Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-03

hoW quicE they Wera We mean the
good protectioniats" of the moroaoo
Manufacturers national association when
they found that Mckinley had PIT goat
akins in his tariff bill-or, to bs more
precise, had neglected to leave them out.
Didn't the morocco men bestir them
selvesP Did they stop to think --thsse
philanthropic friends Of American labor
that their Republican brethreo In the
house were whooping up the tariff in the
highly pfaisewosthy manner they stood
pledged to when they solicited the
sutfraSes, contributions and influence of
the grand old partyr Oh, gracious no.
They rushed to Washington to save their
skins. They bounced In upon the ways and
means committee boiling over with argu-
ment, with prctsstation, with sxpostuis-
ton. Look, here, now, they cried; "this
will never do. II will ruin our business.
Goat skins are our raw material. il
you lay this import duty on them II will
raise their cost. We know that we hays
been saying that taxation OF raw IN ,ts-
rails docs not increase their cost to the
manufacturer and the consumer. OF
course wool and tin plate and iron ore
and all such things shou,d bs taxed
heavily taxsd--Gna we maintain that the
man who holds otherwise Is fan unregan-
crate aud unps.riotiS free trader who as.
serves no consideration in this world,
and mighty little in the next. But goat
skina. theY'ra different you know; when
you tax tham you pat your hands into
our pockets, and that will never do. It
may be all right to tax COW hides and
horse hides aud such raw material as
leather men use; they ought to be will
ing to pay their share OF protection"
and the tax would not add more than a
dollar or 50 per pair to the cost OF boots
and 9hoes, besides the duty would proc-
ably prt some money into the Golfers OF
the poor struggling cattle kings of tho
west; but goat Hkina, oh dear me, when
you touch them you're t:esdins on our
tces.n
Now, we presume, these good Repub.
loan moroceo manufacturers are familiar
with tae legal maxim 'faleus in uno
falsus in omnibua" II an import duty
will raise the cost OF one raw material,
By u parity of reasoning it will raise the
price OF enother. II il Ia fair to tax one
class Of manufacturers to foster one ia
FAINT industry, it ia equally fair to tax an.
other class to foHter another infant In
dustry. They objact that all tho goat
skins produced at home would not keep
one of their taotor ca running o single
day. Well, how do they expect to build
up the infant industry of raising Amsri.
eau goats without adequate ''protectionP"
The very foundation stone Of their party
platform is protection TO infant indus
tries. Are no. the goat raisers OF Bhanty.
town as deserving OF profession as the
tin ore spesulsiors of the Back Hills?
We do raise some goats in this country
but we do no, make any tin plate. Yet
We have levying an import duty on tin
plAte-the raw material of canneries,
builders and workshops employing
according to recent estimate 700, 600
psople-we have been levying an
import duty on this rsw material for
ID years past; And Mckinley now wants
to more than double this duty. What for |?
Why, on the theory that il tho "protec-
ton" be raised high, somebody may be
persuaded 10 stat an american Tin plate
factory. Yes, and il there were a emf
ciently high import duty on bananas We
might cultivate this Tropical fruit in Dsl-
aware lighthouses What Is the matter
with clspping duty On goat ekin4 to on.
courage our people to 70 into the bust
ness OF raising gontsp II has hsen
demonstrated that we can raise goats; il
has not been demonstrated that we can
make tin plate. The proposed tax o.,
u cents on raw goat skins, the
morocco men say, is equivalent to IL psr
cent al vslorem. ThAl is small matter
compared With the existing duty of So
per cent 81 valorem on tin plhta, which
the high tariff men have been talking OF
hosting up to 50 per cent Va valoren.
Wherein does the injustice OF Gripping
the trade OF workers 10 tin-the fruit and
vegetable Gamers Of the east and TIE
beef sad ssluion Gamers OF the west, tbs
manufacturers Of tin osscs for mAtohy-
lard, oils, spices and msuy other prod
ucta tho tin r0oiers and makers Of do
roaefio tin VIVA oil 90, 49, ..--.
why should legislation directed aRains,
these industries be laudable, while tho
same kind of legislation when directed
agaiubt morocco manufacturers il Gin
COMPREHENSIVE" indefensible and at
terly damnable2 Why shouldn't sauce
Tor the tit plate goose be equally saucs
for the goat skin gander2 Why, as we
ask above, are not the poor men who
'aiae goats just % much entitled to PRO
lection" as ths rich men who own tin orc
mines2 We have seen IT stated by a
usually weli-iniormad authority that ell
ths tin plata Gsad ia the civilz ID yo,iI
y the product Of rot over 80 0OU work
Ing men. Suppose by putting the duty
nigh enough we could divert 0ae.hslf OF
this manufacture to America; how oou,l
It profit IA to cmb4rsasa industriea
employing 700 600 men to bald up
new industry employing 5000 /?
We couid temp more than 10 COO people
to 20 into the businsss Of raisiug goats
and not halt try. Do los our good pro.
lection 'riends in ths morocco trade SEES
that When they kick AGAINST taxing one
raw material they arc shaking tn, whole