The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19
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He Voted For tlse TariG ssll In the senate
and After the Waterloo q the Polls Can
Nos blame Dealers for Raising Prices II
Order to Make Money.
At the time when the Mckinley tariff
bill passed the Senate. Senator Sherman
made . very remarkable speech warn
ing the manufacturers not to take id.
vantage Of the new conditions that the
bill created Hero Is the press report Of
this part OF his speech:
Mr. sherman closed his speech with come
words Of warn nx and advice a. the beno-
nsi rss II the new tariff H. was earnest
enough IN HE manner 20 indica . that he 10
not at all confident 10 20 he outcom~ ri
the law The gr at shirg that stood IN the
way OF the success 81 the bill. h <aid. vss
v he'hcr or not the m .nufacturcr> Of this
foun:ry would permit fee competiticn u
the b ncfcIar - Of the bill wouii comblne
nnd CHI a the ~ ople out - the bene g Of
IN. la~- They wire now gwen rea -onabie
and ample p osection. and Il III " " ,uld re-
: - tn temptation attaching { great ax-
gregstion< Of capital 60 tompinc AMI ad-
vance prices. they might hope for . season
Of great prosperity
Bnt Mr.. herman warned them that .:
they went into pools and combin &c ions and
made corners they would so 1fend the pc
pie that the protective tar n would disap
pear with great rapldity- Ne al hop-. tn
senator Z Concluded. that the manufacturer
would open the doors 20 fair con petition
do not. said NJ sherman. 1 shall b. rs ready
90 vote for the repeal OF this law as ! am
nov ieady 60 vote for is.
Since elections Senator Sherman has
been talking freely about the Repub-
lican Waterloo and the causes which pro-
duced it. In q recent interview be said:
] have no doubt that the new tarsH act
going IN "a effect inst before the election Uns
bal Tor che Republican party. The trades
men took advantage OF IN circumstances 20
raise Inc prices OF heir 70 DE- a be-, ord
any necessity and beyond ali reason. That. OF
course NUT have had an Injurious eject on
do MT blame the tradesmen- They My
followed the universal Law OF trade In TAX
ing stvantrge ~ every circumstance out Of
winch they could make . little more money.
The laws u trade would not BY any means
deter them from putting up The prices until
they themselves we're compelled 60 pay
higher prices That the tradcsinen Of the
country would do this might easily have
bean foreseen. ] would myself 10 5u~t q
they have done nIhad . few building lota
for sale ! would TAKE advantage Of any oc-
cur encc. even ~ a Democrat victory. 70
tuudnce tHf mtIset Value 81 the lou anu
put up The price.
Here the senator was talking COM
mon sense. lie knows the simple law
OF trade that a man who has something
70 sell is not goin1 to part with il W tn
out taking advantage OF every possible
circumstance favorable to higher prices
What in the light OF the words just
quoted. shall be thought OF tho Sena-
tors warning 70 the manufacturers not
TO shake down the Mckinley plL.ns
into their laps? And what shall be
thought OF senator who knowing the
laws OF trade, votes TO give the manu-
facturers advantages which they ARE
kindly TO refrain from seizing? IT IS
but another case Of ''nang your clothes
on q b cScry limb. but don't 60 near
the water"