Sharp County record., 1890-10-30
SMELL OF MONOPOLY"

..-ta Itself. In thu fiscal years lSTi
"a 1s7s a surplus Of something like
~.1n I'd, 900 had accumulated as the re-
al war duties which had not been
..ed. There was then no party so
.Ragant as to make it its one vital
bic that the true way to make the
e prosperous is to tax them enor-
IN beyond the needs of the Govern
18t and thel squander the surplus
<r noproprations of the most proaigate
r<sracteE There was no Tom Reed at
lid holm then to boast that they had
III lid of the surplus by spending it
The ma jority of the Republican party
xas at that time in favor of the common
senso view that the way to get rid OF a
ourplus is to reduce taxation. Then, as
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 TO 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
a REPRESENTATIVE of New England he
was opposed to a reduction of the tarlif'
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-
chusests, has begun to see the
tariff In a different light, now
that New England has ceased
10 reap benefit in all directions from
56 hi7hest form of protection, and her
:: ,:;s I'D have III fact, begun to cry
ia {or free raw materials. This sape
|oWes said Of the Mckinley bill, N
<6nnte on August 6, that "he recog-
Hid that change of sentiment in New
1g|and, " and that nobody felt more
1S|b]Y than he did the inequalit es
1 jnjust tees of features Of the pending
NJ After saying this he voted with
d ue1nocrats to reduce the duty on
But b 1872 New England's views on
<arlf INFORM were different from what
t6ey are to-day, and so Mr.. Dawes held
different views too at that time. AL
though be was chairman of the Ways
&ad Means Committee he did not sue
aoed in shaping such bill as he wanted
Qr bis own dear New England; and
hence he left to Western member the
1sk Of defending the bill that was con.
ruoted in accordance with Western
This Vas Mr., Finkelnberg, of Mis-
p0urI IN defending the tariff reduction
1llI which the committee had brought
~ h9 made use of language in striking
o<(ta>twith the sentiments of the pro-
ct'ou party to-day. He said that the
c!11tttee's measure was intended
aI9|Y Ito dlveSt some industries of
a1perabundant protection, which
I 1eZl1of monopoly, and which it was
! fa< Mtended they should enjoy after
4 t0t <Kinley's duties have that very
n 10y Smell of monopoly" As
b 1I[tr the war as 1872 Mr.. Finkeln-
d aking for his party's Ways and
4nQ <ommittee, said that it was
u SE 1tended that our industries
41l4 1rjoy war duties after the war.
p ~ Hp4t do we find twenty-five years
t19 close of the war? The
" r5'z n left in the Repub-
y "a rarty who talk as Mr..
ksln6nrg did against war duties
y smell Of monopoly" are
lI HqQ 4pon with suspicion and de-
N VA n assistant Democrats" Nc
N lulo comes forward with duties high
& '5n11 Ne country has ever known
b 19{ oven than under the storm
81 ~ 9tE9s5 ot tho civil war-and has the
.uFance to defend these exorbitant
1tlqs ~ Yelling the people that when
h nefQnAnQ'se is cheapest men are poor
en9 therefore I'VE want no return
QqeAP VINES in our own country"
MI Y o2 'pe fostering care Of Mckinley,
'gh tariff associates, trusts are
pp about us like crab-grass
H ring shower Old trusts are
5'n9o IN their possessions, and in
.1( get higher protection.
tp7 iln7eed oil trust gets some of this
\ 'zso4ndant protection which smells
- ply" Three years ago the
N VA N lnseed oil was almost as low
wv ~ ~ England, Thon the trust
i, and prices were put up to
wv 1e 7 point that the duty Of e5
Mlon would permit. At present
oPl. Pre- paying almost twice the
'''n price, and only FIVE or six
'7.nq Qollars' worth we're bought
{e4 owing TO tho duty.
'ne trnst has complete control of
y nomq market, and as the combina-
~ oqnEqlns ~ per cont OF the linseed
ov n m tho country, one would
M hey might at least continue
~. the existing duty The
even ask fora higher duty,
NJ e published reports show,
N Z |oy apparently likes duties
~ u sell OF monopoly" and
", Pc raised the duty on lin
Ia' 4. VA 20 cents q gallon to 30
~ this yct did not smell
~ pgh OF monopoly tho Som
@,1, \. 70 D" cents gallon, That
st a total OF cents for fu-
I0g with prices.