New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
A SAMPLE FREE-TRADE LIE.
EFFECT OF THE MCKINLEY BILL ON THE
PRICE OF HIDES.
,vyocR,rs ASSERT THAT THE BILL HAS Rhr
pucED THE PRICE OF AN ARTICLE THAT
HAS nEEN FREE TWENTY YEARS!

nrcrh THE PRICE OF AN ARTICLE THAT
HAS BEEN FREE TWENTY YEARS!
tnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBuNEl
,,A,rctop sent 5-It is apparent that the speeches.
:, ,ho Pree Traders and their Third party allies 'hs
80 esnetially in the West, are to reek' as theS wv
- 800 with falsehoods and Misrepresentation con,
s..o,ng the provisions and effect Of the new l"'i'
- A Good indication Of this is found III q r0PO''
,nh,,shed in "The Post of today OF an h'erIe" w.
c.orce p Huffman a Democrat. OF DAYTON UNIV ~
uutnan Is "the owner of the Democratic morIins
,aper and the independent evening paper Ill D'' W"
md has built up The largest circulation ever
o. ~, c,tv He is a wealthy man, and Is al inc
no.a Of three other important business inuus'ri'9
", UuNman therefore. must be man Oh ih'oi'N.".o
. r,el as business capacity. And yet' a'onS V'"0
things, he said: ,n ,-o,sop Morris
al Was talking few DAYS ago wlth -eISo" 49,
,,o largo packer OF Chicago, ana ne teis uio 49,.
onder this Mckinley bill hides are Doi's - COW
,h,s country al such prices That the rainier - va"
s.usd 70 take 80 less per head than before INC oIi
-, into effect at his packing establishment 0'',,
,.,,locx brings lust that much less thul y N."o
sd and the man who suffers the loSs = Vo 80,
Tnsre Is great deal of talk about WOOL OuV ~ -
a q there might be iudcious discussion "DoU' "'N'
IN the Ohio campaign" r., on both NJ
W. either Mr. Morris Mr.. Huffman' UT o0.
~, together ought to explain what possiOle o"0O
sthIs McKinley bills can have upon the price VI
,dn-ovcept 10 depress it, possibly. in some countries
- nov decline 10 enter into reciprocal trduo
.-rongements With the United states As Mi' nun
20, ought N know and as Mr.. MOTIFS oououess uoe'
hdes have been on the free list for nearly twenty
ors The revision Of 1883 made no Chdnso III ''''h
ttus. neither did the Mckinley BILL except 10 pro
81. IN case any country producing hides shall
VIZ -, and unreasonable duties or other ex-
on mon the agricultural other products OF the
T.,,d states il shall be the duty OF the PRESIDENT
N Impose a duty of IL cents per Pouhu upon i"u0
,norted from such country into the Cnl'eu states
~, conrse IL NAV suit some buyers OF cattle rom
western farmers to attempt 10 cheaper the pfOuuc'
and drive sharp bargains by asserting 'haC MUGS ue
.NIss hecarse /" the Mckinley bill removed the
duty on imported hides, ana suon a" "''eP' ., g.
NOW and then be successful, but II Is uouou'u any
-. and renutable buyer would make the assertion
- 40 any dishonest and unscrupuous buyer would
re IN have the fact advertised that he had Deeh Ell
cared in so gross and bareiaced a fraud
The mckinley bill became law about nine months
before the end of the last fiscal year. Dd IL inceSs'
the importation Of foreign hides to compete with those
~ domestic production and so deprss the price,
W. till In the year ended June 30, 1890, before
A. h, bocame law the value Of all the foreign hides
Imnored into the United States amounted to Sl'o2e'
cas- I'm the year ended June 80 1S01 lncmdlng threS
months before and nine months ater Ie ona ~
Al 333 655 showing a decrease OF SA94,ooO or more
than % per cent in single year A. - ,,o
MIR Huffman the owner Of p Democratic morning
newspaper and alhdePen evening newspsPGs ds
cannot begin that "judiCious usston about macs
before the farmers OF Ohio too soon to suit the RepuD
lIcans OF the buckeye state. - ,..
n wonld seem that Nelson Morris, the large packer
~ Chicago might prOftaby explain how II happen,
that because Of the Mckinley BILL he pays SIS per heac
less than he did before that oil went INTO euecI
The farmer he SAYS has fnrer this loss, and the
farmer doubtless would - h"w why, especially a.
tho Mckinley bill does % sI. asct nH a IN
fTRs ioS i SsVo onef0uTti