The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-30

= Protection Organs Comments Upon Hon.
Jerry simpsons "free Trade frejn'
dices."
One OF the favcritc lines Of '.argu-
mcnt" adopted by the defenders Of the
Mckinley law In the campaign last fall
was 10 point ont that the free list was
larger in II than in any tariff since the
war. when the opponents ~ protection
ridiculcd this boasted free list by quot.
ing its provisions for free ''acorns. y
"assafetida ""ashes." 'beeswax.r etc.
the McKinleyites were wroth and
claimed that this was but another at
tempt by the British free traders" 70
mislead the people by Disgusting from
them THE strong points Of the McKin-
ley law.
No one expected that after the cleo
ton was over leading protection pa
per would undertake 70 show what a
narrow and nnsatisfying thing McKin-
the organ of the Pennsylvania Manu-
factnrers' Club, has just done precisely
that service 70 the country.
Hon. Jerry Simpson. the Farmers
Alliance Congressman-elect from Kan
sas. wears no stockings. and a Jersey
City manufacturer sent him several
pairs, which were sent back with the
following letter:
Sir: Our forefathers refused 10 drink tea
because Il was taxed 3 per cent, and held a
tea party In Boston 90 get rid OF the stuff I
have just finished figuring up the tax upon
those stockings and md that IL amounts to
soper cent. viii wear no socks Till the tau
il taken on.
The manufactures proceeds to COM
ment upon this letter TO show the diff
culties which the Congressman-elect
will encounter IL he seeks TO be con-
sistcnt and will use no tariff tax4d arti-
cles; and il must be confessed that the
high protection organ does this in a
way which would make the uniformed
reader suppose that the following ex-
tract was taken from free trade"
journal:
As there 70 a heavy duty upon soap. no
doubt the Kansas Statesman finds a pretext
for positively declining to use that article
In such matters, however. il H. likely that he
finds his natural lncllnations fitting in nicely
with his free trade prejndices. But II he 10
indeed going TO try 10 live up 20 his princi-
pies u Is difficult 20 perceive how he i going
% live az all. Nearly every article Of cloth
ing and the great mass OF articles % food are
subject 20 duties; and. therefore ais theory
ought 70 confinc him rlg dy 10 nse Of maferi-
ais that are upon the free list The attempt
OF the Honorable Jerry 10 live within tue
boundaries Of the free list would excite uni.
versai interest and curiosity. He would. Of
course. clothe himself with "hidc~. raw or
incurred" with asbestos" trimmings. per
haps, and his dietwouid range from .'acorns."
"aconite" and "assafct |da~ 10 "oiI-cake."
"caontchouc. !" "verdigrs" and ..yams." The
Kansas Congressman Is going 70 be par
ticulariy entertaining object 81 consid ration
II he shall try 70 BE- consistent.
The Manufacturer should be con-
graduated for showing up the limited
character Of the Mckinley free list If
the Hon. Jerry" will follow its sug-
gestion that it should be consistent and
will dress himself up in hides. raw or
incurred" with asbestos trimmings.
he will become, in this John the Bap-
tist garb, preacher Of free trade
such as this country has never seen.
The Kansas Congressman-elect, thus
rugged out in the precarious habiliments
Of McKinley's free list, would not need
70 utter one word against our high
tariff laws: his very appearance would
have all the eloquence Of voice Of
one crying in the wilderness"