The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-09-25
Ma. AmnLna's CLOTHES,

brought over Hohl iloo A""' AVHNN"l
duty free, into the home market OF Can
ton, In fact, our tranquil friend rlheA
into such rage that he aputters WIN
imminent danger of swallowing his pal
ate. some annOtationa are necessary
upon this furious sereed'
Just listen TO his approach lie Whit
lles, as no burbles, through the tulgy
wood, like the Jabberwook, First, lao
rOars,
ut ia difficult 10 understand upon
what principle recognized anywhere IN
civilized political discussion, the Dem
Oorat imneTsea the name OF u private
citizen, not holding any Oiilee, political
or otherWise aud hia relatives, IN the
slime of WHAT II calls It's editorial col
umns,"
Mr, Ralph Amber, at the tlme he
bought these five suits OF clothes, was
secretary of the Mckinley committee,
was constant orator for protection ana
the home market was recognized po'
litloal worker was an active partisan
in an official capacity, His utternncea
as statesman and his practices as a
globe trotter are legitimate matters
tor consideration and sad contrast,
Then our phlegmatlc friend exeu'
sea this buying In the cheapest
market by q young man, visit,
lug Europe for the hrat time, aud
epdeayou 10 insinuate that only one
Instead of five suits was purchased
At the time of Mr., Am0ler's return he
said that 1--we suits was the proper
number, This leaves a question of
yeraelty between the amlable editor OF
the Repository and Mr., Amber MI
Amblel is very hne young nggentleman'
After betraylng complete knowledge
about this purchase of clothes, the Inn
perturbable editor, evidently fears TO
print the true reason Of H. aud hence
proceeds to speculate as 10 what II may
have been. Mr.. Amber might have
bought them as a "memento," Fancy,
a man buying clothes as asouyenir II
there Is anything In this world suitable
for a memento OF European trip, II
is suit of clothes, Memories OF the
stone prints made by the Prisoner OF
Chillon will arise when Mr.. Amber
views the worn holes In his trousers
seat. The frayed lining Of his coats
will restore TO his mind some Flemish
tapestries. And the baggy knees OF
his pantaloons will make the old
medieval armor me- again through his
brain. on, for u souvenir, for a mem
orandum, OF a foreign jaunt, Just buy
a free trade suit Of clothes,
All this does not quite satisfy our al
ways amlable friend, and he paints a
picture Of emigrants returning TO their
| fatherland after years Of absence, and
buying a suit Of clothes WhyS He
answers himself'
"These worklngmen appreciate cheap
clothes, OF COURSE
If they appreciate cheap clothes, why
debar the workingmen who cannot 90
abroad from buying cheap clothes NJ
homeY Only the European tourist ia
10 enjoy cheap clothesY Flrally, our
friend of such extensive equanilnity,
reaches the affirmative stage Of his ar
gument, which is as scattered rs q rock
after dynamite blast, He asserts;
The difference In price Of British and
American clothes, II there Is any,
Ia the difference In the wages OF labor.
This is what the Democrat does not
like. American tailoTs aud seamstress'
es are paid too much,
Each Of these three sentences Is a llat
falsehood, The suits which Mr., Am
bier brought into this country cost him
on an average Sl5 They would have
cost IN Canton S2s, The tariff ut a
modest computation, TO include all The
connecting links OF tariff taxes, was
about Sl2. That Is more than double
the entire cost Of labor expended from
the sheep stage TO the finished garment
stage, and even statistics cannot bejug'
pled nor found 10 show otherwise
When Il Democratic Senator offered The
other day an amendment providing
that the entire duty should be expend
ed in wages, il was promptly rejected
The bunco game practiced upon work
ingmen is familiar. Even the RepoSl
tory says "lhe difference In price
If there is any,"
The value Of MANUFACTURED
products iu the United Statel
In 1880 was s5,OOO0O00OO. The wageI
entire were S0l70OO0O0, less than q
per cent. But the tariff average Is nov
over 50 per cent, The thieyish pre-
tense IL that IT is imposed to equaliz'
foreign and domestic wages. II wageI
abroad are only one half us much, thel
ten per cent. would lqualize them, foI
twenty per cent, Of all that was manu-
featured paid all wages, Where goeI
the remaining 40 percentP ? Can Andrew
Carnegie gaze at his colossal FORTUNE
and tellY Win any Canton tailol
maintain that he shares protection
Is his trade not crippled because hi
materials are high, and customers arr
forced to buy shoddyp Talk about
| American tailors and seamstresses be
ing paid too much. Go into the sac
homes Of these patient men and wo
men and watch gaunt fingers traye
over countless garments, and see some
hunger pinched child bearing the bur-
den OF their labor TO the shop, where
the starvation pittance is doled out
Have you seen the pitiful sight In
large citiesP Is not the "Song OF the
Shirt" still misery's true ballad In this
land of oursp Only the wealthy can