The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-09-24

which has become cnar,
acteristic of their establishments, would
permit our manufacturers to compete
with their foreign rivals under q substan-
tial reduction Of existing duties" ,..,
Another law was then passed ll6o3l
which was in some respects q siight re-
duction, but Il did not satisfy the demands
of the people.
THE M'K1NIEY BILL.
Then began the struggle out of which
grew frat the mills billn Democratic
measure for reduction, which never be-
came law, and then tho Mckinley bill,
which is the present law. The latter Dill
was rushed through the house hastily, in
comparison with the Mills bill or other
equally important measures. Debate was
gagged and half of its text was never dis
cussed. When il reached the senate the
rules were tampered with and southern
states threatened with obnoxious laws in
order TO procure its speedy passage
through that body.
There was no popular demand for such
n law and no justification for its passage
It was opposed even by Republicans in
both houses and q single specimen from
each is offered. Before the passage OF
this bill Mr.. Plumb said in the senate:
"Mr. President, there has been no fact
produced of any kind or description what
ever, no attempt made to justify this pro-
Nothing has been offered here to show
that what is proposed is either wise or just,
and vet every table in all this broad land,
humble and proud,is to be taxed addition.
ally to any burden that it has heretofore
borne without anything to justify II except
simply the statement that these men de-
sire IL and that they are good and enter
prising and rich men,"
After the passage of the bill Congress-
man Butterworth, Republican, said in the
house.
"The truth is there is not hoarthstone
in America that has not been wronged
and outraged by an abuse OF system
which in its origin and influence was most
beneflcient, but which Is now in danger OF
being utilized TO oppose the many in the
interest of the few. = No wonder
there is an insurrection of labor! No won
der that Farmers Alliances are formed
throuRhoutthe country Nowonder there
was tidal wave in November! The real
wonder is, however, that honorable gen.
tlemen upon this iloor ahould be unable
TO realize the significance of that tidal
wave.n
However, the bill passed, and already
its author and other Republican leaders
IN Ohio are moving heaven and earth to
find something else wherewith to direct
the attention of the people from its exact
ions and inequalities.
LINENS-COTTONS.
Linens ere not made in America, but
every American workman wears them.
Therefore, the duty was increased on
shirts, collars, cuffs, etc., for the benefit
undoubtedly OF american labor" just
where the benefit arises needs tariff
diagram" to explain it.
Cotton goods,of all kinds were increased,
including printed goods, ready made cloth
ing, handkerchiefs, socks, stockings, etc
A particularly high duty was laid on the
goods initiating sealskin-a plush such as
cloaks are made Of. These are worn
principally by working women. Since the
new tariff passed wages have been almost
universally reduced in the cotton mills,
the latest reduction being by the great
Cotton Manufacturer association of Fall
River, who have resolved to cut 10 per
cent. upon all employees in their immense
manufactures.
CRoCKERY.
The tariff on crockery and queensware
was either raised or kept at the already
exhorbitant figures. OF these goods MIR.
Mckinley said in his speech to the Erie
county farmers:
"The tariff has built up this industry
ard am proud that have seen it build
ing. To-day we have the largest crockery
factory in the world in Ohio. Loud
cheers. Cries of "That's goodi'l pre-
fer the domestic to the foreign goods, |
like the foreign for taxation, the domestic
for CONSUMPTION"
But, alas for his logic,'the wages Of the
workmen in nearly every pottery in Ohio
bave been cut down since the passage Of
his bill.
GLASSWARE.
Window gla5slWas one of the ugiist in
creGses, partly because of the veXatious
restrictions a 5to the size of boxing, yet the
wages Of the employees at Pittsburg and
elsewhere have been reduced since the
increase Of duty. 1t is needless to say
there is a trust in window giass. So
far as cutting wages in this industry is
concerned this has occurred before. After
the increase in duty in 1888 wages were
from 1S to 20 per cent. The fol-
lowing item from newspaper in Peru,
Ind, Is interesting in this connection:
"St. Charles Catholic church is being
improved. The magnificent stained
glass windows which were manufactured
in Munich were to arrive in the city yes
terCay. These windows cost more than
Sc, 600 and have been held in New York
city custom house by duty of S2,1O0.
II would be difficult to make the mem.
bers of that congregation believe that the
tariff was not a tax.
As an illustration of the effects of high
protection, it may be said that the United
States Glass company, the combine" into
which all the glass factories of the Ohio
valley were recently merged, will make a
sweeping change. Hereafter all the
molds made by the trust will be made in
three factories. The mold shops in over
twenty-five other factories will be closed.
This change will throw over LOCO mold
makers out of employment. The news
papers also announce that the tinttglasss
firm of Doyle q Co. of Pittsburg has joined
the "combine.n 1t is claimed that the ac-
cession of Doyle & Co. will make the com.
bination enough to control production,
dictate prices, and freeze out email COM
petitors.
In reference to glass, Mr.. Mckinley said
at Lakeside:
"If you want to break down the glass in
terests of this country, then you want TO
tear down the 60 per cent. protective tariff
and put up the 10 per cent. revenue tariff,
and 1t won't be twenty-four months be-
fore the fires have gone out in every one
of your glass factories throughout the
United States.
AT the time he was uttering this senti-
ment citizen OF Lakeside was holding
a stock of glass fruit jars. Before the
new tariff passed he offered them for
sale unsuccessfully at $3.50 per gross.
After the law passed he was offered $1,000
per gross. The increased cost of this
glass by the time il reaches the consumer
will be fully 300 per cent, but not one
dollar will go to the labor which produced
it.
THE OATMEAL TRUST
Another article upon which the duty
was doubled, and thereby importation
stopped, waa oatmeal. Im-
mediateiy there after "trust" was formed
to raise prices and regulate production. 1t
was incorporated under the laws OF Ohio,
hna flF0UNn .sfa af 10
have heretofore been made, prior 10 the
bill, to organize an oatmeal
trust, but il was prevented by the foreign
yet the New York Tribune
piously calculated, when the bill passed,
''thisi is trust destroying tariff, men and
The first act OF the newly
formed trust was to cut down wages 80
t,, An nor ooY,t Hhua aua In waa ATnapinar,