Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1890-12-12

shoes had gone up In price In Bathgate IN
consequence of the Mckinley bill. Tho
Pioneer Express, at the time, tried to con,
vince the people differently. Private lot.
ters complained to the writer that 1t was
q mistake. We have no reason to 40
bsel-'en~that -atatamant: The duty on
leather has been increased by y7tha, bill,
Home merchants have told w that boots
ard shoes had gone up IN consequence,
crat.
The above il. fair sample of demo.
cratic misrepresentation. The editor OF
the Democrat ought to know, II he does
not, that the tariff on leather and it,
manufactures, SO far as boots and shoes
are concerned, has not been raised. As a
matter Of fact, it has been lowered -
Boots and shoes made of leather pay q
duty Of rs per cent ad valorem under the
Mckinley BILL Tho former rate was 80
per cent ad valorem. 1t is a reduction Of
1851 per cent, instead Of an increase, as
the editor of the Democrat states.
Unmanufactured leather suitable for
making boots and shoes - "calf.skins,
tanned or untanned; dressed upper
leather, including patent, enameled and
Japanese leather, dressed or undressed
and finished chamols or other skins, not
specially enumerated or provided for"--
pay an ad valorem duty of 90 per cent.
The old rate was the same.
Hides are on the free list.
These are the facts, as they appear IN
schedule "N'' of the Mckinley bill.
Wherein do they show that the bill is. re,
sponsible for the rise in pricesY The. duty
has been lowered; yet the Democrat
states that the price has gone up t'lu con.
sequence of the Mckinley bill" 1t ia
such misrepresentation as that which
placed Pembina county in the democratic
column this fall.--Devils Lake Inter
Ocean Congressman Hansbrough's pa-
peri.
1t is doubtful if a confidence game of
such huge proportions was ever before
played on the people of nation. 1t has
been shown that in McKinley's gerry
mandered district, in Ohio, the democrat,
sent out agents to "peddle" tinware from
farm house to farmhouse. They were
not expected to make sales, however. An
exerbitant value was put on their wares,
and, when the housewife protested, she
was told that the high price was due to
the Mckinley bill. This was duly related
by the wife to her husband, aud be-,
if not we'll posted in the matter, went to
the polls and voted against the man who
doubled the price of pans. But, as a
matter of fact, the duty on tin has not
added more than cent or two to the cost
-on an average-of the household tin.
ware, and the duty was levied to allow
the Black Hills article to be mined and
manufactured, and thus render the peo-
pie of the United States independent of
the English tin-mines.
1t certainly does appear that vast con-
spiracy was formed by the leaders of the
national democracy to impose upon tho
agricultural interest rsgardin: the work.
ings Of the Mckinley law. It was a new
measure, and tho people had not become
acquainted with its provisions. Many in
telligent retallers-republlcan a. well as
democrats-toek the SAY" of eastern job.
ers and importers and raised the price of
goods that were not touched by the bill.
And not word was said by the demo-
cratic leaders about the change in the
status of sugar that would save twenty
times a. much in the household expenses
of the average family as the necessary
tariff on tin would increase them. 1t was
campaign OF misrepresentation from
beginning to end on the part of the dem
ocratic party.
In the matter of boots and shoes, it Is
unnecessary to 60 far from home to show
how the people were hoodwinked. The
following il an instance TS7'-
A citizen Of this county who lives
about eight miles from Wllliamsport Wis
tied the Capital City. he wanted to buy
q pair of shoes. He dropped into the
store Of leading democratic politician
of the state. He complained of the high
price and was inforped that the McKln-
ley bill had raised values on boots and
shoes. But it happened that tho EN-.
mons County man was intelligent and
one who kept posted on current events.
So he thought he.would further investi'
gate. He visited another shoe store, and,
being satisfied with the price, purchased
what be wanted, He then asked why,
with the Mckinley bill in operation, the
dealer had not raised prices, and was told
that tho bill, instead of increasing,
slightly lowered the duty on leather and
its manufactures. This happened few
weeks before the recent election.
sCH0OLTEACH WANTED.