Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-30

~ per cent. III addition to his regular
price. So you see that yeu are not only
paying a tax to the National govern
ment, but tax in addition to the manu-
| facturers of three times as much, or be-
tween 500, 900, 900 and $500, 600. 600
And yet you are wondering how it is
that on one side you see men rolling in
! luxury and wealth, and on the other
young men are flocking from the farms,
and the value of your farms is sinking
year after year.
We are G4,O0O,000 strong, and these
Ga, 900, 600 people are just about ST.
500, 600, 600 richer to-day than-they were
this day last year This 81, 800, 600. 900
is about the annual increase in our
wealth. But how is it divided? More
than one-half-ncarly $500, 900, ,OO0-is
directed from the pockets of the people
into the pockets of about T., 900 monop-
olists Applause. You can see it for
yourselves. You can see it in the tar
ifT barons of PittSburg and Cleveland,
rolling in their wealth. because to them
one-half of annual increase in national
wealth is divided. while the other half
is divided among 1000, 900. And yet
you will find that Brother Hubbard,
when he comes To talk 10 the farmers,
will say that they pay no tax-that he
is not taxed at all. \ voice-Thcn he
lies. Applause. But, my friends,
you will find that Brother Hubbard is
mistaken. Applause. The farm
er is taxed from the cradle to the
grave. Applause. lie is taxed on the
baby garments, in which he is fondled
in his mothers arms. He is taxed upon
/ his best suit, in which he calls upon his
best girl, in young manhod. lie is
taxed upon his wagon, and on his plow,
and on his harrow, and upon his hoes
and rakcS: he is taxed upon his clothes,
and upon his tin roof, and upon his tin
buckets, and | expect that when the
honest Wetzel county farmer dies and
goes to heaven he will find Brother
! Hubbard at heavens gate, ready to lay
a tax upon his soul. Applause.
Mr.. Pendleton then took up the Nc
Kinley bill, and made an analysis OF its
purpose and object, as well as of the
provisions OF the measure. On this
point he said
When our Republican opponents find
on all sides agricultural depresSion;
when they find that the prices of cattle
are going down, and that the prices OF
wool are not going up, then Mr.. Me-
Kinlcy says that to a certain extent it is
! true. as the Democrats claim, that the
farmers are not altogether benefited
/ by this tariff method. Now, when 90
over this Mckinley tariff bill, | want
Mr.. Hubbard to point out one solitary
thing Of benefit to the American farmer
/ have hcard-but | don't believe that
! Justice has been done to his intelligence
that he says the Mckinley bill pro-
| tectS the farmers wheat, and that there
! is Il tariff on wheat. Who asked for a
tariff on wheat? Last year but 1,9i0
! bushels of wheat-abOut as much as
could be raised on "A goOd-Sized farm
came into this country from Canada,
and yet the American people raised
nearly 100, 900, 900 bushels last year over
and above the capacity Of the American
people to consume it. (Laughter.) But
! Mckinley says there is tariff on corn.
! Why, last year. but 1000 bushels OF corn
were imported, aud we raised coo. .000,-
600 bushels ourselves. Yet they raised
the tariff on foreign corn. Then tariff
is put on foreign lard. on foreign horses,
on foreign pork and on many other
things Of which the American farmer
raises a large surplus every year. Its
no wonder Mr.. Blaine said the Mckin-
ley tariff bill did not open a market for
another bushcl Of corn or another bar
rel of pork. (Applause)
But let us 90 over and analyze this
measure, designed for the benefit Of the
American farmer. You are frequently
told by Brothers Atkinson and Hubbard
that the American farmer is In danger
of being Swamped by the Canadian
farmer. 1t is true that large amount
of Canadian farm products-about
SIS. 600 worth-cOmc into this country.
Brother Mckinley comes to the Ameri-
can farmer and says: "Do you know
what I've done? 1t would be- a glorious
thing if | could only prevent, by a Chi
neSe tariff wall, the importation OF Cana
dian farm products. and I'm going to
shut them out" Why. do you know
what would happen? The Canadian
farmer would say. 1--WE will not sell 10
America if America will not sell to Us.
Let the $4,000. 900 of American farm
products sold in Canada, and on which
the American farmers have realized Il
profit of $3.50, 900, 600 in the past twenty
five years. and which have furnished
employment to many people, stay in the
United States" Applause. And yet
YOU propose to cut it off.
Mr.. Pondleton pursued the analysis
of the Mckinley bill, in its relation to
the farmers. at great length, and was
frequently and heartily applauded. On
the sugar question he said:
We are told that the tariff duty Is to
be taken from sugar, but are the Ameri-
can people to be benefited? The truth
| is, that when you come TO analyze tnat
section of the bill there is most dis
tinct realization that the tariff is tax.
What do YOU discover? You find fly
in the ointment. In the South they
raise 355. 900, 600 pounds of sugar, and
they want a tariff on il. The Louisiana
sugar planter comes travelling 10 Con
greSS and says he is not making proht
equal to what he would like to make,
and what does Mckinley do? For
every pound OF sugar raised in Louis
lana he promises to pay to the Louisiana
planters bonus of &C a pound. or
s.. 600, 600 a year. What authority has
he to do that? He has as much right to
come here add give you l0c bushel on
your grain, or sc a pound On your hogs.
The moment you do that, you make
the bounty system universal. That Is |
nothing more or less than robbing Peter |
to pay Paul.
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