Arizona republican., 1890-11-20
DUTY ON EACH slOO.

Major Mckinley, after giving the his tory of carpet manufactures in the United States under protection, and showing the great decline in prices on Brussells carpets from $2 in 1872 to -93 cents in 1890, and on tapestry car pets from $1.46 in 1872 to 65 cents in lS90-continues:
 But the ad valo9em has gone up and that is waat troubles the gentlemen cf the othes side. Applause on the Republican sl1e.l It is the high ad vslorems that you gentlemen advocat- ing tariff reform keep before your eyes. You slut youf eyes to the dimia'shing psices The iavo ite assault of the Democ' aic ice trader or reyenue a T reforneS is 10 parade ,he,e high percel ages sad ad vaiorem ca. igalen.s to show the 600, nops burde IS of ta:atiou that we impose upon the people of the United States.
 Now, let us look at this for moment while We are passing. When steel rails were sl0O a ton we had duly on them of sl3 a ton. What would be the equivalent ad valoren7 iwenSy- eight per ,elt. That is moi enol nous. My friend rom Texas even would not hold that as too hign as an sd valorem equivalent. But he very instaat we reduce the price of steel rails
 
 encouraged out own producers to CT gage Ia this business-vneu the price went down 10 $50 a ton the a1 valoiem equivs en: went up o 56 per cent; for s2S ton duty, wi steel rails at $50 a ton, would be equivalent to 56 per cent They are troubled about the ad valo em equivalent. They look to percentages; we look to prices. We would rather have s.eel raiis at $50 ton and Sn ad valo em equivalent of 56 per cent. than to have s,oe' ra.ls at LOO and an ad vaofem equivalens oi only 8 per cent Applause on the Reput' can s,de.l They pursue shadow; we enjoy the suos, ance. lApplause,l What do we care about ad valorems2 But you will hear of high ad valoiems in this debate iron its be- ginning to Is close.
 Why, sic, when you bought crate of ware in 1855 at S96, the ad valorem was only 24 per cent You buy ,he same clate of ware today tor si6; but the ad valo,em has gone up to 55 per cent. Which would you rather have, low ad valorem equivalents and high pl iced goods, or high ad valorem equiyalen and low priced goods. IApplsusel Why, sir you cannot eat ad va lorems llaughterl; you cannot weer ad va loiems; you cannot carpet your floors win ad ya!orems; you cannot roof your house with ad valorems; you cannot frr1ish your table with ad valorems We do nos care how high they go up i; the pllce of the commodity goes down, anu NneH lneg Bo up lt IS Oecdtbe we nave Dy our protective taGif Ieduced the price to the consumer.
 The confding reader of our contem- porary will possibly be shocked when he learns that in 1828--S1 duties were nearly twice as high as they are now, or have been since 1883. They were then $l2.50 per ton, and are now $6.72. It is rare effort of free trade audacity which would persuade us that "the present duty, $6.72 per ton, is very nearly the highest in the history of the country" It reaches this conclusion by estimating that the duty of $l2.50 per ton was 40 per cent ad valorem sixty years ago, while $6.72 per ton is 5S per cent ad valorem now. A more ludicrous illustra- tion of the follies of Free Tradism could hardly be conceived. It would almost persuade us that the decline of SO per cent in the price of iron is grave mis- fortune, because the decline has been attended with the terrible advance of 45 per cent in the ad valorem duty.