St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-22
SHORN OF SOPHISTRY.
". M. Campbell Riddles the
Mckinley Tariff to the
Queens Taste.
A Mastery Exposure Of the
Republican False Ideas
of Protection.
Lutherans Propose to Form
a Synod Of Their Benomi-
nation in This State.
a Council Committee Propose
That the Azotine Company
Be Rounded UP.

Market hall rang with anti-protective
tariff philosophy last evening. 1t was
the regular meeting of the Tilden
club; w. M. Campbell was the speaker.
He was introduced by President Law
Ter in brief speech. Mr.. Campbell,
as prelude, recited in as few words as
possible, the history of the two great
parties, and then he took up the topic of
the evening, the Mckinley bill. The
tariff is question to which Mr.. Camp
bell has devoted many years of study.
He declared that the constitution of the
United States only contemplated that a
tax be levied for revenue and for abso-
lutely nothing else. The tariff imposed
by the Mckinley bill is not for revenue,
but prohibition tariff purely and solely
for protection. The purpose is to pre-
vent the importation into the United
States of the goods upon which the tax
is levied.
Mr.. Campbell said that the Republl-
cans charge the Democrats with being
free traders, who would sustain the
government by direct taxation, but he
wanted to pronounce the claim as I'M
true. The Democrats want to support
the government by revenue tariff.
All the logic with which the people are
so familiar was recited. Every man
who has to buy food. raiment, shelter
and fuel, he said, pays go cents on every
dollar more than the articles purchased
should bring. The man worth 800, 0O0,-
600 invested in profitable industries en-
joys the privileges of the government
without paying cent towards its sup
port. The whole burden is on the con-
sumer, who is poor man with family
TO support. The sugar question was
presented as a forcible illustration.
Before the Mckinley bill went into
vogue people bought from twelve to
thirteen pounds of sugar for 81. Now
consequently the wages of the
laborer are increased. He can
earn as much sugar i'll one day this year
as in two days last year. Mr.. Camp
bell stated that the reason Mckinley
wanted sugar placed Oh the free list was
because it is an article largely of import.
Mckinley didn't want to see the money
go into the treasury. He only wanted
to levy prohibitive tariff on articles of
home manufacture, so that the money
would
Flow Into the Pockets
OF the manufacturers instead OF INTO the
United States treasury. Mr.. Campbell
argued that if placing sugar on the free
list was a benefit to the consumer, plac-
ing other necessary articles of consump-
ton also on the free list would likewise
inure to the benefit of the consumer.
He pointed out the operation of the
tariff law in the shoe business. The tax
was taken off the hides that are i'm
ported from the South American states,
and the shoe factories are now manu-
featuring for the world. The shoemak-
erS of New England are paid nearly
One-half more wages than they are in
any other country. Yet the cost is IS
cents pair of shoes less to manufacture
in New England than III any other
country. One man in this coun-
try can make as many shoes
in day as two. men can in any other