The advocate., 1890-03-26

pFeMuomtAM campaign FhilAu9lpWh manu-
faoturor deposited two hundred thousand
dollars In Now York City 10 buy votes with,
while In Indiana, mon were voted In "blocks
OF avs;" all they had 10 do was 10 name their
price.
A revision Of tho tariff Is another ono Of
the great questions OF reform. But II is
claimed by some that tho tariff Is all right
They say u cuts no figure. Tho money
question is the question Of questions, they
say. But say the two are twin sisters The
one Ia the hRnd-mAid Of tho other, and both
need revision and reform. II tho tariff is
not an important factor In reducing IA farm
ora 70 poverty, and OF 0entering the wealth
Of our country In the hands OF a few, pray
toll me what Is II tho tariff ia not an im-
poftant factor Of tho industrial stagnation
OF tho country, why did tho largest gather
ing Of representative farmers, mechanics and
laborers ever held on this continent resoluto
for tariff reform
Why do all the industrial conventions held
within the last year or two, reaoluto for tariff
reform, and why does President Harrison
himself In his message 10 the 58rd congress,
recommend a revision OF tho tariff, II II Is
an unimportant question:
Over two hundred million dollars tariff
taxes are collected annually, and paid into
an overfOwing treasury whore yearly sur
plus Of over one hundred million dollars ia
being accumulated In spite of every effort 10
Use II up In all manner OF eXtrayaganoos.
And at the same time that this high tariff
compels us TO pay tax OF two hundred mill
lion dollars into tho treasury, II compels ua
10 pay more than one billion of dollars TO
the protected industries. Farming is an In
dustry, is II protected No II is not, Sem
ator Plumb in congress declared that the
farmer in not protected. Senator Allison In
congress, declared that the farmer practically
has no protection at all, Well who is pro-
tected Somebody Ia protected, for we find
in the Republican National platform Of 1883,
that the American system OF protection must
be maintained, and further down In tho same
document thoy say I'VE favor the entire
repeal OF the internal taxes rather than the
surrender Of any part Of our protective sys-
tenn" Somebody Is protected, and James
A. Foster In circular letter dated May 23,
1888, 10 the leading protected manufacturers
Of the country, says, "they are the ones who
are most benefited byour tariff laws" "The
manufacturing get practically the sole bono-
flt Of protection, and yet they practically
give nothing towards tho maintenance of
the party that gives them protection"
Mr.. POwderly the greatloader Of tho work
ing men OF this country says; "The labor
classes are not protected the maufact-
urers. Tha rich receives the protection.
The American manufacturer adds the duty
TO what should be tho natural and fair price
for his produce The burden OF tho farm
rests II crushing weight ON the poor. The
tariff needs reforming. II is the people who
need protection and they will never got II
under the So-Called pooling Of protection, or
high tariff"
The Edgar Thompson steel works Of Pitts
burg are highly protected, and Andrew
Carnegie q stock holder, drew as his share OF
the profits during one year, as high 81 one
million Ave hundred thousand dollars, or
Ave thousand day for three hundred days.
This industry is protected Oighty-aye dol
lars on the hundred and in this way Mr.
Carnegie is enabled 10 realize Ave thousand
dollars day as his share Of tho profits, and
he is only one OF the eight thousand million
aires who are protected in Tho same y,and
who derive their profits In the same manner,
and the consumers Of their goods, pay the
protection, and As the farmer and Ia borer
consumes most Of their goods, thOy pay
most Of the protection.