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

prosperliy 0f Inc Manufacturers under tlp iArlil
an l6i6 ihat Ia 1871 Congress ellll further felsQe0
h lana many Of Tho Republican memheIa ifph lhe
manuholng sl1,sI y e ies. esd ge'Ga m enl mI
nnnosliIedd Iea,H, while from 30 " 1901 nle
xxx G,'nsoea a,sse elm0al steadily prosperous
a'ns,'i 9F veyy short getod la 1871 aud ieh
now aeesrdlnR i6 the iAal retol, u we protected
Iron \ hlee Association " W tnlta ,aG''d hse'e
eyeronehaf q e lhe lIen h,naeei sea last las ''''s
oar eapehen0e has mol bepn slnAllll W 1 VIZ
either fof England, since size adopted lhp Amer
l0an system III q tariif iOr revenue onlH, hA W,
creased IN manufacturing mole ,mllQlY w "
years lhRn IN any 100 Year, Of hsf protective
n1t thefe \ under our own eyes the most 70
markahle recent example VI the ability pf people
under absolute nee trade W build W mAnnlANl
ing Ia direct competition Win le inpHl hhllllh
manufacturing nalion IN the world, tplpl W lu
South, AZ the close OF Tie war lhey We're pppil
broken down, bankrupt and without any n'hlu.
featuring experience and with no ocean hpl
even an unbf0ken rail fenoe, between them hhl
the great manufacturing NOtth ana yeli Wllhpul
any iaff whatever, The South has made ne most
magnificent strides forward aa o manufacturing
people during the Ten years past ihRt lhe world
ever beheld adding another striking lnHlnng "
the worlds universal experience that mhnumpl
uring prosperity 10 greatest and hplldehl when u
10 the OulgiOwih " effort, enterprise ana prhlhul
nNfNilhlihhanl nN Ahill NNNhNlNNt
England has two Colonies Side Ny hlht w
Australia, one IL Neg South Wales And lhp ulhei
Victoria, One has low revenue laHi, The 0lhel
a protective tArlf and Ia the one having np pro-
lection manufacturing has grown much lhe
fastest and 10 now, Ia far the strongest hna nioa'
prosperous condition,
itvery illustration, however, drawn from illf
history Of tito world would but tend 10 establish
the truth Of the declaration that what we musl do
n 70 protect our manufacturers nom protective
laHf
Il should not be forgotten either that those In
dualTlea which have had the least ornn protection
az hll are the most prosperous for tthlN very
Of our factories actually gei any ol the crumbs ul
protection 10 offset the damage " lhlllrH uppl
Them, Tho gTeaieal single Industry la this nation
cannot be protected, on tho contrary everything
entering into Ia development and operation hh'
been and IN taxed aud rendered largely more
costly hy aproleCLlye lerln refer 70 Tho gulWayi
OF Tue land, Another Immense PERHAPS we mos
important single manufacturing Industry w lh'
land which has not been and cannot 10 fehlli
protected, II the -four mill Industry aud indeed
u N very hard 10 iind any line " American
manufacture which would not DO lhIRefl mort
prosperous, aud IN every way better on, " lhen
had never been line of iafin legislation upol
the Statute Hooks of tile Nation. Look ~ ~
effects Of protection carried 10 absolute perfection
which means prohibition, We have several case
of this KIND We cannot import eoun'mll
has been the effect upon ship building Accord
ing Ia the tariif theorists Il should have beri
nOurHhing like green bay tree, but Instead Y
IL about ~ dead ~ mhekefhl, America used u
build tic finest ships that sailed Tie Hehh, bu
amer nearly thirty years u peuieol protection sh
has become builder " canal b0nla and c0aallnl
vessels aud various kinds 0i wooden tubs, Rnl
SHE occasionally builds an inferior iron boat g
defective plan, whereas, but for this glorious lhfll
system Of ours, with tho start We had, ana TN
superior skin we were Acknowledged ~ have, w
would today lead tho world IN ship building hnl
our commerce would crowd the seas, ln lhul
under our Democratic tArlil, We carried about a
por cent of our commerce IN American bull
vosselh, now We carry leeh than 20 per cent Al
against this example Of the blight of peltec
protection we 500 what absolute nee trade applci
10 manufacturing produces, A few years hgo w
had heavy iax upon gulnlne, which enriched
very few manufacturers, and made aalic an oN
trcmcy expensive luxury, In spite u tho pre-
dlotlons " ruin 10 the manufacturer, amer whol
we were told the ilrltlHh manufacturers w0ul'
put the price up 10 $40 an ounce, qulnlno was pu
upon tho nee list and today the Industry IN mon
prosperous than N ever was aud the poorest MAI
can now indulge In maarlAl shake or even ~
old,hNhioned ague without ruin staring him II
the face, for qunne costs about ~ cents pc
ounce whereas under the old protective iarin !
oilen sold ~ high ~ e. per ounce,
Totako on iArif taxes for manufacturing mean
prosperity Let me give you M astounding IN
stance ~ H. Tho highest protective taN tho pil
Iron makers Of Western Pennsylvania ever hR,
was over 80 per ton, This protection, too, wa
In addition 70 the custom house protection Of tl
por ton. This wonderful, almost fabulous, pro
ieollon I speak Of was n tho ahaps of ffclgh
charges on pig Iron nom the Eastern part " thI
Slate by wagon, Tho building of railways hh
out this down 10 less than " per ton and yet
instead of running tho Pittsburgh and WesIen
makers " pig iron, this industry has neye
thfiyen Aa II las since this enormous projection
has been withdrawn, l suggest that this IL cast
for earnest consideration aud prayerful study BY
the ahlest Of prolootlonini theorists,
Hut, gentlemen, look about you, Do We renll,
need any increase Of manufacturing Ask ihos'
engaged In II and they viii toll you We have too
many factories that we make TOO many goods
that over production Ia their curse that u all on
manufacturers run on hll time they can maxi
twice ~ many goods ~ they can sell What w
need, then, II not more production but largo
market, and this the Democratic party woult
give, We would by giving the manufacturer me-
fdt0 material enable him 10 produce cheaper
goods aud help him sell thom In every mArko
on earth, All we need today IN big dose u fro,
trade 10 cure tho universal disease that anliot
tho manufacturers Of the country, aud the mos
heroic doses " protection would only Kill N,
patient W. haze ouiDrolrn our homo mdrkei, w
ara able 10 supply iho porld, Common sense, ou
own history aud the universal experience Of M,
world point out the utter folly u this ignorant
unequal and bArbaroua system NJ taxation, ant
before we reach tho year 1900 amy man " npirl
will resent the charge that bo or any of his trlb'
cycrbcllcyod In such aauporsilllon, Foreign trad'
In the great national wealth maker, or the trnd,
Of the world England has become mistress sine,
Aho adopted the American tariff system In 1871
She then had exports of manufactured and mlnot
articles only 256millonaor 81 10 per inhahtant
inhabimnt From 1915 10 1860 under the Amer
iunn WonoofntlC) tariff system, our exports O
manufactured goods rose very rapidly but nft
adopting the Chincse'British system In 1901 tant