The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-24

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the AID u ssess Now.
Tariff history. like other history. re-
peats itsels. In tbs fiscal years is7;
and 1872 : surplus Of something like
fl00. 0o0. 900 had accumulated % tho re-.
suit Of war duties which Lad not been
reduced. There was then no party 80
extravagant as 70 make II its ono vital
principle that tho true way 70 make the
| people prosperous II 10 tax them enor-
monsly beyond the needs Of tho Govern
mcnt and thcL squandcr the surplus
by appropr atoms Of the most profiigate
character There was no Tom Reed at
the helm then 70 boast that they had
got rid Of the surplus by spendingit
Tho majority Of the Republican party
was 1t that time in favor OF the common
sense view that the way TO get rid Of
surplus Is TO reduce taxation Then, Is
now. there was strong tariff reform
wave sweeping over the Republican
party In the West, and nearly all the
Republican Congressman from the West
went 70 Washington In 1872 with de-
termination TO reduce the tariff.
Mr.. Dawes. Of Massachusetts,. was
then in the position now occupied by
Major Mckinley. chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee OF the House. As
4 Representative OF New England he
was opposed TO reduction OF the tariff,
New England clamoring At that time
for the highest possible protection 1t
Is interesting TO note that this same
Mr.. Dawes, now senator from Massa-
\ chusettA has begun TO see the
tartd in a different light now
that New England has ceased
to reap benefit in all directions from
| the highest form Of protection. and her
manufacturershave. in fact begun tocry
aloud for free raw materiala This saDe
\ Mr.. Dawes said OF the Nc X inley bill. n
the Senate on Augusta, that he recog-
nzcd that change Of sentiment in New
England" and that nobody felt moro
sensibly than he did the inequalities
and injustices Of features Of the pending
I bill" After saying this he voted with
the Democrats 10 reduce the duty on
/ ron ore.
But In 1872 New England's views on
/ tariff reform were different from what
they are to-day. and so Mr.. Dawes held
! different views too at that time Al
4 though he was chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee he did not sue
coed in shaping such bill as he wanted
for his own dear New England; and
hence he left to Western member the
task Of defending the bill that was con-
structed in accordance with Western
\ IDEAS
This was Mr.. Finkelnberg. OF Mis-
souri,. In defending the tariff reduction
bill which the committee had brought
! in he made use Of language in striking
contrast with the sentiments OF the pro-
lection party to-day. He said that the
committees measure was intended
merely ito dlvest some industries OF
the superabundant protection. which
1 smells Of monopoly, and which it was
never intended they should enjoy after
| the war"
But McKinley's duties have that very
odor--they smell Of monopoly" As
soon after the war as 1879 Mr.. Finkeln-
berg speaking for his party's Ways and
Means Committee. said that it was
never intended that our industries
should enjoy war duties after the war.
Now what do we flnd twenty-five years
after the close Of the war? The
/ few men left in the Repub-
lican party who talk Is Mr..
1 Finkclnburg did against war duties
and the smell Of monopoly" are
looked upon with suspicion and de-
nounced as assistant Democrats. Nc
Kinley comes forward with duties high
or than the country has ever known
| far higher even than under the storm
| and stress OF the civil war-and has the
assurance TO defend these exorbitant
duties by telling the people that when
| merchandise is cheapest men are poor
est" and therefore I'VE want no return
| to cheap times in our own country"
/ Under the fostering care Of Mckinley.
and his high tariff associates trusts are
springing up about US like crab-grass
| after spring shower Old trusts are
confirmed in their possessions and in
\ many cases get higher protection
| The linseed oil trust gets some Of this
ssuperabundant protection which smells
Of monopoly" Three years ago the
price OF linsced oil was almost as low
here as in England. Then tho trust
was formed and prices were put up to
the highest point that the duty Of IS
cents gallon would permit At present
our people are paying almost twice the
English price, and only Ave or six
thousand dollars worth were bought
last year. owing 10 tho duty.
As the trust has complete control Of
the home market, and IS the combine
ton contains ~ per cont OF the linseed
oil mills in the country. one would
think that they might 1t least con tinue
70 thrive on the existing duty. The
trust did not even ask for higher duty.
80 far IS the published reports show,
but Mckinley apparently likes duties
| which smell OF monopoly" and
accordingly he raised the duty on lin
seed oil from 25 cents . gallon to 30
cents As II this yet did not smell
strongly enough OF monopoly the Sem
ate put II up to 80 cents a gallon That
gives tho trust total OF cents for fu-
ture juggling with prices
The sugar trust too, was we'll pro-
vided for. The difference between the
duty on raw sugar and refined sugar.
which completes with the trust was
made greater than NJ prcscuf. ~ that