Telegram-herald., 1890-04-27

OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY.
saAsgsaArDA s. DAY. APRIL :.
no4 EfarnFs rAIK.

The most conspi icuOus Characteristic
Of free trade Arguments . their gsner-
atty. Tie tarE is denounced as
burdensOme tar, without any proofs
shoWn. The tariff Is charged with AL
the evils OF the day, without any con-
nechon shown. Everything IS assumed
% be raw material tnat is used IN man
ufactures, notw ithstanding the fact
that SONS ones capital and labor has
already been expended IN IT, pEodnc-
ton. A tarff on what free traders are
pleased % cal raw ma4rials, levied 10
protect and foster home protection, IS
denounced as adding greatly 70 the cost
OK manufacture. without any figures
given % show such increase. The great
busbls Of free trade generalities Is ef
fsctuany pricked by a few hgures, such
AZ he Chicago Journal gives n the fol-
loving editorial article.
There IS no other plea OF the free
traders more false and absurd that that
the tariN on raw materials causes
great incrsase, or any percepuDle IN
crease, iu the pricc Of manufactured
products Examples are numerous.
~ an ordinary sult Of clothes worth $50.
twelve pounds OF raw Wool may De con-
eumed, costing at so cents . pound
$3.50. 1f q tariff g tax, the increased
tariff on this wool might amount 70 5
cents a pound, adding 80 cents 20 the
or ginal cost of the wool A local free
trade newspaper estimates the addition
ats 10 10 GEMS on heec-. The free
trade fraud Ella ms that the add ition OF
s. cents 20 the cost OF the WOOL used ia
making $50 >Iit OF clothes viii make
tho clothes cost from - % 80 per cent
that IL from S1.20 10 $40, more than
they would have cost II 80 cents add
E0nal tariH had not been placed on wool.
"a Chicago firm OF type manufactur-
srs published a communication n p
frss-trads newspaper the 0taer day, IN
which they said that II they had free
lead, OK q tariff Of but cent pound On
lead. they could stand a tarit Of Dat -
per cent on type instead ot - Per CENT.
- AZ frreseut. and would not fear Tore gn
rerrretifi11. OF words 90 taat eject.
Nsvs con1rars their maunLactlrec'
r.~,drf..t rrlta the au11utot the LaTiI on
F.nrr.v material. torr 81 lead - worth
arouf Et cents b pound Ao tSriu 3
r.rtsa 4 raurI making the cost OF tha
Iraf hrre rt cine tarlf - tax
a. -ents a pound. To make pound OF
fere about f1ur-hff1s ot q pound Of
lead Ia consumed. The pound OF type
A. sold ou an average. taxing al sizes
81 g. cents. That is. 81 the pound OF
tvre. seilog for A. cents, the COS,
of the lead IA cents; tne manufac.
tured product selling for al centi
more. Every body Knows that the addi
t0n of a fracton ot a cent by the way
of arF o. che cents worth 81 raw ma-
terra in the tvps adds nothing sssentisI
tots cost. over elght-nnths Of The
price of the typ0 3 ln tha .abor. interest
or cap AT. r7nt. insurance and otcei
Crst OF wauurfcrure- a pront-
less than one-nth ouIY being raw ma
teraL It s ths same wtn lead as a
fvre a. w EN- wool a. t0 clothes.
HThe same "a true ~ every eEpensv.
r,anufatt1red article the msnufsctsr
ers of vbich are clamorng for free rav
materials. The raw materials cOnsu
t1ta but a small part Of the cost az sh'
rnanufRctured article. A tOn ~ iror
ore. costing s.. and paying . tsud Oi
- cents. w'Il make sn almost countless
rumber of cambria needles. And ys
the nead le men ara clamorirE for tree
ra-v Materials. Chase the cry Tor rsy
materials down and you VII see that d
- fraudulent a 1uubuE. and a ia
Ike ether free trade ar-unents.'