Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-30
THE NORTHWEST
Nothing Escapes !

ehave carefully examined the Mckinley
tariff bill and have been unable to find a
single article in common use-used by every
body in every position in life-and our search
has been useless.
They tell us that sugar is on the free list.
No assertion more devoid of truth could be
made. The tariff, true, is conditionally re-
moved, provided reciprocity treaty is made
with the sugar producing countries. In lieu
of the tariff, however, is bounty-a thing
which takes money ont of instead of putting
II in the treasury. Two cents on every pound
of sugar made in the United States is paid
by the government from the treasury of the
people to the person who manufactures it.
This is tax in excess of the old tariff and
is paid by the consumer. II this is good to the
sugar producer why should itssnOt be good for
the grain producer? J II the protectionists
are in earnest in their professions of friend
ship for the farmer, why not give him a
bounty on the serials which, at the present
prices, scarcely pay the expenses of cultiya.
hon?
On every article which enters into the fam
lily wardrobe the tariff tax has been increased
from an average of 451S per cent. to between
55 to GO per cent
Tinware, which was formerlyHon the free
list is now taxed 45 per cent. and carpets 81
per cent.
{ The new tariff increases the duties on shoes
from 80 to 35 per cent With the exception
of leather it increases the duty on all articles
usedin the manufacture Of shoes, such AZ
shoe nails, shoe pegs, wire, thread, lasts, lin
ings, and on all the implements used in the
manufacture of shoes, suchI as hammers
avis. knives and machinery of all kinds.a =
Even household furniture is not exemp
but is made to pay tribute to the manufac
turer. Notwithstanding that the United
States is one of the best wooded countries II
the world, the party of protection has decreed
that wood and all kinds of woodenware must
be taxed for the "protectien" of the timber
millionaires of Michigan. Chair cane OF
reeds wrought or manufactured from rattanf
or reeds cannot come into this country ex,
cept under 10per cent. tax. House or cabi
net furniture of wood, wholly or part finish
ed, manufacturers of wood, or Of which woot
is the component material, are taxed 80 pei
cent. This means higher prices for furniture
of every description. Although little furni
ture is imported, the fact that an extra tax ii
laid upon that class of goods makes it posi-
BILE for the furniture manufacturers to raise
the price of their goods. Besides, it viii
cost more to make furniture than it did be.
tore Mckinley gave expression to his talents
for helping the rich and robbing the poor
All the material which enters into the manu-
facture of furniture has gone up, andImanu-
facturers say they are forced to raise the
price of their goods to cover the extra cost of
manufacture. Circulars have been sent out
by the large manufacturers explaining the
necessity for an advance i'll prices. This
addition will be charged by the dealer to the
consumer, who as usual pays the final tax
which the Mckinley bill imposes. This taz
on furniture which the workingman pays
takes the same route that his other McKin-
ley assessments travel, and fetches up with
what has gone before, right in the manufac
turer's pockets.
The daily and hourly evidence of the effect
of the Mckinley Law upon the consumer i
worth all the theory in the world. This evil
dence cannot be kept out of the most devoted
Republican paper, that cares wit for adver-
tising, for 1t appears in the announcement
of every merchant, and, sometimes, only
separated by the width of rule from the
most able editorial, intended to prove that
the cost of commodities is not increased to
the consumer by the operation of the tariff,
The man who needs any one of the necessar-
les of life. from pair of hose to dozen
pearl buttons, will have no difficulty in fgur-
ing the difference between the prices charged
this year and those of twelve months ago.
and every balance so cast will make votes fol
the Democratic party in the present cam.
paign. The way to mans heart, in domes'
tic life, is said to be through his stomach, but
the way to his mind in the discussion of po.
litical economy is surely through his pocket
When it can be demonstrated that certain
policy costs the consumer from 10 to % pei
cent more than he has been accustomed to
pay for everything he needs, distractions
have to stand aside.
We cannot conceive how any person op.
posed to this robber policy which makes mil
lionaires by the hundreds and paupers by the
tens of thousands, can possibly vote for Brig.
ham, who runs on platform in favor of it
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