Evening journal., 1890-10-29
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?
The PROSTITUTION OF PRoTEc-
TON TO MONOPOLY.

ton Taxes Imposed Upon the People.
Taxes Enlarged on the Necessaries of
INTERPRETATION Only TO Monopoly.
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph,
(Rep } says:
| the manufacturers, the combinations.
| the trusts. and the monopolies, not to
mention the agreements" which are not
trnsts. are sorely put to 1t in these
balcvon DAYS to prove that black is white,
that the truth is a lie, or, in other words,
that the Mckinley act does not increase
the cost of the necessaries of life. The
esteemed Tribune of New York IL labor
| Inc assiduously in this isld but it does
SO with much more discretion than it's
more foolish or more reckless contem-
poraries The newspaper founded by
| Horace Greeley puts the case speciously.
10 does not deny that indirectly the new
tariff has added to the expense of living,
but declares that this Is 80
only because Of the rapacity of
greedy, dishonest merchants, who
use the enhanced duties on life's neces-
saries as an excuse for making additions
to the prices Of their wares This Is
rather plausible, but, unfortunately for
the Tribune, 1t is contradictsd in its own
pages by the Tribune's own special re-
ports of interviews with business men of
| the highest character, who are known
| not to be rapacious or dishonest. A Nc
| Klnley act organ nearer home shows a
| good deal less discretion and good deal
more disIngenuousnes in dealing with
this most difficult subject--dlficult only
from the organic point OF view. 1t takes
the bull by the horns in this superbly
reckless fashion;
"On everything the poor man uses there
has been no change, or else the rate has
been reduced But on articles of luxury
cigars, wines, laces. fine linens etc
there has been an increase Hence the
daily outcry from the importers aud
their friends that the tariff has been in
ere eased
Then oar estlmable contemporary goes
on to show HON the free list has been ex
tended
It says that-"Ths Mckinley bill
transferred to the free list imports
which III the last fiscal year we're valued
at 3i09, 232, 0S0 and which paid duty
in this case on conEumers-amounting *
500, 996, 5S6.
But In making that statement, whicl
would make the Republican party appea
as the party OF free trade, and the Demo
cratic party, which opposed the Mckin
ley bill, as the party of protection, ou
disingenuous contemporary neglects
possibly forgets, to say that of thes
J sec. 000, 0O0 OF remitted duties all but
most insignificant part was taken off {
single article-to wit, sugar under l
i standard, or sugar not refined; th
} tariff makers holding that poor ma
( cluld eat crude sugars without refining
! Take from the 800, 600, 000 the remitte
j sugar duties and there will be found lii
tie remaining. 1t has been well and trul
e said that If the poor man really desire
J, to ascertain the truth with regard to IL
' effect the new tariff has had upon pricl
let him 20 into clothing store, a hare
a ware store, dry goods store, a carp
store, habardasher's store, q Tobacco
L nists store or croakery store. NJ
Sch wartz, dealer in pear buttons, sa
g. in the report Of an interview:
"The new tariff bill has increased Il
u duty on pearl buttons about 100 per cen
which is practically prohibitory.
II A circular dated October 6-the da
on which the Mckinley bill went in
l. force-issued by the president of 4
Fancy Bone Manufacturing Company
this city, announces the increase
prices Of all the company's goods. +
carpet manufacturers, the glasswa
X manufacturers. have announced the
intention TO advance prices because
the tariff. The duty on tin plate is
at be doubled, and Mr.. Wanamaker, NOS
,f rapacious or dishonest merchant, adv'
8. tises in the Press that the prices Of
or goods must correspondinglY advanI
lg On tinware there has beeA already
ed actual advance Of 30 per cent. Raisi
IN aud prunes, which the poor man som
ne times puts upon his table without CO
n. sidering them luxuries, have had
lis duties upon them enormously increasI
or canned goods Of all sorts and classes !
lie already higher owing to the increRs
se duties upon them. The price Of eg
tie has also gone up. They were forme
ch free; now they pay a duty Of 8 cent
re dozen On beans the increase IL from
or to 40 cents a bushel on -four the incre
ell is 25 cents on 100 pounds. The 9
-as ditional duties on sheet rubber has
creased the selling price from 20 TO
ed per cent. the duty has been largely
IN. creased on soft felt hats and hat tri
ey mings. On all the cheaper grades
six wooden clothes such rs the poor n
'as wears-the increase on the rich ma
ION broadcloth being insignifeant-on bl
lg, kets, on carpets, on all woolen and Ill
I goods. on stockings and underwear,
md gloves and in short, upon every art
Of consumption, duties have been
be creased and prices with them
The tariff is tax on the consul
~ only. The merchant adds II to the c
OF the goods he buys, and the McKir
bill instead OF taxing luxuries ol
chiefly taxes necessaries. II those
l. gans OF the privileged classes, privile
ana TO prey upon the masses Of consum
stl- have the courage TO do IL, let them |
4. lish, il they dare, the duties of the
M. Kinley bill with the duties of the old
mes This proof is 80 easy OF presentatio
nm- to cause surprise that the organs OF
'nce trusta do not produce IL. II would 81
the question beyond all dispute.
nelo New York Press, the metropolitan Of
,er Of the Mckinley act, having been a
Sefs DO state what benefit the farmers
Olty from the new tariff replied as follow
rVey THE benefit Of decreased duties on
'sha following farm products: Wool, hI
lor fax. seeds, barley, horses and m
eggs, cheese potatoes, peas, beans,
: ~ hops, cattle, sheep, other live amir
7 IN barley, malt, oat meal, wheat, "
iaay -four, butter and condensed milk, v
farm products were imported last We
the value Of $45, $50, 623."
Would 1t be impertinent to ask II |
bsst are any necessaries Of life mentione
DSss .L this list on all the articles OF '
duties have been increased and on v