The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-02-14
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rnErrS PLATE Durr.

There Il no more unjustihable tax upon
American industry than the Tin plate duty.
Il is bare-faced swindIe. without the
semblanee Of a decent protext. Though
only one Of the numerous methods OF
drawing The life blood from our languish-
Ink agriculture TO nourish lnsolent nonop.
olyitis maintained with an lmpudence and
greed from which all t;nse Of shame long
since disappeared.
The tlp plate plunderers feel that their
opportunity has arrived for another turn
Of the screw upon their vlcsim'. They
did what they could for the support OF the
monopoly system. as a whole, by the wan
amakcrlng Of the presidential and con-
Krcssional elections, resulting In Harrison
and this congress, with boodlers on top all
around, and they demand their full shne
Of the spolls. We prefer to give their fur
ther intentions In the authorized versions,
furnished by the Philadelphia lnqnirev, a
very wldeawake republican organ, which
on important occasions gets i,s news at
first hand from Mr.. Boss Quay, the gen
ueman who cula the pie and distributes
The pieces. Here Is the InqsiS0's special,
giving us very rlNialy to understand what
the Tin plate cormorants propose to do
with US;
The arguments advanced by hfr. w. c.
Cronemeyer, Of the American Tin Plate
association, before the ways and means
committee is hkel, TO bear truit when the
revenue bill IA framed. Mr.. Cronemeyer,
who h from Pltsburg, put plate business In
very strong light, showing how hundreds
Of dollars arc annually paid for the impor-
tation of this article, which cannot be
manufactured at a profit In this country
under the present duty OF one cent per
pound. He also slowed that capital was
waiting to be invested and labor to be en-
ploved In the industry as soon as Il was
sufficiently protected, and argued for an
Increase n the duty 10 az cents per
pound. II Is now understood from good
authority that The new revenue bill will
contain the increase. The Increased tariff
on Tin plate will effect another industry
which Is of considerable importance, es-
pccially IN the north. and that Is the can
Ming trade. To Offset the increased price of
Tin cans Il Is proposed TO abolish almost
entirely the duty on sugar, which Is an
item of great importance TO the busine IS
mentioned. One objection TO this comes
from the beet and sorghum growing states
Of the southwest. To equalize matters
and prevent any loss In these industries,
the committee propose Bounty for the
raising of these croos. This Is the outline
OF what the new bill will contain In order
TO encourage the tin plate industry.
This scheme of plain, strong-handed
robbery Is a fair specimen of the big
schemes and Of the little schemes, which
60 to make up any scheme of taxes which
Is intended to benefit private enterprises
and not to raise public revenues. Its alb
rurdity does not strike It's benehcaries ct
their political sponsors and abettors, simp.
" because they have never been accus-
toned to look upon government other
wise than as an agency for their personal
-aggrandizement, and feel for the prosper
ity OF their country only in their pockets.
What beautiful plan of restriction upon
packers. OF taxes upon consumers, of bcun
ties to sugar raisers, all winding up IN rich
subsidies 10 the tin plate baronsi 1t Is the
very neafest method imaginable of absorb
ing other peoples property by the beautiful
device of government monopoly, giving
the earnings Of many to few.