The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-30
A TARIFF LESSON.
A Well Informed "obaerver" Writes OF
Scenes Ia Small Towns.

n wen Ahiofthhu 'pnhtfNnf' WNltbn or
Scenes In Small Towns,
Mn, EDIToR Having had Of late oooa.
sion 10 visit many OF the smaller towns la
the 10th congregational district, like Ma
ynrre, Lawrence, Canal Fulton, Wooster,
MilleTaburg, etc., II occurred 20 mo that
found 80 many buildings closed aud fall
Ing 70 pleoea, which formerly we're proa-
porous factories on the ANAL scale. In.
quiring into the cause Of abandoning
thoae places | was told that "hlgh tarlifn
made II Improbable, yea impossible 10
continue business Ia the small places by
lltils manufacturers.
There you hnd "high tariff destroying
Industry laying low and making II un.
profitable 20 work all tho coal minoa Ia
tho surrounding nelghhorhOod, robbing
the farmers and destroying the mcrchantA'
business w those townH-and htill there
are men with eyes 10 see, but who will not
see aud ears 70 hear who will not hear.
How the "hlgh tariff IN destroying this
buhlnoaa ono will asks
Very simple,
Mr.. A Ia the happy poaaeaaor Of say
10000, and Mr.. II say $1,000. Under tho
high tarlli System Mr., A N able 10 build
up expensive factories, and buy the un-
necessarily high.protectod material. Ho
certainly goes into a largo city, worlA hia
men but nine or ten months In the year,
10 avoid oyerproduction, or rather ~ keep
up the extreme high prices on his goods,
thus making an illegal rate OF interest on
hlh money Invested. Why2 Because he
10 believer In the Mckinley system, and
able financially ~ ho ono-at the same
time keeping down the demand for labor
aud destroying competition, the promoter
OF businoaa, robbing the consumer by soll-
Ing the goods at prices over their value,
aud driving thousands Of coal miners into
poverty by tho limited amount Of coal
used.
Mr.. u, because he has hut 5000, but
possibly moro experience than Mr.. A, IN
crowded out; aud this the Republicans
call protection 10 our industries and
people.
Now let ua see the oiIccia OF reduced
tariff Mr.. A with hia Sl00,000 cithor Ia
already In or would 90 nto manufacturing
anyhow, but aa MIR. a, q and u have gone
into the same business he ia Obliged 20
work hlA mon the whole year round, 10
mako The profit ho wants, aa competition
forces him 10 II,
Mr.. II. @. d. with their limiiod capital
will open factories In towns ag | have
above mentioned Each ono will employ
a certain number OF mon, each one will
consume no much moro coal, each ono
pays his money 10 the men right there
right IN their places, thus leaving the
money In the State, causing an improve.
mont In coal mining and an increase In
business 10 the merchants In those towns.
The farmer will beablo 10 buy his goods
cheaper all around as the robbor tariff Is
not there the extra freight on the goods
from the larger cities comes oil and com-
petition favora tho manufacturer 20 sell
his goods at only n "ronsonabloh profit,
The actual market will increase aa II
Keeps and draws moro consumers into
those towns, and the surplus OF products
will only 40 out OF the district and ring
the outside money into II, 10 stay there.
Protection IL n snare 10 all consumers,
and especially 70 the farmers and the
laborers. Tho lNborors and mechanics
are told low tariff lowers wages. No say
Il will Increase them, as the manufactur-
ors TO compete with the foreign countries
will have TO produce more, thus will have
TO employ more mon, Tho demand for
laborers will be larger, and necessarily
increase wages. IL " true II will 10 cor
tain extent decrease the enormous income
OF the capitalists and monopolists, But
as this great Union is 20 be, or nj least
should be run by the people and for the
people, and not 10y monopolists and for
monopolists.
Lower tariff Is what is needed, not only
for this district but for the whole Union,
Therefore advise every man who has tho
benefit OF his family and the Union in
view, 20 vote FOR Gov, John G, Warwick.
OBSERVER,