Evening journal., 1890-09-10
poM'r Know ANo poN'T care

DON'T KNOW AND DON'T CARE.
AS the Philadelphia Press presents it,
the case stands thus with the binding
twine industry:
1t is perfectly clear that home manu-
facturers making Irvine out % imported
hemp paying a duty, cannot compete
with English manufacturers with access
TO a cheaper raw material. Unless the
Senate Is ready to sacrifice this impor-
tant industry, binding Irvine will not be
free when this tariff becomes q law, and
the House Is certain 10 insist on main.
tanning protection here as well as else
where
why not take the duty of hemp
OF course it is s very sad predicament
for an important industry" to be de
pendent on public taxation for support.
But is it. and how is it perfectly clear"
to the book-keeper Of the Press or to any
Republican politician, without an init
mate knowledge Of the balance-sheets Of
the respective firms, that the Irvine in
dustry needs a contribution from the
people to keep i. sfoatl
Suppose the twine industry should
send attorneys, agents, statisticians and
other lobbyists to lie to the Congress.
sional committees as the quinine the silk
and the hide Industries did when they
were threatened" with humiliation and
extinction.
That is more than possible. Even men
who value their personal honor will lie
like sailors for the benefit Of their bust
ness. They have done so In the quinlne
and other Industries which were threat
ened" The quinine people lied eyre
giously and shsmefacedly in the face OF
facts which were well known and acces-
sible 70 every man in Congress. Their
dire predictions Of extinction were not
only unwarranted. but they have
proven 70 be absolutely contrary
10 the truth The results Of making
quinine free are That the number Of
factories have doubled the output has
quadrupled the number OF hands EN-
ploYed has more than doubled; wages
have increased quinine which sold fol
81 80 and S.. per ounce now sells fol
30 and 80 cents and, note this well, non,
Of the millionaires who were making
quinine have gone out Of business. but
Mr. Powers died leaving an estate Of ovei
10000 600.
Why could not the Irvine trust sen,
agents to Washington to lie and bride a
the quinine and other trusts have done
how can the Press or the politician
know whether these vulgar tariff
robber-barons are lying or MOTT
They not only do not know, but the
do not care. Il is just 50 with the Phils
delphia Press; it has some interest. o
some influence is used to make It plead 70
tariff In the interest Of the Irvine trust
il cannot plead from knowledge becaus
it pleads in the same manner for all th
other tariff robbers It canno
have such accurate knowledge Q
them all. Why then does the Pres
make these pleas2
Any reasonable man may read th
! answer in the size Of the campaign funds
:, 1t is fol fat fried out.
In the case Of Irvine the farmers hav
= to pay while the trust gets rich on a
4 industry it has been building up" fo
thirty years The wheat and grain az
= sold at Liverpool prices without tb
added cost Of the taxed Irvine. Ths
comes from the farmers poe ket; nobod
else pays or could pay that tax. The farm
Il ers bear the burden Of making III
Is Irvine trust profitable. Cotton baegin
ie is in precisely the same category. Co
70 ton is sold a. Liverpool prices and eve
le the negro cotton grower, whose who
as support comes from cotton, hell
7e to bear the burden of "keel
n ng tie wolf from the doc,