The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-27
The Mckinley Law Has So Declared
1t by Making It Much
Dearer.
e Was In the interest Of the
Standard OIL Mon
opoly.
Small Dealers Get No Particular Advantage
From 1t, but the Censamsrs
Have 70 Ray.

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that the burdens would only fall upon the
Injuries Of the rich, anG % his bill increases
the duty on white lead, the principal in
gredient used in the manufacture Of COM
mon paint, the MoKinleyites must think
that nicely painted cottage II . luxury,
which no American nottingham can ever
attain. The protsctionists were called upon
to cut down the tariff on white lead, but
they refused to do it. This article ID in
common use all over the country, and there
IL not man or woman in Helena who be-
lieves that a nicely painted house, though
It be ever 80 ANAL, ID luxury. Not only
does paint add to the presentable appear
ance Of . house, but it il used 40 matter
of economy, especially ON the inside. In
this item the McKinleyitss had an opportu-
nifty to do the poor man good turn,
but they did not do %. White
lead, were It mot for the tariff,
could be purchased for about four cents q
pound from paint dealers. A tariff Of three
cents pound on this commodity nov
seven cents pound 10 now the price, and
for this the McKinleyites are responsible.
Every Helena workingman or Montana
ranchman who has little home and wants
to improve it, appearance BY painting ii,
must submit to tax Of three cents pound
on the white lead in the paint he uses.
Who gets the benefit Of this tar? That
great octopus, composed Of high tariff adj
vocates, the Standard OH company. The
tax il not necessary to protect q legitimate
enterprise, but 10 put on to enable great
concern to control the white lead industry
in the United States. In the much talked
Of free list of the Mckinley bill, the poor
man and the farmer had the right to look
tor white lead, but putting it there would
have reduced the profits Of the greatest
monopoly in America, 90 1t was not in
cluded in that category.
How the Mckinley tariff will operate on
the price Of paints q member Of the Heath
Chicago, points out as follows:
when the Mckinley bill gets fairly in
force and We have got a new stock Of goods
it Is quite possible that we shall be injured
in our business. The duty on tin will make
an enormous difference in our expense &C.
cans every year. The additional cost on 4
single can will be slight, and do not zee
how We can we'll add it to the price Of our
goods. But on the large number Of cans
that We use annually this little difference
on single can will cut an important figure.
l suppose We shall have to find some way
to get back this additional outlay to
which W have been put by the No
Kinley bill. So far We have put up the
prices on that class Of goods which have
been directly affected by the new tariff law,
and 20 Tar - We are able to judge, the addi-
tlonal cost to the consumer will 20 to few
large manufacturers. These big concerns
-specialties have succeeded in getting tariit
on chemicals that Affect their particular
lines, while the smaller manufacturers Who
used these apecialties, have asked nothing
and got nothing. The result Of the whole
matter is that thousands Of small manufac-
an advanced price for their goods, and whom
these are used in manufacturing another
product the cost will be increased and the
consumer will be obliged to pay the tax.
The money goes from the consumer to the
large manufacturers, who have sohemed to
benefit them alone. The dealers suffer BY
having the conditions of trade disturbed,
in doing business"
In drugs Of every description, whore there
ie tariff tax, tits made in the interest Of
kind Of speciality or patent medicine. The
cost comes out Of the consumer; and in
most cases the consumer 10 found chiefly in
the lower and middle walks of life, The
rich man always employs high priced
physician for himself and his family when
tAsoaSonou Win 9lcAnsso OF any KIND, but
when the workingman il troubled with
some simple ailment he saves the DOCTORS
Zee and buys some specially prepared medi-
cine. This ls the class of goods that suf-
fers from McKinleyism, and the people Who
buy these goods pay the tax imposed on
drugs. Like nearly every other article sub
jected to taxation, drugs are taxed at the
expense OF the poor for the benefit Of the
rich manufacturer.
Remember the Mckinley bill il only tven.
ty-six days old, but before il il that MANY
weeks. every man in Helena, rich and poor.
will ind that the tariff a. fixed by the Mo
Kinleyites is tax. You will not, probably,
feel 1t till the stock bought before Get. l IL
exhausted; but you will after that, AMI Il
Will be burden on everything almost you
need in your daily life.