The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-11
sLrsnsD EvERY vRIDAy, Ar JAsrEE,
prnors COUNTY, INDIANA. NJ
CLEN ENT DOANE.
|oFFICE.-Is CoURIER BuILDISo ON
s.r S,xrH SrREEr.


ny sne proposed increaae ~ ,..,w u
% =" ~ Plates from l cent 10 ~ can't \.
pound, the republican tariff ,;.La.s s"' "
furnished an object Lesson ,hss o,'.','. -.
nAve very extensive etI.cs N .d..."., 49,"
90 sns.,o, ~ ,"""'ry o. The tariff question. Th
% - .u'.' champion OF the measure Il R.,,
"''"ve .s,S. bayne Of the Pittsburo c;s
"Ic.' asih his defense OF n n ~ so,,.
~ year and . half the mills 81 ~.
% .."""'sy ""y VIII DO producing all the MAJ,
e. -, s"v" 70, domestic cnf,sumptjon. Al,
49,. '.'e M which will compare fsvorahi,
'c -" we present prize paid for she ;n,
)r pos'e" article. $1,000 men will ia .,;,a.
'e .mpIovment and the country I'll, ssvs
= tin.v - Pay LOT English
$50 this u NAV. in the first nlsce he
= ~. ""se'vcd that we do not send nosn !
z 49, " any other sum Of money ~ 49,,
's"" 'or TN plates. but that va do sord
our own products Of that value um-
exports 70 Grcaf Britain IN 1883 amo..,... !.
81 % SOS, ,23s79O. while our imnor,s
rom .reai Britain amounted ~ n,.,'
tlT'ss1 ,975, and this general svas...s
nHr been preserved for number ~ vos.s
r.sl "r export Of corn 70 that coun,rv
.,"'s' exactly pays for our import OF M
r's"s, ana me only probable result ofI
s.o measure 80 far ss Great Britain Il
our goods ~ 'ess o'l
bu', snpposing that Mr.. Bsyne Il cor.
se.. ~ ~" theory, what will he the re-
80" - re measure on tho people OF this
s""ry Inc importation Of tin plates
-, - pce" ' steadily growing OF late wears.
anu last year reached in amount M O0O
w pounds. valued ~ eel 200 600. ana
paying duty Of 81 27a 45o 70. That q
p say Tin plates are valued at : little
'ess 'nsn ) cents . pound. and have i
cen' added - the custom house, making
ne price 4 cents . pound TO the con-
sumer. 10 this II IL now proposed III
adn cents per pound which. according
~ Mr. bayne, will make the tariff pro.
h'onorv, and cause all tin plates uscd
mere 70 be made here. The cost will be
increased 70 81 cents . pound. but ~ .
'sys that In a wear aud 9 half II will
compare favorably with the preser, y
'r'ce, Whatever that may mean. Bn,
Or the present 1t least. as he concedns
no price will be incressed II cents
which on our consumption or 7l7.OO on0lx
'ounds, amounts 10 $40. .755. 900 and this ,
vii be paid by our consumers. Ana al
the capitalists who are about 70 envaceI.
y the business. A the duty Il prohihi. q
ory, they will also receive the ~ 27g u
~ now received by the government
making total bounty Of oi8OO4. .459 tolccss
he men ia the new industry. u
Inc return offered IL the empIoymentl
SO,0OO men. or, In other words, the - y.
oun'ry will paw eighteen millions od -
"ilars 10 capitalists TO induce them tol
'npioy these men. and this IL at thel
stc o. $500 per year. or $50 per MONTH.
'r each man employed. VI course The ="
zen VIII not get all Of the money. and
'e country does not get the benefit or -
'eir work. II would be just $4,000 COO 20
Totit 10 the country 10 employ these,
600 men Al the same rate, and set them ~
work on any kind OF public improve ~.
Axe in nls,c a. go "s ,';,s,:. '"., - hoI
thc neonIe - .a... w ;s," 0 90, hir
,erv o.a 49,. ~. me
erefore cverv one helps pay the tax, .. :
''ch. estimating our population At 81, 80" -"
loo, IL 30 cents annually for every % !
~. woman and child in the country, or 80 q
50 for On ordinary family Of five per- -. ~.
-. II j. practically equivalent to q 49,. ="
ll-tax Of 81 50, ana for what? TO 20 .
ke more money for few favored = :. :
'itsIisis. Not one cent Of any benefit 80. ~.
De shown to return to the people IN "a, ~
ees Of their actual payment, on thel -
q favorable aspect Of the case. 80. ~.
ut II is hardly probable that Mr.. go cs.'
mes theory will work out properly. -
'erieDce teaches that people will not
o much Tin ct 81 ccnts pound as at
nts pound. They either use scme- Tt
9 else or do without, 10 . large ex- for
Consequently the people employed port'
making tin-plate into other articles, II.
those into whose product the value Fore
n plate enters, will be adversely A. Jo
%. protest sent TO congress BY a|dcsk
Q number Of these people, during the bany
nt agitation Of the question. declares Smit
{ there are now about 650O0O work Gutu
directly or indirectly connected macr
industries In this country that use ton,
ed plates as . raw material, while A bra
1900 OF our people In this country lie
ume canned goods, 90 sgainst 70 600 lter:
ZOO workmen that now manufacture mer !:
10 timed plates that are used and Iment
umed In al the world" Ter ~
is certainly safe 10 estimate that at foldir
5000 o. these 66O,OUO people will Reich
rown out Of employment BY the 6chef
e OIL ~ the demand for tinwsre and ferrin
% goods caused By higher prices. New
q, the protest declares that the in-lpots ,
viii destroy the tin-roohng. can Smith
and other tin manufacturing In erick.
les. hut taking the low estimate Van I
600, . many men Will Be thrown Zellcr
employment ~ ere given employ.
Tho net result OF the tax will The
lore Be that the people will pay being
70, 600 for nothing whatever, and last v,
III lose foreign market for S2O,- were
o Of agricultural products annu- The b
built .
two "
y county hes sent another damage