The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-10-08

selves, or by the theory that they muet com
sumo at home what they produce, or has
the English nation attained the grandeur
In commercial interests and greatness
that no other nation has attained before
II by this policy OF consuming her produc-
tion at home. No. England 30 years ago
| through the sagacity OF what can be term
ed great statesmen saw her folly, and see
ing II, abandoned IL, so today she stands
commercially speaking) the mistress of
the world. On the other hand there Is a
nation whose country Is as great and as
productive as Is our own--the Chinese
they have for centuries practiced Mr.. Nc.
! Kinley's theory. Let me ask any person
in this broad land, Notwithstanding the
great resources OF their country, have they
In comparison with Englaud any of the
attributes OF greatness. Why, sir, the
/ comparison OF the greatness OF the two
nations is odious, or you would compare
the mole TO the mountain or the fly TO the
elephant, and u our country should per-
sist in the Mckinley theory Of building
Chinese wall around II the fate of our peo-
pie would be as deplorable as the people
| OF China. But am not afraid OF that.
| The people OF this country come from
different stock, and IL should live the
allotted time of man will surely see that
the policy of this nation will be tariff for
revenue only, asd that tariff placed on
articles that are consumed by the rich, and
let all that which 10 consumed by the poor
| and the laboring class be as free as the
air we breathe and as free as the shining
light of the sun, and IL thereby the reve-
nue. will be inadequate for the mainte-
nance Of the government economically
administered, let the balance be raised by
q graded income tax. Then and not until
then we will become a great and prosper.
GUS nation, as well as great country.
THAT AwFuLLY AWFUL TIN PLATE FAKE.
Gentlemen, what sophistery, what Jug
glery and tomfoolery 10 this argument OF
1 Mckinley, so to try make people be-
lieve that the proposed advance duty of
over one cent per pound, he says, was
necessary TO protect our manufacturers
and consumers, against British monopoly,
| in the belief that 1t will defend our capital
| and labor in the production Of tin plate.
God may forgive land hope he will this
| misleading argument of Mckinley, but
am not SO sure about the forgiveness OF
the consumers Of tinware.
Friend Mckinley further says: We paid
seven millions dollars duty last year on
| tin plate, every dollar Of which was paid
by the consumer. Now, Mr.. Chairman
that Is pretty fair admission by the man
that claims that the foreign manufacturer
| is the one that pays the duty and not the
consumer OF the article. But our friend
gives his reason for that admission
by saying that the duty paid last
year was revenue tariff as there
was no competition at home
to influence or regulate the prices. Gen.
tlemen, did you ever before hear such an
argument? Because we pay q duty Of
only one cent per pound on an article, we
the consumers have to pay II; but as soon
as the duty is placed at two cents per
pound, why then the foreign manufactur-
or has no voice in making the price. We
| merely say to him now, old chap we have
you by the heels, we have caught you In a
trap; we no more pay the duty, and you
the foreign manufacturers have to pay II.
Our friend Mckinley, through some Jug
glery impenetrable to the common mind,
has brought this transformation of figures
about wherein the figure two IL less
| than tho figure one. Great Is Allah, but
much greater Is our VIM. Mckinley.
Why, sirs, this claim that the foreign man.
! ufacturer pays the tax or duty that is
placed upon the article Is the most non
| sensical claim ever uttered by the mouth
| OF man. Only short time ago happened
| to be In the city of Victoria, British Col
umbia, and for the purpose of having O
taste Of non-dutiable goods bought
pair Of socks for 20 cents like, as was in
l formed by a reputable Republican of Mas
| silloD, would cost me here about 40 cents.
Now, Mr.. Chairman. let me ask in all can
/ dor, whether IL was or the foreign man
ufacturer OF these socks when bought In
| Massillon who would have to pay for this
extra 20 cents per pair? Why, SIR, the an
II o"Oi Va my sShootooy Wouio Dc that VIC
/ consumer, would have to pay IL, and the
Mckinley claim that the foreign manufac-
l turer paid Ii is 80 utterly devoid of even
common sense that It is hardly worth
while to take notice Of 1t, and would not
/ have done so II had not known how Nc
Kinley had fooled the people in the past.
In fact since the death of Snowman Bar
mum, he (McKinley) is the great Ameri-
can humbugger.
/ HOW PROTECTION REDUCES WAGES.
Here in this city of Canton, as we'll as In
| the city OF Massillon and Alliance, labor
ers have to work In and around the shops
and along the railroads for from IL cents
to 12% cents per hour, thus making from
one TO one dollar and twenty-five cents
per day, and no man living has the cheek
that can deny this fact. And also let me
say to you OF what know to be the truth,
yet do not want you to take my word
alone for IL. So will refer you TO Chief
| Inspector of mines in Ohio's report, where
10 you will find the truth of my assertion,
that in the last two years the miners,of the
state OF Ohio have not been employed but
very little over half time. Consequently
their average earnings have not been $25
per month, and especially do know this
to be true Of the Massillon district. In the
year 1887 they were employed 3S weeks, in
1888 321I weeks, in 1889 only 28 weeks, In
1880 29 weeks, and for this year 1t will not
this in the face of the fact, and l say Il is q
fact, that the pauper miners of Great Brit.
| ain are.now making and have been for
| over year from $40 to $50 per month.
Why Sirs, there are thousands of miners
that went back to England, Scotland and
Wales in the last two years; some from
this immediate locality, and thousands
more would have gone II they had the
means to take them. Great Is protection
great is home market with a vengeance.
Again, why is our iron industry
languishing and has been much de-
pressed for over year? Why is
Il that the two great Industries, iron and
and so depressed here? Why ia 1t that 10
blast furnaces in and around Youngstown,
o., put their lights out in last January
| and kept as cold as John Sherman's ice
for six months? Was II because Of the
importation Of British pauper iron? Not
at all: because am here to say that not a
ton OF British pig iron saw the MahoninR
valley or any other part of the state OF
Ohio In the year 1890. Why the depres-
sion then2 Nothing more or less than the
large production of 1890 was sufficient for
McKinley's home market consumption
for fully 18 months. Consequently prices
receded TO such point that II became the
survival of the flttest, and those that could
live at low prices were the iron makers OF
Tennessee, Alabama, and other southern
| states, who shipped thousands of tons OF
pig iron over the states Of Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and even as far east as New York.
The consequence was, as have before
stated, that blast furnaces all over the
north had to quit production until the sur
plus product of 1880 was used up, and con-
sequently some enhancement in the price.
| In the meantime thousands OF laborera
had TO lie idle waiting for the resumption
Of the protective market. What a bless