factories today they ask
over i've times 10 muef 10 that the more tariff
they get the weaker they grow. The average
amount Of labor In manufactured articles "
now In tho United States loss than 20 per cent
and N labor was even 40 per cent higher here
than IN England, 10 equaliEe II n tariff tag
cf gper cent upon goods would only be needed
70 put our manufacturing upon an equal