The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-16
ANSWERED BY his FRIENDS
McKlnley's Arguments All Rsiuted
by His Party Associates,
hen nutterworth on Competition and the
Benefit TO the FArmer~-senator Davis
on Binders Twine 10 Follow,

One conspicuous feature OF Major Nc
(Kinley'a campaign speeches IL that all
their tritenesa and availability has been
refuted by members OF his own party and
by men whose ability II would be insult
ing 10 compare with his, 80 superior ID
theirs. We present to-day, extracts from
the speech Of Hon, Hen hulterworth Of
Ohio, In the House, May 10, 1890, The
general topic was the tariff bin and the
proper adjustment Of lta schedules, Mr.,
nutterworth aaldl
We are confronted now with the labor
Of preparing the schedule, The policy
/ has been settled, II II asserted by our
adyeraaries that the Republican party,
speaking through q majority Of the Ways
aud Means Committee Of ihh House, adj
VOeate In some Instances, and 40 "a defens
| aiVe pOlioy, prohibitory tariff, and that
| II Ia not only permissible, but desirable 10
remove competition 40 q factor IN the
productive problem IN Amerlca-l mean
foreign competition, l deny that such
views were ever entertained or adyocat,
cd by D per cent. OF the Republicans Of
mediate benehelariea OF that Chinese poll
10y,
Competition alone does not and can not
reduce the cost OF produellGn, II h obyl.
Gus that one man can not make pair OF
hOotn at less cost merely because there
arc nine bOolmakera sitting at his side,
each making pair Of boots, Compeu,
ton has Ia Hlrieineaa nothing 10 do with
the reduction Of first cost It's influence
" 10 reduce the selling price OF articles
that arc produced 70 the lowest point con.
hlatent with profit, Obviously the selling
price can not 20 below that, for II Il does,
there la an end TO business, an end 10
production,
INVENTION AND NOT PROTECTION.
Tho general reduction Of prices all
along the line OF supply u due 10 the pro-
dnetlon Of machine wElch enables one
man not only 10 do the work OF ton or
nfty, but enablea him 10 produce better
rehlilta and here we have the reduction
OF cost, but II N due ~ the genlua OF
our oountrymen In tho production OF new
and useful methods In attaining reaulla,
Lot mo ILLUSTRATED Within twenty years
there has been u complete revolution In
most OF the Industrial arts, reducing over
and over again the cost OF production and,
aa every intelligent man must see, reduc'
Ing the selling price In the market This
latter reduction II no more due primarily
70 competition than II Ia TO the direction
OF the trade wlnds.
propose, before take my scat, II there
should DO time, 10 call your attention 20
the influence OF these Inventions upon the
opportunity OF workmen, and 10 show that
each Invention has boon blessing 70 all
our people hut am not addressing my.
self 10 that branch OF the aubIect nt this
iimo. | desire 20 remove the prevalent
impression, N can, that mere competl.
tlon has reduced prices In this country
and that our multiplied Industries are due
70 narrowing the field OF competition, for
| grow little roatloaa day after day and
week after week hearing roeulta attrlbut.
od 70 every cause but the right one, and
credit being given 70 a system which y
not entitled 10 credit for results which Il
does not achieve. IL becomes peculiarly
annoying when we learn that We are pay
Ing hundreds OF mllllona each year for our
blind crodullty.
nENEP1riNG a FEW.
II will hardly be cont0ndod that any In.
duatry, wherever situated and however
conducted, has right 20 n special and
partial advantage, und0r tho law, over
any other industry In the country, for un.
less they oil stand upon an equality one
must bo robbed for the bcnoilt OF an.
other, and for obvious reasons. Lot me
illustrate little; | observe that In the
bill reported 10 the House on certain artl.
cloa the duties are practically prohlbltory,
or supposed 10 bo. II thoy are so, auch d
ratio, In my judgment, 10 not defcnsiblc
undor any circumstances. Az 10 other
articles OF import, while our own country
holds the colgno OF vantage As against the
world, we nevertheless, and, as greatly
fear In violation OF tho spirit OF our dc.
clnrod policy, place our people under tri.
butte 70 put money into tho pockets OF u
fow individuals.
After alludnR 10 the oxtortlon on tin
plate, and denying that thoro In tin 20 be
found In proper quality, Mr.. Buttorworth
contlnuod Now, lot ug SEQ what else IN
proposed 10 oonolliato tho farmer. He is
offered some froo sugar, but that takes
revenue from the Treasury which mustbe
made up some othcr way, II that revenue
shall bo needed. He saves In the cost OF
the sugar 30 many millions OF dollars but
ho loses II 10 the revenue. Hia loss does
not stop there, for no has TO pay II out In
bounty.
Certain II Ia that In some lines of pro-
ductlon we have, by our eystom OF adjust
ing the tariff, enabled few individuals
TO accumulate more money than the GU
tire agricultural and working population
OF gomo States have boen able 20 earn
during tho aamo period OF time, Protoc.
tlon was not necessary az against compe-
tltion In the casos mentioned, but because
tho individuals who control those products
were able 70 Impose upon Congress as 20
their roal needs, and thus prevent n re-
ducton OF the tariff. Thus for great
many years American citizens have paid n
higher price for American copper than the
Same article (the produce OF our own
minos) sold FOR In tho other nations, while
II cost the producer less than the product
OF any other copper mlneB on earth, There
havo boon few days In the last decade
when we could not produce copper at less
coat than any other nation, and while that
10 truo, wo have paid few scores OF own.
orB OF copper mines In the United States
millions OF dollars each year as n mere
Rratuity, moro bonus. II will never DO
continued with my vote.
Mr.. Buttorworth then presented elabor-
ato atatlatlca 10 show that reciprocity with
Canada, las favored by Senator Sherman
and hlmBelf) Ia more advantageous than
reciprocal trade with South America, and
that oithor In preferable 10 McKlnley's
scheme OF domestic restriction.
But that IN not all. The farmer will
have, after oil, TO pay well FOR his sugar,
II he be required 10 pay q bounty, and whore
that bounty will stop no one knows. So
no may not In the end realize any cheaper
sugar II the bounty IL continued, and he
has lost revenue OF the Government which
must bo made up. Ho has also, on ac-
count OF his good fortune In having the
abolition OF the sugar tariff, to become re-
conclled 10 being Heeced by those other
industries DO called, that have Just men,
toned. But ho is consolod by the suggos-
tion Of higher tariff on farm products.
Well, lot us examine that fora moment.