The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-27
STRIKE HOME.

The coming 4th OF November will give
the wage earners Of Montana glorious
opportunity to strike home for their
rights. With them rests the decision as
to who shall be the next congressman
from Montana. The power is theirs,
and the way in which they use it will
make or mar their fortunes for years to
come. A vote for Carter means an en-
dorsement of the Mckinley tax system.
1t means the endorsement of the party
that persistently poses as the laborer's
best friend and takes advantage of his
confidence to plumber him at it's leisure.
1t means support, for the party that is
eternally shouting for high wages for the
American laborer, while in secret it
stands in with the lobbying manufact-
urer and reduces the workingmans
wages at his bidding. The wages of the
workmen Of Montana are reduced TO- day
by the action of Carter's bill. Vote for
him and you will register your acquies-
cence in this glazing, shameless robbery
Of yourself, your wife, your home and
your little ones.
An ounce of fact is worth ton Of fic.
ton and bushels of republican vaporing.
Here Is q specimen ounce. Under the
former tariff law, the ranchman, who
came to town to renew his outfit, ran up
q bill Of this kind. He bought ready
made suit of clothing for $50, an over
coat for 80, and derby hat for q. For
worsted shirt and cotton stockings he
paid q, for cotton shirt and cravat
$3.50. A woollen dress for his wife cost
him $40, and the purchase meant an
outlay OF 1850. On that suit he paid
81 Of tariff tax. The rate was IS per
cent. On the overcoat he was fleeced to
the tune Of $3.50 at the same rate. The
duty on hats was II per cent, and he
paid the manufacturer a tax of SO cents.
The two dollar worsted shirt represented
contribution of 20 cents; the cotton
shirt and cravat Of 80 cents. His desire
to please his wife with the sight Of a
new dress on his return homo ran him
in Tor another tax of $46O. II he added
pair OF 5-pound blankets, he paid for
them A.32, present to the manufact-
urer Of S1.79. II he had lost his pocket
knife, he bought new one for IS cents,
only Is cents added. The additions
made his bill amount to s5O57. No less
than 1906 of this sum was q tariff tax.
On purchase representing $50 worth of
goods, nearly two-fifths went to the
manufacturers.
Here, now, is what Carter has done for
the people of Montana. The figures are
correct. They are indisputable. Any
man who reads them and is willing to
saddle the present congressman at the
cost, is at perfect liberty to do go. He
may be worth the money. He may not
The wage-earners of this state must de-
eide. Under Carter's tariff bill that
same ready made suit pays not IS, but IS
per cent Ut duty. 1t will cost the Ia.
borer s4.05 more than it did before. So
with tho overcoat. On it there is an adj
vance Of $2O2 The worsted shirt costs
40 cents additional. The hat no longer
pays tax Of Il per cent. This is a
Uh1uA sn0V cuc0kSeuSs IL reduces the
cost Of the necessities to the laborer and
increases his wages. The hat submits
toa duty OF 100 per cent nowadays, BY
the grace Of Tom Carter, an advance Of
81 cents. On cotton shirt and crayat
this cheapening tariff reduces the rata
from So to 30 Per cent, 16 cents moro
This bens6cent scheme Of Carter's has
lowered the duty on the wooden dress
from 65 to no per can't. No worker can
grumbls ut that: 91.34 makes no great
difference in days wages. Nearly s.
psF cant OF rise in the tax on 5-pound
blankets. Carter seeu1 to be becoming
q trife expensive. The knife il scarcely
worth mentioning. It costs only q dolla,
nov instead u 70 cents = before.
Who can doubt that Tom Carter il nc
friand to Montana workers after this!
He has swelled this little bin Tor his
farlnsr ffiend and tor every laborsr in
- to19fssG o0oDv st6"Sxsully go