The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-17


The whip Makers cssnhln~ and rat W
rrises-raksng Advantage of Mckinney
Higher Duties-Irusts and Protection
Hand In Glove. and a.abor q s'Not In a."
Still another trust has been added "a
the already long list The latest Is a
whip trust The managers Of this trust
got control Of the rattan supply. shut
out all the small concerns. formed u
com animation and whips are higher now
than ever before. with chance Of a
rise in price as the stock grows scarce. "
one Of the moaopolists tells u> These
fellows" says the Rural New Yorker.
''have the whip-hand Of the consumers
at present. what satisfaction II would
be. however. q use the lash on their
own backs" ard. il may well be added.
on the backs Of the Nckinleyi,es who
voted the high protection which makes
the whip trrst possible.
Nearly all whips are made OF rattan.
covered with fax or leather. II they
are covered with flax they are du.iablc
as manufactures Of lax The duty on
such articles in the old tariff was 40
per cent ad valorcm: but the Mckin-
leyites raised this TO 80 per cent
Whips covered with leather were duti-
able at 80 per cent; but this gave place
10 duty OF IS per cent under the
touch Of the Mckinley hand. These
duties were. Of course. imposed under
the pretense of better protection 10 do
nestle industry and as guarantee Of
better wages to American labor
The benefits OF protection" can only
be realized by raising prices. aud the
whip trust thoroughly understands
this II Is therefore perfectly idle for
the Mckinleyite to pretend TO be the
foe Of trusts and combinations to con-
troll prices The trust merely appro-
pirates what the tariff makers give.
and the trust is the surest means Of
carrying into effect their patriotic
purposes"
That the trusts themselves take this
view of the matter is evident from the
famous remark made last year by
President Havemever. of the sugar
trust Speaking of the hostile criti-
cism OF the sugar trust in the columns
Of protectionist organs. the great sugar
king said: The great cry Of one Of the
great parties is for protection: that is,
they cry for il loudly during campaigns.
but when we proceed 70 give ourselves
some protection howl is raised. They
protection for the industries
When an industry protects itself it is
said that il i; illegal A more logical
statement Of the kinship Of protection
and trusts was never made THAI in these
words: I'VE proceed 10 give ourselves
some protection"
This IS what the whip trust has done
merely this and nothing more The
increased protection granted BY the
was taken as an invitation
20 raise prices But the small concerns
we're in the way. The trust. however.
Iound out way to apply their. protec-
ion They got control Of all the rat |
IAN and shut out the offending small !
completely.
OF course. the closing OF these con-
,erns means that the laborers employed !
n them are thrown out Of work; but |
here Is no guarantee in the tariff law
hat labor shall find steadier employ
ment or any better wages Has any
body yet heard Of case where the en-
ployes Of = whip factory have received |
IN advance Of wages since the higher
luties Of the Mckinley law took effect? |
n this case labor once more gets left; |
or protection has never yet protected |