Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-27
THEY RATHER LIKE IT.
Supporters Of Taxation Say the For
eigners Always Pay the Bills
How the Public Is Robbed In the Mat.
ter or Glassware AS In Everything
Else Through Trusts and Combina.
tiOns.

t1O0B.
Commend us to an upholder of higl
taxation for shutting his eyes to thu
truth or making desperate attempt Il
wriggle ont Of aclose corner. The Unio'
has it that the foreigner pays all the rev,
enue of this country as he Is obliged to d.
before he can sell his goods in our mar
ket- In plain words, the American peo-
pie have nothing to pay in the way o.
taxes, except here ard there trifle. bu
that the European manufacturers shout
ders all our burdens. That when the
American farmer. for instance. is Obliged
to keep himself poor by paving dearly FOL
everything he buys and being cut down
to the smallest extent in everything he
sells, that. after all, this struggle for exis-
tence is not real and that he is having a
splendid time If he only knew it, He il
not allowed to be the judge of his own
condition.
The government puts the duty so high
on importations that the consumer must
pay 1t or 90 without the goods. When
the same kind OF goods is manufactured
il this country the makers of them get
together aud form trust. They fix the
price and make it almost as high as they
like, because the governments high rate
of duty keeps out to large extent the
foreign article. And this combination
not only fixes the price to suit them
selves, but they also arrange among them
as to the quantity of goods to be manu-
featured. By this means the people OF
this country are at their mercy. 1t is so
in nearly all kinds of goods, but for the
present let glass be taken as an example
A short time ago the telegraphic dis.
patches brought this piece of news from
Chicago:
The western window glass manufac.
lures in session here from all parts of the
country west of the Alleghsnies. COM
pleted their work today. The result is
that the output of all the factories this
side of Pittsburg is to be under one con-
troll. The smaller houses were not i'm
clined to surrender their right TO inde-
pendent action without a handsome
equivalent. After two days discussion,
however, their objections were overcome.
and the proposed agreement. with some
notifications. was accepted by the con-
vention. Those in attendance at the
meeting were very secretive. but it is re-
ported that the American Glass company,
recently Incorporated under the Illinois
statutes. is to be the visible head of the
Associated Western Glass manufacturers,
just as the United Glass company, OF
New York, represents the combined fac
tories east of Pittsburg. The object il
to regulate production and maintain
prices. The new company, i, is stated
has capital of $40. 100000"
The fact is simple enough, is it mott
They will make as much as they please
and run the price up or down to sui
their fancy and their pockets. But some
one may ask, why don't the people buy
goods that are offered here for sale from
foreign countries and disregard this vii,
lsinous combinations" There is where the
beauty of the Mckinley bill comes in fol
consideration. 1t puts up the duty So
high that the foreign article has little
chance. Here are some of the duties:
Common window glass ..........6 90 90 I32 per cen
Polished window glass .27bS 10 ~ cents foo
Piate glass. u TO cents 8 foo
late glass, saxou 1900. .-...-. l4o per cen
Looking glass. ........--... to 60 cents a foo
Frosted window glass. .14s per cent
There is heanty in that that vii
repay close attention.
Already manufacturers have begun
sending out circulars to dealers stating
that on account of the increase in duty by
the Mckinley bill they are obliged to adj
vance prices. An advance of 80 per cen
from last springs prices has been made
The increase in some cases is made grad
ually, say per cent. as the following
clipped from circular will show:
a6xS9 frnm ca ss 70 al q