The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-30

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tracts from hla address
The first greeting thia tarlif received
nay, tho greeting which broke forth al
soon 40 II was certain that a tariff like
this would become the law Of tho land
was q loud announcement of tho higher
prices the people will have 10 pay for AL
most every article covered by II, The
voice Of Mr., John Wanamaher, who ID a
large seller Of goods Of all kinds In PhIla-
delphIa, and also Postmaster General Of
the United States, reaounds sOnOrously la
tho chorus, "Tinware N advancing In
cost, says he TO his customers In an adj
yertlaement published In tho Philadelphia
papers, "and very soon the manufacture
era will have their way aud you and We
will have 70 pay much mOre,N True,
every word Of II, ana vigorously on
pressed,
Hut Mr. Wanamaker does not speak
alone, have before me d humber Oh cir,
eulars announcing with emphasis 10 tile
trade that glass, china, axes, saws, all
sorts 0f hardware, zine goods, guns, pow,
der, lead, musical Instruments, stringa,
buttons, iiannela, aloyea, especially the
cheaper kind, hosiery, upholstery goods,
woolenH, clothing, drehh goods, carpets,
aud what not, ara sharply rising In price
aud that the trade must DO prepared Tor II,
The st will soon, " " does not already,
oentaln every article on which duties are
raised, and rich aud poor, especially the
wage earnefs, the men Of small Incomes,
will have carefully 90 reylhe ihelr house,
hold budgets, They will mud that today
with tho funds az their disposal they must
content themselves with 10 10 20 per cent,
less OF the neeeaharleh and comforts Of
life than before tho Mckinley tariff made
Mckinley prices. The rich, Of course,
can manage ~ get on, but tile poor will
keenly feel how truly Mr, WanAmaker
spoAe when he said that "the manufae.
tnrera have their way aud we shall have
10 pay much more,h
And what has the proleollonlat 10 say by
way OF consolation 70 the poor man who
looks with q troubled mind az this new In
crease Ia the cost OF everything "lle
patient, friend, and never grow weary In
paying, We must pefheyere IN making
eVery one his contribution 10 nurse our IN.
fant industries until they are Atrong,n
The poor man may ourlnualy inquire, how
old these infants are. lle looka Into the
history OF his country aud finds that sey-
efal Ot them we're no hahlea when Ia 1880
the Government first began 10 nurse them,
but were then satisfied with so little that AZ
present ID would seem no feeding NJ all,
llut he finds that tho lnfania throye Justify
and that many OF them grew strong
enough 70 take care OF themselves. lilo
will he aurprlhed 10 sec that after 1916,
when they were treated 40 lntanta again,
they rolapaed Into the habits OF lnfanth
complaining and crying that they could
not stand alone, and constantly elamorlng
for more aud moro nuraluR twill atartle
him 10 find that after lsiO, when tho In.
fania were ourily told 10 stand up
up and walk alone, they. sud-
denly felt they could . DO 40
aud actually did walk on aplendldly, and
showed even spirit OF proud manllneaa,
will he allll more aatonlahed 20 ilnd that
when during our civil war they were Of
fored compensation pap, the tall, vlRor.
Gus fellows at once fell Into ollldiah ways
again, growing constantly more helpleaa,
until now, n hundred years hflor they re-
oolyed the first nursing, the huge, fat, yo'
rHcious, bawllng monHiora are put Into a
most gorgeous, gigantic baby carriage and
fod with gold spoons AZ other peoplo'a OK
ponaO,
This IN also proper timo for the poor
man 10 remember another argument adj.
dressed 10 him by the proieetlonlat IN the
nature OF q promise that IN u short time
the manufacturers would compete among
themselves, and that homo competition
would make prloeh lower than foreign
competition could ever make them, This
promise 10 hoary with age and has boon
constantly repeated year after year. How
has II been kept
TIm FORMATION or TRUSTS,
Just as after the close Of the war, when
the internal taxes had disappeared, the
manufacturers would not lot go their
compensation In tariff duilea 80 many Of
the most potent and important protected
industries, whom u was time Tor homo
competition 10 show tho promised bone
fcont effect, coolly proceeded to form
"truats,n combinations, agreements, uns
dcratnndlnga among themselves, for tho
purpose OF controlling and, II necessary,
OF limiting production and OF maintain.
Ing, or oven raising prices. In this way
they succeeded In many cases In oatnh'
lifhlng virtual mOuopollos. After foreign
competition had bcon In u great measure
excluded by a law for their bonoilt, they
proceeded themselves 20 atrnnglo homo
competition, too, also for their own bon.
oft,
n there Ia anything hateful 10 the Amer.
can mind Il IN the idea OF q monopoly,
The protoctlonials began 10 fear that the
open appearance OF the "trust,n which In
fact Ia only the protective idea carried
TO itB logical oxtreme, would excite the
popular mind against the protective sye.
tenn. Nothing, indeed, suggests itself
moro naturally 70 tho simplest .undcr-
standing than this, When branch OF In.
dustry 10 protected against foreign oompo.
tition by tariff dutlca, and n combination
In formed for tho purpose Of killing home
competition, too, and thus 10 control
prices, the natural remedy Ia 10 let In for-
olgn competition by removing the tariff
duties aud thus break up tho monopoly.
This IN 80 clear that the protoctlonista
feared the people would jump at the con-
olusion. Then laws were devised dcclnr-
ing the organization OF trusts unlawful
and punishable. Such an antitrust law
was passed by Congress recently, and tho
Republicans "pont TO II with prldc.n But
who believes IN its effectiveness Who
does not know that such combinations or
trusts, " attacked In their original shape,
can easily reform themselves into u variety
OF ahnpoa 40 aa 20 become lawful In form
while yet pursuing their original purpose z
What, thon, IL the antitrust law A
lightning rod 20 prevent the popular fcol-
ing against the trusts from striking the
tnrilf
have before me u list Of twonty.soyon
induatrca carried on undcr trusts, COM
blnntlons, agreements, or Understandings
OF various kinds, having the control OF
production and Of prlcos In view.
Almost all OF these industries produce,
directly or indirectly things Of common
use, the prices Of which are of great i'm.
portanco to people OF oil clasees, especial
" those OF limited means. What, thcn,
have we TO expect Of such combinations
under the present tariff Lot US hear
Senator sherman, protectionist Of old
strading and statesman high In Repub.
licnn councils. Before the final vote on
the Tariff bill was takon In the Senate he
spoke these remarkable words! "The
great danger of this tariff, aud of all
eohomes FOR building up domestic indus
tries by law, ls that the boneiclarlos
thouapivna cnnitnliatan md lnborpra n iiltp