Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-09-13

wealth? If the power of centraliza>
ton continues to increase in the same
ratio, is there not danger of the over.
throw of porular government and
personal liberty? Will not the peo'
pie rally to the support of democratic
principles and rescue the nation from
the threatened peril?
THE ROBBER TARIFF.
Let us see what are the causes that
have led to such results. For years
you have heard the tariff discussed,
and today it is a subject of more vital
Importance than ever before, because
Its burden grows heavier year by
year. This burden of tariff taxation
rests, of course, upon all consumers,
and is therefore a matter of general
interest. The foreign manufacturer
adds the amount Of our tariff to his
home price before he can sell in our
markets. The consumer pays to him,
or the importer, that home price plus
the tariff. The American manufact-
urers, having no competition by
means of this protection, can add the
amount of the tariff to the price of
his goods, which amount goes into
his own pocket. The home manu-
facturer supplies five times as many
of the wants Of the people as the for
eign manufactures, SO that when the
government collects 81 from the for
eign manufacturer or importer, the
home manufacturer can collect So from
the consumer. AS the government
collected last year about 1925, 100000
on imports the home manufacturer
collected five times as much, or
| $1,125, 0O0,0 for themselves. 1t is
claimed by the republican party that
these home manufacturers would
compete with each other and thus rG
duce prices to the lowest standard.
Time has proven this theory to be
false. In the first place the cost of
production depends on the size of the
plant. The larger the plant the
cheaper is the production, as the
} large manufacturer, by entering into
combinations or trusts, can injure the
smaller ones and drive them out of
, the business, thus forming a monopO-
ly on the things they manufacture.
: The American market of manufact-
ured goods is controlled to a great eX-
tent by great monopolists. Thus we
see that the tariff is sire of all ugly
: broods of mOneyed monsters that in.
J fest the land and prey upon the peo'
t pie, such as monopolies, pools, trusts
| combinations, etc., interfering with
, the just law Of supply and demand
| that should always regulate trade
: The American manufacturer exports
: his goods and sells cheaper to foreign
: ers than Americans.
I When this question was brought
up for discussion in congress on the
Goth day of June last, republican
| members telegraphed leading manu-
Y facturers, who promptly replied: so
%, course we sell cheaper to foreigners
: than to Americans; what is protec
e ton for?" From the home and for
q eign advertisements of various east
= ern monopolies, from published in
g terviews of the manufacturers, | car
# give you numbers Of examples il
# proof of this fact. Flows, that sci
n here for $lS, are sold to export #
O Spanish America for 50. Mowers
e that W aid cost in Pennsylvania $50
II are sold for export to South Americi
i for $40. Rakes, that sell here for $25
e are sold for export for $40, and so OF
e through the whole list of agriculture
If implements. You, my fellow.citi
d zens, who have been voting for pro
D lection in the face of the fact, shoy
)? me wherein you are protected?
n seems to me that it is the foreigne
al who gets the benefit of this protec
9. ton, and not the American citizens
IS Tariff taxation falls heaviest on tn
ID farmers, because they produce NOR
ID than can be consumed in a HON
is market, and are compelled to shi
,e their surplus produce to foreign maj
T. kets and there sell in the open fire
or market of the world; and, further
v; more, the price of this surplus pre-
rs duce fixes the price of the whole crol
n. The United States raises 80 per cen
I'd ofthe grain of the world, and la'
year exported 100000 bales of co
70 ton, and should be permitted in e1
H. change TO import the commoditit
i'll she needs.
IN MR.. BLAINE QUOTED.
r. And on this question you will rC