The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-07
rnE JOURNAL JUecLEs,

Some time ago the Salem JoHrnai said
that the great farmers organizations OF the
nation asked for the very legislation which
the Mckinley bill gives them. This we
denied and showed large increases of duties
on extensive lines of goods which farmers
have to use and fer which increase they
never asked. II Is true that duty has
been placed on many farm products by the
Mckinley bill, but at the same time there
has been such great increase In the duties
or nearly everything that the farmers have
to buy, that what slight advantage they
may have by the new duties ON farm pro-
ducts, are largely overbalaneed and neu-
tralized by this increase. So that In fact
the farmers gained nothing In the long run
by the Mckinley bill. The JSS,Ral. being
astoundsd ut the increase In duties on
wooden goods, as stated by the DEoMcRAr,
In order to discredlt the figures showing
the increase says;
ave do not admit the statements of in
creased percentage made by the DEMOCRAT.
The Information Il should bring Is the
actual rate from the tariff bill itself instead
OF assertions about percentage"
Our statement about percentage was
that the Mckinley bill increased the av-
erage duties on wooden goods from 81 IS
per cent, mot 6I.lS as the Josradi makes us
say under the old law to 81 IS under the
Mckinley Law, This statement the Journal
while not DENYING, will not admit, saying
that we should bring Il from the bill Itself
| That IS JSl cvaety ;gAaf SIC did. We have
/ before us the tariff law with a tabular state.
ment Of the old law. the Mckinley Law, the
| quantities OF each class of WOODEN goods
imported during the fiscal year 1889, The
value Of each class, the amount Of duties
paid upon each class, with the amount oi
duties that would have to be collected on
the same goods under the Mckinley law
with the rate per cent of duty under the
old law, and the rate per cent duty on the
same amount of similar goods under ,hC
Mckinley law. This Is work of nearly
two hundred pages, prepared by Charles
ii Evans Of the treasury department. ont
of the most earnest protection republican,
in the country. Il was prepared by hin
under oath bv direction of the Unites
States Senate under resolution passed Ma,
20, 1890. This work shows just what W,
stated-that the Mckinley bill increases III,
average duties on wooden goods from Oh
per cent under the Old law to 9i .6S per cen
under the Mckinlcy law. This the JoarSt
can not have the hardihood TO deny
says that 1t does not believe that II has at
fec,ed the price Of domestic wooden good
TO any apPreciable extent. Well, NC hav
made inquiries Of our wooden mill peoPl
, here and dealers IN ready made clothin
and woolen cloths and all agree that iher
is material advance In wooden goods
The purpose of the Law Is 10 enable me nu
facturers and dealers TO advance prices els
there is no protection. The Journal differ
very materially from Mckinley, the au,ho
OF the new tariff law who frankly admi'
that it will increase the prices, and justiiic
x oy saying lhat ne i opposed 10 chea
goods for cheap goods mean cheap peoPl
Notices are daily being received by bus
ness men all over the coun:ry giNtn
notice Of advance H. prices on goods uPo
which the duty has been increased
dealer In guns in this dty, aGd t;rorg n
publican pro,eeuonist, informs us that Il
guns that he paid SlS for before the pa,
sage Of the new tariff law, he now has TO pa
SsS and the notice OF advance in prices
all these cases give a. reason the passal
of the Mckinley bill. The truth Is il Il
n new law did not enable manufacturers
n advance prices they would not have give
To- a fig for the passage Of the law. The r.
{ ,f.rit, fHrfo'c. and design cfAhc LIw rgas
eslb!s Than 10 do so.