The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-08-27
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and the world OF want; the world of
wealth saying in its heart, u sit as queen
over all tollers and traders and the world
of want not knowing what may b con the
morrow
Tne masses OF our people, those who
labor, whether In the factory or on the
farm, are richer in real wealth than in any
other country on the globe.
wHAc MORTGAGES MEAN.
II Ia also said that protective tariffs have
increased the mortgages of the country.
This ia an idle and aosirh statement. Let
me retniud you that mortgages are not al
ways an evidence of poverty. They are
muci, oftsdrT the beet evidences of pros
pcrity. a['ruit that mortgages given for
living expel ses, for grocery bills, for
taxes, etc., do give evidence OF this pow.
erty of the mortaRor. But II q workman
in this city, having accumulated a thou
sand dollars, concludes he wants 10 buy n
home, and finding one which will cost him
two thousand dollars, pays thousand
dollars in each and gives n mortgage for
the remainder Of the purchase money,
that mortgage is not an evidence OF uov-
erty. II is the strongest evidence OF the
thrift and prosperity OF the mortgaRoT.
Take the farmer having 160 acres of land
who wants TO add 160 more acres to his
farm. He hes sufficient accumulations TO
erable him TO make the first payment and
purchases the adjoining land, eivtng a
mortgage for the remaiDR payments. That
does not mean that he is distressed and in
poverty. 1t means that he is getting on
that he has faith In himself and the future.
You may try this systeE of protecting
4 by any test you will, care not what 1t is,
fnnd il NEE every emerger cy and answer
every demand.
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More than that, II has never been
u against this government, either in pence
or ip war. 1t is the patriotic system. Iti
| for the country. " believes in America
/ for Americans, native and natgralized. Ii
/ leoislates for them and nobody else Itbas
never sustained any dag in the United
States but the American flag. And that
| can not be said of the other revenue
| tariff system, for 1t was the ally
l of our enemies in open war. II
i preserves the home market for the people
| az home and secures tbetn work and
! wages. And why Is not the system that
l does these things the best? There Is moth
i ing either in conscience or in good morals
\ which can require'us 20 give up this mar
i ket 10 people beyond the Jurisdiction OF
l this country, who owe no allegiance TO its
4 flag, and who cannot be reached by the
1 Federal arrn in war, or by the Federal taS
l gatherersiu peace, except upon terms ia
l vorable to our citizens.
HORACE GRBELY's TESTIMONY.
Horace Greedy, the late distinguished
L editor and founder of the New York Tri.
Il hune, has summarized in a most striking
i manner the effects to the country of the
l twotariG eysteHs. In 1t69 he wrote:
"0ur years of signal disasterand depres-
| sion have been those, in which our ports
l were more easily flooded with foreign
| Roods; those which intervened betwixt
| the recognition of our independence and
| the enactment of the tariff of 1888; those
| which followed the close of our last war
| with Great Britain and were signalized by
l immense importations of fabrics; those
| of 1SS7-a2, when the compromise of 1888
began to be seriously felt In the reduction
/ of duties ON imports, and those of 1Saf57,
| when the Polk-Walker tariff of 1876 had
| had time to take full effect.
"No similarly sweeping rey9lsons and
prostrations ever took k'plaGe-d THINK none
| could take place--under thesway OF eff
l cient protection. Mr.. Clay, in 1882, after
promising that the seven years preceding
| the passage of the tariff Of 12Sz had been
the most disastrous, while the seven fol-
lowing the passage OF the act had been the
most prosperous that our country had
ever known, eaid this transformation of
the condition of the country from gloom
and distress to brightness and prosperity
has been fnainlythe work of American
legislation, fostering American industry,
instead Of allowing'ft 1t TO be controlled by
foreign legislation, cherishing foreign in
dustyy.n
GOV. oAMrBELr AND nnIE EARLE .TARlFF.s.
fhis is the testimony of history and can
not be contradicted.
Governor Campbell in his speech accept
ing the nomination of the Democratic
State Convention, speaking of the earlier
tar III 49, Ua oh In
ing, of Hamilton and ofJefferson only av-
ged ~ per cent. These laws he con-
mends aud would have us return to them.
fear he il not familiar with those early
tariffs. In the eight years OF Nj. Jetfer-
sons administration the average ad val
bile. was 10 IS. In 1904, In the midst OF
Jeffprson's administration, the average
rate wss % 10, not IN per cent. as Mr.,
Campbell stated. In 1920 the average rat9
was % 20; ia 1880, 45 81; in 1910, l545; III
1850, 23 16; in 1860. Is 81; in 1870, ds.23; A
1880, % Z, and in 1880, 29.12.
These h re the average rates upon all ar
licles, both free and dutiable. Under the
act OF 11S9-"the tariff of Washington"-
the tariff on common salt was 10 cents per
bushei, and later In Washington's time
salt was Increased to 20 cents per bHshel.
Under the law of 1880 IL is less than s cents
per bushel. This enormous duty on salt
THE TARIFFS oP WASHINGTON AND .JBEfER-
soS.
The duty on coal under the Washington
and jefferson tariffs was equal to ST 40 a
ton, while the tariff on coal under the new
law is 20 cents a ton.
The duty on cordage under the Wash
ington and jefferson tariffs wac 2 cents
and 2L cents q pound under the new law
IL Is 1 X cents pound. The duty on nails
under the tariffs of Washington and JEFF
ferson was 2cents pound, and under the
new law il is cent a pound.
The duty on twine and pack thread un-
der the tariffs of Washington and JEFF
ferson was cents pound; under Mad
ison cents pound. and under the new
law il is from 7-10 70 ~ cents pound.
The duty on raw cotton under the tariffs
of Washington and jefferson was cents
pound; under the new law 1t is free.
The duty on molasses under the tariffs
of Washington and jefferson was and 8
cents a gallon; under Madison it was 10
gallon. and under the new law II is free.
The duty on sugar, brown and raw, un-
der the tariffs Of Washington and Jeffer-
son was 2N cents a pound, Under the
Madison tariff II was cents a pound, and
under the new law II 10 free.
The duty on loaf sugar under the tariffs
of Washington and 81 fferson, was cents
a pound, under Madison tariff IL was 8
cents a pound, and UEder the new law il
is a hatf cent a pound.
Under the Washington tariff there were
but seventeen articles only free of duty,
and here they are: Saltpeter, tin in pigs,
tin plates, lead, old pewter, brass, iron
and bFcss wire, copper IN plates, wool dye
ing We d3 pId dyeing drugs, raw hides,
beave Ill other turs, aud deer skins.
Ii A.elew law 800 paragraphs are re-